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Sequim, WA S19
Spring 2019
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 You Were MADE FOR MORE!Use what's in you to bless the world around you!
Perspectives is a 15 week life and learning opportunity that will change the way you view the world around you. In it, you will have your eyes opened to the heart and purpose of God, and how you can take part in His work all over the world, from the urban streets of America to the rain forest and deserts of distant lands. A fantastic array of pastors, theologians, international missiologists and mobilizers will challenge and inspire you with their personal experiences that will open your eyes to see just how big God is, and how much He desires that all might come to know Him. Whether you are single, married, a student, a homemaker, a professional or retired, Perspectives will bless and challenge your life and direction.
The Perspectives "Cohort" class is a strategic opportunity to launch the Perspectives movement in a small town/city or new community. A Cohort class will look for 3-4 lay leaders from 4-5 different area churches to attend the 15-week course with the strategic intent of being on the launch team for the first live class the following year. First Two Nights are always FREE. You can register for the first night at no cost! Come join us on January 16, 2019, 5:30-9:00 to check it out. Dinner at 5:30, class begins at 6:00.
Perspectives can be taken at 3 levels: Key Reading, Certificate, and Credit.
Class Enrollment Levels*:
Key Reading: $280
Certificate Level: $280
Credit Level: $577 / 3 credit hours (Undergraduate & Graduate) High School Dual Enrollment Credit: $577 / 3 credit hours
Some seminaries, universities & colleges have accepted the Perspectives course through a transfer credit from Trinity International University **Each student should take the syllabus to their Academic Advisor to see what the course will transfer as** * Discounts Available Early Bird Discount of $20 if you register and pay by December 31st. The 2nd Family Member that registers for the same class $20 Discount.
Perspectives alumni are welcome and encouraged to register! ACSI credits are also available.
Class Info
Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: Sequim Community Church 950 North 5th Ave Sequim WA 98382
Contact: Joanne Meinzen
360-683-6560
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Registration & Orientation
Registration & Orientation
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Instructor
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Date: Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:00 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
Dwight Edwards
Houston TX
Dwight Edwards is a bestselling author and powerful speaker. He presently serves as pastor of the WatersEdge Community Church in Houston, Texas, and has ministered throughout the United States and many places in the world for the last 30 years. b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, January 16, 2019
Time: 5:30 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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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. b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Time: 5:30 PM to 9:00 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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Instructor
Keith Hook
Missions Fest Seattle, Mukilteo WA
Keith has served in three churches as pastor and has spent 30+ years working in and teaching missions. He and his family lived in Hong Kong for two years serving Christian workers in China. They have hosted 90+ international students in their home. Keith served as a mission agency training director and is currently the executive director of Missions Fest Seattle. He and his wife, Judy, also lead a cancer care support group called Healing Strong and they have 3 married daughters and 11 grandchildren. b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Time: 5:30 PM to 9:00 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
Laura Wilson
WEC International, Tumwater WA
From very young Laura knew God had called her to be involved in cross- cultural ministry, largely through the contact with the many missionaries her little country church helped support. While studying Spanish, she met her Australian husband and they served for over 30 years in Venezuela with WEC International. Initially involved in church planting, but always were encouraging Venezuelans to be involved in cross-cultural ministry. God began moving in the hearts of individuals and churches across the country and Richard & Laura had the privilege of teaching and training them. In 2008 the Lord clearly showed them to com to the USA to become regional mobilizers for WEC International in the Pacific Northwest. b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Time: 5:30 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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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, February 13, 2019
Time: 5:30 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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Diane Kina
Perspectives On the World Christian Movement, Poulsbo WA
Short bio:
• Teacher
• Mobilizer
• Mission director, emeritus
• Involved with Perspectives since 1991
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Time: 5:30 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
Richard Wilson
WEC INternational, Tumwater WA
I'm an Australian still active as a mission mobilizer with WEC International. My wife and I church planted, taught and mobilized missionaries and leaders for 32 years in Venezuela. Today these people serve nationally and internationally with several organizations…
To me mission is lifestyle; my heart to your heart; my home to the ends of the earth.
Laura and I had a sitting room and saw God do miracles. We saw Venezuela become a place that sends missionaries. Despite all odds the Venezuelan church is growing phenomenally in God's hands and has workers on four continents and we are privileged to still interact with some of them.
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Time: 5:30 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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N8 Scholz
Vision 5:9 Network, Stanwood WA
N8 spent his early 30s in Lebanon as an English teacher and Hope Broker from 1999 to 2006. He published the story of his experiences in Coffee & Orange Blossoms: 7 Years & 15 Days in Tyre, Lebanon.
Currently, N8 is actively engaged in helping form Jesus-following communities across North America to engage Muslims, and together learn how to obey the commands of Jesus. b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2019
Time: 5:30 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
Darrell Dorr
Frontier Ventures, Lynnwood WA
Darrell Dorr was Perspectives Director 1980-1982 and an associate editor of the first edition of the Perspectives Reader. He has been a missionary with Frontier Ventures since 1980, specializing in communications, and has been on assignment with various other organizations and projects, including Frontiers, Operation World, the Adopt-a-People Clearinghouse, and the Center for the Study of Global Christianity. b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Time: 5:30 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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Richard Nakamura
Japanese Diaspora Ministries, Fort Worth TX
Richard Nakamura was born and raised in a Buddhist home in Seattle, WA. At the age of 19 (1979), Richard received Christ through the influence of his older brother, who converted a year earlier. Richard joined SEND International in 1988 and served as a church planter in Japan until 2011. He is now doing a Japanese Diaspora Ministry outreach out of Fort Worth, TX. through SEND International and RJC (Reaching Japanese for Christ). b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Time: 5:30 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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Thomas Lotz
Associate Pastor, Port Angeles WA
Tom has been saturated in missions his entire life: born on the mission field as a Missionary Kid and served 20 years as a missionary with New Tribes Mission, Awana Clubs, International, and ZimZam Global. He now serves as Associate Pastor at Independent Bible Church in Port Angeles, WA, where one of his main focuses is Missions. He and his wife, Sue, have one grown daughter, who is a teacher on Mission in Memphis, TN. b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Time: 5:30 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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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. b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, April 10, 2019
Time: 5:30 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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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. b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Time: 5:30 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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Britt Hemphill
Dungeness Community Church, Sequim WA
My full-time ministry career began with a 13-year span of teaching and school administration in Papua New Guinea, followed by five years of serving as the MK Care and Education departmental leader at a missionary training center in the U.S. I then served five years with ZimZam Global. equipping leaders in Africa and India through a creative approach to church multiplication that begins with children. I am currently the Children and Family Ministries pastor at Dungeness Community Church where I continue to value and champion the unique position of children to influence families and the local church and community.
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Time: 5:30 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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Rick Dietzman
Adult Discipleship/Missions, Sequim WA
Rick Dietzman, Adult Discipleship
Sequim Community Church, Wa
I served in the Balkans in church planting for most of the 1990's and have been doing discipleship and missions mobilization in the local church since 2000.
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Time: 5:30 PM to 9:00 PM
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