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Florence, SC    Fall 2015
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PERSPECTIVES DINNER 

Sept. 28, 6:30 pm

1140 Third Loop Rd, Florence SC

Church at Sandhurst

Speaker:Dr. David Cashin, CIU

This dinner is free and will be a time of encouragement and information about Perspectives.  Alumni is invited plus newly registered students and others who are just wanting more info about the class.  You are welcome to invite whomever you like, just let us know.

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Welcome to the Fall 2015 Florence SC Perspectives Class!



Perspectives on the World Christian Movement is a 15 week discipleship course that will change the way you view the world around you. Perspectives will open your eyes to the heart and purpose of God, and how you can find your place in His work all over the world, from here in America to distant nations. This unique experience will give you a new and deeper understanding of God's story and His desire for you to be a part of it.


Who should take Perspectives?

Anyone and everyone who wants to better know the heart of God and His work in His world! Whether you are single, married, a student, a homemaker, a minister, a professional or retired, and whatever your current involvement in the church or its ministries, you will explore God's heart to restore His Glory among All Nations, ransoming His people from every tribe, language and culture!  (Rev 5:9) 

(It is recommended for high school seniors and up)


What will I learn?

You will be challenged to see the world through God's eyes in 4 different perspectives:


Biblical- God's plan and purpose revealed in Scripture

Historical - How God has revealed himself from the begining

Cultural - Overcome cultural barriers to introduce Jesus

Strategic - Your gifts & passions can be used to fulfill God's plan

 


Perspectives is a community effort. The course materials represents a diversity of writers. The speakers will from local as well as from national/international ministry backgrounds.


Who are the instructors?

We will have a host of dynamic & diverse instructors sharing from their knowledge and experience (ministry founders, pastors, lay leaders, missionaries, equippers, senders & go-ers).


What is the time investment?

Our class meets for 3 hours one night a week. The Perspectives course offers 3 levels:


Key Reading Level:  This level requires about 1 to 2 hours of reading per week with no written homework.  There are five "Personal Reflections" assigned during the course which would require approximately an hour each to complete. 


Certificate Level:  This level is recommended for those who seek to gain a deeper understanding of the topics.  It involves weekly homework assignments, five "Personal Reflections", and one research project due at the end of the course.  This level requires about 4 hours of work per week.


Credit Level: This level can be taken for undergraduate or post graduate credit.  This involves a mid-term and final exam plus an integrative project in addition to regular weekly assignments. This level requires about 6-8 hours of work per week.  The credit will come through Columbia International University.

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Our class meets on Monday Evenings from 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Sept. 7 - December 7 


Located at Cornerstone Baptist Church

2930 Masters Way  Darlington SC 29532-6656  USA



Register Online Today!


Cost: $290                        $490 for Undergraduate/Graduate Credit

$20 Early Bird Discount

$50 Family Member Discount

The 1st and 2nd classes are free for viewing

(Sept. 7th and 14th). So you can bring your friends with you the FIRST 2 NIGHTS for FREE! 



Feel free to contact us if you have questions:

Greg Stuckey    843.260.7969 

        



To register for this class, click the "Registration" square on the right side of this page.

Fees include cost of Study Guide and Reader.


Class Info

Date: Monday, September 7, 2015

Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Location: Cornerstone Baptist Church 2930 Masters Way Darlington SC 29532-6656

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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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      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.

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    • Class Info

      Date: Monday, September 7, 2015

      Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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.

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      Thomas Davis

      EPC World Outreach, Monroe NC

      Thomas and Carrie help churches love their neighbors well in the way of Jesus, both at home and internationally. Focusing on evangelism and disciple making, especially among the least reached, Thomas and Carrie equip others to join them in following Jesus into the world in order to share the hope found only in the Good News of Jesus.

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      Date: Monday, September 21, 2015

      Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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).

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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.

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    • Class Info

      Date: Monday, September 28, 2015

      Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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.

