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AL Huntsville
Spring 2014
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Perspectives on the World Christian Movement removes the blinders from your eyes to see God, understand His purpose, and to read the Bible through His lens. It's a revolutionary course, and it's a dangerous course--it will ruin you for the ordinary. Who: 15 Dynamic instructors with breadth and depth of content knowledge and field experience. What: Four Content sections - Biblical, Historical, Cultural, and Strategic. Perspectives will open the eyes of your heart with fresh knowledge and understanding of God's unchanging purposes and why they're relevant to your life. Where: Covenant Presbyterian Church When: Thursday nights, 6pm-9pm for 15 weeks beginning January 9th Register online today! Early bird discounts apply as well as multi-family member discounts. Perspectives on the World Christian Movement is a non-denominational class. Last year, this class was held at Asbury United Methodist Church and the attendees were from all denominations and backgrounds. If you have a heart for God this class is for you regardless YOU HAVE AN EPIC ROLE TO PLAY in Huntsville and to the nations!! Get threaded into the biggest story of all time. You are about to experience God's heart for all peoples and encounter the momentum of the World Christian Movement.
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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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Instructor
Richard O Coleman
TMS Global, Decatur GA
For 10 years Richard served as the director of mobilization and candidacy for TMS Global, a sending agency in Peachtree Corners, GA. He left this role in June 2017 in order to pursue an opportunity In Ethiopia through TMS Global. Richard's ministry passions are networking, teaching, evangelism, and helping people to discern their calling.
In addition to his responsibilities with TMS Global, Richard participates in several national and international networks, including the Lausanne Movement. He had the privilege of serving as the global selection chair for the 2016 Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering, which brought together younger leaders and mentors from over 140 countries.
A person who loves diversity, Richard has a variety of friendships all of which have made him who he is today. He and his wife Amanda have 4 young children, who they enjoy raising as World Christians. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, January 9, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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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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Suzanne Katschke
CrossWinds UMC, Madison AL
Rev. Suzanne Katschke is passionate about reaching people for Christ. Suzanne did not grow up in a Christian home, but by God's grace became a Christian when she was 30. Shortly thereafter, she left her career as an 8th grade English teacher to attend seminary. She has earned Masters degrees in Education, and in Divinity. Under her leadership, CrossWinds UMC has planted two churches in the Huntsville area. Suzanne’s joy is introducing people to the fullness of Christ, and believes Perspectives is a great tool to explore God's heart and desire for the world. Suzanne, and her husband Michael, are elders in the United Methodist Church. Their daughter, Savannah, teaches in the Madison City School system. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, January 16, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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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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Rick Schupp
Salem Evangelical Free Church, Englewood FL
Experienced church planter and pastor with extensive experience in the Middle East b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, January 23, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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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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Instructor
Richard O Coleman
TMS Global, Decatur GA
For 10 years Richard served as the director of mobilization and candidacy for TMS Global, a sending agency in Peachtree Corners, GA. He left this role in June 2017 in order to pursue an opportunity In Ethiopia through TMS Global. Richard's ministry passions are networking, teaching, evangelism, and helping people to discern their calling.
In addition to his responsibilities with TMS Global, Richard participates in several national and international networks, including the Lausanne Movement. He had the privilege of serving as the global selection chair for the 2016 Lausanne Younger Leaders Gathering, which brought together younger leaders and mentors from over 140 countries.
A person who loves diversity, Richard has a variety of friendships all of which have made him who he is today. He and his wife Amanda have 4 young children, who they enjoy raising as World Christians. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, January 30, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM to 6:00 PM
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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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Ray Prigodich
Discipleship Director, CROSSVILLE TN
Ray Prigodich served as a missionary for 17 years with WorldVenture in Uganda, Kenya, and the Philippines. He also served for 15 years on the missions faculty of Denver Seminary. In addition, he co-founded Donetsk Christian University in Ukraine and served for a number of years as the school’s academic dean. Before retiring in 2008, Ray was on the home office staff of TEAM (The Evangelical Alliance Mission), serving first as Placement Coordinator and then as Director of New Member Development. He recently completed six years of service as a member of the board of directors of InterAct Ministries. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, February 6, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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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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Instructor
Myron Goodwin
Missions Pastor - Grace Chapel, Franklin TN
Dr Myron Goodwin began his journey as a follower of Jesus as a young man and has spent the last 40+ years in ministry focused on discipleship, missions, and formal theological education. He was on the staff of a discipleship-oriented mission working on the kibbutzim in Israel in the early 1980s. In the mid-80's he and his wife Carol joined another couple to found International Christian Ministries (ICM), a mission agency with a discipleship emphasis on transformation that focuses on delivering theological education and training to church leaders in Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
After 18 years on the mission field Dr Goodwin returned to the States where for eight-years he served as small group pastor, then the executive pastor of an interdenominational church in Nashville, TN, and executive director of ICM. He presently serves as the Missions & Adult Equipping Pastor at Grace Chapel in Franklin, TN, south of Nashville.
He has served as the Chair of the Ministry Leadership School at Williamson College in Franklin, TN and as the Provost of Africa Theological Seminary, a network of seminaries started by ICM in 1994 offering diploma and degree training on campuses in seven countries across Africa.
Dr Goodwin holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from Oral Roberts University; a Master of Science in City & Regional Planning from the University of Tennessee Graduate School of Planning; a Master of Divinity in Cross-Cultural Ministry from Columbia Biblical Seminary & Graduate School of Missions; and a Doctor of Philosophy in Education from Walden University. He has taught in the Perspectives program for 20+ years.
