Bellevue, WA
Spring 2015
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Are you ready for God to change your perspective on what is happening around you? Join us. Class was awesome last Thursday. There were some who were not able to attend class due to conflicts. We look forward to those students attending. Please complete the Lesson 4 articles before coming to class on Thursday. That will provide the best results listening to Dr. Alphonse's presentations and the integrated class activities. Bring a 3x5 card with a quote, or something from an article you want to share during table discussions. Please e-mail with any questions. Class begins at 6:30 in Room 130. Come a little early (6:00 - 6:25) to get a light meal/heavy snack before class. NOTE: The instructors for this class are simulcast from Multnomah University in Portland. We will have class groups and activities in Bellevue to enrich our learning.
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Registration & Orientation
Registration & Orientation
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Instructor
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Date: Thursday, January 15, 2015
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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
Roger Trautmann
Multnomah Biblical Seminary, Portland OR
Dr Trautmann is passionate about encouraging the people of God to live into the mission of Christ. He has served as a pastor over 20 years as well as extensive service training ministry leaders in east Africa. He is associate Professor of Pastoral ministry at Multnomah Biblical Seminary and directs Mentored Ministry formation program and Chaplaincy track program
He is married to his lovely wife Iola and they have three grown children and five grandchildren. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, January 22, 2015
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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
Paul Johnson
Asociate Professor of Intercultural Studies and Bible, Salem OR
Jenny and I ministered in central Mexico for ten years. The Lord used our efforts, along with our coworkers, to plant the “Abundant Life Bible Church” in San Juan del Río Mexico (90 miles north of Mexico City). During these years, I also taught courses at the “Puebla Bible Seminary;” training leaders in local churches, while we initiated and developed a missions movement among the Bible churches of central Mexico. I became the “Field Director” and served to advance Camino Global’s ministry during our last three years in Mexico.
I have taught missions, Christian ministry, Bible, and theology courses at Corban University for nine years. I have also had the privilege of developing a student missions organization to develop and grow a cross-cultural missions focus in the lives of our students and staff (annual conference, retreats, short-term mission trips, local outreach, and other on-campus missions-focused activities).
I earned my Doctor of Ministry degree (D.Min.) from Western Seminary (Portland, OR). The Lord has blessed us with three children (all born in Mexico). b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, January 29, 2015
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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
Kent Parks
Beyond. Formerly "Act Beyond" and "Mission to Unreached Peoples", Plano TX
http://beyond.org/president/
Kent Parks is President and CEO of Beyond (formerly "Act Beyond" & "Mission to Unreached Peoples"). See beyond.org for a powerful video. This mission sending organization is focused on launching Disciple-Making Movements (also called Church Planting Movements) among the Unreached People Groups of the world. This 29% of the world does not have even access to witness of word or deed about Jesus in any kind within their culture. Act Beyond is focused on global collaboration to change this spiritual injustice.
Kent and his wife Erika worked among Muslims in Asia for 20 years. They continue to lead regular Disciple-Making Movement trainings around the world. He continues to occasionally teach graduate courses in mission strategy.
Previously, he coordinated outreach strategies for Unreached People Groups, and developed trans-national, trans-denominational networks at various levels. Kent also pastored in Texas for 7 years before going to the mission field. He has been a seminary professor, the academic dean of a seminary and has taught internationally in a graduate school. Kent is Co-Facilitator for the Ethne (a global network of UPG-focused leaders; is a part of the World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission and is Senior Assoc. for Least Reached Peoples with the Lausanne Committee on World Evangelization.
