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Lakewood, WA
Spring 2017
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Welcome to Perspectives
for the Greater Tacoma Area 15 Weeks...15 Instructors...One Epic Story Enrich and expand your worldview in God's mission! Perspectives is more than a class, it is an experience, mobilizing believers to become active participants in God's global mission—at home and abroad! It is about learning to: ~ live in and for the Kingdom of God
~ advance the Kingdom in every corner of the earth
~ do this intentionally with ever-growing purpose and meaning
~ do this strategically with ever-growing wisdom and insight Perspectives is not an end product itself. Instead, it serves as a platform and catalyst for mobilizing hundreds of lay people in the Church to be world Christians. Perspectives is a course bathed in prayer that grows vision, gives purpose and hope, and unifies the body of Christ. It is more than a course, it's a movement! This course is being coordinated by a diverse team, representing multiple churches in the Greater Tacoma area, and will be hosted by Lake City Community Church in Lakewood, WA. Directions: 8810 Lawndale Ave SW, Lakewood WA 98498 Note:
Some GPS software directs through Lawndale Ave, which is no longer a through street. Enter the church parking lot through Alameda Ave SW off of either Washington Blvd SW or Veterans Drive SW.
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Registration & Orientation
1/10/2017
Registration & Orientation
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Instructor
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Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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Lesson 1
The Living God is a Missionary God 1/17/2017
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
Bill Clark
Lynnwood WA
Bill Clark is currently the NW Director of Peace Catalyst International and an affiliate professor at Trinity Lutheran College. He and his wife Julie started their journey in mission in China where they lived 10 years mostly in the Muslim Northwest. He loves to listen to people’s stories, and wrote his dissertation on Uighur family change. Later they moved to the former Soviet Union and had a first hand view on the emerging church planting movements of the post-Soviet era. Since moving back to the USA in 2009 they have been active in church leadership, and peacemaking with the Muslim peoples of the Puget Sound region of Washington. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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Lesson 2
The Story of His Glory 1/24/2017
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
Werner Mischke
Mission ONE, Phoenix AZ
Werner is director of training ministries for Mission ONE, a partnership ministry he has served since 1992. He is a teacher, designer, blogger, and mission curriculum producer.
Werner’s missions mobilization experience is two-fold:
1. Producer of Operation WorldView, an introductory missions curriculum inspired by the Perspectives course for small groups. Operation WorldView has been by some 700 churches in America, Canada and other nations. Werner has often taught “The Story of His Glory”—the biblical component of Operation WorldView—as Lesson 2 in the Perspectives course.
2. Editor/designer of The Beauty of Partnership—a missional learning journey to equip followers of Christ for healthy cross-cultural partnerships—to bring hope to the peoples of the world.
Werner has a special relationship with Mission ONE’s partner in the Middle East—where Arab nationals are building a network of house churches through holistic ministry among various Muslim peoples.
Werner’s partnership experience in the Middle Eastern has led him into a pursuit of understanding the pivotal cultural value of honor and shame in the Bible—and in Eastern cultures.
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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Lesson 3
Your Kingdom Come 1/31/2017
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
Lynne Ellis Gray
Serve the World Ministries, Woodinville WA
Dr. Lynne Ellis-Gray is passionate about being an adoptive mom, pastor, catalyzer of people and resources for the kingdom, partnership builder, and social justice advocate. After spending 22 years as a mission's pastor at Overlake Christian church (and 35 years on church staffs), she is equipping individuals, churches and non-profits to strategically and intentionally live out their unique calling for the kingdom. She founded Ellis Gray Coaching and Consulting to empower missional living. Beside teaching this lesson, Lynne has served as coordinator and host church, believing deeply in the ministry of Perspectives. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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Lesson 4
Mandate for the Nations 2/7/2017
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
Keith Hook
Missions Fest Seattle, Mukilteo WA
Keith has served in three churches as pastor and has spent 30+ years working in and teaching missions. He and his family lived in Hong Kong for two years serving Christian workers in China. They have hosted 90+ international students in their home. Keith served as a mission agency training director and is currently the executive director of Missions Fest Seattle. He and his wife, Judy, also lead a cancer care support group called Healing Strong and they have 3 married daughters and 11 grandchildren. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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Lesson 5
Unleashing the Gospel 2/14/2017
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
Tyler Pease
Perspectives USA, Tacoma WA
Tyler serves as the Regional Director for Perspectives in the Coastal NW and Inland NW regions (WA, OR, ID, MT, AK). In addition to his work with Perspectives, he serves with the pastoral staff at Sunset Bible Church, leading their global outreach ministry and serving as an interim campus pastor at a partner church in Tacoma, WA. On a personal level, Tyler and his wife, Karen, regularly apply what they continue to learn in Perspectives through a local ministry that Karen leads, called Better English in Tacoma. Better English is a multi-church ministry serving international friends through formal classes, one-on-one conversation partners, and Discovery Bible Studies. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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Lesson 6
The Expansion of the Christian Movement 2/21/2017
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
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, February 21, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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Lesson 7
Eras of Mission History 3/7/2017
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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N8 Scholz
Vision 5:9 Network, Stanwood WA
N8 spent his early 30s in Lebanon as an English teacher and Hope Broker from 1999 to 2006. He published the story of his experiences in Coffee & Orange Blossoms: 7 Years & 15 Days in Tyre, Lebanon.
