There is a

training ministry in Tyrone that has far-reaching effects

on mankind worldwide.

The Carolyn

Driver Ministries is headed by a Tennessean, Carolyn

Driver. Reared in Cedar Grove, Tenn., she received her

bachelor's in education from Memphis University, her

master's in education at West Georgia and is currently a

doctoral candidate at the University of South Africa.

She taught

school for 15 years, was named National Teacher of the

Year before leaving the education field to devote her

life to counseling and helping others to tap their

unreleased potential. She then became a staff member of

Fayette Fellowship, now Trinity Fellowship.

Throughout

all this time, she kept reaching out to those around her,

both here and abroad. Finally in 1992, Driver realized

the dream of her own international ministries, both as

regards helping corporations open channels of

communication to training personnel and leaders within a

church.

An ordained

minister, she is a visiting professor at Beulah Heights

Bible College. Between classes, she can be found

traveling somewhere in the world, conducting conferences,

retreats and seminars.

In May,

missionaries in Africa will find her on her third trip to

that country. "One of the joys of ministering in

South Africa," she said, "has been watching God

minister personal and ethnic healing to a nation that was

once divided by apartheid." Some of the ministerial

participants will walk for days from their remote

villages to learn more about God and how they can further

serve their community. Many of them will get together

throughout the year and share one Bible between them. The

CDM has lost count of the number of Bibles it has

provided throughout the world.

Fourteen

homeless women will be served by the Carolyn Driver

Ministries along with the Salvation Army in Cape Cod this

spring, helping them to find an inner healing to continue

in a new direction with their lives.

A number of

the CDM personnel will make its ninth trip to the

Philippines this year, where they will minister in jails,

to youth groups, at police stations, churches and on

public radio. They have ministered here to a pastor's

conference to more than 800 pastors and to a women's

conference to more than 300 women and are currently

raising $20,000 to purchase an existing school and

compound to provide education and housing for children

ages four to 12 years old.

They have

faced everything from poison frogs to hecklers in their

work, not to mention that they are permitted only two

70-pound bags. One will be filled with their clothes and

the other one will be filled with Bibles and teaching

materials.

The CDM

Teaching and Training Center hosts guests from not only

the Southeast but around the world who come to

participate in leadership training and affirming the fact

that God's people are looking for more than just the

typical Sunday program.

Part of the

Tyrone-based ministry includes participating with Beulah

Heights Bible College in teaching international students.

Many of them come with less than $10 in their pockets and

not much more than the shirts on their backs. Their

towns/villages saved all they could just to get the

students to Atlanta.

Consequently,

there is a need to provide these students with boxes of

supplies. Those wishing to donate items such as pillows,

twin size blankets, toothbrushes, towels, etc. are asked

to call CDM.

The

concerns of Carolyn Driver Ministries includes a

children's ministry in which members tutor

"at-risk" children, those who for various

reasons are struggling with reading and spelling and,

with this assistance, can effect a positive future in

learning abilities.

"Life

is a gift," says Driver. "We must embrace life

and each day discover how an intimate relationship with

God flows through us and makes us a life-changer to

others."

"This

is the day the Lord has made, therefore I will

intentionally, on purpose, make a decision to choose to

rejoice and be glad in it," an adage espoused by

everyone associated with the Carolyn Driver Ministries

and the Teaching and Training Center.

Those

wishing to attend training classes or assist in helping

the less fortunate around the world are welcome to call.

It is at

175 Handley Road, Tyrone, and can be reached at

770-487-7354.