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Date: Monday, January 14, 2013

Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

Location: Ft Myers Perspectives Riverside Church 8660 Daniels Parkway Ft. Myers FL 33912

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• • Lesson 1

    The Living God is a Missionary God

    God's purpose is three-fold: against evil—kingdom victory; for the nations—redemption and blessing; and for God—global glory in worship. God's purpose revealed in promise to Abraham. Exploring God's purpose for the nations: Blessing to the nations described.

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    Robert Leatherwood

    Global Quest Minisistry, Tampa FL

    About the instructor: Robert is the president of GlobalQuestSeminars.com - a one day seminar that gives a complete overview of Perspectives curriculum with creative handsigns. and also teaches seminars for Walk Thru the Bible and the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement study course. He brings two decades of teaching experience and has taught over 100 seminars. He is a full-time Missions Mobilizer, who also serves as the Southeast Area Director for International Cooperating Ministries (ICM). Audiences everywhere have enjoyed his humor and insight.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, January 14, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

• • Lesson 2

    The Story of His Glory

    Exploring God's purpose for Himself: How God has been steadily unfolding a plan throughout all nations and generations to bring about His greater glory, ultimately drawing to Himself the worship of all the peoples. Passion and prayer for God's glory.

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    Paul Fahnestock

    New International, Bonita Springs FL

    Paul and his wife, Linda, were missionaries with the Presbyterian Church (USA) between 1995-2004, working with a British eye hospital in Uzbekistan. They also worked in Brazil, teaching Bible and Theology at the Missionary Training Center, in Natal. Paul now leads the missions and outreach ministry of First Presbyterian Bonita Springs, 46 mission and development projects, including projects in Brazil, Guatemala, Bulgaria, Moldova, Turkey, India, Ethiopia and South Sudan. He earned a MDiv from Reformed Theological Sem and his DMin from Pittsburgh Theological Sem. But Paul and Linda attribute their passion for the globe to Perspectives ’89, in Wichita, KS.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, January 21, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

• • Lesson 3

    Your Kingdom Come

    Exploring God's purpose regarding evil: How God has accomplished a defeat of evil powers in order to open a season of history in which the nations can freely follow Christ. The kingdom of God as the destiny of all history. Christ's mission seeks a hindering of evil to bring about a sign of the coming peace of the kingdom of God. Our prayers contend with evil in order to bring about the transformation of society with Christ's kingdom in view.

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    Jeffrey De Leon

    , Clewiston FL

    
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, January 28, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

• • Lesson 4

    Mandate for the Nations

    Jesus shows great strategic interest in Gentiles; wise strategic focus by initiating a global mission on a few disciples among the Hebrew people. The Great Commission and the ways of God's sending in relational power. Dealing with the ideas of pluralism (all religions the same) and universalism (all persons saved).

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    Mark Baxter

    YWAM Jacksonville, Jacksonville FL

    Mark Baxter is the visionary leader of Youth With A Mission Jacksonville, Florida. Mark and Janet started the base in January 2001 because they are passionate about taking the Gospel to places where it isn't. They have 3 children - Daniel, Kathleen, and Jennifer along with 8 grandchildren. Mark has ministered in over 130 nations and he, Janet, and their youngest child lived in Harbin, China teaching English and planted a church among unreached people in 2008/09. Mark is on YWAM's international frontier missions leadership team, is the missions pastor at Redeemer Church, and is part of the NoPLaceLeft network in Jacksonville.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, February 4, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

• • Lesson 5

    Unleashing the Gospel

    The first followers of Jesus: obedient in costly, foundational ways. The climactic act of the book of Acts is the freeing of the gospel to be followed by Gentiles without Jewish traditions as a requirement. A foundational act of God which speaks to the situations where the gospel is hindered today. Strategic suffering and apostolic passion.

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    Steven Masood

    Jesus to Muslims, Summerfield FL

    Steven Masood became a follower of Jesus in April 1973 in Karachi, Pakistan from a Muslim background. His testimony is chronicled in Into the Light. Steven earned a PhD from the London School of Theology thru Brunel University, London, on Islam and Christianity. He has spent 30+ years studying and working in Christian-Muslim relations and has taught Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim relations as a visiting lecturer in Christian institutions in Britain and the Far East. Steven also lectures in conferences and churches on varied subjects including the integrity of Christian and Muslim scriptures, and sharing the Gospel of Jesus. For further info: www.JesusToMuslims.org
    
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    Date: Monday, February 11, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

• • Lesson 6

    The Expansion of the Christian Movement

    The story of God's purpose continues relentlessly from Abraham's day until the present moment. An overview of the largest and the longest-running movement ever in history—the world Christian movement. How the gospel surged through the peoples and places of the world. Important insights for our own day.

