Chula Vista, CA Fall 2016
Fall 2016
Looking for your assignments?
Sign In
Why take Perspectives? What is this course?
You are invited to join a unique discipleship course. 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. Perspectives will change the way you view the world.
We will hear 15 outstanding speakers as they share from their experiences and teach on the biblical, historical, cultural & strategic perspectives of God's plan for the nations. - Hear how God has been and continues to work throughout the world
- Learn more about God's kingdom and His glory.
- Find out what your part is in this exciting movement to make Jesus' disciples from all nations.
When:
--Mondays, 6:30 - 9:30 pm Aug 22 - Dec 5
Where:
Paseo del Rey Church
900 Paseo del Rey
Chula Vista, CA
Key Class dates:
First Class
-- Monday Aug 22
Joint Classes (at College Ave Baptist, Le Mesa)
-- Tuesday Sept 6
-- Tuesday Nov 1
No Class
-- Monday Nov 21
Last Class
-- Monday Dec 5
Cost: $250, includes Reader & Study Guide;
Multiple discounts can apply. Register early to take advantage of all available discounts. Come check the first class for FREE.
- eReader Book Discount: Buy the eBook and Study Guide from Amazon and receive a $25 discount!
- Early Bird Discount: Register and pay before Aug 10th and receive $25 off!
- Early Bird Book Discount: First 10 registrants receive $25 off their book!
- Additional Family Members: When one family member pays full price the second and additional family member(s) in the same household may claim this discount and receive $25 off!
- Alumni Pricing: All Alumni have free registration for Key reading. $40 Grader fee to upgrade from Key Reading to Certificate Level.
No charge to visit the first class. Click on the numbered boxes below to see the instructors' biographies.
-
-
-
Instructor
-
-
-
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.
-
Instructor
Sean Cooper
The Traveling Team, Fayetteville AR
Sean and his wife Meredith have spent the last decade traveling the entire Continental U.S. casting mission vision with Traveling Team. They have a two year old daughter named Haven. Sean graduated from the University of Arkansas with a degree in Communication. He has short term exposure in India and Indonesia. Sean continues to travel nation wide speaking to students and churches. When not speaking he serves alongside The Traveling Team Leadership as the Director of Ministry Advancement. He is working on a Masters Degree from Reformed Theological Seminary. b
-
Class Info
Date: Monday, August 22, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
-
-
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.
-
Instructor
Brian Hogan
Disciple Making Mentors, Fayetteville AR
Brian and Louise Hogan have served in mission since 1987. From the Navajo Tribe to Outer Mongolia, their passion has been to see Jesus glorified and lifted up among those who have never known Him.
From 1993-1996 their team pioneered a church planting movement in Erdenet (AIR-DUH-NET), Mongolia that continues to grow under fully indigenous leadership to this day. Their Mongolian disciples are now training and sending out their own missionaries to other unreached people groups. The story of the work in Erdenet can be read in Brian’s book: There’s a Sheep in my Bathtub (Asteroidea Books), and in the case study article – “Distant Thunder: Mongols Follow the Khan of Khans” – on page 695 of your Perspectives Reader. b
-
Class Info
Date: Monday, August 29, 2016
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.
-
Instructor
Chad Vegas
Sovereign Grace Church, Bakersfield CA
b
-
Class Info
Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2016
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).
-
Instructor
Brian Murphy
, Bakersfield CA
Brian serves as a local pastor in Bakersfield with both a heart for the church in America and around the world. He loves to proclaim God's Word, help Christians grow in their faith and enable the church to help send and support missionaries around the world. Brian is married and has four children, ranging in ages from 21 to 13 years old. b
-
Class Info
Date: Monday, September 12, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
-
-
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.
