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Intensive 2019
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The Perspectives Course presents an overview of the Biblical, Historical, Cultural, and Strategic paradigms of the world Christian movement. Typically taught over 15 consecutive weeks, the "Intensive" class presents all lectures in six days, for those whose schedules more easily accommodate that format - pastors, mission workers, college students, etc. Our Instructors represent a wide variety of backgrounds, education, and experience. Lectures are complemented by class discussion, prayer, and cross-cultural activities. Students may enroll at Certificate or Key Reading level, or for college credit (see below), and have the same 15 weeks to complete the course work as other classes.
When?
Starts: Sunday, January 6, 2019 with check-in
beginning at Noon
Session Schedule: Sunday 6:00-9:00 PM
Mon. Wed. Fri. 9AM - 9PM
Tues. Thurs. 9AM - 4:30 PM
Saturday
8:30 AM-Noon
Where?
The Lodge at Summit Grove Camp and Conference Center
140 South Front Street, New Freedom, PA 17349
View conference center facilities:
http://www.summitgrovecamp.org/
Cost?
Registration is $495.00 to enroll at either Certificate or Key
Reading level. This includes the Perspectives Reader and Study Guide,
lunch Monday-Friday, and dinner Monday, Wednesday, and Friday when we have
evening sessions. A plan for additional meals (breakfasts, Tues/Thurs dinners)
is available through Summit Grove Camp - details below.
Alumni Registration is $200, and includes the above meals. College
Credit, through Trinity International University, is $775.00 for
Undergraduate level and $800 for Graduate level. At the Credit level,
students are under the supervision of the Professor of Record.
Credit can also be earned through Excelsior, and the Association
of Christian Schools International (continuing education credits).
If you require overnight lodging?
For those traveling from a distance, housing is available in the
comfortable Summit Grove Lodge for an additional cost. Rooms have a private
bath. Bed and bath linens are included. Wifi is available. You may request a roommate, but this can not be guaranteed at the time of booking. Please contact Earl Peace for further information at: 610-352-4884, or
How does an Intensive work?
All 15 lesson lectures are heard in class throughout the week. Students will
then have an additional 15 weeks to complete the Readings, Reviews,
Personal Responses, and Project (Certificate/Credit Level). Key Readers need
only complete five Personal Responses to the reading.
Work is submitted online, which requires access to a computer and
internet connection. It is recommended, but not required, that study
through the first five Lessons be completed prior to the start of the course.
Who do I contact? For further information about the Perspectives Intensive class, please contact: Earl Peace at Pam Myers at
Is this course only for those interested
in missions?
Absolutely not! "Perspectives" is, at its heart, a
discipleship course. The goal is to bring our individual lives into a closer
alignment with God's purpose. If you want to grow and be challenged - want more
vision, direction and eternal impact to come from your life, plan to join us at
the beginning of this new year to get threaded into His story. ..
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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
Dave Shive
Frontier Ventures (formerly US Center for World Mission), Catonsville MD
Dave Shive is a 1968 graduate of the Washington Bible College, a 1972 graduate of Capital Bible Seminary with a Th.M. in New Testament Studies, and a 1994 graduate of Baltimore Hebrew University with an M.A. in Biblical Literature. Dave has spent the past 47 years in full time ministry as a pastor, Christian school director, and college professor. He currently serves with Frontier Ventures (formerly the US Center for World Mission) as a missions mobilizer for the northeast region of the United States. Dave lives in Catonsville, MD, with Kathy, his wife of 52 years. Dave and Kathy have three married children, Dan, Mike, and Becky. They are also the proud grandparents of 9 grandsons and 2 granddaughters. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, January 6, 2019
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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Clay Katongo
Havertown PA
Clay is pastor of Philadelphia International Alliance Church, a multicultural congregation located in one of the most linguistically diverse areas in the Northeast. He attended seminary through the Assemblies of God in the D.R.Congo, and holds an MDiv in Old Testament and Mission from Alliance Theological Seminary in New York. He resides in the Philadelphia area with his wife and two children. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, January 7, 2019
Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 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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Lyn Newbrander
International Students, Inc., Philadelphia PA
Lyn has 25 years of overseas missions experience in Japan, The Netherlands, and Germany. Since 2013, she and her husband Tim have worked with international students from all over the world. Lyn's role is primarily at the University of Pennsylvania where she is a chaplain's associate. Over 70 nations have been represented in the Newbrander's home in Philadelphia. Lyn and Tim open their home and their hearts wide to students, many of whom consider them their family away from home. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, January 7, 2019
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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David Taylor
Christian Aid Mission, Charlottesville VA
David served for ten years as a missionary in the Philippines with the Frontier Mission Fellowship. He is the author of Eternal Vision and senior editor of the Global Mission Database. He serves as president of Christian Aid Mission and chairman of COSIM (Coalition on the Support of Indigenous Ministries) b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, January 7, 2019
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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Larry Ray
Philadelphia PA
Larry Ray is a native of Philadelphia Christ drew him to Himself at the age of 17. He was introduced to evangelism by the Navigators while in the U.S Navy. The Lord also drew him to Christian Stronghold in 1995. He has served on the Evangelism Ministry. He has been involved in short term missions to Tiajuana Mexico and Nairobi Kenya The Lord called Larry, his wife Rebecca and their two children Lauren and Jedidiah to the Arab World where they served for four years. One of Larry's favorite ministry verse is Ephesians 2:10 " For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them" Larry and his family serve with Pioneers. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 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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Francis Patt
Frontier Ventures, Exton PA
Graduated from Penn State in 1974 with a degree in History. Graduate studies at Penn State in 1976-7. Coordinating team for the first Perspectives class at Penn State 1980. Began coordinating Perspectives classes in 1984. Has coordinated over 100 classes. Joined the staff of Frontier Ventures (formerly the USCWM) in 1981. Regional director of Eastern Regional Office of Frontier Ventures 1988-2017. Church elder for 15 years. Part of leadership for church planting teams 1998-2004. Training workers to serve on Muslim fields 2004 to present. Serving on the Board of Frontier Ventures since 2015.
