|
Bel Air, CA Spring 2014
Spring 2014
Looking for your assignments?
Sign In
-
-
-
Instructor
![]()
-
-
-
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.
-
Instructor
Tom Theriault
Solana Beach Presbyterian Church, San Marcos CA
Born and raised in the Northwest, Tom Theriault is retired, serving most recently for 21 years as Associate Pastor for Mission and Outreach at the Solana Beach Presbyterian Church, Solana Beach, California (in north San Diego County). A congregation of over 1400 members, Solana Beach Pres supports a wide range of mission activities, including a large outreach to local Hispanics, a burgeoning Creation Care initiative, and the support of missionaries around the world.
Attending the University of Washington, Tom majored in history and psychology. Upon graduation from Fuller Seminary in Pasadena,CA, was ordained as Associate Pastor for Christian Education and Youth Ministry at the La Crescenta Presbyterian Church near Pasadena. He then served as the Evangelism and Mission Pastor at Westminster Presbyterian Church in Yakima, WA.
When God opened the door, he moved back to Pasadena as Executive Director of the Presbyterian Center for Mission Studies. For six years he traveled extensively, mobilizing God’s people to more vigorously pursue God’s global purposes through the PCUSA.
Back in the pastoral saddle at Solana Beach Presbyterian Church in 1996, Tom spearheaded his church’s commitment to plant the gospel among an unevangelized Muslim group in the desert of Ethiopia. He is a big booster of the Perspectives class, having taught Perspectives around the country and offered it twice in his church. Tom earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Seminary’s School of Inter Cultural Studies, doing research around the topic, “The Influence of Universalism in Presbyterian Mission Policy and Practice in the 20th Century.”
Tom and his wife of 40 years, Judy, thank God for their three grown children, Anna Julie, and Steve , a wonderful son-in-law, a beautiful daughter-in-law and four amazing grandsons and one granddaughter. b
-
Class Info
Date: Sunday, January 26, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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.
-
Instructor
Glen Taylor
Vineyard of Harvest Church, Vineyard Institute, Talbot School of Theology, Los Angeles CA
Glen is passionate about living out his life in the fullness of the Kingdom of God and mentoring a new generation of leaders who will change the world. Glen has been a bi-vocational church planter and academic missionary for 23 years in two Muslim countries, mentoring local and expatriate leaders and starting four churches. After doing Perspectives at the US Center for World Mission in Pasadena, CA in 1982, Glen married Terri Castro, finished an MDiv at Biola, joined Frontiers and in 1988 went with a church planting team to work with Iranian displaced people. They spent the next five years planting two Iranian churches in partnership with Iranian Assembly of God pastors and Christar missionaries. From 1993 Glen and his family were some of the first church planters to enter a Central Asian country and lived there until 2011. They were a part of two church plants and started a locally led bachelor level Bible college. Additionally, Glen has overseen Frontiers church planting teams in three other Muslim countries. He has also directed relief and development organizations and taught (in the local language) philosophy and religious studies at a national university in a Central Asian country. Glen and Terri homeschooled three of their four children through high school. Currently Glen is the missions and training pastor at Vineyard of Harvest in Walnut, CA. He gives leadership to outreaches in a number of Muslim countries, teaches Old Testament and Hebrew courses for Talbot School of Theology, and Vineyard Institute. He is currently writing a graduate level text on the story-line of the Bible provisionally entitled Powers of the Age to Come: A Biblical Theology of the Kingdom of God. Glen received his PhD in Old Testament studies from the University of Gloucestershire. He and his family make their home in East Los Angeles, CA. b
-
Class Info
Date: Sunday, February 2, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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.
-
Instructor
Larry Walker
WEC International, San Marcos CA
Larry Walker grew up in Central California. He has a BA in History and a ThM in Practical Theology. He was a missionary in a Mayan Village in Guatemala in the 70's, a missions pastor in Dallas in the 80's and since '87 has been a missions coach with ACMC, Pioneers and WEC International. He is married to Kathleen, has four married daughters and ten grandchildren and lives in San Diego. b
-
Class Info
Date: Sunday, February 9, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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).
-
Instructor
Sam Talbert
E3 Partners, Chula Vista CA
Sam Talbert is retired from teaching Perspectives. Thank you for your interest b
-
Class Info
Date: Sunday, February 16, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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.
-
Instructor
_thumbnail.Png)
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. b
-
Class Info
Date: Sunday, February 23, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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.
-
Instructor
Paul Pierson
Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena CA
BSk Univ of California, Berkeley
M Div, Ph D, Princeton Theological Seminary
Mission ay in Brazil, 1956-70, Portugal, 1971-73
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Fresno, Ca 1973-80, Dean School of world Mission Fuller Seminary, 1980-92, Senior Prof, history of Mission, Fuller, 1992-present b
-
Class Info
Date: Sunday, March 2, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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.
-
Instructor
![]()
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) b
-
Class Info
Date: Sunday, March 9, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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.
-
Instructor
James Mason
Frontier Ventures, Perspectives Study Program, Albuquerque NM
James served as a pastor for 12 years before responding to a growing passion to see God's glory established among all peoples on earth. He is now on staff with Frontier Ventures in Pasadena, CA where he serves as the US Director for the Perspectives Study Program. James has been married to his wife Kelly for 29 years and they have 3 precious children. Their passion is to help every person, every church, every denomination, and every missions organization find their most strategic place in the completion of the Great Commission. b
-
Class Info
Date: Sunday, March 16, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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.
-
Instructor
Greg Parsons
USCWM, Pasadena CA
Greg Parsons is Director of Global Connections at Frontier Ventures (formerly the U.S. Center for World Mission) where he and his wife, Kathleen have been on staff since 1982.
Greg serves as part of the leadership team of the Frontier Ventures, he has traveled to more than 25 countries to meet with, learn from, and networking with mission leaders in North America, and around the globe.
He is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary
(ThM-1982) and has a PhD from the
University of Wales (2012) entitled: Ralph D Winter: Early Life and Core Missiology. b
-
Class Info
Date: Sunday, March 23, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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.
-
Instructor
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. b
-
Class Info
Date: Sunday, March 30, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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.
-
Instructor
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. b
-
Class Info
Date: Sunday, April 6, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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.
-
Instructor
Robert Paul
Seattle WA
b
-
Class Info
Date: Sunday, April 20, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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.
-
Instructor
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. b
-
Class Info
Date: Sunday, April 27, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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.
-
Instructor
_thumbnail.Png)
Brian Hogan
Disciple Making Mentors, Fayetteville AR
Brian and Louise Hogan have served in mission since 1987. From the Navajo Tribe to Outer Mongolia, their passion has been to see Jesus glorified and lifted up among those who have never known Him.
From 1993-1996 their team pioneered a church planting movement in Erdenet (AIR-DUH-NET), Mongolia that continues to grow under fully indigenous leadership to this day. Their Mongolian disciples are now training and sending out their own missionaries to other unreached people groups. The story of the work in Erdenet can be read in Brian’s book: There’s a Sheep in my Bathtub (Asteroidea Books), and in the case study article – “Distant Thunder: Mongols Follow the Khan of Khans” – on page 695 of your Perspectives Reader. b
-
Class Info
Date: Sunday, May 4, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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.
-
Instructor
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! b
-
Class Info
Date: Sunday, May 11, 2014
Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
-
You have not set your Security Questions and Answers.
Do you want to set it now?
|