Class Info

Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 PM

Location: South Dayton Presbyterian Church 1180 East Alex Bell Rd. Centerville OH 45459

Contact: Larry Sapp

(937) 469-3120

• • Registration & Orientation

    Registration & Orientation

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  • Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 PM

• • 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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    Bob Sjogren

    UnveilinGLORY, Mechanicsville VA

    Bob Sjogren (pronounced show - gren) is the president of UNVEILINGLORY, a ministry awakening the Church to new awareness of God's glory in all areas of life, and to seeing His glory go to all the world's peoples. Bob has been mobilizing the Body of Christ to reveal God's greatest glory through reaching all ethnic groups with the gospel. He and his wife Debby have written homeschool Bible curricula. And in 2021, Bob launched a YouTube Channel called, "Maturing The Bride." Bob and Debby live in Richmond, VA.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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.

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    Luke Kuepfer

    The Truth Made Simple, Prospect Heights IL

    Luke Kuepfer is a keynote speaker, workshop leader, and co-author of Becoming a Leader Worth Following. Having founded and directed a non-profit in Southeast Asia, he now serves as president of the Reverb Network, a non-profit organization committed to growing missional leaders and starting serving leadership movements around the globe. Primarily focused on the business world in North America, Luke facilitates workshops on Serving Leadership, The Art of Listening, Employee Engagement, Teamwork, and Winning at Customer Service. He has a Master's degree in Leadership and has taught a class on Foundations of Management and Leadership at Colorado Christian University. As a leadership developer and life coach, Luke helps business and non-profit leaders understand how to maximize their God-given potential to lead and serve others. His newest venture in the experience economy integrates leadership development with high-mountain trekking adventures. You will find Luke online at LukeKuepfer.com, thetruthmadesimple.org, and ReverbNetwork.org.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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.

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    James Cha

    Crescent Project, Leesburg VA

    Rev. James Cha was born in Korea, but grew up here in the US. He studied electrical engineering at Cornell University, and worked ten years as an engineer. In 2000 he and his wife, Faith, took their 3 kids to Central Asia, where they served ten years as church planting missionaries with Pioneers. They are now back in the US reaching out to the Muslims in the Washington, DC area. James & Faith are Washington DC Area Coordinators for Crescent Project. They also direct ESL ministry in Leesburg, VA. They have three adult children and one grandchild. James recently published a book about their missions journey - Fear Not: Living a Life of No Regrets. Available on amazon.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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).

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    Samya Johnson

    Call of Love Ministries , Cincinnati OH

    Samya was born into a Christian family in Beirut, Lebanon. She accepted Christ at age six. Samya lived in three Middle Eastern countries serving among Muslims before coming to the US with her family in 1999. She and her husband Mike founded Call of Love Ministries in 2001. She hosts English TV and radio programs. She continues to author publications and teach seminars that equip believers to reach Muslims. Samya’s 25+ years of Islamic research, writing, teaching, and working among Muslims bring a fresh and enthusiastic outlook about evangelism to Muslims. Samya resides with her family in Ohio. www.calloflove.org | samya@calloflove.org | 832-220-4040
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, February 7, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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.

