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Nashua, NH
Spring 2020
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"At some point in time during Perspectives, we began to look at the
world from God's point of view and not our own"
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Go therefore and make disciples of all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded 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 parent-at-home, a professional or
retired, Perspectives will bless and challenge your life and
direction.
Perspectives brings unity and purpose to the world wide body of Christ to see Him glorified among all the people groups of the earth. WHY PERSPECTIVES?
Perspectives helps believers from all walks of
life see how they can get threaded into God’s story of redeeming people from
every tribe, tongue, and nation to Himself. From Genesis to the prophets, Jesus
Christ to the early church, and Constantine to today, you will see how God has
been moving, how the global Church has responded, and what the greatest needs in
world evangelization remain today. It isn’t a class about missions, but a
course on how every believer can be intimately woven into the story of God
using His people to be a blessing to all the peoples of the earth.
WHO SHOULD TAKE PERSPECTIVES?
The short answer is anyone who wants a closer walk
with the Lord, who is serious about gaining a deeper understanding of His
ultimate purpose in the world. It's for anyone who wants to learn how to
strategically invest their lives in seeing God glorified; for anyone who wants
to gain insight and direction that will help them to impact their generation.
WHAT MAKES PERSPECTIVES UNIQUE?
Perspectives has a unique
focus. Perspectives has a long and singular track record in
the business of opening students' eyes to the Bible, world history,
international culture, and God's purpose for it all in a way that no other
course can offer.
Perspectives is also unique in
that a different expert teaches each of the 15 sessions. This allows you to be
exposed to people who specialize in the area they cover.
ENROLLMENT TYPES
Key Reading students attend
class, read a few key articles each week, and complete five personal responses
(reflections on what they are learning) throughout the semester. Requires 1-2
hours of reading with no written homework assignments.
Certificate level earns a
certificate of completion from the US Center for World Mission. It is the
recommended level (over key reading) for getting the full impact of the course.
The instructors are fantastic, but about 90% of the course is in the text, and
at this level students are kept accountable to read. This level is required by
several mission sending agencies, committees, etc. for candidacy, and is
required if someone wants to coordinate Perspectives in the
future. The work involves about 3 - 4 hours reading per week, with weekly
homework over the reading, and a project due at the end of the class.
Undergraduate credit is roughly 4-7
hours reading per week, with weekly homework over the reading, 2 exams, and a
paper (10-15 pages) due at the end of the class. As with graduate credit, if
students are planning on transferring credit, it is their responsibility to
check with their advisor to ascertain their school's policy on transferring
credit into their program.
Graduate credit is roughly 5-8
hours reading per week, with weekly quizzes on the reading, 2 exams (including
several essay questions), and a paper (18-20 pages) due at the end of the
class. Depending on the credit-granting school, there may be additional work
required. As with undergraduate credit, if students planning on transferring
credit, it is their responsibility to check with their advisor to see ascertain
their school's policy on transferring credit into their program.
HOW MUCH DOES PERSPECTIVES COST?
First session is free! Come and try it out.
You will be glad you did!
Multi-level
registration option available:
* Key
Reading: similar to audit
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Certificate: Recommended: More
reading and review work to get the full impact from the course
* Undergraduate
& Graduate Credit: Earn University Credits with this course
through Trinity International University
* High
School Credit: Including Home School, available
through Excelsior College/NCCRS
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ACSI Continuing Education Units: 7
CEUs, 3 Bible & 4 Education
Cost: $280 for Key Reading and
Certificate, and $600 for Credit.
*Prices include cost of Study Guide and
Reader
Perspectives Alumni:
If you have taken Perspectives on the World Christian
Movement in the past, you can take the course again for free
or a very minimal cost. Look for the Alumni - Key Reading option when
registering.
WHY DOES PERSPECTIVES COST SO MUCH?
In reality, the Perspectives course
is a bargain. Each session costs a little more than going to a movie, but offers
a far better return than mere entertainment. You are getting a glimpse into the
eternal purpose of God in a way you will never forget. If you look at it in
terms of investment instead of cost, the value of the course will far exceed
the money invested.
The fees for the class are based on the
travel expenses for speakers, administrative costs, costs for class materials,
etc. This is necessary to ensure the quality of the program. Where: Crossway Christian Church Downtown, 33 Pine St., Nashua, NH 03060
When: 15 Wednesdays starting March 4, 2020, 6:15 PM-9:00 PM First Two Classes Free
Endorsed by Dave Smith Crossway Christian Church Downtown Pastor
Click on the tabs on the right for more details.
