Class Info

Date: Monday, January 22, 2018

Time: 6:20 PM to 9:20 PM

Location: Stonebridge Church 1829 Stoney Point Rd. SW Cedar Rapids IA 52404

Contact: Dennis Spencer

(319) 573-3083

• • Registration & Orientation

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  • Date: Monday, January 22, 2018

    Time: 6:20 PM to 6:20 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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    Greg

    Candeo/SALT, Waterloo IA

    My name is Greg. I grew up in a great Christian home in the great state of Oklahoma! My parents led me to Christ. It was their vision and passion for Jesus that helped me cultivate a heart for God, His word, and His world. In college I took Perspectives and loved it. Perspectives is one of the biggest catalyst in my life to propel me to pursuing the lost in the world. I met my wife Shannon at college and enjoyed talking to her about what we were learning in Perspectives and how we can apply it. As we were in so much agreement in so may ways we got married making a commitment to live one year overseas in the first three years of our marriage. This one year commitment led to 6 years. We had the privilege of leading a missions team of 15 people for 6 years focusing on college students and church planting in Asia. We saw God do many things and our hearts grew even more for Him and the lost. I love sharing the gospel where ever I am at and I love raising up my two daughters to do the same. The Biblical basis for missions has become my purpose. As I sit here and update this now in an airport going back overseas to see if God would have my family start a church planting movement in South East Asia.
    
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    Date: Monday, January 22, 2018

    Time: 6:20 PM to 9:20 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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    Wes Taber

    Life in Messiah International, Lansing IL

    Since joining Life in Messiah in 1975 (when the ministry names was AMF International), Wes has served in Jewish ministry in Miami/Miami Beach, Jerusalem, and Chicago, focusing on evangelism, discipleship, and equipping others. He has been privileged to lead multiple short-term teams to Israel, and present God's heart for the lost on four continents, with an emphasis on the Jewish people. After 29 years as Executive Director, Wes took on the role of LIFE Global Ambassador in August 2019 with an emphasis on mentoring, teaching, writing, and sharing God's heart for the Jewish people.
    
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    Date: Monday, January 29, 2018

    Time: 6:20 PM to 9:20 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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    Adam Steinbock

    Crossroads Community Church, Sheboygan WI

    Adam currently serves as the Staff Pastor at Crossroads Community Church in Sheboygan, Wis. - an 18-year-old, 3rd generation church plant. He and his wife, Tabitha, have a passion for church planting, both here in Wisconsin, but also around the world. Over the past fifteen years he has been on short-term church planting mission trips to Ecuador, Israel and Russia.
    
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    Date: Monday, February 5, 2018

    Time: 6:20 PM to 9:20 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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    Date: Monday, February 12, 2018

    Time: 6:20 PM to 9:20 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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    Brooks A Simpson

    Grace Community Church, North Liberty IA

    Brooks Simpson is Pastor for Teaching and Preaching at Grace Community Church in North Liberty, IA. Brooks came to faith in Christ as a college student athlete while attending Grace in 1988 and has been on staff since 1998. Brooks’ heart is to see Christ magnified and exalted in the lives of people. The spiritual battle described in Ephesians 6 is real and Brooks’ passion is to equip people to take up the shield of faith and the sword of the Spirit. Too many Christians see this battle as defensive and miss the fact that there is an offensive component as well. Brooks took Perspectives in 2008 and is excited to be a part of the team which equips the saints to offensively take the sword of the Word to the ends of the earth. Brooks has been married to his bride Stacy since 1989. They have two children, Ryan and Katelyn.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, February 19, 2018

    Time: 6:20 PM to 9:20 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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    Terry Riley

    Harvest Project, Lino Lakes MN

    Terry along with his wife, Bev, served with Frontier Ventures (USCWM), Adopt-A-People Clearinghouse, ReachGlobal, and ReachNational. Terry developed the first database of unreached peoples while working with the AAP Clearinghouse. This research was published in 1993 in a book entitled, "A Church for Every People", and was the platform for the Joshua Project database. He served in the Dakotas for 8 years ministering to various Native American tribes engaging in evangelism, discipleship and community development. Also, he served as a youth/family pastor of an urban core African-American church. Additionally, he's been engaged in ministry to various people groups from the Middle East and in India. Currently, Terry is a licensed marriage and family therapist, mission mobilizer.
    
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    Date: Monday, February 26, 2018

    Time: 6:20 PM to 9:20 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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    Yvonne Huneycutt

    Perspectives Global, Round Rock TX

    Yvonne from Austin, Texas loves mobilizing Christians and entire churches to find and engage their God-designed role for participation in the completion of the Great Commission. Currently on staff with Perspectives Global, Yvonne's varied career experience includes the corporate world, local church ministry, mission ministry, and managing a non-profit organization. She has worked with the Perspectives movement for over 25 years both nationally and internationally. Her overseas field experience includes one year in Russia and travel in 40 nations. She holds a Doctor of Ministry in Missions and Cross-Cultural Studies from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
    
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    Date: Monday, March 5, 2018

    Time: 6:20 PM to 9:20 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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    Paul Hansen

    Grace Community Church, North Liberty IA

    Paul was born and raised on the East coast, but moved to the Midwest and graduated from Moody Bible Institute in 1993. He has been a pastor at Grace Community Church since 2001. Paul loves it when people “get it” and understand their role in God’s global plan. Paul serves Grace in the role of Executive Pastor which includes overseeing the staff, mobilizing the church, and refining vision. He has ministered and trained on four continents over the past 15 years. Paul has been married to his soul mate Amy for 25 years. Together they have five beautiful kids (all like their mother).
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, March 19, 2018

