🎓 Minister Credential Program: Get Recognized as a Trained Christian Leader

Do you feel called to ministry but unsure where to begin? The Minister Credential Program at Christian Leaders Alliance (CLA) provides a trusted and clear path to become a recognized Christian minister. This program is powered by free online ministry training offered through our educational partner, Christian Leaders Institute (CLI).

Unlike websites that offer ordination without meaningful preparation, CLA’s program is rooted in real learning and spiritual development. Your ordination is earned—not purchased—through biblical study, ministry training, personal testimony, and community support. This is a journey of being trained, tested, and trusted.

📘 Free Ministry Training Through CLI

As part of this program, you’ll take CLI’s free, crowdfunded courses in areas such as:

• Biblical Studies

• Christian Leadership

• Pastoral Care

• Ministry Ethics

• Officiant Skills (for weddings, funerals, baptisms, and more)

• Discipleship and Evangelism

You can study online at your own pace from anywhere in the world—without financial barriers.

🌍 From Local Service to Global Recognition

Once you’ve completed your coursework, you’ll move into the CLA credentialing process. This includes:

• Creating your Minister Profile

• Submitting local references and endorsements

• Affirming your calling and readiness for ministry

This process turns your learning into recognized ministry status.

Christian Leaders Alliance welcomes people from all walks of life—whether you’re a volunteer leader, small group host, wedding officiant, bivocational minister, or preparing for full-time pastoral work. This Minister Credential Program opens the door to real ministry, right where you are.

📜 Official Ordination and Clergy Credentials

After you complete all requirements, you will:

• Be ordained through Christian Leaders Alliance

• Be listed in our Global Clergy Directory as a minister in good standing

You’ll also have the opportunity to order official credentials, including:

• A Clergy ID Card

• An Ordination Certificate

• A Letter of Good Standing

These are available in our Basic Clergy Kit, and they are respected by churches, government offices, and community institutions worldwide.

🙌 Your Calling Is Real—Let’s Help You Walk It Out

If God is calling you into ministry, the Christian Leaders Alliance is here to help—with no tuition costs and no barriers to entry. Through high-quality training and real community validation, you can become the minister you’re called to be.

Answer the call. Get equipped. Be recognized.

✝️ Grassroots Minister Credentials: A Return to the Early Church Model

One of the most common questions we hear is:
“Are the minister credentials of the Christian Leaders Alliance legitimate?”

The answer takes us back to the heart of Christian history—to the early church, where ordinary believers, filled with the Holy Spirit, were trained, affirmed, and sent into ministry through local, grassroots recognition.

🕊️ Minister Credential Program in the New Testament Church

In the book of Acts and throughout the New Testament, we see how God raised up ministers—not through elite seminaries or political structures, but through the local church community, prayer, and Spirit-led discernment:

“Now in the assembly that was at Antioch there were some prophets and teachers… As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them.’”
— Acts 13:1–2 (WEB)

Their calling was confirmed by training, fruitfulness, and the laying on of hands:

“Then, when they had fasted and prayed and laid their hands on them, they sent them away.”
— Acts 13:3 (WEB)

This is the biblical model of ministry—grassroots, Spirit-led, and relational.

🌱 CLA Credentials: Trained, Tested, and Trusted

The Christian Leaders Alliance follows this same approach. Our ordination process is based on:

• Biblical training through free courses from Christian Leaders Institute

• Personal testimony of how Jesus has transformed your life

• Ministry involvement that shows fruit over time

• Local endorsements from people who know your character and calling

• Public recognition and inclusion in our Global Clergy Directory

Just like in the early church, you are not given a title—you are recognized for your calling.

“Don’t neglect the gift that is in you, which was given to you by prophecy, with the laying on of the hands of the elders.”
— 1 Timothy 4:14 (WEB)

👩‍🎓 For Men and Women Alike

The early church included both men and women in significant ministry roles. CLA follows that biblical precedent by ordaining both:

“I commend to you Phoebe, our sister, who is a minister of the church that is at Cenchreae, that you receive her in the Lord, in a way worthy of the saints… for she also has been a helper of many, and of my own self.”
— Romans 16:1–2 

Just as Paul affirmed Phoebe, Junia, Priscilla, and others, CLA affirms the gifts and callings of women in ministry today.