-
Instructor
Colleen Wong
Deoworks , West Hills CA
Colleen is currently on staff with Deoworks as the Director of Strategic Partnerships and Platforms, with a focus on national leadership development. Deoworks is a Gospel-centered consulting non-profit company connecting the body of Christ and accelerating the ministry of the Kingdom of God, seeking to incubate ideas to contribute the furthering of the Kingdom. b
-
Class Info
Date: Monday, September 19, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
-
-
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.
-
Instructor
Andy Pearce
International Students, Inc., San Gabriel CA
Andy serves as Director of Church Partnerships with International Students, Inc. (ISI) He has a Master's in Theological Studies from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, a Master's in Education from Cal State Los Angeles, and a Ph.D.in International Development from William Carey International University. Andy and his wife have four daughters and one son and live in San Gabriel, CA. b
-
Class Info
Date: Monday, September 26, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
-
-
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.
-
Instructor
Viji Cammauf
Little Flock, Oakland CA
Viji Nakka- Cammauf is the President of Little Flock Children’s Homes a ministry to orphans and widows
.She is on Faculty at a Christian school in India called the Sam Higginbothams University of Science , Agriculture and Technology in the School of Theology. She teaches doctoral students in the filed of Christian Studies.
She is a lecturer and Professor of record for the Perspectives Study Program in Northern California.
b
-
Class Info
Date: Monday, October 3, 2016
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.
-
Instructor
Don McCurry
Ministries to Muslims, Divide CO
Dr. Don McCurry served as a missionary among Punjabi peoples in Pakistan for eighteen years with the United Presbyterian Church.
In 1975, Don came home to work on his doctorate at The School of World Mission at Fuller Theological Seminary. From 1977 to 1985, Don taught at Fuller in the field of Muslim Evangelism. He also founded and taught for seven years in the Zwemer Institute of Muslim Studies, training eight hundred missionaries who went to the Muslim world.
In 1986, Don founded a new ministry called "Ministries To Muslims." This has enabled Don to teach freely throughout the two-thirds world in 67 countries, preparing missionaries to stand alongside of the western missions in reaching Muslims.
Don's authored, Healing the Broken Family of Abraham: Bringing New Life to Muslims, which has been translated into Spanish, Russian, Arabic, German, Tatar, Azeri, Tajik, Turkmen, Uzbek, and Georgian. Other books include The Gospel and Islam: A Compendium and Sharing the Good News With Iranians and Now You Can Know What Muslims Believe.
Dr. McCurry currently offices in Colorado Springs where he serves as President of Ministries To Muslims.
b
-
Class Info
Date: Monday, October 10, 2016
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.
-
Instructor
Larry Walker
WEC International, San Marcos CA
Larry Walker grew up in Central California. He has a BA in History and a ThM in Practical Theology. He was a missionary in a Mayan Village in Guatemala in the 70's, a missions pastor in Dallas in the 80's and since '87 has been a missions coach with ACMC, Pioneers and WEC International. He is married to Kathleen, has four married daughters and ten grandchildren and lives in San Diego. b
-
Class Info
Date: Monday, October 17, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 6:30 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.
-
Instructor
George Walker
New Tribes Mission, Roach MO
Brief Bio of George Walker
Serving for 18 years overseas with New Tribes
Mission, George and his wife, Harriett, had the
privilege of pioneering a work among the Bisorio
people of Papua New Guinea. After learning the
unknown and unwritten Bisorio language and
culture, they had an intimate part in the church
planting ministry that included evangelism—
teaching the Scriptures chronologically from
Genesis to the presentation of the Gospel—and
discipleship that led to the eventual ordination of
Bisorio pastors. There is not a square inch of
Bisorioland where the Bisorios have not taken
Gospel.
Since coming back to the USA, from 1996 – 2002
George was a member NTM’s USA Training
Coordination Committee and Director of NTM’s
Missions Institute in Jersey Shore, PA. In 2002, the
Walkers co-founded a new non-profit
organization, Worldview Resource Group
(www.wrg3.org), dedicated to providing cross-
cultural training for overseas pastors and church-
based workers. After helping WRG get well
established, they returned to New Tribes Mission
(www.ntm.org) in January 2009 to serve once again
in NTM’s residential training center. b
-
Class Info
Date: Monday, October 24, 2016
Time: 1:00 AM to 1:00 AM
-
-
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.
