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Florence, SC
Spring 2016
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Welcome to the Spring 2016 Florence SC Perspectives Class!
Begins Jan. 18 through April 25 Monday Evenings 6:30-9:30 pm Cornerstone Baptist Church For more info contact:
Greg Stuckey or 843.260.7969 or Dick Powell or 843.395.1370
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. ________________________________________________
Feel free to contact us if you have questions: Greg Stuckey 843.260.7969
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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
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, January 18, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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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, January 25, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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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. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 1, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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
Cody Watson
Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship, Hoover AL
Teaching in and promoting “Perspectives on the World Christian Movement” is part of Cody’s passion and ministry focus with Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship (PFF). Cody says, “Perspectives is the best instrument I know to mobilize a local church to become a missional congregation”.
Before joining the PFF, Cody interned with Campus Crusade in Atlanta’s inner city, was a Volunteer in Mission in Korea, served two church pastorates, directed the Presbyterian Center for Mission Studies, served as a PCUSA missionary in Bangladesh, and was Missionary in Residence in New Harmony Presbytery (SC).
Cody is PFF’s resource person for Frontier Mission in South Asia, India (especially the state of Bihar), Nepal and Bangladesh. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 8, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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Bryan Friesen
Waxhaw NC
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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 15, 2016
Time: 1:00 AM to 1:00 AM
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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
Gary Peterson
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Orlando FL
I love God and I love His Story. I love to inform and inspire His people get involved in His mission. I'm known as "The Storyteller". I love recounting what God has done, is doing and anticipating our Creator's exciting next steps.
I served as a youth pastor before joining Wycliffe Bible Translators. I love kids, youth, young adults, seniors - all ages. I've worked with them all.
Though I trained in linguistics, I have been a Mobilizer with Wycliffe in the US, Australia, New Zealand and Kenya, in support of Bible Translation initiatives and world missions. I have been to over 20 countries involved in various ministries.
Currently I'm network recruiter for Wycliffe, finding key people for key roles to keep the Bible translation movement going ahead. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 22, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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
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. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 29, 2016
Time: 1:00 AM to 1:00 AM
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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
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. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 29, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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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, March 7, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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Bill Curtis
Darlington SC
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Class Info
Date: Monday, March 14, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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 21, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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Hans Van Baaren
Florence SC
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Class Info
Date: Monday, April 4, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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Timmy Powers
CLARKSTON GA
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Class Info
Date: Monday, April 11, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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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. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, April 18, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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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, April 25, 2016
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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