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Orlando, FL - Downtown
Spring 2015
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Registration & Orientation
Registration & Orientation
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Instructor
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Date: Monday, January 19, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:45 PM
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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 Pratt Jr
Third Millennium Ministries, Casselberry FL
Dr. Richard L. Pratt Jr. is the President of Third Millennium Ministries (www.thirdmill.org). Third Millennium was launched in response to the lack of training of Christian leaders around the world.
Dr. Pratt chaired the Old Testament Department and taught at Reformed Theological Seminary in Jackson MS and Orlando FL for 21 years. He received a BA from Roanoke College, an M.Div. from Union Theological Seminary and the Th.D. from Harvard University. Dr. Pratt has traveled extensively throughout the world to evangelize and lecture, including Australia, China, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Indonesia, Mexico, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, Slovakia, Turkey, Ukraine, the United Kingdom and throughout the United States.
Dr. Pratt served as the General Editor for the NIV Spirit of the Reformation Study Bible. Dr. Pratt’s books include Every Thought Captive, Pray With Your Eyes Open, Designed for Dignity, and He Gave Us Stories, as well as two commentaries, one on I and II Chronicles and the other on I and II Corinthians. His books have been translated into several languages including Chinese (Mandarin), Russian and Spanish. Dr. Pratt is also a contributor to the Complete Literary Guide to the Bible and has authored numerous journal articles. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, January 26, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:45 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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Instructor
Reggie Kidd
Maitland FL
Professor of NT, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando; Assoc. Priest, Cathedral Church of St. Luke, Orlando; Faculty, Robt. E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies; Columnist, Worship Leader Magazine.
PhD, Duke University; MAR & MDiv Westminster Theological Seminary; BA, College of William & Mary b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 2, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:45 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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Instructor
Alfonso Galeano
Centro Internacional de la Familia, Orlando FL
Pastor Alfonso Galeano was born in Bogota, Colombia. He has served as a youth pastor, senior pastor and a missionary church planter in Costa Rica. After serving in Costa Rica for ten years, he returned to Orlando to continue working with the Hispanic community. He continues to oversee CFC Costa Rica, its counseling center and bible institute. He is currently serving as associate pastor at the International Family Center church (Centro Internacional de la Familia). He travels internationally to oversee mission’s projects in Latin America and Europe and lives in Orlando with his wife Priscila and their three children. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 9, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:45 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
Jim Rhodes
Cru, Malvern PA
Jim has served on the full time missionary staff of Cru for 44 years.
Over the years, Jim has directed the Hampton Beach Summer Project for 15 years and has helped initiate ministries in Japan, the former Soviet Union, Egypt, and throughout North Africa and the Middle East. Jim's favorite lessons to teach in the Perspectives course are Lessons #4 & #5.
Jim has been married to his wife, Barbara, since 1979. They currently live in Malvern, PA. They have three grown children, Becky, Mike, and Heather who are now serving as missionaries, also. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 16, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:45 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
Scott Simmons
Third Millennium Ministries, Winter Park FL
Scott Simmons is currently the Director of Professor Relations for Third Millennium Ministries, a ministry designed to provide theological education to church leaders around the world for free. Scott is in charge of adding video content from seminary professors and pastors around the world into our free, online curriculum.
Before this, Scott was the minister of missions and spiritual formation at Chapelgate Presbyterian Church, where he oversaw global church planting partnerships and local evangelism and mercy ministries.
Scott is the husband of one and father of three and he loves nature and wildlife photography, jazz and folk music, movies and a good book. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 23, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:45 PM
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Lesson 8
BREAK
This is your break week. However, this is where you will find Lesson 8 homework.
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Class Info
Date: Monday, March 2, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:45 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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Instructor
Yvonne Huneycutt
Perspectives Global, Round Rock TX
Yvonne from Austin, Texas loves mobilizing Christians and entire churches to find and engage their God-designed role for participation in the completion of the Great Commission. Currently on staff with Perspectives Global, Yvonne's varied career experience includes the corporate world, local church ministry, mission ministry, and managing a non-profit organization. She has worked with the Perspectives movement for over 25 years both nationally and internationally. Her overseas field experience includes one year in Russia and travel in 40 nations. She holds a Doctor of Ministry in Missions and Cross-Cultural Studies from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, March 9, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:45 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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Instructor
Gary Peterson
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Orlando FL
I love God and I love His Story. I love to inform and inspire His people get involved in His mission. I'm known as "The Storyteller". I love recounting what God has done, is doing and anticipating our Creator's exciting next steps.
I served as a youth pastor before joining Wycliffe Bible Translators. I love kids, youth, young adults, seniors - all ages. I've worked with them all.