    Time: 6:20 PM to 9:20 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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    Joshua Johnson

    All Nations Family, Kansas City MO

    Joshua is the Executive Director of All Nations Kansas City – a missions training and sending organization that oversees church planting work in 25 countries. He is also a core team member, coach, and consultant for 5Q, an organization that unlocks and releases the potential of five-fold ministry in the body of Christ and part of the mDNA Training Ecosystem team that is a part of Movement Leaders Collective. Joshua spent 7 years in the Middle East and Asia catalyzing movements to Jesus and saw many Muslim background people get baptized, say yes to following Jesus, and start simple reproducing Jesus communities amidst their own culture. He loves to coach and train others to ignite movements to Jesus. He is also the host of the podcast Shifting Culture. He loves movies, traveling the world, being surrounded by nature, and spending time on the golf course. Joshua lives in Kansas City, Mo. with his wife Meredith, who co-leads All Nations Kansas City. They have one son, Luke.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, March 26, 2018

    Time: 6:20 PM to 9:20 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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    Stan Yoder

    World Partners, Maquoketa IA

    Stan and his wife, Valli, served full-time with World Partners since 1978. Valli passed away in November 2021 after a long battle with M.S. Their experience includes 10 years of church planting and curative medical work in Sierra Leone, West Africa among the Yalunka People; 3 years at the US Center as Administrative Director for the Adopt-a-People Clearinghouse; 3 years mobilizing churches to adopt unreached people groups; 2 years training students at Bethel College, Mishawaka, IN; 4 years coaching workers in Africa and the Middle East; and 16 years reaching out to Middle Wast refugees in Kansas City, Missouri. They moved to Maquoketa, Iowa in October 2018 and will begin a new ministry to Middle East students. Stan will continue to serve with World Partners as a traveling evangelist among Muslims and instructor for Perspectives.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, April 2, 2018

    Time: 6:20 PM to 9:20 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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    Joe Lieway

    St. Louis Christian College, Florissant MO

    Joe Leiway was born in Liberia, West Africa. He married Marie and God blessed them with three children and a grandchild. Joe accepted Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior at the age of 14. Joe received a Master of Arts in Religion, a BA in Biblical Studies, and diplomas in Missiology, Biblical Interpretation, and Agriculture. He serves as Professor of Intercultural and Urban Ministry at St. Louis Christian College. Joe travels twice a year to serve as General Superintendent of Bible Faith Christian Church in Liberia, West Africa and also oversees several Liberian churches. Joe authored, “The Name Is The Story” in 2007. He has also worked in youth ministry, campus ministry, and as a Minister, as well as in Christian extension ministries and agriculture. Joe’s favorite hobby is global football, or as he says, the ‘real’ soccer.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, April 9, 2018

    Time: 6:20 PM to 9:20 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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    John King

    Final Command Ministries, Murfreesboro TN

    John King based in Murfreesboro Tn has been training missionaries and church planters in teaching a simple, easily-reproduced, inductive Bible study method called Discovery Bible Stuidies that encourages obedience-based discipleship. A 2004 short-term mission trip to Sierra Leone, Africa altered the course of his life. Witnessing the power of transformation in that nation exposed him to the kinds of truths examined in the Perspectives course. John returned to Sierra Leone in 2005 to support a developing Church Planting Movement (CPM). He was commissioned to train indigenous church planters to teach others to do simple inductive Bible studies .The approach he taught has been used throughout the sub-Saharan Africa and has contributed to the planting of thousands of new churches there. In June of 2011 John transitioned from pastoral ministry to full-time missions training with Final Command Ministry. He works for the spread of the gospel through indigenous believers in the least reached nations.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, April 16, 2018

    Time: 6:20 PM to 9:20 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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    Matthew Malone

    Elmbrook, Brookfield WI

    Matthew is a church planter, pastor, mobilizer and trainer. Currently he serves as the pastor of Mission for Elmbrook Church, a role where he is responsible for almost 80 field workers spread across the globe. Before that he and his family lived in Siberia for almost a decade helping start churches and encourage leaders. They returned to the states in 2004 and planted a multi-site church in Washington County, Wisconsin. He also currently serves as the Wisconsin area mobilizer for Perspectives and loves seeing people take steps of involvement in God’s mission. Matthew and Kari were married in 1994 and have four children. Matthew is a hack triathlete, which means he enjoys biking and swimming, and endures running.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, April 23, 2018

    Time: 6:20 PM to 9:20 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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    Date: Monday, April 30, 2018

    Time: 6:20 PM to 9:20 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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    Jason Blackley

    Grace Community Church | Downtown Iowa City, North Liberty IA

    Jason Blackley is one of the Pastors at Grace Community Church Downtown Iowa City location. He and his wife Dollie have 4 young boys. Jason's main ministry responsibilities include preaching, counseling and leadership development. Graduating from Perspectives in 2008 changed the course of he and Dollie's life and ministry as God used it to convince them to be senders instead of goers for the foreseeable future. Jason is currently enrolled in the Biblical Studies Program at Midwest Baptist Theological Seminary. His other ministry training has come from on the job experiences since age 19 and through certification as a Biblical Counselor. Jason has spent short amounts of time in Mexico, Jamaica, South Asia, and Italy.
    
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    Date: Monday, May 7, 2018

    Time: 6:20 PM to 9:20 PM

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