Class Info

Date: Monday, February 3, 2020

Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Location: Allegheny Center Alliance Church 250 East Ohio Street Pittsburgh PA 15212

Contact: Jon Martz

(724) 687-0677

• • Registration & Orientation

    Registration & Orientation

  • Instructor

    

    Jonathan Martz

    Wexford PA

    
    

  • Date: Monday, February 3, 2020

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, February 10, 2020

    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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    Lance Stoddart

    Leadership Training International, Mars PA

    I left a career in the US Coast Guard in 1994 to respond to the call to missionary service. Since that time, each transition has taken me into another role in missions mobilization. I've served four churches and four mission organizations. My prayer has been, "God, let me touch more nations and reach more unreached peoples through those I mobilize, train and send than I ever could have had I gone myself." Today, God is allowing me to fulfill that prayer as through Leadership Training International, as we mobilize and train leaders worldwide.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, February 17, 2020

    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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    April Roebuck

    Pittsburgh PA

    Rev. Dr. April Roebuck is bi-vocational working in the Information Technology field and spending the rest of her day ministering to people of all walks both local and abroad. Through her missional heart and passion to “Therefore, go make disciples of all nations baptizing in the name of the Father, of the Son and of the Holy Spirit” Matthew 28:19, she has traveled the world to share the love of Christ in places such as Africa, the Middle East, South America, Mexico and right here in the US; preaching and teaching across denominations.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, February 24, 2020

    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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    Ronald Morrison

    Pastor, Warrensville Heights OH

    BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION on the MORRISONS Ron was born and reared in Cleveland, Ohio, graduated from Glenville High School, and attended Cleveland State University before serving in the US Army from 1971-1973. He and Anita have been married since December 22, 1979. They enjoy doing ministry together and have taught in many different schools and ministry settings. Ron & Anita have spent time with C&MA missionaries in Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, and Brazil. Ron served sixteen years on the Board of Directors of the Christian and Missionary Alliance, including four years as Chairman (2005-2009). He has a Bachelor of Theology Degree, a Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry, and earned his Doctor of Ministry degree from Alliance Theological Seminary in 2014. Ron is the founding and Senior Pastor of the Hope Alliance Bible Church (HABC), which was planted in 1995. He loves teaching the saints and reaching out to impact the surrounding community through a myriad of ministries and programs designed to bring sustainability and transformation to the families outside HABC’s doors. That desire led to launching a Community Development Corporation named “Alliance for Family Hope” in 2008. Ron has taught Continuing Education Courses for Moody Bible Institute since 2004, and currently serves as the Regional Coordinator for Moody in Greater Cleveland. He has helped develop and teach an Urban Ministries class for Crown College and taught in the Doctor of Ministry Program for South University. He was honored as the “Alumnus of the Year” by Alliance Theological Seminary (2017), the “Citizen of the Year” (2019), by the Mayor of Maple Heights for bringing Convoy of Hope to the Cleveland area, and received the “Bold Steps” Award from Moody Bible Institute (2020). Anita was born and reared in Columbus, Ohio, attended THE Ohio State University, Cleveland State University, and John Carroll University (M.A. Ed). She taught elementary school for many years before teaching Professional Development Courses for public school teachers through John Carroll. Anita has spoken at many women’s conferences, leads worship at HABC, teaches the women’s Wednesday morning Bible study, and has impacted many lives coordinating the After-School Program tutoring site at HABC.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, March 2, 2020

    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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    Fernando DeCarvalho

    Atlanta GA

    Fernando was born in Brazil. He came to the United States as a teenager to pursue the American dream. He faced many trials including homelessness. He became a businessman and in that journey was radically changed by Jesus Christ. Today he is the Executive Director for SOS, a christian mission movement reaching people with the Gospel in Africa and unreached peoples in Asia.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, March 9, 2020

    Time: 1:00 AM to 1:00 AM

• • 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

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    Yvonne Huneycutt (pictured) and Scott Sunquist
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, March 16, 2020

    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.

  • Instructor

    

    Richard Noble

    Center for Missional Engagement, Pittsburgh PA

    Rich is a husband and father who is committed to developing people, which is seen in his roles as missions mobilizer, college professor, pastor, and writer. Most importantly, he is on a journey of faith as a follower of Jesus Christ. He is passionately committed to missions and has been on many short-term ministry trips to various places in the world (mostly Eastern & Central Europe and Africa). He earned his Doctor of Ministry in Missions & Cross-Cultural Studies from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in 2004 and is the author of "On Mission Together: Integrating Missions into the Local Church".
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, March 23, 2020

    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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    James Cha

