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Date: Monday, January 7, 2013

Time: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

Location: Mechanicsville Christian Center 8061 Shady Grove Road Mechanicsville VA 23111

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• • Registration & Orientation

    Registration & Orientation - This is an opportunity to pick up the text, pay for the course and meet the coordinating team and other students.

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  • Date: Monday, January 7, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM

• • 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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    Dave Shive

    Frontier Ventures (formerly US Center for World Mission), Catonsville MD

    Dave Shive is a 1968 graduate of the Washington Bible College, a 1972 graduate of Capital Bible Seminary with a Th.M. in New Testament Studies, and a 1994 graduate of Baltimore Hebrew University with an M.A. in Biblical Literature. Dave has spent the past 47 years in full time ministry as a pastor, Christian school director, and college professor. He currently serves with Frontier Ventures (formerly the US Center for World Mission) as a missions mobilizer for the northeast region of the United States. Dave lives in Catonsville, MD, with Kathy, his wife of 52 years. Dave and Kathy have three married children, Dan, Mike, and Becky. They are also the proud grandparents of 9 grandsons and 2 granddaughters.
    
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    Date: Monday, January 14, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    Lissa Eggleston

    Education, Midlothian VA

    I am a Bible Teacher who had the privilege to serve in Uganda as a missionary to orphaned children who were being rescued from the devastation that HIV/AIDS has brought to their land.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, January 21, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    Andrew Fuller

    World Horizons, Richmond VA

    Andrew Fuller is the Director of Operations for Al Massira (www.almassira.org), a media outreach ministry. He formerly served as the International Director of World Horizons from 2011 to 2020. (www.worldhorizons.org)
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, January 28, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    Eric Watt

    RUN Ministries, Virginia Beach VA

    Eric Watt is passionate about loving God, embracing life and living on the edge. Watt is Founder and President of Reaching Unreached Nations (RUN), an organization dedicated to bringing the revelation of God and His Kingdom to unreached people. For the past 20 years Watt has trained missionaries to serve among the unreached as well as provided strategic equipping to first generation Christian leaders, some from among the world’s least evangelized nations. Whether among new believers from the Middle East, or disciping former Hindus from Nepal or India, Watt teaches the Word and guides the planting of house churches and even the development of networks of house church fellowships. An international speaker and author of books in more than 15 languages, Watt mentors and provides strategic equipping materials to first generation Christian leaders who then pass along what they have heard to others (2 Timothy 2:2). Other titles include: “Igniting a Spiritual Movement,” “Abraham, Friend of God,” “31 Days to PEACE,” and “31 Days to WORD Power.” Since 1990, Watt has been privileged to equip and provide training materials to more than 2 million 1st generation Christian leaders living among the unreached. An ordained minister, Watt serves as Senior Pastor with Greenbrier Church in Chesapeake, VA. Watt has a BA degree from Oral Roberts University and a Master of Arts from Yale University. Watt’s wife, Becky, the daughter of a medical missionary, is also active in international missions. They have two children, Ian and Kiersti and live in Virginia Beach, VA.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, February 4, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    Daniel Susenbach

    Mechanicsville Christian Center, Firestone CO

    My name is Daniel Susenbach, and I currently serve on the pastoral staff at a church just outside Richmond, VA. Before joining staff at Mechanicsville Christian Center, I served on the mission field for a decade. I have had the privilege of traveling to 50 nations and sharing the Gospel with people who have never heard the name of Jesus before. My life purpose is to help people discover and develop their full potential in Christ, and one of my greatest passions is equipping them to do so. My greatest desire is to see the Gospel of Grace saturate the Nations!
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, February 11, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    Bob Stevens

    Peace Catalyst International, Raleigh NC

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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, February 18, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    Richard Haney

    Frontier Fellowship, North Chesterfield VA

    Ordained Presbyterian minister, married and father of three grown daughters. Led mission trips since 1982 in Latin America, Europe, Africa. Teaching trips to Central and East Asia. PhD from the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. Teaches DMin students at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Chairman of the Board of the World Christian Research NGO.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, February 25, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    David Cornelius

