Class Info

Date: Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Time: 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM

Location: Valley View Christian Church 25605 124th Ave SE Kent WA 98030

Contact: Susanne Heath

253-569-9026

• • Registration & Orientation

    Registration & Orientation

    Registration & Orientation

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  • Date: Tuesday, January 9, 2018

    Time: 6:30 PM to 8:30 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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    Carlos Calderón

    Partners, Spokane WA

    Born in Central America, grew up during a civil war time, came to faith in Jesus with some other 30 friends in the neighborhood, and became active in evangelism, eventually joined a church and was impacted by the missionary call while at the university. Came to the USA for post-grad education and moved to a Muslim country. Now cooperates with indigenous movement work in some 60 countries in the Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist world, consistently resulting in thousands of decisions for Christ, and national indigenous church planting movements.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, January 16, 2018

    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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    Glen Basey

    Los Gatos Christian Church, Edmonds WA

    I served Puget Sound Christian College as faculty member and president for a total of 24 years. I served Pioneer Bible Translators as board member and chair of the board for 10 years. I served as Chair of the Education department of William Jessup University/San Jose Christian College for 6 years. I served the Christians Haven ministry to street children and orphans in the Philippines for two years. I have been involved in serving local congregations for the past seven years.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2018

    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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    Jay Palmer

    Crossroads Church, Tacoma WA

    I am the Pastor of Crossroads Church, a non-denominal congregation in the SE Tacoma area. For the past sixteens years, we have focussed our missions outreach upon unreached Muslims in the Balkan region of SE Europe; sending two families for the long term and more than 35 folks from our congregation for the shorter term. I have an M-Div with a Minor in missiology from Fuller Theological Seminary. I am joyfully married to Wendy with three children in college.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2018

    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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    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.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, February 6, 2018

    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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    Tyler Pease

    Perspectives USA, Tacoma WA

    Tyler serves as the Regional Director for Perspectives in the Coastal NW and Inland NW regions (WA, OR, ID, MT, AK). In addition to his work with Perspectives, he serves with the pastoral staff at Sunset Bible Church, leading their global outreach ministry and serving as an interim campus pastor at a partner church in Tacoma, WA. On a personal level, Tyler and his wife, Karen, regularly apply what they continue to learn in Perspectives through a local ministry that Karen leads, called Better English in Tacoma. Better English is a multi-church ministry serving international friends through formal classes, one-on-one conversation partners, and Discovery Bible Studies.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2018

    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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    Reg Overstreet

    Community Grace, Warsaw IN

    About Reg Overstreet After 15 years of mission leadership in an associate pastor role at Lake City Community Church, in Lakewood, WA, Reg relocated to become the lead pastor at Community Grace Brethren Church in Warsaw, IN where uses his mission experience to mobilize an entire church body to fulfill their God-given role as His witnesses in all four categories of Acts 1:8. He is the husband of Sarah and father of six daughters. EDUCATION: B.S. in Business Administration at Clearwater Christian College, Clearwater FL. Master of Theological Studies at Northwest Baptist Seminary, Tacoma, WA. Doctor of Ministry at Corban University's School Of Ministry, Salem, OR.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2018

    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.

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    R. Jordan

    Beaverton OR

    R Jordan uses her 30 years experience in children's missions education to empower churches in developing global outreach strategies for their children's ministries. She makes history relevant and memorable through the use of audience participation and a variety of media. Ruth's husband John, is the World Missions Pastor at Village Baptist Church in Beaverton, Oregon. Contact Information: (503) 952-6901; email: ruth.jordan1922@gmail.com.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2018

    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.

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    Stephen Mack

    , Kent WA

    Stephen Mack served for 27 years in church planting among a minority Muslim people group in North Africa. Expelled from his country of service seven years ago, Stephen now serves from Europe in oversight of the church planting teams in North Africa with his mission agency, Frontiers. He is the father of six children (two sons with the Lord), and grandfather to seven.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, March 6, 2018

    Time: 6:30 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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    Robert Rasmussen

    Near Frontiers, Turlock CA

    Bob Rasmussen serves as Ex. Dir of Near Frontiers. After eight years as a pastor, Bob and his family lived in Kenya for 10 years training African church leaders. Near Frontiers focuses on partnering within the diaspora church in the USA and beyond, befriending international students, and helping churches move toward intercultural unity.Bob writes books and blogs, hikes, kayaks, and plays trumpet with the worship team.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2018

    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.