    Crescent Project, Leesburg VA

    Rev. James Cha was born in Korea, but grew up here in the US. He studied electrical engineering at Cornell University, and worked ten years as an engineer. In 2000 he and his wife, Faith, took their 3 kids to Central Asia, where they served ten years as church planting missionaries with Pioneers. They are now back in the US reaching out to the Muslims in the Washington, DC area. James & Faith are Washington DC Area Coordinators for Crescent Project. They also direct ESL ministry in Leesburg, VA. They have three adult children and one grandchild. James recently published a book about their missions journey - Fear Not: Living a Life of No Regrets. Available on amazon.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, March 30, 2020

    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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    Denise Sciuto

    Frontier Fellowship, New Wilmington PA

    Denise is an Associate Director with Frontier Fellowship, a mission agency that helps Christians connect with God’s work among people groups who have not yet heard the Good News of God’s Kingdom. She graduated from Grove City College with a degree in International Business, then spent the next 15 years working in international transportation. In 2007, she took Perspectives for the first time and, soon after, joined Frontier Fellowship as a mission mobilizer. She’s committed to helping churches participate in making God’s love known to unreached people groups with a particular focus on supporting and encouraging Christian leaders in Sudan and South Sudan as they share the Good News in word and deed.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, April 6, 2020

    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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    David Loughry

    Pittsburgh PA

    
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, April 13, 2020

    Time: 1:00 AM to 1:00 AM

• • 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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    Scott Boyd

    Pittsburgh Region International Student Ministries, Pittsburgh PA

    Rev. Scott Boyd and his family served nine years as church planters in Slovenia. He is currently Director of the Pittsburgh Regional International Students Ministry. P.R.I.S.M. is a dynamic network of cross-cultural programs and ministries to international students and visiting scholars in the Pittsburgh area. We include Scott in every Perspectives class as his ministry is so important to our area.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, April 20, 2020

    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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    Dustin and Lillian

    ReachAcross, Avalon PA

    Until recently, Dustin, Lillian, and their family were living in a large urban center of a country closed to the Gospel in the Middle East, where they were building a unique project designed to create sustainable employment opportunities through a for-profit Kingdom business venture. They are currently in the States due to the political instability and overall security situation in their country. However, they are currently overseeing the development of a new initiative that is designed to facilitate long-term creative access for new workers to enter into countries in which it can be difficult to establish work. In addition, during this season in the States, they are leading an outreach to Muslim refugees from East Africa in their hometown that involves working closely with the leadership of the refugee community to understand the community’s real and felt needs, and then attempting to assist them in meeting those needs, all as a demonstration of the love of Jesus.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, April 27, 2020

    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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    Paul Martindale

    Pioneers, Retired, Upland CA

    Paul Martindale worked for 18 years in North Africa in church planting as a tent-maker with Arab World Ministries(AWM). He was AWM's Morocco Country leader and Area Director for North Africa. Paul also served as Islamicist and ministry consultant for Pioneers in the USA where he trained churches how to reach Muslims living in their communities. Paul was the director of the Summer Institute on Islam in Philadelphia and has a D.Min in Missions and Cross-Cultural Studies. He is Ranked Adjunct Professor of Islamic Studies and Cross-Cultural Ministry at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He and his wife Michele have three children and 5 grandchildren. They recently retired and now live in Upland, CA.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, May 4, 2020

    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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    Derek

    KRIN , Allison Park PA

    Derek is the Executive Director of a network for an unreached people group in East Asia. He was formerly the East Asia Director for Beyond, overseeing missionary strategy for starting discipleship / church planting movements among unengaged / unreached people groups of East Asia. He lived in Asia for 12 years. Derek has taught extensively on church planting movements and pioneer church planting to locals in numerous Asian countries. Author of "Innovation in World Mission" through William Carey Library. He started several companies for business as mission. Holds a Master's degree in Organizational Leadership and Foresight from Regent University.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Monday, May 11, 2020

    Time: 1:00 AM to 1:00 AM

• • 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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    Donald Rumbaugh

    Grove City PA

    Dr. Don Rumbaugh is a Family Practice MD, C&MA pastor, and Medical Mobilizer for Frontiers. He served in the USAF for 13 years as a flight surgeon through Desert Storm, and then went into private practice. He started Team Healthcare, a short term missions organization serving in various countries. Ordained in the C&MA and With a heart for global medicine, Dr. Rumbaugh and his family moved to Honduras to serve at Hospital Loma de Luz between 2003-11. Pursuing his passion for cross cultural medical work, Dr. Rumbaugh has partnered with other like-minded physicians and started VillageDoc.net, a non-profit dedicated to serving the global poor. Currently, Dr. Rumbaugh works in a Family Practice clinic, mentors students, and preaches as needed in western PA.
    
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    Date: Monday, May 18, 2020

    Time: 1:00 AM to 1:00 AM

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