Class Info

Date: Saturday, September 19, 2020

Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

Location: Faith Evangelical Free Church 875 Route 33 Business Freehold NJ 07728

Contact: Ruth Lin

(848) 200-2139

• • Registration & Orientation

    Registration & Orientation

  • Instructor

    

    Ruth Lin

    Marlboro NJ

    
    

  • Date: Saturday, September 19, 2020

    Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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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    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.
    
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    Date: Saturday, October 3, 2020

    Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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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    John Kless

    Glenside Bible Church, Glenside PA

    As pastor of Glenside Bible Church in Glenside PA, John led his fellowship in the adoption of the Kyrgyz people of Central Asia in 1996 and has served as an active advocate for them ever since, including serving as Chairman of the Board of the NGO Central Asian Partners. Subsequently, he has helped the church develop an additional strategic focus in India touching the city of Hyderabad and an unreached tribal people, the Yenadi, through deep partnership connections and serving as Vice Chairman of the NGO Hebron Believers Assembly USA. He and his wife LuAnn have 5 children and eight grandchildren.
    
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    Date: Saturday, October 10, 2020

    Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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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    Christina S.

    Africa Inland Mission, Philadelphia PA

    Christina first went to Africa in 2010 while a student at the University of Delaware. Africa’s imprint was laid on her heart, and in 2013 she partnered with Africa Inland Mission to serve as a teacher among a formerly unreached people group. Feeling a burden for long-term missions, she pursued further training upon arriving back in the States, and in 2019 completed her Masters in Counseling at Westminster Theological Seminary. She now serves in mobilization with AIM, helping others get to the field as she also hopes to one day return. When she’s not mobilizing others to Africa, she enjoys leading her church's missions team and opening her home to friend and stranger alike.
    
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    Date: Saturday, October 17, 2020

    Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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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    David Schroeder

    Pillar College, Middlesex NJ

    Dr. David Schroeder is president of Pillar College with campuses in Newark, Paterson, Plainfield and Somerset, NJ. Pillar is a fully accredited Christian college offering baccalaureate and master degree programs. Dr. Schroeder also served as president of Nyack College and Alliance Theological Seminary for twelve years. Besides his work in Christian higher education, Dr. Schroeder has served in missions with International Teams, Trans World Radio, and The Christian and Missionary Alliance, under whom he was ordained in 1974 and served as a pastor for ten years. He also now serves part time as senior pastor of Living Waters Church in Parsippany,, NJ. David holds the BA in philosophy, MA in humanities, STM in parish ministry, and Ed. D. in religious education. He has authored ten books and is the founder of MasterWorks, Inc., a disciple-making ministry. Serving the next generation within a context of spiritual renewal, ethnic diversity and Christ-centered higher education has been his passion for over forty years. He and his wife Betzi live in Middlesex, NJ, and they have three adult children and eight grandchildren.
    
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    Date: Saturday, October 24, 2020

    Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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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    Edwin Hernandez

    Word Christian Fellowship International, Somerset NJ

    Pastor Edwin's vision is to see the Filipino diaspora (wave of overseas workers and migrants) mobilized to declare God's glory among the nations. An engineer by profession, he quit his job in 1999 to pastor a church in the Philippines. He completed his Masters in Divinity at the Asian Seminary of Christian Ministries in Manila, Philippines in 2004. In 2006, he was sent to Singapore where he trained ministry leaders and coordinated efforts in the planting of churches in key cities in Asia and Oceania. He came to the US in 2013 to pastor a church in Hopewell, NJ where he brings the same vision. He is also an instructor in a training institute based in NY city that equips lay leaders in biblical studies.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Saturday, October 31, 2020

    Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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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    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: Saturday, November 7, 2020

    Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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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    Chin Wang

    Gospel Operation International, Oakland Gardens NY

    John Wang is Deputy International Director for Gospel Operation International. Prior to his mission assignment, he was pastor of Chinese and Spanish ministry at First Baptist Church of Flushing. He holds a Ph D in Intercultural Studies from Trinity International University. He was an adjunct instructor at several seminaries and is active with the Evangelical Missiological Society.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Saturday, November 14, 2020

    Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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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    Chuck Walton