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    Janet Howard

    Fort Myers FL

    Janet served as an Alliance missionary in Indonesia for 40 years with her husband, Bill Kuhns, in teaching, speaking and counseling ministries. They developed the TEE program for West Kalimantan, Indonesia while teaching at the Immanuel Bible School. Later they moved to teach at Jaffray Theological Seminary in Makassar, the oldest evangelical seminary in that large country. After her husband Bill died Janet became Minister of Discipleship at The Village Church in Fort Myers, FL for 5 years. It was there, as leader of a bereavement support group, that she met her present husband, David Howard, who had a major role in the development of the Perspectives course.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, February 18, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

• • Lesson 7

    Eras of Mission History

    The greatest explosion of growth ever has taken place in last 200 years in three "bursts" of activity. Why we could be in the final era of missions. The global harvest force comprised increasingly of non-Western missionaries.

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    Paul King

    Pioneers, Orlando FL

    Paul King is a Mobilization Coordinator for Pioneers in Orlando. He has been involved in mission activity since retirement from 35 years of teaching and administration at several major universities. He and his wife Pat have a life-long interest in global discipleship, and have traveled widely supporting several overseas ministries. Paul is a civil engineer by background with degrees from Caltech and Stanford.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, February 25, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

• • Lesson 8

    Pioneers of the World Christian Movement

    Today we anchor the race by continuing what others have begun. It's a day of finishing. All the more reason to learn the wisdom and the heart of ordinary people who did extraordinary things in earlier generations. Reading the writings of William Carey and other leaders to discern what these people have left to us. Exploring the contribution of women in missions throughout the centuries.

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    Russ Luther

    North Fort Myers FL

    Russ grew up in southeastern Massachusetts. He attended Nyack College and Alliance Theological Seminary in Nyack, NY. He and his wife, Laurie, had their first pastorate near Pittsburgh. In 1986, after a year of French language study in Paris, Russ and Laurie worked in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso for six years after which they returned to Pittsburgh ministering in two different churches for 15 years. Since 2010 Russ has served as the Faith Relations Coordinator.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, March 4, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

• • Lesson 9

    The Task Remaining

    God's pressed His purpose forward until the present hour of amazing opportunity. Understanding the concept of "unreached peoples" to assess the remaining task. Recognizing the imbalance of mission resources shapes strategic priorities. The basic minimal missiological achievement in every people group opens the way for working with God against every kind of evil so that the gospel of the kingdom is declared and displayed with clarity and power. The need and opportunity of urban mission.

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    David English

    Fort Myers FL

    Dave directs Global Opportunities (GO) (www.globalopps.org), equipping tentmakers—workplace Christians who intentionally work in other cultures to bring people to Christ and disciple them. GO helps 100s of go-ers from +30 countries go to +80 countries in many professions, including business. GO also assists Tentmaking agencies in Norway, Finland, Brazil, Venezuela, among others. For 16 years Dave developed students and staff for campus ministry with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship (IVCF), eventually serving as Mid-Atlantic Regional Director. Both he and Kendra share a life-long commitment to the Great Commission. They spent one memorable summer visiting IVCF sister movements in Ghana, Zambia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. After InterVarsity, Dave earned an M. Div. at Fuller Seminary, while serving as Minister to Small Groups and Singles in So. CA. David and Kendra live in Ft. Myers. They have 3 children. Elizabeth serves in IVCF, Jonathan practices law for HUD in Washington, DC, and Nathaniel works in a bike store in Berkeley, CA and rides competitively.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, March 11, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

• • Lesson 10

    How Shall They Hear?

    Culture and intercultural communication of the gospel. Communicating the gospel with relevance at the worldview level helps avoid syncretism (blending of cultural error with God?s truth) and also enables powerful movements of the gospel. Sensitive missionaries will look for ways that God has preserved or prepared people to hear the gospel, often finding redemptive analogies for God's truth.