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    Karen Pease

    Better English in Tacoma, Tacoma WA

    I have been "multi-cultural" for most of my life - from my upbringing in the CA Bay Area to my college major (Intercultural Studies), which took me to China to serve as an English teacher for 6+ years before returning to the States. Since then, God has opened up doors for ESL & Discovery Bible Study ministries to the people groups in our community, including Muslims. He is also giving me opportunities to mobilize & equip individual believers, churches, and non profits to reach beyond their comfort zones to befriend and share the love of Christ with everyone - no matter how "different" they seem.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, March 20, 2018

    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.

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    Chuck Lindley

    OneBand, Tacoma WA

    Chuck and his wife, Janis, served with Frontier Ventures (FV) from 2004 to 2019, and are currently members of OneBand. Chuck served as South Sound Area Mobilizer for Perspectives from 2015-2018.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, March 27, 2018

    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.

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    Karen Stoufer

    Christian Veterinary Mission, Wormleysburg PA

    Dr. Karen Stoufer served with her family in Nepal for 13 years in rural community development, animal health training and women's empowerment with the United Mission to Nepal and World Concern/CVM. She returned to serve as Director of Training and Asia programs for Christian Veterinary Mission (CVM) based in Seattle WA. She has a special interest in Missionary Kids (TCKs) and fostering of refugee teens.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, April 3, 2018

    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.

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    Edward Aw

    Tsunami Unleashed, Gilbert AZ

    Ed and Rachel have two teenage sons and live in Arizona. Their ministry, Tsunami Unleashed, focuses on helping bring clarity to believers on how to live purpose "full" lives for Jesus. In addition, they provide a simple path to exponential discipleship, leadership, and church reproduction. Currently, the Lord has them building Tsunami Unleashed. The vision is to see 1 billion people across the global mobilized, equipped and impacted for Jesus. This will leverage the technological infrastructure that exists (everything internet) in an effective way that draws people from the cold medium of the web into hot relationship with believers (in-person) and Jesus. It will require an open-handed approach to all interactions and resources. They don't care who gets credit as long as the work is done giving glory to God through loving obedience to Jesus Christ. They seek to partner with any believer or organization who desires to do "something" for the Lord, not matter how small.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, April 17, 2018

    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.

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    CJ Lind

    Frontier Ventures/Band Barnabas/Antioch, Pasadena CA

    Chris is passionate about seeing God’s Kingdom come to the unreached Muslim peoples among the nations. Our family has three overarching values that determine all that we do: Worship, Prayer, and Witness. Wherever we go, we desire to be a worshipping and praying community that demonstrates a vibrant connection with God our Father. Out of this connection we want to pray faith-filled prayers that open up neighborhoods, cities, and nations to what God wants to do in their midst. And from this place of intimacy with God we want to be propelled outward to bless our Muslim neighbors, love them with His supernatural love, and share the powerful story of the Gospel.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2018

    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.

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    Chong Kim

    Frontier Ventures, Pasadena CA

    He has been on staff with Frontier Ventures (formerly USCWM) since 1988. He founded the Korean American Center for World Mission in 1989 and served as its director from 1991 to 2003. He also founded and is currently directing Band Barnabas, a sending structure focused on equipping and sending biculturals to work among the least likely to be reached peoples in Asia. He has been serving as General Director in the Office of the General Director for Frontier Ventures since 2012. He is happily married to Grace with four children, Elizabeth, Michael, Hannah, and Brad.
    
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    Date: Tuesday, May 1, 2018

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

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    Date: Tuesday, May 8, 2018

    Time: 6:30 AM to 9:30 AM

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