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Eastvale, CA // VF20
Fall 2020
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Registration for this class is now over. Another online class starts in October. Find info at perspectives.org
Due to COVID delays, we will be meeting online only (no in-person class) at least for the first few classes. We will have the option of in-person meeting ASAP. Please register and pay to get the Zoom link for weeks 2-16. Please contact us if any issues with registration or payment.
Welcome to the Fall 2020 Eastvale Perspectives Class
For centuries philosophers have asked, “What is mankind’s purpose in life?” For centuries followers of Christ have asked, “What is God’s will for my life?” I’m not saying that by taking a Perspectives course you will have a degree in philosophy or theology, but you will have a degree in understanding of how those two questions are answered in your life. You may ask yourself, do I know enough to do the will of God? What should I do? Where should I go? With whom? Most of us desire to share with you the peace of heart and mind that we have found while trying to answer these questions.
What
is Perspectives? 15
powerful weekly lessons that have equipped thousands of everyday believers with
greater vision, hope, and passion. We
will learn from outstanding
instructors—pastors, theologians, international missiologists, and
mobilizers—as they share from their experiences and teach on the Biblical,
Historical, Cultural & Strategic perspectives of God's plan for the nations. God is on a mission to bless the peoples of
the earth and you are invited to join Him!
Who
should take Perspectives? Professionals,
business leaders, high school students, college students, military personnel,
pastors, missionaries, homemakers, retirees, and all who desire to know God’s
heart.
Where: VantagePoint Church, 8500
Archibald Ave, Eastvale, 92880 (TEMPORARILY CLOSED) Live Zoom option available (register for link)
When: Sundays 2:00 - 5:00pm - August
16, 2020 to Nov 29, 2020
Register Online
today. First class is FREE!
How to
register: Click the “Register for this class” tab on the right side of this
page.
Enrollment Options: We
recognize that people live busy lives, so Perspectives offers flexibility so
that you can determine which level to take the class at.
Certificate Level: This level is recommended for the majority of people who
seek to gain a deep understanding of the topics. It involves weekly reading
and review, five "Personal Reflections," and a small research
project due at the end of the course. This level requires about 3 hours
of work per week. You may decide at a
later time to move to Key Reading. Cost:
$250
Key Reading Level: For those who cannot commit to amount of work involved at the Certificate level. This level requires about 1 to 2 hours of
reading per week with no review. There
are five "Personal Reflections" to do during the course. Cost: $250
Credit level: For the undergraduate or
graduate student looking to obtain 3 semester units of credit. This level requires additional weekly reading
and review, five “Personal Reflections,” a small research project, and a multiple
choice mid-term and final exam. Students
will receive a final letter grade at the completion of the course. Expect about 4-5 hours of work per week. Cost: $500.
Still Undecided? If you are curious about Perspectives, you can register to attend
the first lesson for free. If you decide
to take the class, you can select your level and pay after the first lesson.
Discounts: $25 Early Bird Discount available if registered before July 31st
$25 Family Discount for additional members of the same household $30 Book Refund to use to order your own books. (All students should take)
Additional scholarships available if needed; please ask
Alumni Price: No charge, but former Key Reading alumni may upgrade
to Certificate level for $30
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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
Jeff Lewis
Thirteen~FiftyTwo, Rome GA
Present Ministry: Founder/Director of Thirteen~FiftyTwo
Ministry highlights:
California Baptist University, Assistant Professor of Intercultural Studies for 18 years & Director of Mobilization for 4 years.
*Mobilizing & disciple making ministries for 36 years
*Assisted with indigenous mobilization leadership training and mobilization consultation with mission personnel in over 30 countries
*Planted and pastored two churches
*Instructor/trainer for Perspectives Global Desk
*Co-founder & Co-Director of Passion Conferences 1996-2000
*Author of God's Heart for the Nations, Christ Love Compels Me, and Calling: A Scriptural Journey.
*Missions Leadership with three Boards of the Southern Baptist Convention for 14+ years
*College swimming coach at the University of TN & Lock Haven State University
Married to Elaine McClary, for 49 years. We have seven children and 20 grand children, so far.
