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About our founders Mike
& Becky Rule
Mike and Becky have known since the early
1980's that they would be involved in full time ministry, but God
continually told them to wait. Those years of waiting were used to peel
away many false assumptions, expectations, and misunderstandings about
who He is and what He is calling His children to be. After 15 years of
working in various positions in the auto industry, God led Mike to step
into ministry full time. Like Abraham, Mike and Becky are going to a
place He will show them. They are being led day-by-day with the purpose
of simply showing up to see what God does. As God continues to define
and explain, they continue to offer themselves in order to participate
with Him and learn from Him.
The Rule's both desire to minister to the Lord
Himself. God has asked that they do this by ministering to the Christ
who dwells in each believer. Mike and Becky simply tell what they have
seen and what they have heard as they walk with God. God deeply desires
to see His people come to truly know Him as the God who is so much more
than we have ever imagined Him to be. All else pales in comparison to
Him. Jesus is passionate to fill the heart-void that we try to fill with
things other than Himself, and He is calling His children to walk in
deeper levels of faith knowing that He can be everything to us NOW, not
only in the future.
Mike fulfills his role in LCMI by doing the
majority of the "visible" ministry, including preaching,
lecturing, counseling, and writing. Becky fulfills her role by enabling
ministry through organization, editing, writing, and assisting as
needed. The Rule's have been married since 1987 and reside in Cass City,
Michigan with their two children.
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About LCMI
LCMI centers solely upon the person of Jesus
Christ and is founded upon one simple statement of faith: "Jesus is
all we need." We believe that Jesus Christ paid the price for sin
once for all and that people are saved through faith in Him alone. By
this we mean we can be saved not only from eternal hell, but also from
the internal hell in which we often live. It is our desire and calling
to share this good news with others who find themselves in difficult
personal, family and church situations. Our struggles, disappointments
and hurts can work for us. They show us how desperately we need Jesus
and cause us to reach out in faith to Him who is our sufficiency and
stability.
We do not offer a program as much as we offer
discipleship. This inter-denominational outreach invites people to
discover who they are created to be as individuals, married couples,
families, and the body of Christ. This is accomplished in workshop,
consultation, and counseling settings.
Many of us struggle to know who we are and what
we are meant to be. Our attempts to find fulfillment often center around
accumulating the right doctrine and knowledge; maintaining a particular
lifestyle; attaining a certain level of maturity; experiencing a
specific kind of worship; finding the right pastor, church family,
program, etc. We have found all these things to fall short. Our goal is
to help people see that Jesus is their deepest desire; He alone is the
One who satisfies our yearnings and makes life complete.
LCMI does not campaign or attempt to raise
support by petitioning churches or individuals for financial
contributions. The majority of our support comes from those who are led
by God to give; it is our firm conviction that if this ministry is of
the Lord, He will provide all we need. Click here if you are interested in learning
more about becoming a member of our support
team.
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Mission
Statement
Because
of intimacy with our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, we are agents for
Christ, on behalf of Christ, who minister to Christ by comforting and
caring for His earthly Body, the Church, particularly those who are
yearning for deeper intimacy with God while feeling desperate, frustrated,
and hopeless. We do this
through the following four areas of ministry:
Discipleship
counseling
Teaching and training
Preaching
Writing
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