    Wycliffe Bible Translators - Ret., Hatboro PA

    Chuck Walton is a graduate of Cairn U, Wheaton College and Temple University. He and his wife Janice have served with Wycliffe Bible Translators for many years. Most of their career has been in the Philippines. They worked with two very different ethnic groups in there, the Itneg of Northern Luzon and the Sama of Pangutaran Island (a Muslim UPG) where they completed the translation of the New Testament. In addition to translation Chuck had been involved in mission administration and has taught Linguistics at the Wycliffe affiliate school in Dallas, Texas, Alliance Biblical Seminary in Quezon City, Philippines and the University of North Dakota. In 2013 Chuck retired but still does Mobilization for Wycliffe on a volunteer basis, and teaches ESL. They live in Newtown, PA (Bucks County). Chuck has taught for Perspectives since 2006 and is a coordinator.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Saturday, November 21, 2020

    Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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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    Joseph Steinitz

    GraceXtensions / unmissions.net, Towson MD

    After ministering in a Muslim context, Joe served as missions pastor at his church in Maryland for 8 years. Since 2001, he has been co-director of unmissions.net, a ministry that helps churches more effectively engage in world missions. He is also on staff at his local church helping to lead it’s local and international outreach efforts. Joe is married and has 6 children. For obvious reasons he has no hobbies.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Saturday, December 5, 2020

    Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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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    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: Saturday, December 12, 2020

    Time: 1:00 PM to 1:00 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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    Annmarie Dolor

    Lakehurst NJ

    Ann Marie Mc.Lauren Dolor is originally from St.Lucia. She has a love for missions and especially enjoys working with children. She is a proponent of the belief that in order to be effective in missions, one must be cognizant and sensitive to cultural norms and beliefs of the people to which one wants to minister. Fluency in the Creole language has served as an asset in her mission work in Haiti. The bible is the compass of her life and she seeks to continually grow in the likeness of Jesus Christ. It is her desire to share her experiences on the mission field both locally and abroad, to provide insight and encourage those whose desire it is to serve as well. She is a mother of two young men and a teenage daughter and has been married to her husband for 26 years. She especially loves to serve on the mission field with her family.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Saturday, January 9, 2021

    Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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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    Jan

    Compassion Corps & Bethany Christian Services, Chester Heights PA

    Jan serves as a passionate advocate for those who have been suffering in some of the most harsh, volatile, & impoverished regions of the world. For 18 years, she focused her efforts on caring for the "absolute poor" in Africa's toughest regions, for 6 years she served the "urban poor" in the US's poorest city, and she now works fulltime resettling the "sudden poor": refugees fleeing dangerous, war-torn places, coming to our shores for safety. Along with a colleague, in 2007 she founded Compassion Corps, a charitable nonprofit headquartered in Glen Mills, PA, intent on alleviating suffering and advancing economic development. Jan served as Executive Director of Compassion Corps for 10 years, during that time mobilizing over 30 short-term teams for service in Africa while furthering Christian community development initiatives in 6 countries. She still serves CC as President and international social enterprise consultant, however in fall 2016 she joined the team of UrbanPromise International, initially serving as Exec. Assistant to the President, and then as Exec. Director of UrbanPromise Community Development Corporation until mid-2022. Responding to the urgent need for help in caring for thousands of Ukrainian, refugees entering the US, Jan recently joined the staff of Bethany Christian Services in Wilmington, DE, serving as a Community Engagement Specialist, primarily focusing her efforts on mobilizing sponsorship & care for Ukrainian refugees. Jan holds a BA in French from American University and a Masters in Nonprofit Management from Eastern University. Over the past two decades, Jan has gained field experience in community development and discernment of best practices in holistic programs in Africa. She has endeavored to pursue expansion of ministry capacity and impact through the means of social enterprise abroad as well as in the US.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Saturday, January 16, 2021

    Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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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    Chris Clayman

    Global Gates, Bronx NY

    Chris Clayman is the Co-Founder and an Associate Director of Global Gates (www.globalgates.info), a mission organization focused on reaching the ends of the earth through global gateway cities. He has been involved in pioneer mission work in urban and rural West Africa and New York City among unreached Muslim peoples. Chris is also the author of Superplan: a journey into God’s story (thesuperplan.com) and ethNYcity: The Nations, Tongues, and Faiths of Metropolitan New York (unreachednewyork.com). He has initiated and helped develop numerous mobilization and outreach efforts focused on unreached peoples, including Heart for Muslims (heartformuslims.com), Welcome Africans (welcomeafricans.com), and UPG North America (upgnorthamerica.com). Chris lives with his wife Nichole and three children in New York City.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Saturday, January 23, 2021

    Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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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    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."
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Saturday, January 30, 2021

    Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 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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    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.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Saturday, February 6, 2021

    Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

• • Celebration

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    Nancy Liu

    Marlboro NJ

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    Date: Saturday, February 20, 2021

    Time: 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM

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