My name is Gerard Assey, the Founder & CEO of this God-inspired Ministry : ‘Shepherds Well’- A Worldwide Christian Leadership Training Ministry that is dedicated to helping Develop & Equip Shepherds to Feed & Lead HIS Flock into Green Pastures (the New Covenant), by drawing water from the Great Shepherd’s Well & helping them maximize their God-given Personal & Leadership Potential

For several years now, I have been the Founder Chief Executive of a Leading Corporate Training Group- Citius, Altius, Fortius Unlimited, that is dedicated to helping people grow in 3 Core Competencies: People, Performance & Profit, and have been blessed by serving some of the topmost names in the Corporate World  in India, Middle East, Africa & SE Asia.

Prior to this I was involved in heading & leading organizations as Country Profit Head. However it was during this period that the Lord started HIS work on me, without me having the slightest clue!

Being in Leadership, many times I had to address gatherings & audiences, including the large sales force all over the country that I was responsible for…and this was what I dreaded the most- to get up to speak! Every time I stood up to speak, everything in me would rattle! It became such a joke in the organization that before any occasion I had to speak, the team would comment: “Oh, tomorrow is the conference & we are sure Gerard would be on leave!” I would always apply for leave, just to escape.

Many years prior to this I remember even at my wedding reception, when I had to respond to the toast raised, I blabbered, fumbled & stuttered, and when I got back to my seat, my new beautiful bride jokingly whispered into my ears: ‘I think I could have done a better job!”

Fear, shyness & being an introvert bound me from moving forward right from a little boy and this continued for many years, until, I believe the Lord sent the right person- (A lady boss) into my life to help draw out from me the God-given potential He had already placed in me.

From then on, there was no looking back…What was my weakness, God turned into a mighty strength, helping me travel across the country & other nations using this skill- through HIS transforming Grace- from weakness to God-glorifying strength! I still could never for a moment know at that time what God was up to in HIS infinite plan but when I think back now of how God has used me, equipping me for the purpose HE had all these years since then…its really true of how Grace flows in our weakness…!

Having now equipped me with public speaking skills & the ability to train at various levels in the Corporate World, HE now started to work on my heart.

Meanwhile, my beloved sister in Singapore indirectly & unknowingly also played the role of ‘shepherding this lamb’ as in 1 Peter 5:2 by timely & periodically feeding me with ‘bite-sized bits of HIS Word’ from the teachings of Ps. Joseph Prince. (Incidentally, the name & ideas of this website you are on to now was God-inspired through her…aptly & fondly called WiseBird!)   

For nights I would get up very restless & one night as I lay in bed, I clearly heard a voice tell me ‘I have called you to be a fisher of men…for My Kingdom!’

From the next day, for the next few months, began my search for a ‘good bible college’ that would teach the right doctrines. After several attempts at various ones, I was led to join the Charis Bible College (CBC)-part of the Andrew Wommack Ministries- Colorado, USA, as a part-time student.

CBC had just opened their office in India & even at the time of registration, I had never dreamt of completing the entire course, as my current position in the corporate world required that I travel often. (I remember even telling the Director of CBC, that I would join only on the condition that I be allowed ‘atleast 6 leaves of absence’ during the year…and much reluctantly he agreed as a special case!) But here again, it was by HIS super abounding Grace alone that during these 2 years of study that my travel was worked around the classes, thus enabling me to complete with more than 99% attendance!

After joining Bible College, every day, was a new experience, a new venture & a new day of excitement by growing in the revelation of HIS Love! Added to this were new skills, talents & gifts that suddenly kept surfacing….gifts like music (playing not just a 6 string guitar, but a 12 string one by ear!), book writing, poetry writing, song writing, puppetry, praise & worship, preaching skills… and the earnest desire to take HIS message of ‘Abundant Life’ to the sick that led me to also launch the website: www.JesusHealedYou.com!