Class Info
Date: Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Time: 6:15 PM to 9:00 PM
Location: Crossway Christian Church Downtown 33 Pine St. Nashua NH 03060
Contact: David and Merejo Dussair
(913) 244-2992
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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: Wednesday, March 4, 2020
Time: 6:15 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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Stephen Vannah
SIM USA, Lee MA
Stephen Vannah is an ordained pastor, has been the field leader for SIM in Senegal for about ten years. He is presently the Northeastern Regional Director for SIM. He and his wife live in Western MA. They have two daughters. He holds a Masters in New Testament Studies, an MDiv. and a DMin. His current responsibilities involve a considerable amount of traveling to churches, Christian colleges and institutions to preach, teach seminars and workshops on missions, leadership and synergetic teamwork. He teachers Missions, at Berkshire Institute of Christian Studies. b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Time: 6:15 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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Lesson 3 Video Instruction
Redlands CA
Jeff Lewis b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Time: 6:15 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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Lesson 4 Video Instruction
Glendale CA
John Lo b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, March 25, 2020
Time: 6:15 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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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. b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Time: 6:15 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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Lesson 6 Video Instruction
Austin TX
Yvonne Huneycutt (pictured) and Scott Sunquist b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Time: 6:15 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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Dan Darko
Wenham MA
A New Testament Professor at Gordon College. A native of Ghana, Dan served as a Director in Youth for Christ (Ghana), Dean of Students at the Evangelical Theological Seminary (Croatia), Seminary and University chaplain in Croatia and Ghana, and local church pastoral positions in Ghana, Croatia, England (Fulham–London) and the Poconos (PA) United States. He was educated in Ghana, Croatia and England. Dan and his family (Maryl his wife and two daughters, Esther and Debbie) live in South Hamilton, MA.
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, April 15, 2020
Time: 6:15 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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Jason Wakefield
Global Equip, Denver CO
Director of Operations, Global Equip. Prior => Presbyterian minister in New Hampshire for 17+ yrs Moved to Denver in 2022. Have done historical tours for the purpose of inspiring folks towards revival and missions. Married to Allison, 3 adult children and a Belgium Malinois named Lucca b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Time: 6:15 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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Daniel Ahn
Assistant Professor of Global Christianity and Theology, Gordon College, South Hamilton MA
Rev. Dr. Daniel Ahn is currently an assistant professor of Global Christianity and Theology at Gordon College, MA, USA. He has been a professor of missiology, missionary and ordained pastor (and mechanical engineer) in Central and Southeast Asia, Europe and North America for over twenty years. Prior to teaching at Gordon College, he taught World Christianity at Free University of Amsterdam in the Netherlands, and served Refugee churches
He holds Master of Divinity in Cross-cultural Studies & Master of Arts in Intercultural Studies at Fuller Theological Seminary in USA, and thereafter PhD in World Christianity at University of Edinburgh in UK. He worked as a research mechanical engineer at R & D center of Hyun-Dai Motor Company for six years with B.S. and M.S. in mechanical engineering. He is married to Dr. Eun Ha Hwang, and two boys, Eugene (14) and Yuchan (11). b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Time: 6:15 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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Judy A.
PI, South Yarmouth MA
A long-term worker committed to seeing God's glory among all nations. Loved serving overseas, but also loves walking beside and behind the next generation as HE calls them out to serve HIM here and to the ends of the earth. b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2020
Time: 6:15 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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Lesson 11 Video Instruction
West Hills CA
Colleen Wong b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, May 13, 2020
Time: 6:15 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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Robert Antonucci
Frontiers/EPC, Wenham MA
Robert has worked in Church-planting and Development work in Central Asia in a war torn country 15 of the last 20 years. He and his wife and 3 children have led Frontiers Church-planting teams in new areas most of that time. Rob has an MA in World Christianity from Denver Seminary and teaches Christians insights useful in understanding Islam/Muslims in the world today. He did MDiv. studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, is a Doctor of Ministry program there and is Assistant Director of the Dr J Christy Wilson Jr. Center for World Missions and an adjunct professor at Gordon Conwell. He works with Frontiers and with EPC World Outreach consulting on ministry among Muslims. b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Time: 6:15 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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Lesson 13 Video Instruction
Kansas City MO
Pam Arlund (pictured) and Bobby Gupta b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, May 27, 2020
Time: 6:15 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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Lesson 14 Video Instruction
Fayetteville AR
Brian Hogan (pictured) and Nathan J’Diim b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, June 3, 2020
Time: 6:15 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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Rebecca Kim
New England Perspectives Study Program, Acworth GA
Rebecca Kim has been involved in Perspectives on the World Christian Movement for 20 years. She has coordinated and taught classes in the Chicago and Boston area.
She has a passion to see God's glory throughout all the earth. Besides mobilization, she has gone on numerous short-term trips and spent a year in India with her family. She has also had extensive involvement with internationals and immigrants/refugees.
Currently, she and her husband live in South Hamilton, MA with their two wonderful daughters. She homeschools and serves as the New England Regional Director for Perspectives. b
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Class Info
Date: Wednesday, June 10, 2020
Time: 6:15 PM to 9:00 PM
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