He and his wife Carol reside in Franklin, Tennessee and have four grown children and four grandchildren. They teach a repentance-based workshop on how to walk free and lay hold of your inheritance in Christ called, Grace for Freedom: Bringing Transformation to Life.
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, February 13, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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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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Class Info
Date: Thursday, February 20, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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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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Glenn Hatcher
Globe International, Valdosta GA
As a missional thinker and practitioner, Dr. Glenn Hatcher and his wife Phyllis have spent 35 years in inter-denominational faith ministry living in the US, East Africa and Mediterranean Basin teaching and training leaders. Glenn has discipled students on university campuses in the US, trained pastors to develop churches throughout East Africa and equipped emerging leaders in the underground Church in Islamic Africa.
While still having a passion for cross-cultural ministry, the Hatchers returned to the US in 2006 to train new missionaries with Globe International, a mission agency in Pensacola.
Glenn continues his ministry of people development as a certified leadership coach and founder of Eikon Associates. He is the author of "Why God Thinks He Can Use You."
Glenn and Phyllis have two adult children, Zachary and Jane. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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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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Grant Haynes
Global Frontier Missions, Lilburn GA
Grant Haynes founded Global Frontier Missions in 2000 while church planting among indigenous groups in southern Mexico. His passion is to see as many individuals and churches as possible praying, giving, welcoming, and going to the least reached people groups of the earth. Grant spent 14 years serving in Oaxaca, Mexico with his wife and three children church planting, hosting short-term mission groups, running an indigenous Bible school, and starting a missionary training school for North Americans. Grant now serves in Clarkston, GA, known as the most diverse square mile in America, reaching refugees from Iraq, Burma, Bhutan, Nepal, Somalia, Ethiopia, and many other nations. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, March 6, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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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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Gabriela Phillips
Adventist Muslim Relations Coordinator for North America, Ooltewah TN
Gabriela Phillips and her husband have served for over twenty years among Muslim in Central Asia, the Middle East and currently they are in North America, where they serve among refugees from the Middle East. Gabriela is currently pursuing doctoral studies in the area of Missiology and loves to share the many ways in which God is drawing Muslims to himself. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, March 13, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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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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David Cashin
Columbia Int'l University, Columbia SC
Dr. Cashin is professor of intercultural studies at Columbia Int'l University. He is fluent in Bengali and Swedish. The 1st due to investing 9 years with Bengali speakers (the 6th largest living language). The 2nd, thru marriage to Margareta, pastoring churches and earning his PhD in Indiology at Stockholm University. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, March 20, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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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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Keith Burnett
Rivers of the World, Dutton AL
Keith and Debbie have spent 40 years in ministry, serving churches in Texas and Alabama. In 2011, Rivers of the World (ROW) invited Keith to become the organization’s first Director of Evangelism.
Around the world, ROW engages, trains, and equips mission volunteer teams to meet community needs. Ministry ‘tools’ include pastor training, medical missions, construction, orphanages, sports camps, educational projects, water purification systems, and economic development. Use of solar technology allows us to be effective where no power grids exist. These toolsare means to an end: inviting people to a relationship with Jesus Christ.
Keith earned DMin and MDiv degrees from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. Keith and Debbie live in Scottsboro, AL. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, April 3, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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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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John Zumwalt
Outrageous Love, Choctaw OK
John Zumwalt is the Cross Cultural Coach for the innovative organization, Outrageous Love. After serving as a missionary among the unreached Minnan he returned to America and for over 22 years served as the founder and Director of the Missionary Training Institute, Beautiful Feet Boot Camp. He has trained over 300 Career Missionaries. He has a Doctorate of Divinity from International University for Graduate Studies. John has authored the book, Passion for the Heart of God and travels widely, preaching and holding seminars, raising up activist to go to the ends of the earth. John and his wife, Jamie, also pastor a church in a “red light district” of Oklahoma City. They have five children, Jessica, Josiah, Jael, Jewel and James. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, April 10, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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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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Tommy Gray
Asbury UMC, Madison AL
Tommy was born in Huntsville and grew up in nearby Arab. He began pastoring at the age of 18 at the same time he began attending UA Huntsville where he received a degree in Management Information Systems. After attending Memphis Theological Seminary he earned his DMin from Asbury Seminary. Tommy has 30+ years of pastoral ministry, including his current role as Discipleship Pastor, and planting ClearBranch UMC, where he served as lead pastor for 12 years, and 4 years as a District Superintendent. He has a particular interest in new churches and mentoring next generation leaders. Tommy is married to Carrie and has two adult children, Matt and Breanne. His hobbies include golf, jazz music, and Saturday morning yard sales with his wife.
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, April 24, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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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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Jamie Zumwalt
Outrageous Love, Oklahoma City OK
Jamie Zumwalt is the Founder and President of Outrageous Love, an organization that starts Communities of Hope among marginalized peoples. Jamie and her husband, John, served as missionaries in Taiwan among the Hakka and Taiwanese. For 22 years, John and Jamie have been training and sending missionaries out to plant the church among the unreached. She now pastors and a leads a coffee house, church community called Joe's Addiction in a "red light" district of Oklahoma City, doing life together with the poor. She has authored two books: Simple Obsession: Enjoying the Tender Heart of God and Beloved Chaos: moving from religion to Love in a red light district. Jamie travels widely, teaching and inviting more people to plant Communities of Hope. She and John have five children and one grand daughter. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, May 1, 2014
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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