    Deacons Coordinator, Huguenot Road Baptist Church, Richmond, VA, Midlothian VA

    BORN: Texarkana, AR, grew up in Texarkana, TX. SCHOOLING: Dunbar High School, Texarkana, TX; Jarvis Christian College, Hawkins, TX; Texas Christian University; Ft. Worth, TX; Dallas Seminary; Dallas, TX; Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, TX. FAMILY: Married with 2 children and 5 grandchildren. WORK EXPERIENCE: Chemist, Minister of Education, Campus Minister, Assistant Pastor, Pastor, Missionary to Nigeria (church planter and church growth consultant,) Missional Church Strategist, International Mission Board, SBC.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, March 4, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    Christopher Deckert

    JESUS Film - Cru, Orlando FL

    Chris works with The JESUS Film Project, a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. He has been working in the field of missions research and mapping of languages and people groups for 27 years. Chris has shared the story of the unfinished task at conferences around the globe and helps coordinate the World Missions Atlas Project (www.worldmap.org).
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, March 11, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    Grant Lovejoy

    International Mission Board, SBC, Glen Allen VA

    Grant Lovejoy is Director of Orality Strategies for the International Mission Board (SBC). A former professor of preaching and biblical interpretation, Grant is a leader in the international movement to use oral art forms such as biblical storytelling in missions. He wrote the position paper on orality, "That All May Hear," for the Lausanne III conference in Cape Town, South Africa in 2010. Since 2004 he has served on the IMB global strategy team. Grant and Donna met at Baylor University during their student days. They are parents of two young adult daughters and enjoy spending time with them, their husbands, and three grandchildren. Their family has lived in Africa and Asia as well as Texas and Virginia. Grant co-edited Biblical Hermeneutics, Making Disciples of Oral Learners and three volumes about contextualizing theological education: Beyond Literate Western Models, Beyond Literate Western Practices, and Beyond Literate Western Contexts.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, March 18, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    Kristopher Keating

    Methodist Evangelical Church of the USA, Richmond VA

    Over the past 20 years, Kristopher has served as the director of two different international mission agencies. He has worked in more than 30 countries. He has offended people on 3 continents with his bad Karaoke skills. He is an adjunct professor at Liberty University, has degrees in Communication, Organizational Leadership and Counseling. He also completed seminary studies. He lives in downtown Richmond, Virginia with his wife Gloria, his son Max and his daughter Ana.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, March 25, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    Percy Strickland

    CHAT, Richmond VA

    Percy is a PhD student in Biblical Studies at Union Seminary in Richmond, VA. He is also the founder and CEO of Church Hill Activities and Tutoring (CHAT). This is an inner city ministry dedicated to impacting the lives of youth through 'opening homes, transforming lives and rebuilding communities'.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, April 8, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    Edward Aw

    Tsunami Unleashed, Gilbert AZ

    Ed and Rachel have two teenage sons and live in Arizona. Their ministry, Tsunami Unleashed, focuses on helping bring clarity to believers on how to live purpose "full" lives for Jesus. In addition, they provide a simple path to exponential discipleship, leadership, and church reproduction. Currently, the Lord has them building Tsunami Unleashed. The vision is to see 1 billion people across the global mobilized, equipped and impacted for Jesus. This will leverage the technological infrastructure that exists (everything internet) in an effective way that draws people from the cold medium of the web into hot relationship with believers (in-person) and Jesus. It will require an open-handed approach to all interactions and resources. They don't care who gets credit as long as the work is done giving glory to God through loving obedience to Jesus Christ. They seek to partner with any believer or organization who desires to do "something" for the Lord, not matter how small.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, April 15, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    K.

    Frontier Ventures, Columbia MD

    Karen has been involved in coordinating and instructing in Perspectives for 36 years. She currently serves as an associate with Common Ground Consultants. Her focus is on mobilizing and training followers of Jesus to share Him with their Muslim friends. Her love for and appreciation of Muslims has taken her to Turkey 21 times. As a result, she has many Turkish friends both in Turkey and in the U.S. She is also known as the "fun captain" by her grandchildren and she loves spending time with them.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, April 22, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    AJ P.

    INIM Inc., Forest VA

    AJ is the Director & General Secretary for INIM established 1964. The sole focus of this indigenous Mission remains Evangelism, Discipleship & Church Planting. AJ, who was born & raised in New Delhi India is an alumnus of Liberty University. AJ shares responsibility for INIM's church planting & field evangelism efforts in South Asia. In addition to all his Missional responsibilities, he also serves as the Men's Pastor at his home church. AJ & his wife have been married for 28 years and blessed with five children ranging from 19 years old to 9 yrs old.
    
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    Date: Monday, April 29, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

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    Date: Monday, May 6, 2013

    Time: 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

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