Currently, N8 is actively engaged in helping form Jesus-following communities across North America to engage Muslims, and together learn how to obey the commands of Jesus. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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Lesson 8
Pioneers of the World Christian Movement 3/14/2017
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
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: Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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Lesson 9
The Task Remaining 3/21/2017
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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Robert Rasmussen
Near Frontiers, Turlock CA
Bob Rasmussen serves as Ex. Dir of Near Frontiers. After eight years as a pastor, Bob and his family lived in Kenya for 10 years training African church leaders. Near Frontiers focuses on partnering within the diaspora church in the USA and beyond, befriending international students, and helping churches move toward intercultural unity.Bob writes books and blogs, hikes, kayaks, and plays trumpet with the worship team. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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Lesson 10
How Shall They Hear? 3/28/2017
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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Instructor
Robroy Ranger
Superintendent Oregon Free Methodist, Vancouver WA
Robroy Ranger is an Australian who is the Superintendent for the Oregon conference of the Free Methodist Church. Their mission is to become a multicultural group UNITED around JESUS to ignite a SPIRIT-fueled movement.
His primary passion is to breathe Christ in the world and set people free. As well as leading Redmond AG, he has lead Business As Mission projects, which are sources for amazing “God stories”.
He will draw from his many and varied experiences around the world - from singing for the Queen of England to being in the mud with children in Haiti. He is an innovative presenter clearly communicating the gospel with history, accuracy of context, and fun.
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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Lesson 11
Building Bridges of Love 4/4/2017
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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Instructor
Chuck Lindley
OneBand, Tacoma WA
Chuck and his wife, Janis, served with Frontier Ventures (FV) from 2004 to 2019, and are currently members of OneBand. Chuck served as South Sound Area Mobilizer for Perspectives from 2015-2018. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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Lesson 12
Christian Community Development 4/11/2017
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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Instructor
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.
You can reach Paul at pwatson@contagiousdisciplemaking.com. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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Lesson 13
The Spontaneous Multiplication of Churches 4/25/2017
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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Instructor
Edward Aw
Tsunami Unleashed, Gilbert AZ
Ed and Rachel have two teenage sons and live in Arizona.
Their ministry, Tsunami Unleashed, focuses on helping bring clarity to believers on how to live purpose "full" lives for Jesus. In addition, they provide a simple path to exponential discipleship, leadership, and church reproduction.
Currently, the Lord has them building Tsunami Unleashed. The vision is to see 1 billion people across the global mobilized, equipped and impacted for Jesus. This will leverage the technological infrastructure that exists (everything internet) in an effective way that draws people from the cold medium of the web into hot relationship with believers (in-person) and Jesus.
It will require an open-handed approach to all interactions and resources. They don't care who gets credit as long as the work is done giving glory to God through loving obedience to Jesus Christ. They seek to partner with any believer or organization who desires to do "something" for the Lord, not matter how small. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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Lesson 14
Pioneer Church Planting 5/2/2017
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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Darrell Dorr
Frontier Ventures, Lynnwood WA
Darrell Dorr was Perspectives Director 1980-1982 and an associate editor of the first edition of the Perspectives Reader. He has been a missionary with Frontier Ventures since 1980, specializing in communications, and has been on assignment with various other organizations and projects, including Frontiers, Operation World, the Adopt-a-People Clearinghouse, and the Center for the Study of Global Christianity. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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Lesson 15
World Christian Discipleship 5/9/2017
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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Bill MacLeod
MissionConnexion, Sun City West AZ
Bill MacLeod is the Director of MissionConnexion which he founded in 2001 during his fifteen years as a missions pastor in Portland. He has been a mobilizer for over 40 years dedicating his life to city-wide people movements while serving in an evangelistic organization, a national men's movement, a local church as missions pastor, and as founder/executive director of a regional church-missions-mobilizing effort. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2017
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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