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Date: Monday, August 19, 2013

Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

Location: Christian Assembly 2417 Colorado Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90041

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• • Registration & Orientation

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  • Date: Monday, August 19, 2013

    Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 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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    Claude Hickman

    The Traveling Team, Riverside CA

    Claude Hickman is the Executive Director of The Traveling Team. Starting in 1999, He and his wife Rebecca spent seven years speaking to students at 49 of the 50 states and today Claude oversees teams that continue to visit every university in America every two years. Claude is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary and authored two books: Live Life On Purpose and It’s All Backward. Claude is also veteran BMX athlete and Guinness World Record holder who remains engaged judging and emceeing action sports events around the world. He lives with his wife and two boys in California where he is a regular teaching pastor at Sandals Church. Claude continues to develop leaders, speak around the nation, and awaken God's people to God's purpose.of Live Life On Purpose. He now lives with his family in Southern California, and continues to develop leaders, speak, and awaken God's people to God's purpose.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, August 19, 2013

    Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 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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    Mike Brown

    The Family Table, Chatsworth CA

    Mike began his ministry by pastoring a local church in Los Angeles, then spent several years on the mission field in Mexico, where he started a training ministry called 'El Puente', which served as a bridge to equip short term missionaries and enable the local Body of Christ in Mexico to become self supporting apart from American funds. In 2008, Mike planted a church in Los Angeles, CA (Redeemer), and teaches Biblical Theology & Church Planting at Radius International, a 12 month training program in Tijuana, designed to equip missionaries to the unreached with the cultural, linguistic and Biblical skills necessary. In 2018, he transitioned out of local church ministry to start The Family Table, a non profit mobilizing churches to care for vulnerable children in the foster care system.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, August 26, 2013

    Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 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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    David Taylor

    Christian Aid Mission, Charlottesville VA

    David served for ten years as a missionary in the Philippines with the Frontier Mission Fellowship. He is the author of Eternal Vision and senior editor of the Global Mission Database. He serves as president of Christian Aid Mission and chairman of COSIM (Coalition on the Support of Indigenous Ministries)
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, September 9, 2013

    Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 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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    John Lo

    Epicentre Church, Pasadena, Glendale CA

    John was led to pastoral ministry in his quest to help people. During his 13 years with FEC Glendale (Epicentre’s mother church), John served as youth pastor for 8 years and as young adult pastor for 5 years before planting Epicentre Church Pasadena in 2003. As a visionary leader, John’s primary role is preaching & teaching, leading new initiatives, and igniting strategic, apostolic leaders. John has both a M.Div and a Doctorate of Ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary. John and his wife Evelyn live in Glendale, where they enjoy really good sushi, time at the beach Their son, Josh, is a Junior at Baylor University.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, September 16, 2013

    Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 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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    Colleen Wong

    Deoworks , West Hills CA

    Colleen is currently on staff with Deoworks as the Director of Strategic Partnerships and Platforms, with a focus on national leadership development. Deoworks is a Gospel-centered consulting non-profit company connecting the body of Christ and accelerating the ministry of the Kingdom of God, seeking to incubate ideas to contribute the furthering of the Kingdom.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, September 23, 2013

    Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 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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    Andy Pearce

    International Students, Inc., San Gabriel CA

    Andy serves as Director of Church Partnerships with International Students, Inc. (ISI) He has a Master's in Theological Studies from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, a Master's in Education from Cal State Los Angeles, and a Ph.D.in International Development from William Carey International University. Andy and his wife have four daughters and one son and live in San Gabriel, CA.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, September 30, 2013

    Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 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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    Bruce Graham

    Frontier Ventures, Pasadena CA

    --Founding team member of US Center for World Mission --First Perspectives course alumnus --Perspectives Coordinator --Principle of an Indian Indigenous Missionary Training Base--Bethel Bible Institute (India) for 5 yrs. --Story of the Bible Curriculum developer for training networks in N. India --Received Honorary doctorate from William Carey International University ––General Director of Frontier Ventures/ formerly US Center for World Mission
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, October 7, 2013

    Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 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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    Brian Zunigha

    California Baptist University, Riverside CA

    Brian graduated from the University of Oklahoma, where he was trained to make disciples. After graduation he joined staff with the campus ministry that trained him at OU, then traveled nationally for The Traveling Team, challenging students to embrace God's heart for the world. Brian earned a MDiv at Midwestern Seminary and is now Director of Campus Ministry at California Baptist University, in Riverside (CA). He is married to Jennifer.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, October 14, 2013

    Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 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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    Daniel Lim

    International Students, Inc., Torrance CA

    Daniel has worked with international students since 1996, and currently serves with International Students, Inc. as an Area Mobilizer, partnering with local churches to develop, equip and train church based teams to engage in the highly strategic missions field of international student ministry.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, October 21, 2013

    Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 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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    Marguerite Kraft

    Retired Professor/Biola University, S Pasadena CA

    
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, October 28, 2013

    Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 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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    Len Bartlotti

    Frontiers, Springfield MO

    Leonard N. (Len) Bartlotti, Ph.D. is a well-known speaker, author, mobilizer, educator and strategy consultant to faith-based organizations in the Middle East/Asia. He and his wife Debi served 14 years among one of the world's largest Muslim people groups. Dr. Len is a passionate communicator who combines a love for students with deep empathy and understanding of other cultures. He and his wife Debi, a nurse midwife and licensed Spiritual Director, have been married for over 45 years, and have three married adult children, and six grandsons, and live in Springfield, Missouri.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, November 4, 2013

    Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 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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    Vicky Warren

    MissionNext, Mena AR

    Vicky spent 33 years working in innovative and creative environments from multimillion dollar technology deployments, alliances with technical luminaries such as Steve Jobs, Nicholas Negroponte's MIT media lab, Stanford Research Institute (SRI) and The Walt Disney Studios to entrepreneurial startup businesses. Her primary focus in these organizations included leadership and business development, strategic planning, research and development, innovation and creativity. She became "known" in these organizations for her heart for the Gospel through her daily walk in these high paced and demanding environments. Her passion for Christ took her on a 30-year journey of adventure as she walked on burning coals, assisted with eye clinics in Mexico, participated in medical relief efforts in Bolivia, planted pioneer businesses in Asia and Africa, came face to face with the persecuted church in Orissa, and served widows in the rainforest of Panama. Now she is committed full time to taking the Gospel to the nations through Pioneer Business Planting, building Kingdom businesses, and gobalization!
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, November 11, 2013

    Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 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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    Cheryl Fletcher

    Pasadena CA

    
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, November 18, 2013

    Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 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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    Phillip Elkins

    Language & Culture Institute, Altadena CA

    
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, November 25, 2013

    Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 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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    Scott White

    Lake Avenue Church, Pasadena CA

    For over 20 years Scott White was in business in the San Gabriel Valley region, operating a contracting business that he began and built while attending UCLA, where he majored in English Literature and Creative Writing. In addition to operating his business, in 1999, Scott joined the staff of Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena, Ca and pioneered the role of Missions Mobilization Coordinator. In 2003, he joined their pastoral team as Pastor of Global Outreach and oversees a missions program with 61 sent workers and global partnerships. He holds a Masters Degree in Global Leadership from Fuller Seminary. Scott's ministry focus has been on mission mobilization since the mid 80s. That role has taken him to 40 nations on 5 continents. He has served the Perspectives Movement in many ways having Coordinated over 20 classes, cohosted a Perspectives DVD series, as well as being a popular Perspectives instructor himself. Scott chairs two different Non-Profits focused on advancing the gospel among Least Reached Peoples.
    
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    Date: Monday, December 2, 2013

    Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

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    Date: Monday, December 9, 2013

    Time: 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM

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