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Transformed Life University
Transformed Life University is a self-paced learning platform that offers a variety of courses to Christian workers, Lay-People, Ministers, or anyone who desires a deeper knowledge of God and holy living.
The times are changing, and education is changing with it. For the average person in a full-time career, participating in a traditional class room learning environment is more difficult than ever. There are even many reports that conclude that the high price of education may not be worth the financial burden it requires.
The logical alternative is to utilize on line education. Also called Distance Learning, on line education has gained tremendous momentum as a viable way for people to attain a degree, or to simply continue their education. Concerns with economic trends and financial uncertainties have created a tremendous demand for new on line learning opportunities. Distance Learning is seen more and more as an affordable alternative to attending traditional classes.
This is the motivation for Transformed Life University. Our desire is to offer substantive course content, delivered via a socially interactive platform, where students can gain value from the experiences of others.
By partnering with educators who have the academic qualifications and the life experience to go with it, in addition to the socially interactive platform, we have created a truly unique learning environment that gives the student a much broader level of education experience than other offline programs can offer.
This is why we say “There’s no better living than a Transformed Life!” For more information about the courses offered through TLU, visit www.tluonline.com
To your success,
Garland M Burgess
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Transformed Life University is a self-paced learning platform that offers a variety of courses to Christian workers, Lay-People, Ministers, or anyone who desires a deeper knowledge of God and holy living.
The times are changing, and education is changing with it. For the average person in a full-time career, participating in a traditional class room learning environment is more difficult than ever. There are even many reports that conclude that the high price of education may not be worth the financial burden it requires.
The logical alternative is to utilize on line education. Also called Distance Learning, on line education has gained tremendous momentum as a viable way for people to attain a degree, or to simply continue their education. Concerns with economic trends and financial uncertainties have created a tremendous demand for new on line learning opportunities. Distance Learning is seen more and more as an affordable alternative to attending traditional classes.
This is the motivation for Transformed Life University. Our desire is to offer substantive course content, delivered via a socially interactive platform, where students can gain value from the experiences of others.
By partnering with educators who have the academic qualifications and the life experience to go with it, in addition to the socially interactive platform, we have created a truly unique learning environment that gives the student a much broader level of education experience than other offline programs can offer.
This is why we say “There’s no better living than a Transformed Life!” For more information about the courses offered through TLU, visit www.tluonline.com
To your success,
Garland M Burgess
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Transformed Life Radio
Transformed Life Radio is a weekly, live-streamed, internet radio program featuring special guests and a broad range of topics on the Christian Life. The weekly featured topic is Addiction Recovery.
The program welcomes and encourages people who have had experience with any life-controlling habits to participate in the discussions. There are many people that have the ability to help others if given the opportunity to share their experiences. Transformed Life Radio wants to give them that opportunity.
The live broadcasts will begin on or before October 1, 2012. The live broadcast schedule will be every Monday from 7:00 to 9:00 pm Eastern time. Other pre-recorded programs will run on a 24-hour schedule.
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Transformed Life Radio is a weekly, live-streamed, internet radio program featuring special guests and a broad range of topics on the Christian Life. The weekly featured topic is Addiction Recovery.
The program welcomes and encourages people who have had experience with any life-controlling habits to participate in the discussions. There are many people that have the ability to help others if given the opportunity to share their experiences. Transformed Life Radio wants to give them that opportunity.
The live broadcasts will begin on or before October 1, 2012. The live broadcast schedule will be every Monday from 7:00 to 9:00 pm Eastern time. Other pre-recorded programs will run on a 24-hour schedule.
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Transformed Life Connect - Social Network
TL-Connect is a Christian Social Networking website that is available to Christians from all walks of life. TL-Connect provides a safe environment where friends can socialize with one another without the worry of inappropriate influences.
Social interaction is a vital part of our society, and therefore, Social Networks have become a major influence in the lives of our young people and even older adults as well. Social Networks have even become a platform for commerce, and will continue to have a great impact on our society as a whole for years to come. It is important for Christians everywhere to maintain a distance from the inappropriate influences of the world. We are in the world, but not of the world, as the Bible says.
One of the main concerns in the Christian community is the worldly influences confronting our friends and family in the social media outlets of today. These influences are growing bolder as time goes on. For too long our Christian community has needed a safe and Christian-friendly environment where our friends and family members can stay connected with one another. TL-Connect provides this platform.
TL-Connect is a simple but effective social networking alternative to the mainstream social networking sites found on the web today. TL-Connect has features and functions that rival the more popular sites, but without the bad influences that co-exists with this popularity.
