Tri-Cities, WA
Spring 2016
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One Epic Story
Biblical
– Historical – Cultural - Strategic
Get threaded into God's story as you
experience His heart for every tribe, tongue, people and nation and
encounter the momentum of the World Christian Movement.
Perspectives on the World Christian
Movement is a 15 week
"discipleship" class that will change the way you view the world
around you. It's a course in which you will have your eyes opened to the heart
and purpose of God, and how you can participate in His work all over the world,
from the urban streets of America to the rain forest and deserts of distant
lands. Whether single, married, student, homemaker, professional, retired,
involved in apartment ministry, homeless ministry, youth, men or women's ministry,
you will explore God's heart for every tribe, tongue, and language He created.
YOU are invited to be a part of this unique course: Perspectives
on the World Christian Movement. An adventure of a
lifetime; a journey taking you deeper into the Bible than you've ever gone
before. After this course, your life will never be the same.
You will
have the opportunity to learn from 15 of the most highly-regarded missions
leaders and mentors in the world. They will challenge and inspire you with
their personal experiences that will open your eyes to see and understand God's
kingdom story and how you might live a life of significance!
Orientation
Night: Tuesday, January 12, 2016 from 6:15 to 8:15 p.m.
You will
hear what Perspectives on the World Christian Movement is all about;
receive your books and study guides; register if you haven’t already; and meet
other students, Perspectives alumni, and the Coordinating Team.
Classes Begin: January 19, 2016
- May 3, 2016
Tuesday Evenings 6:15 PM - 9:15 PM
Location: Pasco Christian Church,
1524 W. Marie, Pasco
Class Coordinators: Joe
& Cle Ella Sapp Email:
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Registration & Orientation
Registration & Orientation
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Instructor
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Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2016
Time: 6:15 PM to 8:15 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
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, January 19, 2016
Time: 6:15 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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Instructor
Sage Mwiinga
Meridian ID
Sage Mwiinga is an inspirational speaker with a passion to inspire others to walk and live by faith in God. Sage and his wife moved to the United States from Zambia in obedience to God’s call to be witnesses of His grace. Sage is a graduate of Northwest Nazarene University and George Fox University, and currently works in higher education. The Mwiinga Family live in the Boise, Idaho area where they attend Calvary Chapel Boise. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Time: 6:15 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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Instructor
Adam Bonus
Reliance Fellowship, West Richland WA
Adam is the Adult Discipleship Pastor at Reliance Fellowship in West Richland, Washington. He holds a Master of Theology degree in cross-cultural ministry from Dallas Theological Seminary, and has done short-term mission work in Belize, Mexico, Ireland, Bulgaria, and Nepal. He currently spends his days leading a young adults ministry and coordinating the small group ministry at Reliance. Adam and his wife Kim have three children, Emily, Nathan, and Abby. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Time: 6:15 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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John Underhill
South Hill Bible Church, Spokane Valley WA
Education: A.A Spokane Falls Community College; B.A. Eastern Washington University; M.A. Dallas Theological Seminary
Work experience: Pastor, Springhill Community Bible Church 1984-1990; Associate Pastor, Valley 4th Memorial Church 1990-1996; Senior Pastor, Valley 4th Memorial Church 1996-2011
Pastor, South Hill Bible Church, 2011 - present
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2016
Time: 6:15 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
Angela Hufford
Bethel Church , Pasco WA
Angela Hufford was born and raised in Indiana. She is a graduate of Purdue University and earned a master’s degree from Western Seminary. While in seminary, she worked for Forward Edge International, a mission agency based in Vancouver, WA. She previously lived in Fairbanks, Alaska, where she was on staff at Door of Hope Church. She currently serves as the Care and Compassion Ministries Director at Bethel Church, Richland WA, where she oversees seven ministries (including global and local outreach).
Her background includes teaching, counseling, and nonprofit work. She has provided leadership for several different agencies as a member of their Board of Directors. She has participated in numerous national and international mission trips, including Nicaragua and East Asia. In her spare time, Angela enjoys writing, outdoor activities, and spending time with family and friends. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, February 16, 2016
Time: 6:15 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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Diane Kina
Perspectives On the World Christian Movement, Poulsbo WA
Short bio:
• Teacher
• Mobilizer
• Mission director, emeritus
• Involved with Perspectives since 1991
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Time: 6:15 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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Karyl Groeneveld
Furniture Bank Coordinator, Olympia WA
When I was six my aunt went as a missionary nurse to Africa, this began my life long interest in cross-cultural ministry.
I served as the Regional Missions Mobilizer for my denomination, covering several states from Alaska to Utah for 10 years. Also, I was a Board member of a Christian worldwide media ministry for 6 years. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2016
Time: 6:15 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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Daniel Baber
PIONEERS, Richland WA
Dan B. and his wife arrived as PIONEERS missionaries in the SE Asia in 2006. They and their four children are now relocated in the USA.
Dan labors to see the gospel advance among the unreached peoples of the world through mobilization, practical cross-cultural training and theological education of emerging global Christian leaders.
His family returned to the USA from living overseas in 2020 and Dan serves as the Director of Online Learning for Fidelis International Seminary (www.fidelisproject.com).
