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Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Location: Prince Ave. Baptist Church 3691 Monroe Hwy Athens GA 30622

Contact: Joy Crumpton

(706) 464-5114

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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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    David P Hemingway

    Maxeys GA

    David is married with four daughters and a son. He has served in campus ministry for 8 years followed by 13 years in several leadership roles for Cafe 1040 and Frontier Ventures.
    
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    Date: Tuesday, January 8, 2019

    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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    Glenn Mason

    Carver International Missions, Stonecrest GA

    Rev. Mason and his wife Kimberly served as missionaries in Liberia in the 90s, teaching in high school and Bible college, counseling, and supervising field staff. Upon their return to Atlanta, Glenn was appointed Executive Director of their agency, Carver Int’l Missions. Glenn’s main role is motivating the Church toward global engagement. Glenn earned his BA in Psychology and Sociology from UPenn, and has done grad studies at Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia. The Masons have two adult daughters, Eliana and Calin. Glenn and Kim attend Fellowship Bible Church in Roswell GA.
    
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    Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2019

    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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    Michelle Raven

    Columbia International University, Columbia SC

    Dr. Michelle L. K. Raven is a facilitator and mobilizer with a passion for involving the whole church in the mission of God. She served in various teaching/training and leadership roles in local churches, universities, training facilities/academies and communities as she traveled every 2 to 3 years during her Air Force (AF) career. She taught courses for Embry Riddle University, the AF Office of Special Investigations Academy, and was on the editorial team for the first AF Judge Advocate Leadership Book, “I Lead.” She was blessed to start and serve ministries in Louisiana, South Dakota, California, Maryland, Texas, Nevada, Iraq, Burundi, Turkey, Kenya, Puerto Rico, and other places around the world. After a fruitful career as an AF attorney during which she was able to engage in ministry in the marketplace and in the local church, she devoted time to formal study in intercultural ministry obtaining a Masters in Global Studies (Thesis) at Liberty University and began working with Christar, a church planting ministry working among Muslims, Hindus, Buddhist and other Asian groups. She obtained a PhD in Intercultural Studies from Columbia International University.She has passions for sharing the gospel with the least reached and others; for learning about and interacting with other cultures; for teaching and mentoring; for business and community development; and for equipping the local church to use their skills and talents for an eternal purpose. She is also the mother of two wonderful teenagers, Andre’ and Miles.
    
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    Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2019

    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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    Sky Pratt

    Prince Avenue Baptist Church, Athens GA

    Sky Pratt has been involved with student ministry for twenty years serving at churches in Texas and Georgia. The Lord moved Sky and his family to Prince Avenue Baptist in Athens in 2001. Sky has a passion to see believers develop an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ, and impact their world by capturing God’s heart for the nations. Sky and his wife Karen have two children, Josh and Lauren.
    
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    Date: Tuesday, January 29, 2019

    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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    Solomon Smothers

    Athens GA

    Solomon Smothers is the husband of the beautiful Lora Smothers and father to radiant Ruby Smothers. He is honored to serve as the associate pastor with Parker James at Lord of Glory Fellowship, a PCA church plant that hopes to launch in early 2019 in Athens, GA. As an African American who has worshiped and served in both predominately black and predominately white churches in the South, Solomon is skilled in cross-cultural communication. As a son of God and student of the Bible he knows and teaches that people are drawn to Jesus when they see the gospel reconciling enemy peoples into one family. Solomon likes Atlanta sports franchises making music. He loves spending time with his family and praying.
    
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    Date: Tuesday, February 5, 2019

    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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    Glenn Mason

    Carver International Missions, Stonecrest GA

    Rev. Mason and his wife Kimberly served as missionaries in Liberia in the 90s, teaching in high school and Bible college, counseling, and supervising field staff. Upon their return to Atlanta, Glenn was appointed Executive Director of their agency, Carver Int’l Missions. Glenn’s main role is motivating the Church toward global engagement. Glenn earned his BA in Psychology and Sociology from UPenn, and has done grad studies at Westminster Seminary in Philadelphia. The Masons have two adult daughters, Eliana and Calin. Glenn and Kim attend Fellowship Bible Church in Roswell GA.
    
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    Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2019

    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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    Edward Smither

    Columbia International University, Irmo SC

    Ed Smither is Professor of Intercultural Studies, History of Global Christianity and Dean of the College of Intercultural Studies at Columbia International University. Ed spent 14 years in intercultural ministry in France, North Africa, and the USA. He has authored, edited, or translated 11 books, including Christian Mission: A Concise Global History, Mission as Hospitality, and Mission in the Early Church. Ed is married to Shawn and they have 3 kids (Brennan, Emma, and Eve). Ed enjoys biking the backroads of Columbia, following Clemson football, and listening to modern rock and old hymns.
    
