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Vancouver, WA F17
Fall 2017
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USE WHAT'S IN YOU TO BLESS THE WORLD AROUND YOU
The Perspectives Class can help you do just that... Perspectives helps believers from all walks of life see how they can get threaded into God's story of redeeming people from every tribe, tongue and nation to Himself. From Genesis to the prophets, Jesus Christ to the early church, and Constantine to today, you will see how God has been moving, how the global church has responded, and what the greatest needs in world evangelism remain today. It provides a unique opportunity to understand
God's intentions and actions in the world, in a dynamic and
internationally acclaimed 15 week study program.
What to expect
Biblical - God's plan and purpose revealed in Scripture
Historical - Follow the thread of God's plan through history
Cultural - How the Gospel is communicated through the mosiac of world cultures
Strategic - How your gifts and passions can be used to fulfill God's plan
This class has a line-up of Biblical scholars, missionaries, pastors, professors and mobilizers who bring a wealth of experience to each lesson. Sessions will have discussions and activities that highlight and reinforce the text book and study guide readings. This is a course on how every believer can be intimately
woven into the story of God using His people to be a blessing to all the
peoples of the earth.
We're so convinced about the transformative power of this course that the
FIRST TWO NIGHTS ARE FREE.
When: Sunday evenings from 6pm to 9pm Dates: September 10, 2017 to December 17th, 2017 Where: Summit View Church, 7701 NE 182nd Ave, Vancouver, WA 98682 (In the Heritage Room located in the Administrative building on campus) *****We will meet the Friday before (September 8, 2017) to distribute the books. We will meet at the same location from 7:00pm to 8:00pm only. Then the course will start 2 days later as indicated above.***** **Early bird registration** $25 discount for the first 30 people to sign up. Additional discounts are available - ask us about them.
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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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Class Info
Date: Sunday, September 10, 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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Gerry Breshears
Western Seminary, Portland OR
Gerry Breshears has been professor of theology at Western Seminary since 1980. He served three years with WorldVenture in the Philippines, teaching at Faith Academy and helping start Calvary Baptist Church. He received the Ph.D. from Fuller Seminary. He now teaches overseas about one month per year. In addition to teaching and lecturing at a number of colleges and seminaries around the world, he speaks in many churches. He is co-author of Vintage Jesus, Death by Love, and Vintage Church with Mark Driscoll, in the Relit series from Crossway. Gerry and his wife, Sherry, have two sons, Donn and David, and a daughter, Cyndee, and three wonderful grandgirls. He is an elder and a member of the preaching team at Grace Community Church of Gresham, Oregon.
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, September 17, 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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Roger Trautmann
Multnomah Biblical Seminary, Portland OR
Dr Trautmann is passionate about encouraging the people of God to live into the mission of Christ. He has served as a pastor over 20 years as well as extensive service training ministry leaders in east Africa. He is associate Professor of Pastoral ministry at Multnomah Biblical Seminary and directs Mentored Ministry formation program and Chaplaincy track program
He is married to his lovely wife Iola and they have three grown children and five grandchildren. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, September 24, 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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C.C.
Portland OR
Our speaker was born and raised in Oregon and currently serves as one of the pastors of a church in Portland. Before pastoring, he served with a non-profit in the US, London, and North Africa. He has been married for 24 years, and has two daughters and one son. b
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Date: Sunday, October 1, 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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Jim Stevens
Fr., Portland OR
Training in Biology and Environmental Science
Worked as agricultural consultant and water quality specialist
6 years in Uganda in late 80's early 90's as agriculture development specialist. 4 years in Kyrgyzstan (06 thru 09) teaching in national ag university and doing projects outside of capitol. Currently Pac NW area director for recruiting and mobilization for a mission agency. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, October 8, 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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Tim Hartman
Woods Edge Community Church, Conroe TX
Tim currently serves as the Short Term and Missionary Care Coordinator at Woods Edge Community Church in Spring, TX. Originally from Maine, Tim had his heart opened to missions through several short-term experiences. He has also spent 10 years serving on the mobilization teams of two different mission agencies. His passion is to see people and churches mobilized to God's greater global purposes, especially for the 1/3 of the world that remains unreached. He, his wife Meaghan and their daughter Lilliana live near Houston, TX. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, October 15, 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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Paul Johnson
Asociate Professor of Intercultural Studies and Bible, Salem OR
Jenny and I ministered in central Mexico for ten years. The Lord used our efforts, along with our coworkers, to plant the “Abundant Life Bible Church” in San Juan del Río Mexico (90 miles north of Mexico City). During these years, I also taught courses at the “Puebla Bible Seminary;” training leaders in local churches, while we initiated and developed a missions movement among the Bible churches of central Mexico. I became the “Field Director” and served to advance Camino Global’s ministry during our last three years in Mexico.
I have taught missions, Christian ministry, Bible, and theology courses at Corban University for nine years. I have also had the privilege of developing a student missions organization to develop and grow a cross-cultural missions focus in the lives of our students and staff (annual conference, retreats, short-term mission trips, local outreach, and other on-campus missions-focused activities).
I earned my Doctor of Ministry degree (D.Min.) from Western Seminary (Portland, OR). The Lord has blessed us with three children (all born in Mexico). b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, October 22, 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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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: Sunday, October 29, 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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Kevin Williamson
Tigard OR
Kevin Williamson is a graduate of Multnomah University, the University of Utah, and did graduate studies at Harvard University. He has served as a pastor, a project and program manager of international relief and development in Central Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, and is currently a Senior Project Manager in the energy industry. He and his family are active in outreach to international students and refugees and in mobilizing and mentoring others. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THEIR OUTREACH, PLEASE DO NOT TAKE HIS PICTURE OR POST HIS NAME ONLINE. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, November 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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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: Sunday, November 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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Devlyn Neveux
Brush Prairie WA
I practice as a trained physicians assistant and used my medical skills to work in Indonesia for 9 years reaching muslims through medical outreach, disaster relief, and seeker friendly bible studies from 2002-2011 b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, November 19, 2017
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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Jonathan Martin
Black Butte Ranch OR
Jonathan lives with his wife, Janie, in Sisters, Oregon. Jonathan taught in several colleges and universities in Central and East Asia for over a decade working with Muslims, and then spent 15 years pastoring at Good Shepherd Community Church in Boring, Oregon. He is now on staff with Co-Serve International and has the amazing privilege to learn from and help train leaders all over the world. He is the author of Giving Wisely, Breaking the King Saul Syndrome, and Reconstructing the Church: Paul's Letter to the 21st Century. Jonathan and Janie have three children and 4 grandchildren. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, November 26, 2017
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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Keith Uebele
Portland OR
Keith Uebele has been involved with CRM around the world since 1995, with a particular interest in the Middle East. Keith retired from Intel in 2016 after completing a 32 year career. Keith serves on the board with CRM and works with teams across CRM to help build disciple making movements. Keith and his wife, Ellen, live in Portland, OR and have three adult children. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, December 3, 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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Jim Stevens
Fr., Portland OR
Training in Biology and Environmental Science
Worked as agricultural consultant and water quality specialist
6 years in Uganda in late 80's early 90's as agriculture development specialist. 4 years in Kyrgyzstan (06 thru 09) teaching in national ag university and doing projects outside of capitol. Currently Pac NW area director for recruiting and mobilization for a mission agency. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, December 10, 2017
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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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: Sunday, December 17, 2017
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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