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2019
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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Fanny Basta
7,000 Knees, Norristown PA
Fanny Basta has a Ph.D in Managerial Economics and served for more than 25 years planting churches in Italy. She also led the Latino Branch of WEC International for several years.
Fanny leads 7,000 Knees, a ministry that seeks to promote evangelism and transformation in the marketplace. She is a tentmaker who develops mission strategies and projects and train long and short term missionaries to the unreached. Fanny is the author of the book "The One Who Breaks Through".
Fanny has been married to Gianni Basta for more 30 years and, together with their children, Francesco, Melissa and Jonathan, live in Norristown, PA (USA).
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 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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John Shuey
Mechanicsburg PA
John has been involved in ministry for over forty years. He spent 29 years in pastoral ministry, both as a Lead and a Staff Pastor. For the past twelve years, John has ministered with KingdomQuest, a ministry he co-founded with his wife, Kerry. They have ministered in over 20 nations, challenging individuals and congregations to walk out their God-ordained destinies, so they can participate in fulfilling the Great Commission. John has written the "Becoming You: How to Discover and Fulfill Your God-Ordained Destiny" training manual and the book, "Fully Alive" and co-authored "Breaking Free to Your Destiny" with Kerry.
He is the father of two grown, married daughters, and the proud grandfather of two granddaughters.
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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Lane
English Language Institute, Alexandria VA
This speaker is the Director of an English language program which offers English instruction in Washington, DC, as well as the pastor of an international church. He has worked extensively within the Muslim community for over 20 years. His wife is also an English language instructor, has taught English in the US and overseas, and has worked broadly among Muslim women. b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2019
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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David Sorge
Bryn Mawr College, Philadelphia PA
David spent most of the first 18 years of his life in South Asia. He currently lives in Philadelphia. He has a PhD in Sociology, and does research on conflict escalation, resolution, and relations between religious communities. He currently teaches Sociology at Bryn Mawr College.
When not working on his dissertation or teaching, he enjoys cycling, reading history, philosophy, and theology, and sharing life with his beloved wife Larissa, and their young son. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, January 10, 2019
Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 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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Isabel Lee
Gaithersburg MD
Isabel graduated from Washington Bible College and Columbia International University in Bible/missions.
She served with SEND International for 22 1/2 years involved in church planting: evangelism, disciple-making, mentoring, seminary teaching, leadership training in Taiwan & in China. She also served in various leadership roles throughout the years, ministered in Ukraine, Ulan Ude, Korea, Egypt, India, Uganda, Thailand and among the Afghans and Syrian Refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Macedonia, Clarkston, GA.
Currently Isabel is the Minister of Global Outreach & Women's Ministries at CBCM, a Perspectives' instructor, and serves on the Boards of SEND's U.S. & International and Standards of Excellence on Short-term Missions. b
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Class Info
Date: Thursday, January 10, 2019
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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Lesson 12 Video Instruction
Burbank CA
Mike Brown (pictured) and Jim Ardill b
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Class Info
Date: Friday, January 11, 2019
Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 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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Dave Coles
Beyond, Buffalo NY
Former pastor and 24-year field worker among Muslims in Southeast Asia. Writer and editor, including co-authoring the book Bhojpuri Breakthrough with Victor John and co-editing the book 24:14 - A Testimony to All Peoples. b
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Class Info
Date: Friday, January 11, 2019
Time: 1:30 PM to 4:30 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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Ed Scheuerman
Director of Intercultural Studies, Lancaster PA
Dr. Ed & Carol Scheuerman served with PIONEERS in Southeast Asia for 23 years. They returned to PA in the summer of 2010 for Ed to take up the role of Director of the Intercultural Studies major at Lancaster Bible College. Dr. Ed (as he’s known on campus) has a heart to see students catching God’s heart for the world. Ed is the author of "Knowing God to Make Him Known: Living Out God's Attributes Cross-Culturally." b
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Class Info
Date: Friday, January 11, 2019
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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Earl Peace
New Freedom PA
Earl Peace serves to Engage People Globally as an international facilitator and reconciler. He is a retired Pastor with the C&MA, having served for 40 years in a variety of settings. His last church, the Philadelphia International Alliance Church combined ethnic peoples from around the world. Earl has been a missions mobilizer for years. He received his D.Min. from Missio Seminary where he focused on the cultural aspects of generational reconciliation b
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Class Info
Date: Saturday, January 12, 2019
Time: 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM
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