Billings, MT F17
Fall 2017
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Perspectives on
the World Christian Movement
Where: Faith Chapel in Billings, Montana When: September 19, 2017 – February 6, 2018
Why should you join us for the Perspectives movement? The answer is
simple – because great things happen when our hearts align around God's global
purpose. Perspectives will take you on an explorative journey
as you take a deep dive into scripture,
explore His global purpose of redemption threaded throughout history, expand your understanding of
reaching across cultures, and
engage strategically in the
present work He is doing in the world.
You’ll be exposed to 15 weeks of highly qualified
instructors, teaching in their areas of expertise with real-world, global
experience.
Dates to Know:
September 19 – Registration, Information &
Introductions
October 3 – First Lesson (Chapter 1) “The Living God is a
Missionary God”
January 30 – Last Lesson (Chapter 15) “World Christian
Discipleship”
February 6 – Celebration
Perspectives can be taken at
the Certificate, Credit, and Key Reading level.
Key Reading Level:
This level requires about 3 – 5 hours of reading per week with no written
homework. There are five "Personal Reflections" assigned during the
course which require approximately an hour each to complete. Cost: $250.00
Certificate Level:
This level is recommended for those who seek to gain a deeper understanding of
the topics. It involves a weekly 10 question Review assignment, five
"Personal Reflections," and one research project due at the end of
the course. This level requires approximately 7 hours of work per week. Cost: $250.00
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 8 hours of work per week.
The credit is offered through Excelsior
University. Cost: $500.00
Alumni are
welcome and encouraged to register! (There is no cost for alumni unless you
“upgrade” your commitment level.)
Plan on scheduling Tuesday nights for a truly
life-changing experience. You will love discovering God’s heart for the nations
and neighborhoods in this safe community of learners. For more information and
questions, contact: Megan Erickson, coordinator:
To learn more about Perspectives, visit: www.perspectives.org
Learn more: https:vimeo.com:176800231
Class Info
Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location: Faith Chapel 517 Shiloh Rd. Billings MT 59106
Contact: Megan Erickson
406-655-1536
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Registration & Orientation
Registration/overview
Registration & Orientation
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Instructor
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Date: Tuesday, September 19, 2017
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 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
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, October 3, 2017
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 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
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
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, October 10, 2017
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 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
William Parsons
Helena MT
William & Autumn Parsons met while attending International Bible College in San Antonio, Texas. They married in 2003 and have five children, Shilah, Makiah, Billy, Creed & Prairie. They have administrated Schools of Missions in Japan and Texas. They have served this church for many years, helping wherever necessary, and joined the staff as Pastor of Administration in January of 2014. Will serves as the church's administrator, organizer, and groundskeeper. He also teaches at the Alpha Course. He was ordained at Last Chance Chapel in January of 2014.
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 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
Mary Ho
All Nations Family, Inc, Kansas City MO
Dr. Mary Ho is the International Executive Leader of All Nations (http://allnations.international), a global Christian missions organization with workers making disciples and doing church planting in 44 countries. Dr. Ho is passionate about finishing the Great Commission in this generation by sharing the love of God among every people and in parts of the world where the name of Jesus Christ is little or not known. Dr. Ho received her Doctorate of Strategic Leadership from Regent University, VA, U.S.A. in 2016. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 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
Steve Poetzl
Billings MT
I have been a pastor for over 40. years. I also served as assistant director of International Missions for Open Bible Churches. I was in charge of ministry in Africa. I have been married to Carolyn for 52 years, have 5 children 19 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. All the churches I have pastored have been heavily involved in missions around the world. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 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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Instructor
Pam Arlund
All Nations, Kansas City MO
Pam is currently the Co-Editor of Perspectives 5th Edition and a member of All Nations. She lived in Central Asia for ten years, where she planted churches among three people groups, two of whom are Muslim. She earned an MA and PhD in Linguistics (i.e. Bible Translation) from the University of Texas at Arlington. She has published numerous books and articles in missions. She is most well known as “The Stick Figure Lady” for her popular book “Stick Figures Save the World.” b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 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
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.
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 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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Instructor
Betty Sue Brewster
Fuller Seminary (Retired), Vancouver WA
Retired: Senior Associate Professor of Language and Culture Learning, School of Intercultural Studies.
Currently: Language and culture learning consultant
Betty Sue has traveled in over 100 countries, teaching and consulting in the area of language and culture learning. Her teaching and writing focus on practical, hands-on learning through relationships. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, November 28, 2017
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 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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Jeff Richards
Helena Valley Faith Center, East Helena MT
Pastor Jeff Richards along with his wife Colleen, have served as Lead Pastors at Helena Valley Faith Center in East Helena, Montana, USA since 1999. Pastor Jeff also serves as a jail Chaplain for Lewis & Clark County, Montana and is an emissary to Burundi in East Africa for the Foursquare denomination. Over the last 5 years, Jeff has taught in Bible Schools and Seminars in Russia, Moldova, Transnistria, Romania, India and East Africa and has a heart for the unreached and least reached peoples of the earth. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2017
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 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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William Kieselhorst
Foursquare Missions International, Damascus OR
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2017
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 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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Instructor
Miriam Adeney
Seattle Pacific University, Shoreline WA
With a Ph.D. in Anthropology and three sons, Miriam Adeney never stops learning. When not conducting her regular courses at Seattle Pacific University, Miriam teaches modules on five continents. She is passionate about training indigenous writers. A prolific speaker who has been invited to many campuses and national and international venues, Miriam also writes, resulting in five books and over 100 articles. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, December 19, 2017
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 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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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
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, January 9, 2018
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 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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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, January 16, 2018
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 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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Instructor
Glen Grove
Billings MT
For over 30 years I have been blessed to serve in a number of roles including pastor, overseas worker and mobilizer. I look forward to sharing some of the things I have been learning in these various opportunities. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 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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Instructor
Kaj Martin
Seattle Foursquare church, Seattle WA
Kaj is the Lead Pastor at Seattle Foursquare Church in northern part of the city and the Lead District Missions Rep for Foursquare Missions Int. His wife Janell and he have three kids Phoebe, Asha and Luke. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2018
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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Celebration
Let's Party!
Celebration
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Instructor
Glen Grove
Billings MT
For over 30 years I have been blessed to serve in a number of roles including pastor, overseas worker and mobilizer. I look forward to sharing some of the things I have been learning in these various opportunities.
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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