Class Info

Date: Monday, January 9, 2017

Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Location: Christ Fellowship (Miami - Palmetto Bay) 8900 SW 168th St Palmetto Bay FL 33157

Contact:

786-505-9510

• • Registration & Orientation

    Registration and Orientation

    Registration & Orientation

  • Instructor

    

    Marcel Sanchez

    Imagine Mobile Learning, Miami Gardens FL

    For more than twenty years, Marcel has served as an international conference speaker, corporate trainer, and business consultant. He has helped many private and public organizations create a culture focused on growing their people and growing their customers. Marcel serves as an Executive Pastor, Conference Speaker and Corporate Trainer. His books include Life in the Vineyard, Vida en la Viña, Walking with Jesus, and Sales Catalyst. Marcel is passionate about helping people leverage their spiritual gifts, talents, and life experiences to make a significant impact for God's glory. He helps people connect the dots spiritually, professionally and relationally. Marcel developed software to help businesses (www.ImagineMobileLearning.com) and churches (www.ImagineMobileChurch.com) connect, train, and grow their people online. Marcel and his wife Yami live in Miramar, Florida and have two children, Luke and Savanah.

    
    

  • Date: Monday, January 9, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    Kevin Kimbrough

    UnveilinGlory, Clearwater FL

    Kevin is an everyday businessman who is passionate about glorifying God and seeing that glory go to all peoples of the world. Kevin's life demonstrates how anyone, no matter their station in life, can be involved in God's plan of reaching the nations for His Greatest Glory. Kevin relates well to students and dispels the myth that you have to be a "full-time Christian worker" to have impact for the Kingdom of God. Kevin lives in Clearwater Beach, FL with his wife, Kathleen, and their two children, Kevin, Jr. and Ashley.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, January 16, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    Jon F

    Reaching & Teaching , Louisville KY

    Works alongside Arab brothers and sisters in the Middle East in order to make mature disciples, establish & strengthen healthy churches, and train local leaders to carry the gospel message to every tribe for the global glory of Jesus Christ and the joy of all peoples.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, January 23, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    Scott Simmons

    Third Millennium Ministries, Winter Park FL

    Scott Simmons is currently the Director of Professor Relations for Third Millennium Ministries, a ministry designed to provide theological education to church leaders around the world for free. Scott is in charge of adding video content from seminary professors and pastors around the world into our free, online curriculum. Before this, Scott was the minister of missions and spiritual formation at Chapelgate Presbyterian Church, where he oversaw global church planting partnerships and local evangelism and mercy ministries. Scott is the husband of one and father of three and he loves nature and wildlife photography, jazz and folk music, movies and a good book.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, January 30, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    Marco Murillo

    The Heights en Español, Richardson TX

    Marco was born and raised in Mexico City. He lived and studied in Argentina for 3 years. Upon returning to CDMX they met Aubrey Murillo and served together as youth pastors, church planters and in Christian education. In 2010 they moved to Texas with their three children, where they were taught and later taught at the Rio Grande Biblical Seminary. In 2014 they moved to Atlanta, GA and planted a church with the North American Mission Board. Subsequently, Marco directed the new Perspectives program in the United States and collaborated in the leadership of Latin America for 6 years. Marco and his family currently live in Dallas, TX where he pastors a Hispanic congregation and seeks to complete his doctoral studies.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, February 6, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    Steven Masood

    Jesus to Muslims, Summerfield FL

    Steven Masood became a follower of Jesus in April 1973 in Karachi, Pakistan from a Muslim background. His testimony is chronicled in Into the Light. Steven earned a PhD from the London School of Theology thru Brunel University, London, on Islam and Christianity. He has spent 30+ years studying and working in Christian-Muslim relations and has taught Islamic Studies and Christian-Muslim relations as a visiting lecturer in Christian institutions in Britain and the Far East. Steven also lectures in conferences and churches on varied subjects including the integrity of Christian and Muslim scriptures, and sharing the Gospel of Jesus. For further info: www.JesusToMuslims.org
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, February 13, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    Mark Baxter

    YWAM Jacksonville, Jacksonville FL

    Mark Baxter is the visionary leader of Youth With A Mission Jacksonville, Florida. Mark and Janet started the base in January 2001 because they are passionate about taking the Gospel to places where it isn't. They have 3 children - Daniel, Kathleen, and Jennifer along with 8 grandchildren. Mark has ministered in over 130 nations and he, Janet, and their youngest child lived in Harbin, China teaching English and planted a church among unreached people in 2008/09. Mark is on YWAM's international frontier missions leadership team, is the missions pastor at Redeemer Church, and is part of the NoPLaceLeft network in Jacksonville.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, February 20, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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.

