Gainesville, FL S18
Spring 2018
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It will ruin
you for the ordinary.
Perspectives on the World Christian Movement is an intense 15-week course about God,
His glory, & His unfolding purposes for the
people and nations of the earth.
More than a class, Perspectives
causes participants to evaluate how God
wants to involve them in His plans for
the world.
SPRING 2018 PERSPECTIVES - GAINESVILLE, FL
Mondays
6:30 - 9:00pm
January 8 - April 30, 2018 (dates include Orientation, 14 Class Sessions covering 15 Lessons, one week off for Spring Break, and a Wrap Up Prayer / Commissioning Night)
Hosted at
City Church
19 SW 1st Street Gainesville, FL 32601
citychurchgnv.com
For questions about childcare, please contact Elizabeth Lopez ator 352-587-2144.
Cost:
$295 Key Reading and Certificate Level
$535 College Credit Level
(Trinity International University
- tiu.edu)
Discounts:
$30 Early Registration Discount if
registered and paid in full by December 31, 2017.
$100 Family Member Discount - $100
off registration for each additional family member when one family member has
registered and paid in full.
May be combined with Early Discount.
Want to learn more? Contact Jeff at 352-262-4978 or
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Registration & Orientation
Registration & Orientation
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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, January 8, 2018
Time: 6:30 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
Nicole Parks
Cafe 1040, Cumming GA
God has been calling Nicole to missions since before she was walking with Him. She graduated from the University of Georgia with a BBA in International Business and Risk Management. Through studying abroad twice in college, God began to open her eyes to her love of other cultures, languages, and travel. After graduation, she worked in financial services for a few years before God called her into ministry. While working for North Point Ministries, she went on her first short-term missions trip. Through 2 trips to the 10/40 window, God called her into vocational missions. In 2014, she joined the staff of Cafe 1040 first as a mobilizer and then as a team lead. She now serves on their board of directors. She is also the Missions Director at Restoration Church in Alpharetta. She is passionate about the unreached, mobilization, and God's heart for the nations. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, January 15, 2018
Time: 6:30 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
Jaime Saint
I-TEC, Dunnellon FL
Jaime was born in Willmar, MN, into a family with a heritage in missions. His dad, Steve, is the son of martyr, Nate Saint, a jungle missionary pilot who was speared to death in the Amazon Rainforest of Ecuador, South America in 1956 by the Waodani tribe. Jaime grew up in a family that participated in mission ventures in Ecuador as well as in Mali, West Africa, in-between businesses that took them from Minnesota to Texas and eventually to central Florida where I-TEC is headquartered.
After graduating from high school in 1995, Jaime moved with his family to the Amazon Rainforest to help the Waodani tribe learn to do for themselves what outsiders had been doing so that the Waodani could reach their own people with the Gospel.
After returning from the jungles, Jaime attended the University of Florida, where he graduated with a degree in Marketing. After his second year of college, Jaime married Jessica Shea, a girl he met just before leaving for the jungles. Jaime and Jessica have been married for over 24 years and have six beautiful daughters, including one set of twins who became their grand finale.
In 2010, Jaime joined the Indigenous People’s Technology and Education Center (I-TEC), which was founded by his dad, Steve. Since his Dad's injury in 2012, Jaime has become the primary spokesperson for I-TEC, helping people in North America and around the world catch the vision for training Indigenous Christ followers with tools to open doors for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, January 22, 2018
Time: 1:00 AM to 1:00 AM
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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
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. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, January 29, 2018
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:00 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
Mateo Echeverry
Gator Christian Life, Gainesville FL
Mateo and Katie currently serve as Campus Missionaries with Gator Christian Life and Reliant Mission. Both graduated from UF, but felt a call to ministry instead of pursuing their fields of study. Ever since taking Perspectives, God has stirred their hearts towards working directly with UPG's. As a result, they are currently in transition to move to Germany to work amongst refugees coming from UPG's. Their desire is to plant indigenous churches amongst UPG's in Europe that will multiply back to the nations from which the people came. Their goal is to move overseas towards the end of 2018. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 5, 2018
Time: 6:30 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
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 b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 12, 2018
Time: 6:30 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
Mike Roop
Gainesville FL
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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 19, 2018
Time: 6:30 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
BJ Chandler
The Church of Eleven22, Neptune Beach FL
BJ met The Navigators as a very hungover freshman at the University of Florida (Go Gators!). He graduated with both a degree in history and a conviction that God will always be faithful to His promises. He met his wife of almost 5 years at a Navigator Summer Training Program and they have 2 kiddos - Eli and Gracie.