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 8, 2016
Time: 6:15 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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Steve Allen
Valley Real Life Church, Spokane Valley WA
Steve Allen is the current Director of Outreach at Valley Real Life Church, The President of the board of the Arab World Evangelical Minister's Association based in Egypt, and the Executive Director of Pacific Rim Exchange Services in Spokane, Washington. He is a passionate mobilizer and loves to help people pursue the calling that God has placed on their lives. Steve has a deep burden for China as evidenced through the adoption of three of his kids and his leading of teams into China each year. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 15, 2016
Time: 6:15 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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David Beine
Great Northern University, Spokane WA
Dave is Emeritus Professor of Intercultural Studies. He served with Wycliffe Bible Translators for 28 years (1988-2016) in a variety of capacities including language surveyor, literacy and scripture-use project facilitator, anthropology consultant and linguistic institute director. He holds a B.A. in communication studies (Cal State, Sacramento), a M.A. in linguistic anthropology (San Diego State University) and a Ph.D. in medical anthropology (Washington State University). He is the author of Ensnared By AIDS: Cultural Contexts of HIV and AIDS in Nepal (2014), Whodunit: The Continuing Case of Spokane Garry (2021), and has published extensively in several missiological contexts as well. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 29, 2016
Time: 6:15 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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Dave Dawson
Kennewick WA
Dave Dawson grew up as a “military brat,” spending most of his childhood outside the US. After coming to Christ, he continued a life of living cross-culturally as a missionary in Caracas, Venezuela for 15 years. Dave and his family served with Worldventure as church planters. He is now on staff at Bethel church as the Outreach Director, directing the local and global outreach ministries. Through the local outreach, Bethel has planted two new sites, is involved in mentoring Hispanic leaders, and has numerous outreaches to the poor and vulnerable. The global outreach has an extensive short term trip ministry and has formed strategic partnerships in Cambodia, East Asia, and Haiti. Dave’s wife teaches kindergarten and is a language assessor in Pasco, WA. They have two boys at WSU (go Cougs!). b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Time: 6:15 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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Karen Stoufer
Christian Veterinary Mission, Wormleysburg PA
Dr. Karen Stoufer served with her family in Nepal for 13 years in rural community development, animal health training and women's empowerment with the United Mission to Nepal and World Concern/CVM. She returned to serve as Director of Training and Asia programs for Christian Veterinary Mission (CVM) based in Seattle WA. She has a special interest in Missionary Kids (TCKs) and fostering of refugee teens. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Time: 6:15 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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Galen Currah
Community Vision International, Portland OR
Galen & Jennifer Currah served as pioneer church planters in West Africa in the 70s, community developers in the 80s, teachers in the 90s, and CPM trainers in the 2000s. Galen currently coaches CPM workers by distance and edits training materials upon request. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, April 19, 2016
Time: 6:15 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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Paul Watson
Contagious Disciple Making, Beaverton OR
Paul grew up on an airplane.
Not really, but he felt like it! He split his childhood between Hong Kong, Malaysia, India, and Singapore while his parents, David and Jan Watson, planted churches as career missionaries with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Since the day God called Paul into full-time ministry, he has traveled over 200,000 miles training disciple-making teams in the UK, France, Indonesia, Malaysia, Lebanon, Egypt, Germany, and all over the United States.
From January 1, 2012, through August 15,2015, Paul served as director of Cityteam’s Rescue and Recovery Center in downtown Portland, OR. Feeding the homeless while helping alcoholics discover sobriety and Jesus taught him incredible lessons about putting feet to faith and loving those who don’t love themselves.
Paul left his role at Cityteam and founded Contagious Disciple Making (http://www.contagiousdisciplemaking.com) to focus on catalyzing Disciple Making Movements among the unreached and under-reached peoples in the Cascadia Corridor (Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Montana, British Columbia, and Alaska.)
Paul and his family are active members at Westside Community Church in Aloha, OR. Paul and his wife, Christi, lead a growth group that meets in their home on Sunday evenings. Paul is incredibly excited by his pastor’s desire to see 10,000 churches planted in the Pacific Northwest and wants to use his experiences to help his pastor and other ministry leaders plant churches among people who would not normally attend the typical church in North America.
Paul blogs at http://www.pauldwatson.com and http://www.contagiousdisciplemaking.com. He is the host of American Church Stories (http://www.americanchurchstories.com). He is published in ‘Perspectives on the World Christian Movement, 4th Edition.’ He co-authored Contagious Disciple Making: Leading Others On a Journey of Discovery with his father, David Watson.
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, April 26, 2016
Time: 6:15 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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Carlos Calderón
Partners, Spokane WA
Born in Central America, grew up during a civil war time, came to faith in Jesus with some other 30 friends in the neighborhood, and became active in evangelism, eventually joined a church and was impacted by the missionary call while at the university. Came to the USA for post-grad education and moved to a Muslim country. Now cooperates with indigenous movement work in some 60 countries in the Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist world, consistently resulting in thousands of decisions for Christ, and national indigenous church planting movements. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Time: 6:15 PM to 9:15 PM
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