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    Ted Esler

    Missio Nexus, St. Cloud FL

    Ted Esler is the President of Missio Nexus, an association of agencies and churches representing over 30,000 Great Commission workers worldwide. A Minnesota native, Ted worked in the computer industry before becoming a church planter in Sarajevo, Bosnia, during the 1990’s. He is the author of the book, "Overwhelming Minority," about their family's ministry in Bosnia. In 2000, Ted became the Canadian director of Pioneers and three years later moved to Orlando to join Pioneers USA’s leadership team. He was appointed the President of Missio Nexus in 2015. Ted has BS in Computer Science and Speech Communication (Mankato State University, 1985), an MTS in Theology (Heritage Seminary, 2002), and a PhD in Intercultural Studies (Fuller Theological Seminary, 2012). Ted is married to Annette and they have five children. Ted loves sailing, Crossfit, bikes, plays bass, and enjoys eating ethnic foods from around the world. Ted is a part of a church planting network in Orlando called "The Living Room," and serves as a board member for a couple of ministry organizations.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, March 18, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

• • Lesson 11

    Building Bridges of Love

    The incarnation as a model of missionary humility. How missionaries can enter appropriate roles in order to form relationships of trust and respect to develop a sense of belonging, and thus to communicate with credibility for understanding. Explore the intricacy of identification in another culture. Explore the even greater complexity of presenting identity with integrity in a globalized, terrorized, pluralized world. Recognizing the dynamics of social structure in order to initiate growing movements of ongoing communication throughout the society.

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    Charlotte Stemple

    within C&MA, Fort Myers FL

    Charlotte has been a missionary to Vietnam and Malaysia, Pastor's wife,national women's leader short-term administrator. Her current passion is missions mobilizing through speaking and teaching. She authored MY VIETNAM in 2010 and speaks over 50 times a year to diverse secular, church and college groups. She has traveled to 57 countries and spoken in many of these. She and her husband Woody have two sons, both of whom currently serve overseas.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, April 1, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

• • Lesson 12

    Christian Community Development

    A survey of world need. Dynamic balance of evangelism and social action. Hope for significant transformation as a sign of Christ's Lordship by Christian community development. Exploring the charge that missionaries destroy instead of serve cultures. Healing the wounds of the world between the peoples.

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    Stan Doerr

    North Fort Myers FL

    Stan joined ECHO after working with World Vision where he served three years in Mauritania. Stan has lived or worked in over 45 countries around the world in community development and agriculture and has a Master of Science degree from the University of Texas.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, April 8, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

• • Lesson 13

    The Spontaneous Multiplication of Churches

    Look beyond institutional features of churches to understand churches as dynamic movements of Christ Himself being followed. Such a view of churches as organic, living things opens up the practicality of seeing them multiply rapidly as movements and also flourish in society bearing the fruit of social transformation. Churches as counter-communities, acting as salt and light, bringing change to their cultures. How movements multiply by connecting with entire families and larger social structures.

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    Levi Pancake

    Syracuse NY

    
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, April 15, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

• • Lesson 14

    Pioneer Church Planting

    The hope of planting churches among unreached peoples. How the breakthrough of the gospel in an unreached people requires that the gospel be "de-Westernized". The difference of contextualizing the message, the messenger and the movement. Distinguish and appreciate people movements, church planting movements and insider movements.

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    John Heerema

    Big Life Ministries Inc., Naples FL

    John Heerema is Executive Director of Big Life Ministries. Big Life was formed in 2000 after John, his wife Kathy, and a few friends were challenged by a simple question: Are you leading a little life in your own little world; or are you willing to lead a Big Life? It was their desire to lead a Big Life, a life with a Big Kingdom impact. The Lord has used Big Life to start +8,000 churches in Pakistan, Afghanistan, India, Iran and 7 other countries. Big Life trains local believers to reach their own people for Jesus Christ.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, April 22, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

• • Lesson 15

    World Christian Discipleship

    What it means to integrate life for Christ's global purpose as a "'World Christian". Into the great story for His glory: a Person-driven life as a way of. pursuing a purpose-driven life. The basic practices of world Christians: going, sending, welcoming and mobilizing. The essential disciplines of World Christian discipleship: community, giving, praying and learning. Simplifying your lifestyle as if in "war-time". Exploring the practical ways of pursuing God's purpose. Business and mission. Short-term mission. Welcoming international visitors. Wisdom in working with local churches and in partnership with Christians in different parts of the world.

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    Nolen Rollins

    Kingdom Mobilization Inc., Estero FL

    Nolen Rollins is Founder and President of Kingdom Mobilization. Kingdom Mobilization exists to mobilze people and resources for Kingdom-minded ministries around the world by helping individuals discover and engage in God's purposes for their lives. He also serves as Pastor of Legacy Church, Estero, FL. Previously he served as Executive Pastor of First Baptist Church Atlanta.
    
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    Date: Monday, April 29, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM

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