Learning more about Apostle Leon Walters

Son of God, Father, Mentor, Spiritual Father to so many, and a truly humble anointed Man of God!

Apostle Leon Walters

We are honored to call him family and papa Leon to Pastors Greg & Tara. A stable pillar in our family ministry as a guide, mentor, and spiritual father. Even supported our parents, Rodney & Kathy Tolleson, when they first began their journey over 30+ years ago with Christian International.

EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT, Christian International Ministries Network (CIMN)

PRESIDENT, CI Central (CIC) and CI Family Worship Center (CIFWC)

 

Apostle Leon desires to see the heart of Father God bring restoration, healing and maturity to the Body of Christ. For over 24 years, Apostles Leon and Mama Donna have served as Senior Pastors of Christian International Family Worship Center (CIFWC) in Versailles, IN. and Apostle Leon is President of Christian International Central (CIC) He is author of “Reset with No Regret” and has a new release coming in 2017, “The Power of Unity” and is currently writing a book titled "Spiritual Fathering; A Reproducing Anointing". Apostle Donna has written a booklet titled “Stir the Fire” which is also available through CI Central.

 

Apostle Leon has been helping cultivate the Prophetic and Apostolic Movements alongside Bishop Bill Hamon and the pioneering staff of CIMN for nearly 40 years. He served as administrator of CI School of Theology and was instrumental in developing the first Friday Night School of the Holy Spirit in October of 1979 and is held regularly CIFWC in Versailles and Vision Church in Santa Rosa Beach. Apostle Leon also helped cultivate CI Prophetic and Apostolic conferences and training seminars such as the International Gathering of the Apostles and Prophets and Ministering the Spiritual Gifts as well as the birthing of Bishop Hamon’s vision for the CI Apostolic Network of Ministers, an initiative offering relationship, covering, accountability and resources to churches and ministers of like heart, faith and vision shifting to present truth revelation that is appropriate for today.

 

In 1992, Apostle's Leon and Donna moved from Santa Rosa Beach, Florida to Versailles, Indiana to establish CI Family Worship Center and spearhead CI Central to be a sub-headquarters for the CIMN. Since then, thousands have been trained at CI Central through the Friday Night School of the Holy Spirit, Ministry Equipping School (MES), and ongoing CI Central Seminars and Conferences. Apostle Leon provides Apostolic oversight to over 80 churches in the Heartland Region of churches reaching out over nine states. CI Central has an ongoing vision for ministering restoration and renewal to leaders, families, churches and businesses, resetting their purpose and vision while bringing healing for body, soul and spirit, restoring them to fulfill their ministry calling. The CIC campus will provide ongoing education and training to equip the Saints for the work of the Ministry.

 

As a seasoned apostle, he ministers prophetically to thousands of people around the globe. As Executive Vice President of CIMN he lends support to all 13 CIAN regions and serves on all boards to bring wisdom, and apostolic soundness to the CIMN team.

The Fatherless Generation

So many stories and so many situations....

So many stories and so many situations....

 

We see it everywhere now that Parents after 10 or 15 and even 20 years are getting divorced at an extremely high rate.  There are many others choosing not to get married and end up growing apart.  At our children's school we have seen just in the last few months 2 to 4 families splitting apart.  Leaving behind those wonderfully created teens and kids in the dust.

No one seems to care about the after effects.

No one wants to see it through their child's eyes.

NO one wants to be honest with themselves or anyone else in the process.

This Fatherless Epidemic is crippling our Nation and bringing down the construct of the family seen in the biblical sense it should be viewed.   So, why look at the facts and see it for what it is ever if you don;t have children or are not a father?  Maybe Father God has called you to make a difference in a hurting,isolated,angry teenagers life.  Or maybe you will be a father one day and need to see the damage we men are causing society just to allow satan into our mindsets to do something for a quick thrill or simply just because we want to make a stance that no one is going to control me. 

