Arkadelphia, AR // S20
Spring 2020
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15 Challenging Topics | 15 World-Class Instructors | 15 Life-Changing Weeks
God has a "world-sized" role for every Christian in His global purpose. Whether people go to distant countries or stay at home is a secondary issue. The primary issue is what most people are hungry to discover: vision to live a life of purpose. Discovering that vision makes this course valuable, and perhaps crucial, for any Christian. Perspectives is a discipleship course that takes you through the Bible, back in time, and across the globe. A fantastic array of pastors, theologians, missiologists and mobilizers will challenge and inspire you as they help bring the course content to life with their personal experiences and expertise. You will join a community of believers as you journey together toward a better understanding of who God is, what He is doing, and your role within that. Whether you are single, married, a student, a homemaker, a professional or retired, Perspectives will encourage and challenge you to live on purpose, with purpose.
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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
Steve Shadrach
The Center for Mission Mobilization , Fayetteville AR
Steve has a passion for developing laborers for Christ to finish the Great Commission. He is the founder of Student Mobilization, The BodyBuilders, NVision, and The Traveling Team. Formerly the Director of Mobilization for the US Center for World Mission, he is now the Executive Director for The Center for Mission Mobilization, headquartered in Fayetteville, Arkansas. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, January 21, 2020
Time: 6:00 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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Jonathan Burgin
Conway AR
Jonathan was born and raised in Jonesboro, Arkansas. He moved to Conway in 2004 to finish his undergraduate degree at the University of Central Arkansas.
Jonathan went on to get a graduate degree from UCA in School Psychology in 2010 and served as a School Psychologist for 8 years in the Conway Public Schools before pursuing full time pastoral ministry. He currently attends Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary where he is pursuing his next Masters degree in Church Leadership.
He currently serves as Lead Pastor of Summit Conway. His desire is to see a move of God happen in Conway that would spread to the ends of the earth.
He has been married to his wife, Brooke, for 13 years and they have 2 wonderful children. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Time: 6:00 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
Clif Johnson
Hope AR
Clif has been on staff at Garrett Memorial Baptist Church in Hope, AR., since 2005, & has served as Senior Pastor since 2008. He is a native of Little Rock, Arkansas who loves reading, traveling, Yankees baseball, & being around people. He has led mission work in Dominican Republic, Belize, Tanzania, Czech Republic, and Haiti. He met his wife, Kristi, while attending Central Baptist College in Conway, AR. They married in 2001. Kristi was raised in St. Louis & is passionate about being the wife & mother God has called her to be. Clif & Kristi have three children: Jack, Sam, & Sophia. Clif is a graduate of Central Baptist College in Conway, AR., & Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary in Memphis, TN. He also earned his D.Min from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2020
Time: 6:00 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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Wyman Richardson
North Little Rock AR
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, February 11, 2020
Time: 6:00 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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Marty Brown
Heritage Baptist Church, Oklahoma City OK
Marty is the Lead Teaching and Missions Pastor at Heritage Baptist Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is married to Jan and they have three children and six grandchildren. His is leading his church in church planting among an unreached people group in Central Asia. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Time: 6:00 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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Nathaniel Allen
Global Outfitters, Fayetteville AR
Nathan Allen is the Global Missions pastor at New Heights Church in Fayetteville, AR and the Director of Global Outfitters. He has a Bachelors of Arts in History and political Science from the University of Arkansas. He is currently pursuing a Masters in Theological Studies from Reformed Theological Seminary. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2020
Time: 6:00 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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Anna Darnell
Perspectives, Conway AR
Anna & her husband Brian are passionate about mobilizing God's people to engage fully in His plans & purposes. Whether locally or abroad, one of her greatest joys is helping others realize who God created them to be and coaching them as they take steps toward their specific role in fulfilling the Great Commission. Anna has served through Perspectives as a coordinator, instructor, area mentor and currently serves as the Perspectives Chief Training Officer and Acting Director of Instructor Development. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Time: 6:00 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
Brian Darnell
, Conway AR
Brian first learned of God's heart for the nations on a trip to an orphanage in Jamaica. From that time as an 18 yr. old, he has lived in India on a church-planting team, done medical missions in multiple countries, and has partnered with his wife in mobilization in the U.S. and abroad. His passion is for the lost to hear, and for the church to be mobilized worldwide in an effort to give God the glory He is due. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Time: 6:00 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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Lesson 9 Video Instruction
Salt Lake City UT
Bruce Koch (pictured) and Todd Ahrend b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 17, 2020
Time: 6:00 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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Gene Daniels
Fruitful Practice Research, Jacksonville AR
Gene Daniels has a passion to spread the fame of Jesus in the Muslim world, something he and his family have been involved in since 1997, first as church planters in Central Asia and now as a mission researcher. Daniels has his doctorate in Religious Studies from the University of South Africa. He is also the author of several books and dozens of articles on mission. (Gene Daniels is a pseudonym) b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2020
Time: 6:00 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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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. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2020
Time: 6:00 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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Gail Voth
Beautiful Feet, Choctaw OK
Through Gail's gifting of hospitality she has learned the importance of empowering people by listening to their stories. Listening to stories occurs in many aspects of her ministry; whether it's teaching in Beautiful Feet Boot Camp, maintaining relationships with missionaries, or building relationships with the refugee community in OKC. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2020
Time: 6:00 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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Kevin Phillips
Houston TX
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Time: 6:00 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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Instructor
Richard Lewis
Lewis Cross-Cultural Training, Inc., Siloam Springs AR
Cross-Cultural trainer in nearly 50 countries. Fourteen years in Kenya as pioneer church planter; four years in India. Area of expertise is facilitating national missionaries, cross-cultural communication and world religions. More information at my website: http://Lewis-Training.com b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Time: 6:00 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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Sean Cooper
The Traveling Team, Fayetteville AR
Sean and his wife Meredith have spent the last decade traveling the entire Continental U.S. casting mission vision with Traveling Team. They have a two year old daughter named Haven. Sean graduated from the University of Arkansas with a degree in Communication. He has short term exposure in India and Indonesia. Sean continues to travel nation wide speaking to students and churches. When not speaking he serves alongside The Traveling Team Leadership as the Director of Ministry Advancement. He is working on a Masters Degree from Reformed Theological Seminary. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, May 5, 2020
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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