seven key elements for developing
character: Love, Respect for authority,
Humility, Discipline, Integrity, Honesty,
and Faithfulness; and
6 ) Ed u c a t i o n a n d Tr a i n i n g :
Candidates are required to undergo 3
to 5 hours of teaching each day. The
programs include sections aimed at
helping applicable candidates earn
their GED’s, as well as learning music
and performing arts-related trades
(sound/studio engineering, video
editing, marketing, promotions, etc.).
Testimonies
ZK, a 22-year-old who grew up in a
dysfunctional home with an absentee
father and an alcoholic mother said
this: “Because my mom and dad were
never in my life like I needed them
to be, I struggled with rejection and
abandonment. I began to give myself
away to things like drugs and alcohol
and all kinds of perversions at a young
age. I was just broken and messed up.
I remember the night before I turned 17
years old, I got kicked out of my house.
I was homeless and addicted. My youth
pastor took me to an Eddie James
service. I remember God just meeting
me in that service and completely
setting me free of the drug addiction,
the perversion and everything. And not
only that, but after the service, because
I was in a situation of being homeless,
my pastor talked to Eddie about taking
me in and he not only took me in, but
he became a father to me and legally
adopted me as his son. I’ve been with
Eddie for almost six years now. God
has changed my life.”
Andrew Walters testifies: “I grew up
going to church and doing a great
thing on Sunday, then going back to
school on Monday, living in my sin. I
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