-
Instructor
Amy Law
Cody WY
Amy has a passion to mobilize young people and churches to pray, give and go to foster disciple making movements among unreached people groups. She has served with Youth with a Mission (YWAM), Caleb Project, Teen Mania, La Canada Presbyterian church and supervised over 40 Perspectives courses. Leading youth teams to Yemen, India, Turkey, Malaysia, China and Thailand has helped her training remain practical and reproducible, as she continues to train young people in YWAM and churches in Perspectives. Amy and her husband raise cattle in Wyoming and home educate one son, while their other son attends high school.
b
-
Class Info
Date: Monday, October 24, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
-
-
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
Brooks Buser
New Tribes Mission, San Diego CA
b
-
Class Info
Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
-
-
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.
-
Instructor
Mike Brown
The Family Table, Chatsworth CA
Mike began his ministry by pastoring a local church in Los Angeles, then spent several years on the mission field in Mexico, where he started a training ministry called 'El Puente', which served as a bridge to equip short term missionaries and enable the local Body of Christ in Mexico to become self supporting apart from American funds.
In 2008, Mike planted a church in Los Angeles, CA (Redeemer), and teaches Biblical Theology & Church Planting at Radius International, a 12 month training program in Tijuana, designed to equip missionaries to the unreached with the cultural, linguistic and Biblical skills necessary. In 2018, he transitioned out of local church ministry to start The Family Table, a non profit mobilizing churches to care for vulnerable children in the foster care system. b
-
Class Info
Date: Monday, November 7, 2016
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.
-
Instructor
Tim Lubinus
Baptist Convention of Iowa, Ames IA
Tim Lubinus and his family served in South Korea for
six years in student ministry with the International
Mission Board and ten years as team leader for the IMB
in Turkey. Then after serving on staff at Cornerstone
Church in Ames, Iowa as the Global Ministry Director for eight years, Tim became the Executive Director for the Baptist Convention of Iowa in March, 2014.
Darlene and Tim have four children. b
-
Class Info
Date: Monday, November 14, 2016
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.
-
Instructor
Bradley Buser
Founder Radius International, San Diego CA
Brad came to faith in Christ at 17 and soon after was challenged with the need of unreached people groups. He began training for this directly after High School.
Beth is from St. Johns MI., her Mom and Dad love the Lord Jesus and raised her with a heart for the world. They met, had two boys and left for Papua New Guinea in January of 1979.
Soon after arriving they moved in among the Iteri people who live in the headwaters of the Sepik River Basin. After 4 years of studying the language and culture of the Iteri people they were fluent and began to share Christ with them for the first time.
The baby church was discipled and in a few years leaders were ordained. The Busers worked on the New Testament translation and by 1999, after 20 years in the village, with the translation done, the church up and thriving, their need to be among the Iteris was over.
Upon returning from PNG he and other men saw the need for appropriate training for missionaries who would be sent to Muslims, Hindus and Buddhists. In 2010 he helped found Radius International as a ministry to do such training.
Radius is currently the largest training program for those going into Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist and Tribal peoples. For those who desire to do church planting among the least reached it is the premier training available.
b
-
Class Info
Date: Monday, November 28, 2016
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.
-
Instructor
Robert Blincoe
Frontiers, Mesa AZ
Bob led a Frontiers team into northern Iraq following the first Gulf War in 1991. He is president emeritus of Frontiers USA, living in Phoenix. He has a Ph.D. in History from William Carey International University in Pasadena. He has twice lost on television game shows. He blogs at robertblincoe.blog. b
-
Class Info
Date: Monday, December 5, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
You have not set your Security Questions and Answers. Do you want to set it now?
|