Though I trained in linguistics, I have been a Mobilizer with Wycliffe in the US, Australia, New Zealand and Kenya, in support of Bible Translation initiatives and world missions. I have been to over 20 countries involved in various ministries.
Currently I'm network recruiter for Wycliffe, finding key people for key roles to keep the Bible translation movement going ahead. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, March 16, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:45 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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Instructor
Holly Sheldon
Orlando FL
Holly has been on staff with Cru/CCC for 34 years, serving 26 of those years in 6 cities in Asia. She served as a pioneer missionary for many years, as well as a missionary trainer and also an associate national director over hundreds to missionaries. Holly helped launch and lead Cru's ministry to international students, called BRIDGES. She is an avid aunt of 12 nieces/nephews and 2 God-children. Holly graduated from the U of Florida with a degree in Asian Studies, later earning a Masters in Theological Studies. For the past 7 years, Holly has led Cru's national equipping and mobilization effort called 100%Sent. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, March 23, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:45 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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Instructor
Don
World Team, Orlando FL
Canadian-born, Don received Christ at a YFC rally in 1952 and later graduated from Prairie Bible Institute and Wycliffe's SIL course. From 1962-1977 Don and his late wife, Carol Joy [Soderstrom], an RN, served in Irian Jaya (now Papua, Indonesia) among the Sawi, a Stone-Age cannibal-headhunter tribe. After Don designed a Sawi alphabet, he and Carol taught literacy, planted churches, healed the sick and translated the New Testament. More than half the tribe came to Christ. Author of six books, including "Peace Child" and "Eternity in Their Hearts," Don holds an honorary doctorate from Biola University. He represents World Team at missions conferences and in churches, teaches seminars, and lectures for Perspectives on the World Christian Movement. 17 months after his late wife's passing, Don wed Carol Joyce Abraham, who now serves with him in ministry by speaking to women's groups, singing solos, mentoring, and providing hospitality. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, March 30, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:45 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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Joanne Solis-Walker
Rockledge FL
The Rev. Dr. Joanne Solis-Walker is an ordained minister of The Wesleyan Church. She serves as Director of Education for Latinos and Latinas at Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University and Adjunct Professor of Spiritual Formation in the Spanish M.Div. program. Sra. Solis-Walker has a PhD in Organizational Leadership and Development with an emphasis on Ecclesial Leadership and a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary. Rev. Walker travels extensively in the United States and Iberoamerica as a speaker, teacher and as a certified missional coach. She is married to Rev. Dan Walker and they have a daughter, Adriana Nicole. The Walkers reside in Florida and are a part of the leadership team at Nomad Community Church. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, April 6, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:45 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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Mike Rufo
Pioneers, Manlius NY
Mike and Dorene recently sold the company they founded and operated for 17 years and now serve with the Pioneers Orlando Base. Mike is the assistant to the president for marketplace ministries. Marketplace ministries includes equipping and assisting missionaries in starting and operating businesses; and mobilizing and equiping professionals to participate in the great commission while working as an expat in a full time position. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, April 20, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:45 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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Bekele Shanko
Cru, Global Church Movements, Orlando FL
At 19, Bekele led the MIS Dept for the National HIV/AIDS Control Program under the Ethiopian Ministry of Health.
In 1993, Bekele accepted God’s call for service with Campus Crusade for Christ in Ethiopia. Since then he has served Campus Crusade for Christ, including Ethiopia’s national director for Ethiopia, regional director for Southern and Eastern Africa (23 countries); and now, Global VP, responsible for Global Church Movements, building multiplying movements of churches and faith communities.
Bekele’s mission: “To serve the purpose of God in my generation by empowering the Body of Christ for world evangelization that results in holistic transformation of humanity.”
Bekele and his wife, Shewa and their 6 children live in Orlando.
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Class Info
Date: Monday, April 27, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:45 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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Steve and Arlene
Pioneers, Orlando FL
Steve Richardson grew up in Indonesia where his parents served in a jungle tribe. Their family story is told in his father’s missionary classic, Peace Child.
Steve and his wife Arlene led a network of church planting teams in Southeast Asia before he became President of Pioneers USA in 1999. Pioneers is based in Orlando and has grown into a leading international mission organization with 3,000 members who are impacting over 500 unreached people groups.
The Richardsons live in Orlando and are blessed with four daughters and eight grandchildren. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, May 4, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:45 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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Melissa Hoffman
Perspectives, Garner NC
Melissa has been involved with Perspectives since 2005 as a coordinator, intern, regional director, and now in the training department.
Melissa Loves to teach and is passionate about her role as a mobilizer. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, May 11, 2015
Time: 7:00 PM to 9:45 PM
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