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    Richard Mendola

    International Friendships, Upper Arlington OH

    Rich was born in Buffalo, NY, the grandson of immigrants from Italy who settled in Western, NY. His mother and father were both raised in the Italian section of the city. Although he was raised in a religious family who attended church, he did not personally know Christ until he was 17 years old. Prior to that, the death of his father at age 13 triggered a search for meaning and truth. This eventually led to studying the Bible, where he discovered that the true purpose of life was to worship and serve God. Through reading the New Testament he learned that Jesus Christ made it possible to come to God because of His sacrificial death for sins. Immediately upon coming to know Jesus, Rich had the strong desire to let others know the good news. Rich attended Colgate University in New York State where he majored in Biology and minored in Education and Philosophy and Religion. After his graduation, he had the first opportunity to pastor and was called to serve a rural congregation . At the same time he served on the Dean’s staff at Colgate University as the Director of Housing. In addition, he studied for a Master’s degree in counseling. In 1979 Rich and Janet attended.the Urbana Mission Conference. There Rich sensed a call to full time cross-cultural ministry. In 1980 he began to work full-time with international students in Buffalo, NY. At the same time, Janet attended medical school at SUNY Buffalo. In 1987 they moved to Athens, Ohio to open a new ministry to international students while Janet fulfilled her obligation to the National Health Service Corp – a program placing physicians in shortage areas. In 1991, Rich and Janet moved to Columbus, Ohio to work with International Friendships. Since 1998 he has served as the Executive Director. He also leads Bible studies and does 1-1 discipleship with students. He has written several Bible studies for internationals. He has served as the Chairperson for the Association of Christians Ministering to Internationals. Rich has also helped to plant two churches. He currently serves as lead pastor for All Nations Christian Fellowship. During Rich’s 29 years of service among internationals hundreds have come to know Jesus and many have returned as effective witnesses of Jesus among their own people. The kingdom of God is advancing among Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, and atheists because of the ministry to internationals. Jesus can share many wonderful and dramatic stories of God’s work among internationals. Rich is a regular speaker at missions conferences, evangelistic outreaches, Perspectives on the World Christian Movement and is a lecturer at Vineyard Leadership Institute. Rich and Janet have 6 children: Grace, Danielle, Hope, Philip, Melody, and Paul. Rich’s interests are: Evangelism, Discipleship, trips, chess, and hats. Rich’s spiritual gifts are leadership, exhortation, and evangelism.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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.

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    Edward Speyers

    Wycliffe Bible Translators, Saugatuck MI

    Ed and Linda Speyers joined Wycliffe Bible Translators in 1976 and invested 20 years (1979-1999) in South America doing incarnational ministry which included Bible Translation among the Suriname Javanese people. In March 2000 the fruit of their efforts culminated in the dedication of the Suriname Javanese New Testament. At the time this also marked the 500th New Testament in which Wycliffe members (known as SIL overseas) had been involved. The Suriname Javanese New Testament also marked a transition in the way Bible translation was approached in the years that followed. Until this translation, most projects were done by generalists. That is, field workers handled nearly all of the logistics of a translation project such as linguistics, literacy, translation, distribution, and Scripture Use. The Suriname Javanese project was a different approach to translation in that local speakers were equipped to become proficient themselves in Bible translation techniques and all other aspects of the work. This led to greater involvement of local speakers which led to more proficiency and ultimately greater accuracy. With this approach, the Speyers assumed a more facilitator-type role as expatriates on the translation team with the nationals as the specialists in their own areas of expertise. Largely because of this transfer of ownership and responsibility, translation of the Old Testament continued by the Suriname Javanese translators until August 2018 when the entire Bible was completed and dedicated. Around this same time, Wycliffe marked their involvement in the 1000th New Testament. The first 500 took 67 years and the second 500 took 17 years. This indicates the accelerated pace of Bible translation today. The Speyers currently reside in MI and serve as recruiters on Wycliffe’s Mobilization team traveling to graduate schools and seminaries nationwide looking and praying for translation consultants and exegetical workers. They love to tell their story and encourage others to join the movement of God called Bible translation.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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.

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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.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, February 28, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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.

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    Barbara Yandell

    Hope for the Nations, Round Rock TX

    President Hope for the Nations, director of Engage Course and teacher at Horizons International, ordained minister and board member of the Alliance of Reformed Churches, Interserve USA, founder of Legacy Muslim Ministry conference.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2017

    Time: 6:00 PM to 9:15 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.