 

Statistics

  • 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes (US Dept. Of Health/Census) – 5 times the average.
  • 90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes – 32 times the average.
  • 85% of all children who show behavior disorders come from fatherless homes – 20 times the average.  (Center for Disease Control)
  • 80% of rapists with anger problems come from fatherless homes –14 times the average.  (Justice & Behavior, Vol 14, p. 403-26)
  • 71% of all high school dropouts come from fatherless homes – 9 times the average.  (National Principals Association Report)

Father Factor in Education – Fatherless children are twice as likely to drop out of school.

  • Children with Fathers who are involved are 40% less likely to repeat a grade in school.
  • Children with Fathers who are involved are 70% less likely to drop out of school.
  • Children with Fathers who are involved are more likely to get A’s in school.
  • Children with Fathers who are involved are more likely to enjoy school and engage in extracurricular activities.
  • 75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes – 10 times the average.

Father Factor in Drug and Alcohol Abuse – Researchers at Columbia University found that children living in two-parent household with a poor relationship with their father are 68% more likely to smoke, drink, or use drugs compared to all teens in two-parent households. Teens in single mother households are at a 30% higher risk than those in two-parent households.

  • 70% of youths in state-operated institutions come from fatherless homes – 9 times the average.  (U.S. Dept. of Justice, Sept. 1988)
  • 85% of all youths in prison come from fatherless homes – 20 times the average.  (Fulton Co. Georgia, Texas Dept. of Correction)

Father Factor in Incarceration – Even after controlling for income, youths in father-absent households still had significantly higher odds of incarceration than those in mother-father families. Youths who never had a father in the household experienced the highest odds. A 2002 Department of Justice survey of 7,000 inmates revealed that 39% of jail inmates lived in mother-only households. Approximately forty-six percent of jail inmates in 2002 had a previously incarcerated family member. One-fifth experienced a father in prison or jail.

Father Factor in Crime – A study of 109 juvenile offenders indicated that family structure significantly predicts delinquency. Adolescents, particularly boys, in single-parent families were at higher risk of status, property and person delinquencies. Moreover, students attending schools with a high proportion of children of single parents are also at risk. A study of 13,986 women in prison showed that more than half grew up without their father. Forty-two percent grew up in a single-mother household and sixteen percent lived with neither parent

Father Factor in Child Abuse – Compared to living with both parents, living in a single-parent home doubles the risk that a child will suffer physical, emotional, or educational neglect. The overall rate of child abuse and neglect in single-parent households is 27.3 children per 1,000, whereas the rate of overall maltreatment in two-parent households is 15.5 per 1,000.

Daughters of single parents without a Father involved are 53% more likely to marry as teenagers, 711% more likely to have children as teenagers, 164% more likely to have a pre-marital birth and 92% more likely to get divorced themselves.

Adolescent girls raised in a 2 parent home with involved Fathers are significantly less likely to be sexually active than girls raised without involved Fathers.

  • 43% of US children live without their father [US Department of Census]
  • 90% of homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes. [US D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census]
  • 80% of rapists motivated with displaced anger come from fatherless homes. [Criminal Justice & Behaviour, Vol 14, pp. 403-26, 1978]
  • 71% of pregnant teenagers lack a father. [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services press release, Friday, March 26, 1999]
  • 63% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes. [US D.H.H.S., Bureau of the Census]
  • 85% of children who exhibit behavioral disorders come from fatherless homes. [Center for Disease Control]
  • 90% of adolescent repeat arsonists live with only their mother. [Wray Herbert, “Dousing the Kindlers,” Psychology Today, January, 1985, p. 28]
  • 71% of high school dropouts come from fatherless homes. [National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools]
  • 75% of adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers come from fatherless homes. [Rainbows f for all God’s Children]
  • 70% of juveniles in state operated institutions have no father. [US Department of Justice, Special Report, Sept. 1988]
  • 85% of youths in prisons grew up in a fatherless home. [Fulton County Georgia jail populations, Texas Department of Corrections, 1992]
  • Fatherless boys and girls are: twice as likely to drop out of high school; twice as likely to end up in jail; four times more likely to need help for emotional or behavioral problems. [US D.H.H.S. news release, March 26, 1999]