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Rogue Valley, OR S20    Spring 2020
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 First Two Nights Free:

If you are still not sure about Perspectives, please come to the first one or two nightly sessions January 12th and January 19th for free.  If you like it, you can still sign up after the meeting.


Class Info

Date: Sunday, January 12, 2020

Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Location: Cascade Christian High School 855 Chevy Way Medford OR 97504

Contact: Kelly

(541) 890-7491

 
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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.

    • Instructor

      Robert Blincoe

      Frontiers, Mesa AZ

      Bob led a Frontiers team into northern Iraq following the first Gulf War in 1991. He is president emeritus of Frontiers USA, living in Phoenix. He has a Ph.D. in History from William Carey International University in Pasadena. He has twice lost on television game shows. He blogs at robertblincoe.blog.

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    • Class Info

      Date: Sunday, January 12, 2020

      Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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      Steve Hawthorne

      Austin TX

      Steve Hawthorne serves as the director of WayMakers, a prayer and mission mobilization organization in Austin, Texas. He's the author of the widely used prayer guide called Seek God for the City. After co-editing the course and the book Perspectives on the World Christian Movement in 1981, he launched “Joshua Project,” a series of research expeditions among unreached peoples in world class cities. He co-authored, with Graham Kendrick, the book Prayerwalking: Praying On-Site With Insight. He has helped leaders in numerous cities unite and sustain life-giving prayer for entire communities. With humor and seasoned wisdom, he speaks with living passion for the greater glory of Jesus. He says of his ministry, “I like to commit arson of the heart.”

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    • Class Info

      Date: Sunday, January 19, 2020

      Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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      Nathan J'Diim

      TOAG/Launch Internship and Frontiers, Chandler AZ

      Nathan J'Diim (pen name) is the Founder of TOAG and (semi-retired) Consultant, Instructor and Coach for Frontiers (www.FrontiersUSA.org). Launch (www.LaunchGlobal.org) has since replaced TOAG but carries the same DNA: a year long after-hours internship preparing beautiful feet to serve in the Unreached World. Offered in cities across the US, TOAG/Launch has apprenticed hundreds of interns, many who serve or will soon serve the least reached world wide.

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    • Class Info

      Date: Sunday, January 26, 2020

      Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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      Garry Morgan

      Retired, University of Northwestern-St. Paul, Spokane WA

      Garry Morgan is Professor Emeritus of Intercultural Studies and former Director of Global Initiatives at the University of Northwestern- St. Paul, where he taught from 1999-2016. Prior to that, he spent 18 years in Kenya, serving in a variety of ministry settings. He is the author of Understanding World Religions in Fifteen Minutes a Day, published by Baker. He has been married to Connie since 1981, and they have a married daughter and two grandchildren.

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    • Class Info

      Date: Sunday, February 2, 2020

      Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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      David Wedin

      Eagle Point OR



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    • Class Info

      Date: Sunday, February 9, 2020

      Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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      Doug Hazen

      Elkton Baptist Church, Elkton OR

      After Doug served a pastor in Eugene, OR where God called him into missions through one of his own messages! He and his family served in Congo, Africa and after several life shaping events, including the results of the Rwanda genocide, they returned to the U.S. Doug was asked by WorldVenture to take the Northwest Regional Mission Director position where he served until January, 2015 when he was appointed National Director of Mobilizing Prayer for WorldVenture. In that role, he led a prayer team devoted to praying and implementing the truth of Matthew 9:36-38. He and his wife, Ruth, have four grown kids with 17 grandchildren and in 2015 adopted "arrows" for God to use in expanding the gospel. Doug now is retired from WorldVenture and his family lives in Elkton, Oregon and serve in an associate pastor position at Elkton Baptist Church.

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    • Class Info

      Date: Sunday, February 16, 2020

      Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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      Yvonne Huneycutt

      Perspectives Global, Round Rock TX

      Yvonne from Austin, Texas loves mobilizing Christians and entire churches to find and engage their God-designed role for participation in the completion of the Great Commission. Currently on staff with Perspectives Global, Yvonne's varied career experience includes the corporate world, local church ministry, mission ministry, and managing a non-profit organization. She has worked with the Perspectives movement for over 25 years both nationally and internationally. Her overseas field experience includes one year in Russia and travel in 40 nations. She holds a Doctor of Ministry in Missions and Cross-Cultural Studies from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

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    • Class Info

      Date: Sunday, February 23, 2020

      Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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      Andrew Frye

      Worldview Acdaemy, Grants Pass OR

      Andrew Frye is a national speaker with Worldview Academy (worldview.org) and an educator with over 35 years in secondary and college education. He is a James-Madison Fellow Scholar and has served as teacher, elder, and worship leader in the local church. He has been married to Theresa since 1990 and has two adult children. He is currently department chair for social studies at Grants Pass HS.