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    Nathan J'Diim

    TOAG/Launch Internship and Frontiers, Chandler AZ

    Nathan J'Diim (pen name) is the Founder of TOAG and (semi-retired) Consultant, Instructor and Coach for Frontiers (www.FrontiersUSA.org). Launch (www.LaunchGlobal.org) has since replaced TOAG but carries the same DNA: a year long after-hours internship preparing beautiful feet to serve in the Unreached World. Offered in cities across the US, TOAG/Launch has apprenticed hundreds of interns, many who serve or will soon serve the least reached world wide.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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.

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    Dave Carroll

    Revolutionary Love Ministries, Englewood OH

    Dave is the founder of Revolutionary Love Ministries, with a passion to see many in Uganda find life, healing and freedom through a life-transforming understanding of the love of the Father through Jesus Christ. Apart from a three-year house church planting stint in Cleveland, Dave has served in Uganda since 1997, where he has worked in pastoral ministry and discipleship at a large orphanage, established a training centre to mobilize and equip Ugandans for cross-cultural ministry, equipped church leaders, and mentored university students and young adults. Dave and his wife, Jen, along with their four children, love to open their home to share their lives with people who are hungry for love. He has authored two books: The Father’s Heart: His Delight, Your Destiny, and a children’s book, Designed by Father God.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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.

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    Charlotte Stemple

    within C&MA, Fort Myers FL

    Charlotte has been a missionary to Vietnam and Malaysia, Pastor's wife,national women's leader short-term administrator. Her current passion is missions mobilizing through speaking and teaching. She authored MY VIETNAM in 2010 and speaks over 50 times a year to diverse secular, church and college groups. She has traveled to 57 countries and spoken in many of these. She and her husband Woody have two sons, both of whom currently serve overseas.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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.

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    Joseph Shane Bennett

    Healing Nations , Rye CO

    Shane helps Christians love Muslims and Muslims love Jesus. He has served in missions mobilization since 1987, recruiting, training, and sending short term research teams. He's been on teams in Bangkok, Bombay, and Turkey and he's lived among Muslim migrants in Europe. Shane writes a weekly email called Muslim Connect that helps Christians think about Muslims the way God does and love them like Jesus does. He works with Healing Nations and he and his family live in southern Colorado.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, April 4, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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.

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    Michael Manna

    Youth for Christ International, Columbus IN

    Dr. Mike is the Global Training Director with Youth for Christ (YFC) International. YFC serves in over 100 countries around the world. From 2002 to 2012, Mike and his wife, Judy, lived in Kiev, Ukraine training youth pastors and raising their four children. Mike was the founder/director of the National Center for Youth Ministry at Kiev Theological Seminary where they trained over 100 youth ministers. In 2013, he gave his Ukraine ministry over to national leadership and moved back to the U.S. to take an international training role. Mike received a PhD in Intercultural Studies from Biola University, and has taught Bachelors and Masters level youth ministry and missions courses at seminaries around the world. Mike is also a Certified Coach and trains coaches cross-cultural for leadership development. Mike and Judy's four children are married, and they have six grandchildren. The Manna's live in Columbus, Indiana and serve globally.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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.

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    Paul Pennington

    Journey Services, Cincinnati OH

    Paul Pennington and his wife Margaret have been married for 36 years. They have three grown and married children and seven grandchildren. Paul and Margaret are engaged with Indian colleagues in helping Hindus follow Jesus in culturally natural ways as incarnational believers within their own communities.
    
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    Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 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.

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    Estera Pirosca Escobar

    Culture Bound, Mt Juliet TN

    As a former international student from Romania, with a career in international student ministry (ISM) spanning over 15 years, Estera brings contagious enthusiasm and passion to everything she does. Estera is a gifted writer and speaker, a sought-after Perspectives instructor and is also involved in various cross-cultural training projects. She is currently pursuing a Doctor of Education in Intercultural Education from Western Seminary. Estera is married to Francisco, a global nomad originally from Chile, and they have a beautiful daughter, Esmeralda. They live in Nashville, Tennessee.
    
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    Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:15 PM

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    Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

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