Grabill, IN
Spring 2015
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Grabill, IN Spring 2015 Perspectives ClassYou are invited to join a unique course of Christian study and discipleship. Perspectives on the World Christian Movement is an adventure of a lifetime that will give you a new and deeper understanding of God's story and His desire for you to be a part of it. We'll learn together about God's mission, how others are joining Him in it, and how we can become a part of the global movement to see His kingdom at work among all the peoples of the earth.
Perspectives is a 15 week class that will change the way you view the world, from the cities and suburbs of America, to the villages, rain forests and deserts of distant lands. Whether you are single, married, student, homemaker, professional or retired, and whatever your current engagement in the church or its ministries, you will thrill to explore God's heart to restore HIS GLORY among ALL NATIONS, ransoming His people from every tribe, language and culture! (Rev 5:9)
Tuesdays, January 13-April 28, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Grabill Missionary Church 13637 State Street Grabill, IN 46741
Are you unsure if you want to take part in Perspectives? Then join us for the first night FREE!
Register before January 12, 2015 to receive a $25 Early Bird Discount! Please note: Students taking the Early Bird Discount must pay in full by the first night of class. Additional Family Members taking the class together receive $25 off! Please note: Family Discount can only be claimed by two students in addition to the first student registering from one family. Please note that Early Bird and Family Discounts cannot be taken by the same student. Alumni Pricing - Have you already taken Perspectives? Then you can register for Key Reading Level free, upgrade to Certificate Level for $30, or upgrade to Undergraduate or Graduate Credit for $250!
You will learn from 15 Different Instructors over 15 weeks. They will challenge and inspire you with their wisdom and experience, opening your eyes to a new vision of God's mercy, greatness, purpose, and love.
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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
Mike Dworak
Hope Dental Clinic , Woodbury MN
I am a seasoned missional communicator having worked with several organizations involved in global work.
A few highlights have been; creating and launching the latest Operation World website and prayer movement, directing media mission trips to Africa, heading up the artists program for Compassion International and now working with e3 Partners reaching Muslims and Jews in the Middle East. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2015
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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Instructor
Luke Kuepfer
The Truth Made Simple, Prospect Heights IL
Luke Kuepfer is a keynote speaker, workshop leader, and co-author of Becoming a Leader Worth Following. Having founded and directed a non-profit in Southeast Asia, he now serves as president of the Reverb Network, a non-profit organization committed to growing missional leaders and starting serving leadership movements around the globe. Primarily focused on the business world in North America, Luke facilitates workshops on Serving Leadership, The Art of Listening, Employee Engagement, Teamwork, and Winning at Customer Service. He has a Master's degree in Leadership and has taught a class on Foundations of Management and Leadership at Colorado Christian University. As a leadership developer and life coach, Luke helps business and non-profit leaders understand how to maximize their God-given potential to lead and serve others. His newest venture in the experience economy integrates leadership development with high-mountain trekking adventures. You will find Luke online at LukeKuepfer.com, thetruthmadesimple.org, and ReverbNetwork.org. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, January 20, 2015
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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Instructor
Stan Yoder
World Partners, Maquoketa IA
Stan and his wife, Valli, served full-time with World Partners since 1978. Valli passed away in November 2021 after a long battle with M.S. Their experience includes 10 years of church planting and curative medical work in Sierra Leone, West Africa among the Yalunka People; 3 years at the US Center as Administrative Director for the Adopt-a-People Clearinghouse; 3 years mobilizing churches to adopt unreached people groups; 2 years training students at Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN; 4 years coaching workers in Africa and the Middle East; and 16 years reaching out to Middle Wast refugees in Kansas City, Missouri. They moved to Maquoketa, Iowa in October 2018 and will begin a new ministry to Middle East students.