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    • Class Info

      Date: Sunday, March 1, 2020

      Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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      Bob Peckham

      Frontiers, Gilbert AZ

      Bob has served with Frontiers for over 30 years. He and his wife spent many years on the field working with and leading church-planting teams. Bob also served as a field director for Frontiers before transitioning to his current role as U.S. Director.

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    • Class Info

      Date: Sunday, March 8, 2020

      Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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      Vicky Warren

      MissionNext, Mena AR

      Vicky spent 33 years working in innovative and creative environments from multimillion dollar technology deployments, alliances with technical luminaries such as Steve Jobs, Nicholas Negroponte's MIT media lab, Stanford Research Institute (SRI) and The Walt Disney Studios to entrepreneurial startup businesses. Her primary focus in these organizations included leadership and business development, strategic planning, research and development, innovation and creativity. She became "known" in these organizations for her heart for the Gospel through her daily walk in these high paced and demanding environments. Her passion for Christ took her on a 30-year journey of adventure as she walked on burning coals, assisted with eye clinics in Mexico, participated in medical relief efforts in Bolivia, planted pioneer businesses in Asia and Africa, came face to face with the persecuted church in Orissa, and served widows in the rainforest of Panama. Now she is committed full time to taking the Gospel to the nations through Pioneer Business Planting, building Kingdom businesses, and gobalization!

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    • Class Info

      Date: Sunday, March 15, 2020

      Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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      Colleen Wong

      Deoworks , West Hills CA

      Colleen is currently on staff with Deoworks as the Director of Strategic Partnerships and Platforms, with a focus on national leadership development. Deoworks is a Gospel-centered consulting non-profit company connecting the body of Christ and accelerating the ministry of the Kingdom of God, seeking to incubate ideas to contribute the furthering of the Kingdom.

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    • Class Info

      Date: Sunday, March 29, 2020

      Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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      Jim Stevens

      Fr., Portland OR

      Training in Biology and Environmental Science Worked as agricultural consultant and water quality specialist 6 years in Uganda in late 80's early 90's as agriculture development specialist. 4 years in Kyrgyzstan (06 thru 09) teaching in national ag university and doing projects outside of capitol. Currently Pac NW area director for recruiting and mobilization for a mission agency.

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    • Class Info

      Date: Sunday, April 5, 2020

      Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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      Jeff Denlinger

      WorldVenture, Castle Rock CO

      I have been serving in missions with WorldVenture since 1988 when my wife and I first went out on a two-year internship in the Philippines. Subsequently, we served 12 years on a church planting team in Caracas, Venezuela and since 2002 in WorldVenture's home office, first as the Vice President of International Ministry and since November 2012 as the President.

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    • Class Info

      Date: Sunday, April 19, 2020

      Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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      Tessa Kemp

      San Diego CA

      Tessa Kemp has lived and served with her husband and children in several countries across Asia for over 20 years. Pioneer church planters, their hearts beat for Muslims in restricted access countries. They have served in groundbreaking church planting work among completely unreached peoples, as well as in mobilizing and training existing proximate believers. On the field, Tessa filled many roles, from disciplemaker to languaculture coach to homeschooling mom to educational administration. Nowadays, Tessa and Tony invest in the next generation of church planters, training and imparting ministry skills to those who are going long-term to the Muslim world. She dove in to learning eight different languages, but only communicates well in two or three now….if you count English!

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    • Class Info

      Date: Sunday, April 26, 2020

      Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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.

    • Instructor

      Greg Parsons

      USCWM, Pasadena CA

      Greg Parsons is Director of Global Connections at Frontier Ventures (formerly the U.S. Center for World Mission) where he and his wife, Kathleen have been on staff since 1982. Greg serves as part of the leadership team of the Frontier Ventures, he has traveled to more than 25 countries to meet with, learn from, and networking with mission leaders in North America, and around the globe. He is a graduate of Dallas Theological Seminary (ThM-1982) and has a PhD from the University of Wales (2012) entitled: Ralph D Winter: Early Life and Core Missiology.

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    • Class Info

      Date: Sunday, May 3, 2020

      Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM

    • Celebration

      For God's Glory

      Celebration

    • Instructor

      David Wedin

      Eagle Point OR

    • Class Info

      Date: Monday, May 25, 2020

      Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM

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