  • Instructor

    

    Bill Perry

    InterFACE Ministries, Ft Lauderdale FL

    Bill Perry is Chief of Staff and Director of Training Materials for InterFACE Ministries, a mission agency evangelizing and discipling international students and scholars primarily in the US. He is the author of the best selling "Storyteller's Bible Study", "A Look Inside America", and 3 other titles for mono-, cross- or multi-cultural audiences. He travels the country speaking at conventions, conferences, retreats, churches, campus ministries, etc. training and speaking on mission themes and partnerships, families and generations, evangelism, discipleship, campus outreach, and his favorite: Bible. He pastored for 35 years, cofounded a nationally successful crisis pregnancy center network, and homeschooled 7 kids with his wife Jenni. They now sport 20+ grandkids.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, February 27, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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.

  • Instructor

    

    Art Dykstra

    Feather Sound Community Church, Clearwater FL

    Art's first hands-on encounter in missions occurred right after graduating from college where he spent the summer with Wycliffe in Papua New Guinea. After starting the climb up the corporate ladder, Art left the exciting world of paper distribution to finish off his MBA and then made the perfectly illogical but wonderful jump to full-time missions with a short-term missions agency working in South America and Africa. After 14 years as a missions pastor, he currently serves as the Lead Pastor at Feather Sound Community Church in Clearwater, FL and has the best job in the world!
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, March 6, 2017

    Time: 6:25 PM to 9:30 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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    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.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, March 13, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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.

  • Instructor

    

    Don

    World Team, Orlando FL

    Canadian-born, Don received Christ at a YFC rally in 1952 and later graduated from Prairie Bible Institute and Wycliffe's SIL course. From 1962-1977 Don and his late wife, Carol Joy [Soderstrom], an RN, served in Irian Jaya (now Papua, Indonesia) among the Sawi, a Stone-Age cannibal-headhunter tribe. After Don designed a Sawi alphabet, he and Carol taught literacy, planted churches, healed the sick and translated the New Testament. More than half the tribe came to Christ. Author of six books, including "Peace Child" and "Eternity in Their Hearts," Don holds an honorary doctorate from Biola University. He represents World Team at missions conferences and in churches, teaches seminars, and lectures for Perspectives on the World Christian Movement. 17 months after his late wife's passing, Don wed Carol Joyce Abraham, who now serves with him in ministry by speaking to women's groups, singing solos, mentoring, and providing hospitality.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, March 20, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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.

  • Instructor

    

    Cash Godbold

    TEAM, Sarasota FL

    Spend 30 minutes with Cash Godbold and you’ll know that equipping this generation is his highest aspiration! 25 years among Muslim nomads in the Sahara with his wife Ann allowed the Godbolds to produce their peoples’ first indigenous alphabet tract. After they saw a handful of converts they were forced to move to a neighboring country. Then, alongside their son’s family, they invested 22 more years, mainly equipping the sizeable Christian community toward Muslim witness. “Retired” in the USA, they continued teaching these principles to churches and small groups. Nearing 80 years of age, Cash and Ann continue stirring people with their lives of joyful witness.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, March 27, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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.

  • Instructor

    

    Brad Ward

    City of Refuge Dallas, Dallas TX

    Brad is an experienced community development practitioner and has led international ministries in a variety of settings including education, research, program design, and technical support.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, April 3, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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.

  • Instructor

    Mike

    Leesburg GA

    Mike served in the US Coast Guard for over 31 years. While on active duty, he traveled throughout the world and met people from many different cultures. After retiring from the Coast Guard, he felt called to transition from rescuing people at sea to rescuing people spiritually. After short-term missions trips to Nigeria and South Asia, he served on the field in India and Nepal for two years. During this time, he worked with national partners to support church planting movements and provided discipleship training for new believers. He has witnessed the expansion of God's church through spontaneous multiplication of churches and has also been blessed to see lives transformed.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, April 10, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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.

  • Instructor

    JC

    TEAM, Lancaster PA

    JC was born to a Cuban immigrant family and grew up learning Spanish and English in a multi-cultural setting. He came to Christ as a teenager, quickly sensing God’s call to work among unreached peoples. JC worked for 32 years in Southeast Asia, Central Asia, and Europe: focused on evangelism and church planting, first directing a language institute in Central Asia, later leading a cross-cultural training program in Spain, preparing Latino and Iberians for service among Muslims. JC earned a MA in Islamic Studies from the University of Edinburgh and DMin from Columbia International University. He has written articles on Islamic literature, and history, ministry to Muslims, and has authored numerous discipleship curricula. He is an accomplished lecturer, teaching world-wide.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, April 17, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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.

  • Instructor

    

    Sundee Simmons

    Perspectives, Winter Park FL

    Sundee Simmons currently serves as Associate Director of Perspectives Global. Sundee has been serving the Perspectives program since 1991. She has served as a volunteer coordinator, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Director, East Coast Regional Administrator and the Director of Training for Perspectives USA before joining the Perspectives Global Team. Sundee Simmons is a wife and mother of 3 children, Nathan (1996), Emily (1998) and Julianna (2005). Her husband, Scott, is a ordained PCA Pastor serving Third Millennium Ministries as the Director of Instructor Relations.
    
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    Date: Monday, April 24, 2017

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

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