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Christian Leadership Training Institute
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Leadership Training OverviewChristian Leadership Training Institute03/23/2000 -- This press release is to inform you of what Quality of Life Ministries Christian Leadership Training Institute is, and to invite you to involvement. It is organized to guide you to assist people to live a practical Christian life. The need for such a program may be illustrated by the following stories: Rawley Myers wrote in his article "What the Priest Saw From the Pews," the following: "This Mass at the Oratory made me reflect that sermons are fine, but engaging in theological speculation from the pulpit is rather useless. The people in the pews are family people, working people who have come to be blessed by Christ and to gain a little hope and inspiration for the hard days ahead. The fine points of religious speculation dose not touch their hearts. Jesus does. Unless sermons are down-to-earth and about real life, the congregation gains little inspiration from them. Real inspiration comes from other parishioners whose faith grows stronger in adversity. "These people in the pews are the saints of our time, unheralded, simple souls, humble, ...who may endure more hardship and heartache in a week than a priest (or minister) has to put up within a year. Their lives, as they trudge their weary way with ever greater trust in God, giving hope to those who know them and live around them." Another "One late-night disc jockey had this story to tell of a harrowing phone call, received while on the air. "A hysterical young girl called me on the phone early one morning and claimed that her boy friend was about to commit suicide. Since he was a devoted listener to the station, she thought there might be something I could do. 'I talked in general on the air about why someone should not commit suicide, talked about loneliness or despair. 'We can't afford to lose you. Get involved, It's up to you to build a brighter tomorrow. Or at least try!' "Following that, the phone lines were overloaded with calls. Each call was just about the same; 'Hey man, how did you know I was considering suicide?" Many homemakers tell this story: "I deal with desperation and frustration from the time i get up until I go to bed. It affects my day and it keeps me company. I find it difficult to do other things at the same time, such as cooking and cleaning. I try to do everything with it and because it's in the kitchen, I'm in there with it almost all day. Also, when you're home with children, the day seems to have no beginning and no end, and being frustrated does not help my survival." Charles Schultz captured life in a whimsical and real way in his comic strip Peanuts. In one episode Linus and Charlie Brown are engaged in conversation. Charlie Brown tells Linus (Who obviously isn't impressed with Mr. Brown's mechanical ability). "You think my dad doesn't know anything about cars? yesterday he heard a strange grinding noise coming from the engine." A bit surprised and very interested Linus half-unbelieving remarks, "Don't tell me he stopped the car and fixed it..." "No"" replies Charlie Brown "he just turned the radio up louder so he couldn't hear it." "The Real World has thousands of such stories." Tuning out of the world (by either the church or members); is something Jesus commented on many times and that it couldn't be like that with his followers. No Christian community can enclose itself inside a stained glass edifice, concerned about only those within, and still call itself a church. Christ's church, although not of the world, must be a real part of the world. It isn't to be a distraction from living, but an attraction to living. Almost all Christian denominations devote considerable effort to a discussion of the church's place in the world and to its interaction with the world. They almost all have concluded that since the members of the church are also members of the societies of the world, the church, in one sense exists for the sake of the world. Through its members the church seeks daily to meet the world and turn it towards a more fulfilling life in God's hands. The church gathers, present concerns to itself, and attempts to bring those concerns in to the living presence of Christ. This will never be accomplished by ignoring the concerns. To be a church it is necessary to hear the world and to interact with it by "turning it on 'to Christ'". Christians have a definite mission to do this. The church should not be a haven from the concerns of daily life - just the opposite. Life - concerns should be freely brought to our Christian involvement to be reflected upon and acted upon in light of God's word and the teaching of the church. If a church is faithful to its calling, it welcomes the concerns brought to it, and offers support for those who carry those concerns. It brings hope, counsel and Christian solutions to everyday living and its concerns. In a faith community we all have responsibilities to one another. But as responsible members of that community, we are responsible first of all to be correctly informed about the demands faith makes of us in our daily lives. We need to acquire God's Word - and what it says to our particular situations - and take pains to apply it. The second requirement made of us is to carry God's word to non-believers. In our own life and the life of our neighbors, we are asked to enter into the search for solutions to the concerns brought to the total human community. The Christian community can provide adequate response to this requirement only if such a commitment and effort is undertaken. The Christian institutions, if they are to be faithful to their mission of pastoral care, needs to respond to the day-to-day concerns brought to them and help to find solutions to these life - concerns. Thus, it must offer guidance, discussion, and learning about how to apply the Christian faith to these day-to-day life-concerns. The purpose of all this effort, in the Christian Community, can only be this: A Christian community must equip its members and non-believers to live a Christian life in the world. It must be supportive of its members and others - of their concerns and life-issues - faithful to God's word. The result of this will be that the church's effect on the world will truly be evidenced in the lives of the Christian community and non-believers. The Christian Leadership Training Institute will provide a Program which will train Christians to be able to provide support to Christians and Non-Christians in living their lives, within the guidelines provided by Christianity. There is a close relationship between sincere Christian service and personnel success. The individuals and organizations who strive to be thoughtful and considerate of God and others, day after day, get repaid generously in appreciation, blessing by God and loyalty from humans. Technically, the world is develop a comparable human capability to utilize these wonderful devices and methods in highly intelligent and compassionate ways. This program will attempt to train you to assist the non-Christian, Christian and church to conquer life's concerns. God be with us and guide us. Now It's Your Time to Act!
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