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      Greg Stuckey

      Church @ Sandhurst, Florence SC

      In his 28 years of ministry, Greg’s been a youth ministry, camp director, overseas missionary, mission agency director, pastor and mission consultant. Greg is passionate about encouraging believers to be faithful with their gifts, taking part in God’s very heart, the redemption of man. Greg earned his BA at Francis Marion University in Florence, and earned his MA from Columbia Theological Sem. He and Jamie have 2 teen daughters, Jordan Leigh (17) and Callie (13). Being husband and daddy are top priority.

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    • Class Info

      Date: Monday, October 26, 2015

      Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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.

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      Paul Johnson

      Amazon Focus, Florence SC

      Paul grew up in the Bolivian Amazon, assisting his father search for tribes never before reached. After serving as a missionary with New Tribes with his wife, Robin, Paul founded Amazon Focus. Amazon Focus’ vision is to empower and equip indigenous tribes of the Amazon region toward responsibility for their own long term spiritual, physical and survival needs. Paul also is the President of ALTECO, a consortium of +100 western and tribal mission groups who serve the “Green Window”. Paul is a graduate of Southern Wesleyan University.

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    • Class Info

      Date: Monday, November 2, 2015

      Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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.

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      Trevor Castor

      Columbia Int'l University, Columbia SC

      Trevor and his wife, Katie and their three children live in Columbia, South Carolina where Trevor serves as the Managing Director of the Zwemer Center for Muslim Studies. Prior to coming to the Zwemer Center Trevor and his wife served with Youth With a Mission for seven years. During their missionary service, they worked in a 100% Muslim country in South Asia. He is also a PhD candidate and his research interest is in Muslim Christian relations.

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    • Class Info

      Date: Monday, November 9, 2015

      Time: 1:00 AM to 1:00 AM

    • 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

      Trevor Castor

      Columbia Int'l University, Columbia SC

      Trevor and his wife, Katie and their three children live in Columbia, South Carolina where Trevor serves as the Managing Director of the Zwemer Center for Muslim Studies. Prior to coming to the Zwemer Center Trevor and his wife served with Youth With a Mission for seven years. During their missionary service, they worked in a 100% Muslim country in South Asia. He is also a PhD candidate and his research interest is in Muslim Christian relations.

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    • Class Info

      Date: Monday, November 9, 2015

      Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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.

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      Timothy Powers

      Smyrna GA



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    • Class Info

      Date: Monday, November 23, 2015

      Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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.

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      Ken Katayama

      Crossover Global, Columbia SC

      Ken Katayama, born in Curitiba, Brazil, joined Crossover Global in 1999. After serving at the Crossover Global base in Brazil for six years he began working in various leadership positions at the Crossover Global base in the USA. In 2020 he became the President and CEO of Crossover Global. Ken holds a Bible certificate from Word of Life Biblical Seminary in Brazil; a B.A. in Bible and a Master of Arts in Muslim Studies from Columbia International University in Columbia, USA. He served six years on the board of Missio Nexus (the North American Missions Association) and he served for five years on the board of COMHINA (COMIBAM USA). Currently he serves as a Deputy Leader for the World Evangelical Alliance Mission Commission and as a Perspectives instructor teaching various lessons throughout the United States. Ken, his wife Kristi, and their three children make their home in Columbia, SC.

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    • Class Info

      Date: Monday, November 30, 2015

      Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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.

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      Tom Telford

      United World Mission, Lancaster PA

      Tom Telfordhas invested his adult life in helping churches maximize their potential for World Evangelization.He is VP of Church Mobilization for United World Mission.Prior to that he served 15 yrs with ACMC as NE director and supervisor of Regional Ministries.With both ACMC & UWM Tom inspired challenged and trained hundredsin missions. Tom has co-authored 2 books "Missions in the 21st Century" & "Today's All-Star Missions Churches"

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      Date: Monday, December 7, 2015

      Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

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