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, February 5, 2015
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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
Martin Alphonse
, Portland OR
Martin Alphonse, a native of India has a passion for world evangelization. Beginning as a church planter in a village of India in 1976, Alphonse's ministry expanded to global proportions. Alphonse has been a missionary, served as a pastor of Methodist churches, and taught in evangelism related institutes and seminaries in India, Singapore, and the United States. A gifted speaker, Alphonse has been featured as a plenary presenter in major global gatherings of evangelicals, including one sponsored by the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. Alphonse teaches missions and evangelism in Multnomah's Intercultural Studies Department b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, February 12, 2015
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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
Joshua Ryan Butler
Local & Global Outreach, Portland OR
Joshua Ryan Butler serves as pastor of local and global Outreach at Imago Dei Community, a church in the heart of Portland, Oregon, and is author of "The Skeletons in God's Closet" (Thomas Nelson, 2014). Joshua oversees the church's city ministries in areas like foster care, human trafficking and homelessness and develops international partnerships in areas like clean water, HIV-support and church planting. Joshua is also a worship leader who enjoys writing music for the life of the church. Joshua's wife Holly, daughter Aiden and son Jake enjoy spending time with friends over great meals and being a foster family for vulnerable children. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, February 19, 2015
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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
Sarita D. Gallagher
Tualatin OR
Sarita D. Gallagher, Ph.D., is assistant professor of religion at George Fox University in Newberg, Oregon. She served as a missionary with the Christian Revival Crusade International movement in Papua New Guinea and Australia, and has taught courses in biblical theology, missiology, intercultural communication, and anthropology. Her forthcoming book is Abrahamic Blessing: A Missiological Narrative of Revival in Papua New Guinea (Pickwick, 2014). b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, February 26, 2015
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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
Philip Johnson
Gresham OR
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, March 5, 2015
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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Instructor
Marti Wade
Pioneers, Hillsboro OR
Marti has been teaching Perspectives since the 1990’s and serving with Pioneers (Pioneers.org) since 2007, where she is the editorial director for the Marketing Team. Previously she was part of a ministry that sent teams to conduct ethnographic research to support strategic prayer and ministry efforts in unreached cities. She is the editor and publisher of the weekly Missions Catalyst newsletter (MissionsCatalyst.net) and serves on the board for MissionWorks (MissionWorks.global). b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, March 12, 2015
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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
John Jordan
Village Baptist Church, Beaverton OR
As pastor of World Missions at Village Baptist Church in Beaverton, Oregon, John's responsibilities include overseeing the care of 39 missionary families as well as another 22 adults preparing for long-term service. John also trains and sends over 50 people a year on short-term missions trips to restricted access countries. John is an instructor for both the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement course and for Developing Global Vision. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, March 19, 2015
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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
Bruce Benson
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Oregon City OR
My wife Jan and I worked for over 37 years with Wycliffe Bible Translators, 30 of those in Peru. In 2003 the Huamalies Quechua New Testament was published and distributed. In 2011, the Huallaga Quechua Bible was published and distributed.
We are currently retired (as of October 1, 2015) and are looking forward to what God has for us next. Perspectives will continue to be a vital part of our lives and we are prayerfully considering other ministry opportunities. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, April 2, 2015
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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Instructor
Roshini G
, Beaverton OR
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, April 9, 2015
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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Instructor
Clark Blakeman
Lahash International, Portland OR
After 20 years as a pastor in the Portland area, Clark Blakeman has a strong conviction of missional life expressed in local and global practices. He founded Second Stories and also works for Lahash International, training pastors, missionaries, and students in theology and practice of Christian community development. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, April 16, 2015
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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Instructor
Dave DeVries
OC International, Bellevue WA
Dr. Dave DeVries is a missionary with OC International. He leads Missional Challenge - which is focused on advancing missional movements globally (church multiplication/disciplemaking) by coaching and training pastors, church planters, and missional leaders to embrace missional practices and to strategically make disciples who make disciples who make disciples. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, April 23, 2015
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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Instructor
Jim Stevens
Fr., Portland OR
Training in Biology and Environmental Science
Worked as agricultural consultant and water quality specialist
6 years in Uganda in late 80's early 90's as agriculture development specialist. 4 years in Kyrgyzstan (06 thru 09) teaching in national ag university and doing projects outside of capitol. Currently Pac NW area director for recruiting and mobilization for a mission agency. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, April 30, 2015
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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Instructor
Bill MacLeod
MissionConnexion, Sun City West AZ
Bill MacLeod is the Director of MissionConnexion which he founded in 2001 during his fifteen years as a missions pastor in Portland. He has been a mobilizer for over 40 years dedicating his life to city-wide people movements while serving in an evangelistic organization, a national men's movement, a local church as missions pastor, and as founder/executive director of a regional church-missions-mobilizing effort. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, May 7, 2015
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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