Stan will continue to serve with World Partners as a traveling evangelist among Muslims and instructor for Perspectives. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, January 27, 2015
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
Scott Miller
Salem Church, McDonough GA
Scott and his wife, Chris, have been married 40 years and are blessed with two grown children and one grandson. Scott completed a BSBA from Mars Hill University (NC), a Master of Divinity from Southern Seminary in Louisville, KY., and a Doctor of Ministry degree from Fuller Seminary in 1995 in Evangelism and Church Growth. After serving as a Lead Pastor for 34 years he has now made the transition to invest 100% of his ministry in Missions as the Pastor of Global Missions at Salem Church in McDonough, Georgia. He is personally involved in mission partnerships on four continents and serves as the Co- Director for Mustard Seed International. He has led 69 short-term mission trips to Asia, Africa, Europe, and Central America. Scott also teaches 6 Perspectives on the World Christian Movement lessons and seeks to weave stories and experiences from the front lines into the time-tested practical principles of the world of missions. He loves helping to mobilize churches and individuals to catch God's vision for the world and to develop ongoing mission partnerships between local churches and believers here with indigenous partners in unreached areas. He loves to teach God's Word in its simplicity and power and has a passion to reach the unreached and to see believers grow in Christ and become pioneers of Kingdom growth. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, February 3, 2015
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
Wes Taber
Life in Messiah International, Lansing IL
Since joining Life in Messiah in 1975 (when the ministry names was AMF International), Wes has served in Jewish ministry in Miami/Miami Beach, Jerusalem, and Chicago, focusing on evangelism, discipleship, and equipping others. He has been privileged to lead multiple short-term teams to Israel, and present God's heart for the lost on four continents, with an emphasis on the Jewish people. After 29 years as Executive Director, Wes took on the role of LIFE Global Ambassador in August 2019 with an emphasis on mentoring, teaching, writing, and sharing God's heart for the Jewish people. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 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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Instructor
Luke Fetters
Huntington University, Huntington IN
Luke Fetters is the Vice President for Academic Affairs & Dean of the Faculty at Huntington University. Previously, he served as professor of Ministry & Missions and founder/director of Huntington University's Institute for TESOL Studies. Luke served in Macau from 1986 until 1997 as the director of the English Language Program, a conversational English program for adults in Macau. While in Macau, he helped to establish the United Brethren Mission and plant two local churches. For nearly 30 years, Luke has consulted on English teaching methodology for numerous school districts and universities in China. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, February 17, 2015
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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Instructor
Rick Bailey
Fort Wayne IN
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Time: 1:00 AM to 1:00 AM
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Lesson 8
Eras of Mission History & 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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Rick Bailey
Fort Wayne IN
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2015
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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Instructor
Eldon
Refugee assistance, Fort Wayne IN
Youth With A Mission is an international movement of Christians from many denominations dedicated to serving Jesus throughout the world. Also known as YWAM (pronounced "WYE-wam"), their calling is to know God and to make Him known. When they began in 1960, their main focus was to get youth into short-term mission work and to give them opportunities to reach out in Jesus' name. Today, they still focus on youth, and they also involve people of almost every age (even many people who choose to spend their "retirement" in active service). Their many ministries fit into three main categories: evangelism, training and mercy ministry. They are currently operating in more than 1000 locations in over 149 countries, with a staff of nearly 16,000. Eldon has spent 8 years in Uzbekistan and is currently working with Somali and Burmese refugees in Fort Wayne, Indiana. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2015
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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D Denaro
Dearborn MI
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2015
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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Instructor
Joanne Shetler
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Waxhaw NC
Joanne translated the Bible for the Balangao people of the Philippines, completing the New Testament in 1982. With Patricia Purvis, she wrote a book of the resulting people movement in "And the Word Came with Power." Now, Joanne helps others find the doorway into cultures with which they work. With colleague Amy West, she teaches Worldview and Cultural Orientation Workshops and Seminars, on Ethnotheology, and Spiritual Conflict Seminars for Wycliffe colleagues and others. Joanne continues to consults on the Balango's translation of the Old Testament. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2015
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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Carol Davis
LeafLine Initiatives, Moreno Valley CA
As co-founder of Global Spectrum and Executive Director of LeafLine Initiatives, Carol pioneers pathways to the future, which keep her on "the grow" and usually in hot water. She is a sought after speaker for her futuristic perspectives and strategic insights. Carol can often be found presenting in Perspectives classes around the world. Having served on church staffs for nearly 30 years, and now as a consultant, she continues to catalyze new initiatives; consults and mentors pastors, marketplace professionals, global strategists, field teams and their organizations, and the next generation. When she's not working, she's lovin' on her grandkids b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2015
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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Eric Black
Lagro IN
Using a team-teaching approach modeled in their work throughout the developing world, Eric and Johnson are Perspectives alumni and passionate promoters.
Eric combines a background in business and entrepreneurship with a contagious passion for missions. Johnson was a long-term church planter among working classes in an Asian urban setting shaping his approach to discipleship and business as mission. They have worked individually and together with teams in over 20 nations, most with restricted access. Currently they focus on training near-culture disciple-makers to multiply workers among least-reached peoples.
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2015
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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Phillip Nelson
SIM, Charlotte NC
Rev. Dr. Phillip Nelson pastored for over thirty years. He has served as a mission mobilizer for over ten years and, in addition, began teaching Perspective classes 25 years ago.
He is the husband of one wife and father of five saved adult children. He is a preacher and teacher of the Gospel for 45+ years. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2015
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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Joseph Shane Bennett
Healing Nations , Rye CO
Shane helps Christians love Muslims and Muslims love Jesus. He has served in missions mobilization since 1987, recruiting, training, and sending short term research teams. He's been on teams in Bangkok, Bombay, and Turkey and he's lived among Muslim migrants in Europe.
Shane writes a weekly email called Muslim Connect that helps Christians think about Muslims the way God does and love them like Jesus does.
He works with Healing Nations and he and his family live in southern Colorado.
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2015
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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