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    Date: Tuesday, February 19, 2019

    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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    Brittany Woods

    SIM USA, Washington DC

    Brittany is a North Carolina native living in Washington, DC with her partner in life and ministry, Alex, a Campus Ministry Director at Howard University. Brittany serves as an Educator and Recruiter with SIM USA, an international mission organization existing to respond to need, proclaim the Gospel and equip local churches in communities where Jesus is least known. After living in South America for a season, Brittany has spent the past five years recruiting and equipping African American believers for God’s global Gospel work, training candidates of all backgrounds as they prepare for overseas service, and journeying with church and organization leaders desiring to send well. Brittany has led short-term teams to West, South and North Africa, South and Southeast Asia, and throughout Europe, serving in nearly 20 countries and she remains in awe of how God is moving among His people.
    
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    Date: Tuesday, February 26, 2019

    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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    Stephen B

    Cafe 1040, Bogart GA

    Stephen joined Cafe 1040 in 2013. He served as the Director of Mobilization and Director of Development prior to stepping into the role of Executive Director in November of 2021. Before Cafe 1040, Stephen invested 8 years directing Freshmen Ministries at UGA’s Wesley Foundation, where he realized the vast potential of the emerging generation. The Lord broke his heart for the nations during a short-term trip to Costa Rica in 2010. His life is committed to mobilizing this generation to complete the Great Commission, and see Jesus worshipped by all peoples. Stephen earned degrees from UGA and Asbury Theo. Seminary (MDiv). He loves organizational leadership, mobilization, and developing unrealized potential in young adults. Stephen and his wife, Christina, daughter Kate (10), and son Caleb (7) live in Athens.
    
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    Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2019

    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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    Suwanee GA

    After business school at Emory, D worked in consulting for several years until Perspectives rocked his world. Then he shifted careers by quitting the corporate world and getting a Master’s in linguistics and Bible translation. That paved his way to go to remote corners in Central Asia to do Bible translation for an unengaged people group. However, for various personal reasons, he had to come back to Atlanta and reenter the corporate world again where he has worked for McKinsey & Company and Ernst & Young. After settling back into Atlanta, his focus is now on working with Muslims in the metro Atlanta area. His corporate life gives him the time, resources, and a sincere platform to interact with Muslims he meets.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2019

    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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    Richard Kronk

    Gainesville GA

    Rick and his wife, Denise, spent 17 years in Europe as church planters with Christar in France among North African Muslim immigrants. They served on church planting teams in Lyon, Grenoble, and Mulhouse, France. In addition, Rick has been involved in the training of potential workers among Muslims and contributes to the development of pastoral leadership of the emerging North African church. Rick is Associate Professor of Global Ministries at Toccoa Falls College.
    
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    Date: Tuesday, March 26, 2019

    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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    Jeff Hancock

    International Justice Mission, Acworth GA

    Jeff Hancock serves as a Director of Church Mobilization for International Justice Mission. This role affords him the opportunity to equip churches and communities throughout the Southeast by sharing the biblical call to seek justice, introducing them to IJM’s work, and mobilizing them to engage in both local and global ministry. Jeff comes to the team by way of 16 years of pastoral ministry. He is passionate about the invitation to the Church to engage in God’s work of justice. Most recently he served as Lead Pastor of Crossroads International Church of the Hague in the Netherlands. Prior to that he served as Teaching Pastor for Grace Community Church in Raleigh, N.C. and Associate Pastor at Forestdale Community Church in Malden, MA. Jeff received his undergrad degree in History from UNC-Greensboro, and earned his MDiv from Gordon Conwell Seminary in Massachusetts. He lives in the Atlanta area with his wife Heather and their kids, Bella and Elisha.
    
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    Date: Tuesday, April 2, 2019

    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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    Grant Haynes

    Global Frontier Missions, Lilburn GA

    Grant Haynes founded Global Frontier Missions in 2000 while church planting among indigenous groups in southern Mexico. His passion is to see as many individuals and churches as possible praying, giving, welcoming, and going to the least reached people groups of the earth. Grant spent 14 years serving in Oaxaca, Mexico with his wife and three children church planting, hosting short-term mission groups, running an indigenous Bible school, and starting a missionary training school for North Americans. Grant now serves in Clarkston, GA, known as the most diverse square mile in America, reaching refugees from Iraq, Burma, Bhutan, Nepal, Somalia, Ethiopia, and many other nations.
    
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    Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2019

    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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    Mayumi Pohl

    Second Level Ministry , Atlanta GA

    Mayumi was born and raised in Osaka, Japan. She accepted Christ as her own savior during college. She has served as the president of Second Level Ministry since 2006. The ministry has been expanded by God's guidance, with the vision of raising "disciples" of Christ among Japanese. She and her husband started a Japanese church plant that began in 2011. The Lord has blessed her with 4 children.
    
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    Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2019

    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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    Lorna Bius

    Scottdale GA

    Lorna Bius is a missionary with the Georgia Baptist Mission Board leading Mission Georgia. A native of Valdosta, Georgia, she surrendered her life to ministry in 1993 and led student ministry at three churches in South Georgia for twelve years. In 2005 Lorna moved to Reno, Nevada where she began a fourteen year journey as a missionary with the North American Mission Board. She also spent time in Denver, Colorado serving churches across 13 states of the West region. She moved to Clarkston, Georgia in 2016 where she still resides. As a Mission Georgia missionary, Lorna works across the state to engage churches with critical needs such as human trafficking, foster care and refugees.
    
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    Date: Tuesday, April 23, 2019

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

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