In me developed a new Christ Esteem & I would at times joke at myself that…‘If God could use the jaws of an ass for a special purpose, He could certainly use the jaws of this Ass(ey) for HIS divine purpose!’ God continued to open several doors for me to be able to use my new skills that HE all these years equipped me with, to be able to now give back into HIS kingdom by enabling me teach at the Charis Bible College on ‘Presentation/ Preaching Skills’ & on ‘Leadership’ to the bible college students as well as periodic sessions for the Staff & Management of the college. Also arose regular preaching opportunities, to be able to share HIS Word from the Youth to the Old. Slowly, began the shift from Secular or Worldly Training (though has some value) to Godliness that has MORE value for all time,bearing fruit that lasts-impacting eternity! (1 Tim 4:8)

Today, when I look back, my life is more like that of 2 characters in the Bible:
David in the OT & Peter in the NT: Just as how David rose from a shepherd boy to the throne, I could see myself from the ‘the bare-foot’ boy in Perambur, (Chennai, India) to the top in the Corporate Corridors of Power, rubbing shoulders with the top-notch & ‘Who’s Who’. (HIS undeserved Grace poured upon my life-All Glory to Jesus, HE is my Influence!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

And like illiterate Peter… who was given 2 commissions: the 1st: ‘Fisher of men’ (Mk 1.17) & the 2nd: ‘Feed my Flock’ (1 Pet 5.2). However, from the time Peter got his 1st commission to the time he received the 2nd one; he actually did not fish for any men, but was only getting equipped. It was only after he received his 2nd commission, that boldness set in! So was the case with me…Since receiving my 1st call nothing major or significant took place, except for the equipping & building that happened in my life!

Today, ‘this Prized Trophy of HIS Grace’, that is treasured so tightly like a little lamb on HIS Blood striped shoulders (Deut 33.12), is proud to be enjoying this humble role of playing a small part in the largest organization- the Body of Christ- His Kingdom, which is more rewarding than swinging through the Corporate Corridors of Power.

In all humility, I can now see myself, through HIS Grace having moved from being Self-conscious & Self-occupied to Christ-conscious & Christ-occupied & today, I sincerely believe that though I haven’t yet reached there, I have atleast started out!   

 

Bio-Profile of Founder

With regards to the spiritual walk that Gerard is enjoying, he believes that he hasn’t reached there yet, but just set out.

In the secular side, Gerard is a ‘Fellow’ of the prestigious ‘Institute of Sales & Marketing Management’-UK, a Certified NLP Practitioner, a ‘Certified Trainer’, an ‘Accredited Management Teacher’, and a ‘Certified Management Consultant’- (the International credentials of a professional management consultant, awarded in accordance with global standards of the ICMCI); He holds an ‘Etiquette Consultant’ Certification from the USA & has been a recipient of a scholarship for extensive training in Japan on ‘Corporate Management for India’. Gerard Assey is Chief Executive of the group: ‘Citius, Altius, Fortius Unlimited’-serving some of the topmost names worldwide

In the ministry side, Gerard has for the last few years been serving as a Part-time Faculty at Charis Bible College-Chennai (Andrew Wommack Ministries-Colorado, USA), for sessions on ‘Presentation & Preaching Skills’ along with ‘Leadership Skills & Other Managerial Trainings’. He is also on the board of a few international organizations – The Vine Charitable Trust (Part of ‘Anglo-Indian Concern’-UK) & People of the Way Fellowship & for several years on the board & past Managing Trustee of the Andrew Wommack Ministries-India, to name some.

Gerard graduated from the Charis Bible College & also has a Masters in Divinity & is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Christian Leadership, besides having attended several courses in the past such as The Lay Leadership Program- Lay Leadership Institute by Rev Naomi Dowdy, ‘The EQUIP’ Program by John Maxwell & other courses by Billy Graham Evangelistic Association to name a few.

Gerard is author of 2 published books & has also produced a CD titled: HE HEALS TODAY! - A subject very close to his heart, and made available on website: www.JesusHealedYou.com!