West Los Angeles, CA Fall 2016
Fall 2016
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Welcome to the Fall 2016 West Los Angeles Perspectives Class!
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 and 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: Sundays, 1:30- 4:30 PM September 11, 2016 - December 18, 2016
Where: Cornerstone Church of West Los Angeles 1609 S. Barrington Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90025
Cost: New Student (Key Reading and Certificate) - $275 Credit (undergraduate and graduate) - $525 Alumni Key Reading - $0 Alumni Certificate - $45 Alumni Credit - $335
Early-Bird Registration Discount (expires August 7): $50
Family Discount: During Early-Bird registration, the first family member will have the $50 Early-Bird Discount and subsequent family members will have both the $50 Early-Bird Discount and the $50 Family Discount. After Early-Bird registration is over, the Family Discount will be priced at $100.)
Urbana 2015 Participant Scholarship: $180
Childcare will be provided.
Snacks and beverages will be provided, however, lunch will not be served.
Please note that our class will be meeting in an upstairs hall with no elevator access.
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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
James Mason
Frontier Ventures, Perspectives Study Program, Albuquerque NM
James served as a pastor for 12 years before responding to a growing passion to see God's glory established among all peoples on earth. He is now on staff with Frontier Ventures in Pasadena, CA where he serves as the US Director for the Perspectives Study Program. James has been married to his wife Kelly for 29 years and they have 3 precious children. Their passion is to help every person, every church, every denomination, and every missions organization find their most strategic place in the completion of the Great Commission. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, September 11, 2016
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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Ziad Srouji
San Mateo CA
Pastor Z. Samuel Srouji came out of war torn Lebanon in the ‘70s and encountered Jesus at the age of 16 through the truth that “the grave is empty and Jesus is alive.” Since then he has been captured with the Father’s heart of love for the nations, and miracles have followed his ministry of worship and preaching around the world. For twenty five years he has pastored on the peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, September 18, 2016
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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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
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, September 25, 2016
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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Pastor Raed Awabdeh
Rancho Cordova CA
My name is Raed Awabdeh, Licensed and ordained Pastor with the Christian and Missionary Alliance. I was born in the coastal town Banyas in Syria; at the age of 18 I came to the States to continue my education. In 1998 my wife Manar and I began home Bible Study and God anointed the bible study, so it became Church plant. Our Church believes that God loves all people in the world, Christians, Jews, Muslims… and He is calling lost souls to believe in His Son Jesus Christ the One all the prophets testified …everyone who believes in Him will have their sins forgiven...'
I just came back from Jordan where I have visited the Syrian Refugees in Jordan, and witnessed the wonderful work of the Church; ministering and reaching out to un-churched brokenhearted, weak, sick, hungry, thirsty and poor in spirit refugees. The Church is demonstrating the love of Jesus and obeying His command “Love your neighbor as yourself”.
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, October 2, 2016
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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Jeff Atherstone
Africa Renewal University, Atascadero CA
Jeff Atherstone was the Founding President of Africa Renewal University in Buloba, Uganda, where he has served from 2006-15. Due to his leadership, ARU grew from a start-up Bible institute to an accredited Christian university on a 23-acre campus with 10 academic programs. In 2016 Jeff returned to pastoral ministry at Atascadero Bible Church. Jeff has a B.A. in Theology and an Masters of Divinity. He lives in Atascadero with his wife Christine and sons Noah and Kadin. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, October 9, 2016
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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Paul Pierson
Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena CA
BSk Univ of California, Berkeley
M Div, Ph D, Princeton Theological Seminary
Mission ay in Brazil, 1956-70, Portugal, 1971-73
Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Fresno, Ca 1973-80, Dean School of world Mission Fuller Seminary, 1980-92, Senior Prof, history of Mission, Fuller, 1992-present b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, October 16, 2016
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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Keith Carey
Frontier Ventures, Kingman AZ
I has been on staff with Frontier Ventures since 1986. My main task is working with Joshua Project coordinating and editing the Unreached of the Day daily prayer materials and the long online profiles. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, October 23, 2016
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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Scott Sunquist
Fuller School of Intercultural Studies, Pasadena CA
Scott W. Sunquist is the W. Don McClure Professor of World Mission and Evangelism at Pittsburgh Theolgoical Seminary. Previously he taught at Trinity Theological Seminary for 8 years in Singapore and prior to that he worked for Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship for six years. His area of scholarship is mission theology and the history of World Christianity. He is the editor of the Dictionary of Asian Christianity, the co-author of The History of the World Christian Movement, Volumes I and II, and the co-editor (with his daughter) of A History of Presbyterian Missions, 1944-2007. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, October 30, 2016
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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Daniel Lim