BJ currently serves as the campus director of University of Florida Navigator ministry . When he isn't chasing around freshman to join BIble studies or challenging anyone with a heartbeat to go to the nations, you can find him attempting to play golf, on the skeet shooting range, or perfecting his fried turkey method. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 26, 2018
Time: 6:30 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
BJ Chandler
The Church of Eleven22, Neptune Beach FL
BJ met The Navigators as a very hungover freshman at the University of Florida (Go Gators!). He graduated with both a degree in history and a conviction that God will always be faithful to His promises. He met his wife of almost 5 years at a Navigator Summer Training Program and they have 2 kiddos - Eli and Gracie.
BJ currently serves as the campus director of University of Florida Navigator ministry . When he isn't chasing around freshman to join BIble studies or challenging anyone with a heartbeat to go to the nations, you can find him attempting to play golf, on the skeet shooting range, or perfecting his fried turkey method. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, February 26, 2018
Time: 6:30 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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Instructor
Kendi Howells Douglas
Kissimmee FL
Dr. KENDI HOWELLS DOUGLAS Professor of Intercultural Studies at Johnson University, Florida
Dr. Howells Douglas was the Professor of Cross Cultural Ministry at Great Lakes Christian College in Lansing, MI for 15 years. And Is now the Professor of Intercultural Studies at Johnson University, Florida Her passion is in the area of urban mission and her dissertation was on the history of the Christian Churches/Churches of Christ in the cities of North America. She enjoys research in other areas as well including: women in missions, postmodernism and culture, mission history, and mission biographies. Dr. Howells Douglas served as the associate editor of New Urban World Journal, and co-editor of a new book series entitled Urban Missiology in the 21st Century, and the urban editor of a new Biblical commentary series entitled, The Polis Commentary. Her hobbies include all types of music, reading (her favorite authors being Annie Dillard, Anne Lamott, Stanley Hauerwas, Ruth Tucker, and Eugene Peterson), a founding member of International Society of Urban Missiology and member of Evangelicals for Social Action and the American Society of Missiology, involvement in Habitat for Humanity, as well as traveling and visiting several urban partners all over the world, and learning continually from her 15 year old son, Truman.
A.A., 1989, Minnesota Bible College
B.A., Music, 1992, Minnesota Bible College
M.Div., 1996, Emmanuel School of Religion
D.Miss., 2004, Asbury Theological Seminary b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, March 12, 2018
Time: 6:30 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
Toby Sorrels
International Friendship, Gainesville FL
Toby Sorrels was born in Florida and has visited a variety of cultures ranging from Beijing China to primitive villages in the Amazon Jungle. Toby is a graduate of the University of Florida with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology and he earned a Master of Divinity and Master of Theology Degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He has done graduate study abroad, and has served as a church planter, missions pastor, and Executive Director of International Friendship for 20 years.
Toby is passionate about saltwater fishing & photography. He regularly takes international scholars on their first fishing trip in the Gulf of Mexico.
Toby and his wife Linda, have been married for 37 years and have two adult children, Stephanie and David. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, March 19, 2018
Time: 6:30 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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Instructor
Dennis Cochrane
Lexington SC
Dennis and his wife Nancy served as linguists and Bible translators among the 20,000 Duna people of Papua New Guinea. After devising an alphabet for this previously unwritten language they produced primers and readers, teaching many to read their own language. They then translated the first portions of God's Word into the Duna language. Several thousand Duna came to faith in Christ and today there are many churches among these people. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, March 26, 2018
Time: 6:30 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
Orlando Rivera
Orlando FL
Dr. Orlando Rivera is the Community Development Officer at Paterson Habitat for Humanity My job is to engage our homeowners with businesses, church, nonprofit, and government entities in improving the quality of life in Paterson, NJ. I accomplish this through working with local strategic partners in the areas of youth and young adult programs, quality of life initiatives, and economic development activities.
Dr. Rivera also directs faith-based co-working office that focuses on Urban Entrepreneurship. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, April 2, 2018
Time: 6:30 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
Jennifer Oberg
Alachua FL
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Class Info
Date: Monday, April 9, 2018
Time: 6:30 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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Instructor
Kathleen Peterson
Aaron & Hur International Ministries, Titusville FL
Kathleen is the founder and director of Aaron & Hur International Ministries: A ministry to strengthen, equip and restore church leaders and their families. She is the daughter and granddaughter of pioneer missionaries. Today she ministers in the USA, Latinamerica, and Europe. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, April 16, 2018
Time: 6:30 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
Craig and Rachel Frey
Gainesville FL
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Class Info
Date: Monday, April 23, 2018
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM
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