At Christian Leaders Alliance, our Minister Credential Program affirms and encourages the ordination of called women into ministry.

🌍 A Global, Grassroots Movement

Thousands of leaders across over 100 countries are now credentialed through this movement. They serve in:

• Local churches

• House churches

• Online ministries

• Chaplaincy roles

• Weddings, funerals, and community ceremonies

• Outreach and evangelism

“The things which you have heard from me among many witnesses, commit the same to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.”
— 2 Timothy 2:2 (WEB)

🙌 Step Into Your Calling

Christian Leaders Alliance offers a pathway back to the biblical model of raising up ministers. We believe that when you are called, trained, endorsed, and recognized—you are ready to serve.

“Therefore, brothers, be more diligent to make your calling and election sure. For if you do these things, you will never stumble.”
— 2 Peter 1:10 (WEB)

If God is calling you into ministry, CLA is here to walk with you—not with barriers, but with blessing.

The Minister Credential Program may be a fit for you!

📖 Ministry Credential Program Profile: Spurgeon “Trey” Mattison III

Spurgeon Mattison III, known by most as Trey, is a husband, father, and emerging ministry leader with a vision for church planting and missions. Named after his grandfather, a faithful pastor for decades, Trey represents a new generation stepping into leadership with both passion and purpose.

“I have a beautiful wife and daughter, whom I love and am blessed to have in my life,” Trey shares. “My interests revolve around the arts and technology, as well as board games—but above all, I’ve felt God pulling me toward church planting, missions work, and leadership for a few years now.”

Trey is currently pursuing ordination through the Ministry Credential Program at Christian Leaders Alliance. This study-based path, made possible through free online courses at Christian Leaders Institute, is helping him take intentional steps toward fulfilling his God-given calling.

“Becoming an Ordained Minister will not only deepen my connection with Christ, but also give me the support and training I need to build toward my calling and help build others up,” Trey explains. “It’s helping me become more involved in the ministries I’m currently serving in.”

🙌 A Journey of Redemption and Calling

Trey’s faith journey has not been without struggle. Growing up as the grandson of a pastor, he spent his early years helping around the church. However, later in life, he faced significant battles—including epilepsy, bullying, and depression—which led to a season of spiritual dryness.

“I went through a dark period where I wasn’t showing much fruit as a Christian,” he recalls. But a turning point came through a breakup and involvement in a college ministry. “I decided to rededicate myself to Christ. Eventually, I met my now-wife through that same ministry, and we began serving in missions together in Guatemala.”

After returning to the U.S., Trey completed his degree and joined a leadership group, where his vision for church planting was reignited.

“Through that experience, I saw how large of an impact leaders can make for the Kingdom,” Trey says. “God even gave me dreams of planting churches. When I talked to my grandfather about it, he told me he had always wanted to make a larger impact for the Kingdom too. That really moved me.”

📘 Pursuing Ministry Credentials and a Future of Impact

Trey’s enrollment in the Ministry Credential Program has brought clarity to the vision God gave him. The program’s combination of solid biblical training, local support, and real-world application is helping him turn his dreams into steps.

“I admit the program has me interested in pursuing more training,” Trey says. “I’m especially drawn to the degree programs and youth ministry courses, because I have a heart for kids.”

What once felt like a distant dream is now becoming a tangible calling. “I already feel like I have more clarity on the vision God has given me. What once was a goal now has practical steps I can use to chase my calling.”

👣 A Family on Mission

Trey’s journey is not one he walks alone. His family shares the vision and moves together in unity.

“As far as my family, we all walk in unity toward a goal of building the Kingdom,” Trey says. “I want to be an example for them—my first ministry is to my own household.”

Through prayer, training, and the support of the Christian Leaders Alliance, Trey has taken that courageous next step of faith. His story is a powerful reminder that grassroots ministry leaders are rising up everywhere—called, equipped, and sent.