International Students, Inc., Torrance CA
Daniel has worked with international students since 1996, and currently serves with International Students, Inc. as an Area Mobilizer, partnering with local churches to develop, equip and train church based teams to engage in the highly strategic missions field of international student ministry. b
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Date: Sunday, November 6, 2016
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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Jamie
, Overland Park KS
Originally from Kansas City, my wife and I have been serving among Persian Muslims since 2001. During our years abroad, God has blessed us with three new little workers, to help us in our efforts. Our first location was in remote Central Asia, where we worked in church planting and humanitarian aid until 2008. Between 2010 and 2014 we lived in Istanbul, Turkey serving and planting a church among the incredible amounts of Iranian and Afghan Persians there as refugees, migrant workers and tourists.In the summer of 2015 we made a big change, returning from overseas to serve among Iranians and Afghans in the greater Los Angeles area. Presently, with the help of our Persian partners, we are serving both an Afghan and Iranian church among our other projects. Over the years God has blessed us to become tolerably fluent in Persian language and culture, and now, back in the USA, we realize we have the new opportunity before us to help encourage the Church to reach out to the Muslim world. Perspectives is a great vehicle for us to do just that. I have written a book, "Sixteen Seasons" under the pen name David James, that is largely a cultural exploration, stories as a young Christian from Kansas tries to adapt to a new world in Central Asia. So it is particularly on my heart to speak on this topic of culture as it relates to the great commission before us all.
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, November 13, 2016
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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Len Bartlotti
Frontiers, Springfield MO
Leonard N. (Len) Bartlotti, Ph.D. is a well-known speaker, author, mobilizer, educator and strategy consultant to faith-based organizations in the Middle East/Asia. He and his wife Debi served 14 years among one of the world's largest Muslim people groups. Dr. Len is a passionate communicator who combines a love for students with deep empathy and understanding of other cultures. He and his wife Debi, a nurse midwife and licensed Spiritual Director, have been married for over 45 years, and have three married adult children, and six grandsons, and live in Springfield, Missouri. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, November 20, 2016
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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Ron Binder
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Santa Ana CA
Ron and his wife, Kathy, worked in Panama and Colombia for 23 years with Wycliffe. They completed a New Testament translation among the Wounaan people and also did extensive work in developing literacy materials, training pastors, teachers and artists, community development and ethnomusicology. They have published some 80 books in the Wounaan language besides the New Testament and have seen God raise up some 15 churches, all of which are led by Wounaan pastors without the presence of missionaries.
Ron has been a speaker in Perspectives classes since 1994, has coordinated several classes himself and is Professor of Record for many of the classes in which he teaches. In the U.S. he is a speaker and events coordinator for Wycliffe, but he and Kathy also help facilitate ongoing ministry goals determined by the Wounaan church leaders by traveling to Panama 2-3 times a year. These goals include creating new media and written resources in their language for evangelism and outreach ministries. Currently working on Old Testament translation, discipleship materials and a bilingual dictionary. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, November 27, 2016
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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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
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, December 4, 2016
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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Cecil Stalnaker
Greater Europe Mission, Valencia CA
Cecil grew up in SoCal and has 34 years of missionary experience in Europe related to equipping church leaders, church planting, and evangelism. He trained pastors and missionaries at the French-speaking Institut Biblique Belge in Belgium and at Tyndale Theological Seminary in the Netherlands. He currently helps as a mobilizer with Greater Europe Mission; teaches and preaches on missions in local churches, and equips new missionaries for cross-cultural work. Cecil has a PhD in Missiology and has written a number of articles and chapters for mission publications. He lives in Santa Clarita, CA and often watches the squirrels fight over fruit in his backyard.
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, December 11, 2016
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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Scott White
Lake Avenue Church, Pasadena CA
For over 20 years Scott White was in business in the San Gabriel Valley region, operating a contracting business that he began and built while attending UCLA, where he majored in English Literature and Creative Writing. In addition to operating his business, in 1999, Scott joined the staff of Lake Avenue Church in Pasadena, Ca and pioneered the role of Missions Mobilization Coordinator. In 2003, he joined their pastoral team as Pastor of Global Outreach and oversees a missions program with 61 sent workers and global partnerships. He holds a Masters Degree in Global Leadership from Fuller Seminary.
Scott's ministry focus has been on mission mobilization since the mid 80s. That role has taken him to 40 nations on 5 continents. He has served the Perspectives Movement in many ways having Coordinated over 20 classes, cohosted a Perspectives DVD series, as well as being a popular Perspectives instructor himself. Scott chairs two different Non-Profits focused on advancing the gospel among Least Reached Peoples. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, December 18, 2016
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 PM
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