Change is often difficult, but many times carries with it a variety of benefits. We believe these benefits outweigh the difficulty when it comes to changing our choice of Social Networking site. After trying TL-Connect for a short period of time, we believe you will agree. Visit the TL-Connect social website at tl-connect.com.
Happy networking!
The TL-Connect Team
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TL-Connect is a Christian Social Networking website that is available to Christians from all walks of life. TL-Connect provides a safe environment where friends can socialize with one another without the worry of inappropriate influences.
Social interaction is a vital part of our society, and therefore, Social Networks have become a major influence in the lives of our young people and even older adults as well. Social Networks have even become a platform for commerce, and will continue to have a great impact on our society as a whole for years to come. It is important for Christians everywhere to maintain a distance from the inappropriate influences of the world. We are in the world, but not of the world, as the Bible says.
One of the main concerns in the Christian community is the worldly influences confronting our friends and family in the social media outlets of today. These influences are growing bolder as time goes on. For too long our Christian community has needed a safe and Christian-friendly environment where our friends and family members can stay connected with one another. TL-Connect provides this platform.
TL-Connect is a simple but effective social networking alternative to the mainstream social networking sites found on the web today. TL-Connect has features and functions that rival the more popular sites, but without the bad influences that co-exists with this popularity.
Change is often difficult, but many times carries with it a variety of benefits. We believe these benefits outweigh the difficulty when it comes to changing our choice of Social Networking site. After trying TL-Connect for a short period of time, we believe you will agree. Visit the TL-Connect social website at tl-connect.com.
Happy networking!
The TL-Connect Team
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Transformed Life University - Resource Library
The TLU Resource Library is primarily available to local church members who are taking courses through Transformed Life University. Other churches or ministries that have need of commentaries, biographies, Bible dictionaries, concordances, atlases, and many other types of resource material for educational endeavors, may also be granted special access to the TLU Resource Library .
It is our eventual goal to compile an exhaustive library of every Christian literature, reference, commentary, and biographical work that is possible to obtain in eBook format. This is a tremendous undertaking and will require years to accomplish. However, it is our desire to make these works available as a free service to people who are a part of the churches and ministries that utilize the services of Transformed Life University, and as a benefit for those enrolled in the courses that are offered through TLU.
This can be a tremendous blessing for anyone enrolled in TLU to not have the financial burden of acquiring, through traditional means, those books necessary for the fulfillment of their course requirements. Instead, the students are able to use the on line versions of these works as they complete the TLU courses for which they are enrolled.
For those students who wish to build a personal library of Christian books and resources, they will still have the option of obtaining a physical copy of the books required for their completion of their courses through TLU Resource Library.
For more information about the TLU Resource Library, visit the library website at www.tlulibrary.com
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The TLU Resource Library is primarily available to local church members who are taking courses through Transformed Life University. Other churches or ministries that have need of commentaries, biographies, Bible dictionaries, concordances, atlases, and many other types of resource material for educational endeavors, may also be granted special access to the TLU Resource Library .
It is our eventual goal to compile an exhaustive library of every Christian literature, reference, commentary, and biographical work that is possible to obtain in eBook format. This is a tremendous undertaking and will require years to accomplish. However, it is our desire to make these works available as a free service to people who are a part of the churches and ministries that utilize the services of Transformed Life University, and as a benefit for those enrolled in the courses that are offered through TLU.
This can be a tremendous blessing for anyone enrolled in TLU to not have the financial burden of acquiring, through traditional means, those books necessary for the fulfillment of their course requirements. Instead, the students are able to use the on line versions of these works as they complete the TLU courses for which they are enrolled.
For those students who wish to build a personal library of Christian books and resources, they will still have the option of obtaining a physical copy of the books required for their completion of their courses through TLU Resource Library.
For more information about the TLU Resource Library, visit the library website at www.tlulibrary.com
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About Garland M. Burgess
Biographical Information
Garland Mark Burgess and his family have been members of Temple Baptist Church in Powell, TN since 2006. Mr. and Mrs. Burgess have four adult children and three grandchildren. Mrs. Burgess is an RN and a Health Care Director with a local Knoxville company and has been in nursing for over twenty-seven years. Since 2006, Brother Burgess has authored several books dealing with a range of topics from addiction recovery to business and the economy.
Ministry Experience
Prior to being called to preach, Brother Burgess served in various church ministries as Deacon, Sunday School Teacher, Music Director, Youth Director, and Bus Worker. Mrs. Burgess has served as Organist, Pianist, and Sunday School Teacher. Brother Burgess was called to preach in 2001, while a member of Gospel Light Baptist Church in Walkertown, North Carolina, and surrendered to full-time ministry the following year.
