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Greenwood, SC
Spring 2016
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Perspectives is a 15 week discipleship class that will change the way you view the world around you.
Perspectives will help you develop a vision
for the heart and purpose of God.
Discover how you can take part in what God is doing,
whether in the urban & suburban streets of the U.S.
or the rain forest, mountains and deserts of distant lands. Perspectives is: --rooted in Scripture --a panorama of Kingdom history and people --an introduction to the latest strategies and challenges in the 21st century
You will learn firsthand from 15 highly-regarded missions leaders and mentors across denominations. You will be challenged by their personal experiences.
See for yourself how big God is, and
how much He desires that ALL PEOPLES
come to know and worship Him.
Join an area coalition of participating churches in the Greenwood area as we plan and host Perspectives starting January 2016. We will meet at the following location:
Monday 6:30-9:15 pm: New Covenant Church 1509 Woodlawn Rd. Greenwood, SC 29646
WHAT ARE THE ENROLLMENT OPTIONS?
First Night Free: Register at no cost to give the class a try and have the opportunity hear a foundational teaching. We will stretch the opportunity to two nights before requiring payment to continue. The class readings for the first two weeks are available online after registering. Cost $0
Key Reading Level: Prepare for great speakers and their material with light reading. Be challenged to consider your own role in world missions. This level requires about 1-2 hours of reading each week with minimal written homework. Five "Personal Reflections" assigned during the term will require about an hour each to complete. COST $290
Certificate Level: This is the recommended level for a much richer experience. It involves weekly homework assignments, five "Personal Reflections" and one research project due at the end of the term in May. This level requires about 4 hours of work per week. COST $290
College Credit Level: A more in-depth study with 3 semester credit hours given through Columbia International University. It involves additional reading and two research projects due April 21. COST Undergrad $500, Grad $500
Dates: Registration, orientation and distribution of textbooks on January 11. First classes start January 18 and run through April 25 with an optional Celebration Week May 2.
NOTE: if you need to cancel your registration, there is a non-refundable $30 fee to cover administrative costs.
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Registration & Orientation
Registration & Orientation
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Instructor
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Date: Monday, January 11, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:30 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
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: Monday, January 18, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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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Chris Little
Columbia International University, Columbia SC
Christopher R. Little has over eighteen years of cross-cultural experience in which he has sought to advance God’s mission in Kenya, Europe, the Asian sub-continent, Mozambique, and Jordan. He holds a Ph.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary and presently is a Professor of Intercultural Studies at Columbia International University where he equips others for Christian mission. He is the author of The Revelation of God Among the Unevangelized: An Evangelical Appraisal and Missiological Contribution to the Debate and Mission in the Way of Paul: Biblical Mission for the Church in the Twenty-First Century, as well as numerous articles in various journals. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, January 25, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 1, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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
David Tolan
Six Mile SC
“My parents were missionaries when I was young boy in Bolivia, South America. I graduated from High School in a small community just outside of Flint Michigan. I attended Indiana Wesleyan University in Marion, Ind., and graduated with a double major in Christian Ministry and Biblical Literature. While at IWU, I played on the soccer team and was involved with student leadership. My wife also graduated as a nurse from IWU. After graduation I served for several years as youth pastor at College Wesleyan Church and then I went on to Asbury Theological Seminary. After seminary I was the pastor of a Wesleyan church in the suburbs of Milwaukee for five years before we left for 10 years of mission work in Zambia, Africa. We have four sons, two born in Wisconsin and two in Zambia. Three have graduated from SWU – one is a doctor and two are ministers, while the fourth son is a current student at SWU. I am the missions mobilizer at SWU and I've planned and lead missions trips for students to over 20 different countries.” b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 8, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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
Gary Griffith
Theological Education Initiative, Forest City NC
Gary served in Bulgaria 1992–2010 where he went to help establish a seminary for training Bulgarians for the ministry, teaching New Testament courses and serving as academic dean. In 2010 Gary, his wife Karen, and boys Stephen and David relocated to North Carolina when Gary assumed the role of Theological Education Coordinator for United World Mission. Karen is a facilitator at the Center for Intercultural Training where missionaries preparing to go overseas receive pre-field cross-cultural training. Gary has a Masters in Theology from Talbot Seminary and a PhD from Durham University (UK). He has a passion for training and has taught theological and leadership courses in Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 15, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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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Priscilla R Strom
The Longstreet Clinic, Gainesville GA
Priscilla Strom is a breast surgeon from Gainesville, GA. She grew up in India where her parents were missionaries for 40 years. She served with LAMB Hospital in Bangladesh for 10 years. Currently in private practice, she helps with children's ministry at church, mentors medical students, and volunteers in both domestic and overseas medical ministries. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 22, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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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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: Monday, February 29, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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
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. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, March 7, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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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Dustin Price
MAP Global, Asheville NC
Dustin and his wife moved to Asheville, NC in 2013, after spending 5 years teaching and supporting local church development in China. He earned his MA in Intercultural Communications while in China, graduating from Wheaton College in 2012.
Dustin founded MAP Global in 2017 to provide a platform for entrepreneurial Christian Missionaries and Ministry Leaders.
Dustin's calling is to support
other Christians in their
Kingdom purposes. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, March 14, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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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Marsha Woodard
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Greensboro NC
Marsha came to faith in Christ in 1979 on a hippie journey to Africa, searching for the meaning of life; three years later she began what would become a life-time career, engaging the globe for her Lord. Marsha has served in Latin America, Europe and North Africa, including the adventure of living in refugee camps in the Sahara Desert. In 2010 she joined Wycliffe Bible Translators, serving their partner Seed Company as Field Coordinator and Training Manager, and currently as Launch Coordinator for Wycliffe USA. Marsha's passion, training and mentoring new cross-cultural workers, led her to author “To Timbuktu and Beyond: A Guide to Getting Started in Missions”, published by William Carey Library, in 2009. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, March 21, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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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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: Monday, March 28, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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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Class Info
Date: Monday, April 4, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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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Ken West
Retired - Ethnos360 (Formerly New Tribes Mission), Spartanburg SC
Ken & Cindy West: Missionaries with New Tribes Mission.
1978-1999 - Ken and Cindy served in Indonesia in a variety of ministries including Tribal evangelism and church planting, NTM Field leadership and administration, small group Bible studies, discipleship and counseling with internationals. Since 1999 Ken & Cindy have served as trainers in the NTM Missions Institute and as NTM Representives in the Southeast. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, April 11, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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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Patrick Hansen
OMF International, Columbia SC
Came to know Christ as Savior and
Lord at the University of
South Carolina in 1971, and was discipled through the Navigators campus ministry. Earned an MDiv (Missions Track)at
Columbia International University (CIU)
in 1982 and my Doctorate of Ministry at
CIU in 2007. Served as a church planter
in Japan with OMF International from 1984-2008. Regional Director for the Southeast U.S. from 2008-2012. Director of Equipping for OMF Mobilization since 2012. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, April 18, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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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David P Hemingway
Maxeys GA
David is married with four daughters and a son. He has served in campus ministry for 8 years followed by 13 years in several leadership roles for Cafe 1040 and Frontier Ventures. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, April 25, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 PM
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