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.

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