In 1978 to 1981 Brother Burgess had the privilege to work, travel, and sing, with the late, Evangelist, Lester Roloff. He again served there for over a year as the Director of both the Lighthouse and City of Refuge homes for men in Corpus Christi, Texas, starting in 2002, at which time he re-opened the City of Refuge Home for men. He has worked most recently as the Director of Our Master’s Camp, a Residential, Addiction Recovery Ministry where he directed and administered the program from organizational conception to operation; developing curriculum guides, program procedures, promotional material, and standards of practice. He has also worked in other ministries including the Victory Home for Men in Pickens, SC, Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC, and ACE School of Tomorrow Headquarters in Lewisville, TX.
Education
Brother Burgess served eight years in the US ARMY Reserve Signal Corps, with specialty skills in multi-channel, microwave, and satellite communications, where he received a commendation for meritorious completion of training in the US ARMY Signal School at Fort Gordon, Georgia, graduating top of his class as “Distinguished Graduate.” He has successfully held management positions with both ADT Security Services as Operations Manager, and BellSouth Telecommunications as Network Manager. He holds a degree in Electronic Engineering Technology, a Bachelor of Science in Bible, and a Master of Ministry degree (Summa Cum Laude 4.0). Brother Burgess is currently pursuing a PhD in Christian Education, planning to graduate May 2012. In addition, Brother Burgess has training and experience in Christian School Administration, Large Project Management, Personnel Management, and Business Management.
Calling of God
God has called Brother Burgess to preach the Word of God. Brother Burgess and his wife have experience in several different areas of leadership in church ministry, and believe the Lord has called them into “full-time” service. They trust the Lord for His infinite wisdom in leading them as they seek to obey Him and bring glory to Him through their lives.
Transformed Life Ministries was created as a step of faith and obedience to the Lord’s direction in reaching people with life-controlling habits as well as those who may need additional Biblical training to help them in their Christian life and walk with the Lord.
Biographical Information
Garland Mark Burgess and his family have been members of Temple Baptist Church in Powell, TN since 2006. Mr. and Mrs. Burgess have four adult children and three grandchildren. Mrs. Burgess is an RN and a Health Care Director with a local Knoxville company and has been in nursing for over twenty-seven years. Since 2006, Brother Burgess has authored several books dealing with a range of topics from addiction recovery to business and the economy.
Ministry Experience
Prior to being called to preach, Brother Burgess served in various church ministries as Deacon, Sunday School Teacher, Music Director, Youth Director, and Bus Worker. Mrs. Burgess has served as Organist, Pianist, and Sunday School Teacher. Brother Burgess was called to preach in 2001, while a member of Gospel Light Baptist Church in Walkertown, North Carolina, and surrendered to full-time ministry the following year.
In 1978 to 1981 Brother Burgess had the privilege to work, travel, and sing, with the late, Evangelist, Lester Roloff. He again served there for over a year as the Director of both the Lighthouse and City of Refuge homes for men in Corpus Christi, Texas, starting in 2002, at which time he re-opened the City of Refuge Home for men. He has worked most recently as the Director of Our Master’s Camp, a Residential, Addiction Recovery Ministry where he directed and administered the program from organizational conception to operation; developing curriculum guides, program procedures, promotional material, and standards of practice. He has also worked in other ministries including the Victory Home for Men in Pickens, SC, Bob Jones University in Greenville, SC, and ACE School of Tomorrow Headquarters in Lewisville, TX.
Education
Brother Burgess served eight years in the US ARMY Reserve Signal Corps, with specialty skills in multi-channel, microwave, and satellite communications, where he received a commendation for meritorious completion of training in the US ARMY Signal School at Fort Gordon, Georgia, graduating top of his class as “Distinguished Graduate.” He has successfully held management positions with both ADT Security Services as Operations Manager, and BellSouth Telecommunications as Network Manager. He holds a degree in Electronic Engineering Technology, a Bachelor of Science in Bible, and a Master of Ministry degree (Summa Cum Laude 4.0). Brother Burgess is currently pursuing a PhD in Christian Education, planning to graduate May 2012. In addition, Brother Burgess has training and experience in Christian School Administration, Large Project Management, Personnel Management, and Business Management.
Calling of God
God has called Brother Burgess to preach the Word of God. Brother Burgess and his wife have experience in several different areas of leadership in church ministry, and believe the Lord has called them into “full-time” service. They trust the Lord for His infinite wisdom in leading them as they seek to obey Him and bring glory to Him through their lives.
Transformed Life Ministries was created as a step of faith and obedience to the Lord’s direction in reaching people with life-controlling habits as well as those who may need additional Biblical training to help them in their Christian life and walk with the Lord.