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, August 16, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 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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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: Sunday, August 23, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 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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Luke Womack
The Go Fund, Anaheim CA
Luke Womack is the founder of The Go Fund, a nonprofit organization eliminating barriers to advance the gospel to the unreached. He graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from California Baptist University in 2011. When not working, he enjoys weightlifting, reading, and spending time with his wife Allison and children, Vera (5), Dawson (4), and Pearl (2). To learn more about Luke or The Go Fund, please visit thegofund.com. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, August 30, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 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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Pastor Raed Awabdeh
Rancho Cordova CA
My name is Raed Awabdeh, Licensed and ordained Pastor with the Christian and Missionary Alliance. I was born in the coastal town Banyas in Syria; at the age of 18 I came to the States to continue my education. In 1998 my wife Manar and I began home Bible Study and God anointed the bible study, so it became Church plant. Our Church believes that God loves all people in the world, Christians, Jews, Muslims… and He is calling lost souls to believe in His Son Jesus Christ the One all the prophets testified …everyone who believes in Him will have their sins forgiven...'
I just came back from Jordan where I have visited the Syrian Refugees in Jordan, and witnessed the wonderful work of the Church; ministering and reaching out to un-churched brokenhearted, weak, sick, hungry, thirsty and poor in spirit refugees. The Church is demonstrating the love of Jesus and obeying His command “Love your neighbor as yourself”.
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, September 6, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 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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Mike
Hacienda Heights CA
Mike and his wife, along with their three children, lived and served for 10 years among one of the least reached people groups, with a Christian population around 0.02%. They were involved in church planting, discipling local believers, training indigenous missionaries, as well as coordinating educational and medical projects. Nowadays they are based in the U.S. and focused on equipping missionaries and reaching immigrants and refugees. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, September 13, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 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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Andy Pearce
International Students, Inc., San Gabriel CA
Andy serves as Director of Church Partnerships with International Students, Inc. (ISI) He has a Master's in Theological Studies from Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary, a Master's in Education from Cal State Los Angeles, and a Ph.D.in International Development from William Carey International University. Andy and his wife have four daughters and one son and live in San Gabriel, CA. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, September 20, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 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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Crystal Rough
MissionNext, FMI-Highlands Missions, Lancaster CA
Crystal and her husband, Ron, are Directors of Missions at the Highlands Christian Fellowship in Palmdale, CA. She is part of MissionNext doing Generational Mobilization Ministry. Other involvement in missions include YWAM (Micronesia), evangelism, kids ministry, missionary care, and Pioneer Business Planting. Countries of ministry include Myanmar, Thailand,Vietnam, Japan, Kenya, Micronesia and Mexico. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, September 27, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 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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Eric Drewry
Alta Loma CA
I have lived near L.A. for the past fifteen years, but grew up near Philadelphia.
I am married and have two adult children. My wife and I supported the ministries of the campus chaplain at a university in Asia for fourteen years. We enjoyed the contact with students immensely and continued teaching at university level after returning to the U.S. fifteen years ago. We are now active in our local church congregation in mentoring, and leading and participating in small groups.
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, October 4, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 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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Samy Tanagho
Glad News for Muslims Ministry, Santa Ana CA
Samy Tanagho was born and raised in Egypt
where he studied Islamic Law and Islamic
religion at Ain Shams University (School
of Law)in Cairo, Egypt and later practiced
law as an attorney. Samy is the Founder and president of
Glad News For Muslims
non-profit corporation. He has been
sharing Gospel with Muslims for over 35
years. Samy is the author of " Glad
News!God Loves You My Muslim Friend ". b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, October 11, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 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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Ron Binder
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Santa Ana CA
Ron and his wife, Kathy, worked in Panama and Colombia for 23 years with Wycliffe. They completed a New Testament translation among the Wounaan people and also did extensive work in developing literacy materials, training pastors, teachers and artists, community development and ethnomusicology. They have published some 80 books in the Wounaan language besides the New Testament and have seen God raise up some 15 churches, all of which are led by Wounaan pastors without the presence of missionaries.
Ron has been a speaker in Perspectives classes since 1994, has coordinated several classes himself and is Professor of Record for many of the classes in which he teaches. In the U.S. he is a speaker and events coordinator for Wycliffe, but he and Kathy also help facilitate ongoing ministry goals determined by the Wounaan church leaders by traveling to Panama 2-3 times a year. These goals include creating new media and written resources in their language for evangelism and outreach ministries. Currently working on Old Testament translation, discipleship materials and a bilingual dictionary. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, October 18, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 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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Rob Douglass
Ends of the Earth Ministries, Yorba Linda CA
Pastor Rob Douglass began his missionary service in a Sudanese refugee camp in East Africa. After four years Rob turned the ministry over to the leadership of national pastors. Rob then spent the next four years pioneering Saving Grace World Missions which provided training and sending for American missionaries. Then he spent the next two years in Sri Lanka training national missionaries. Since that time, Rob returned to the USA to establish Ends of the Earth Ministries which focuses only on completing the great commission among unengaged and unreached people. Currently, Rob is training, sending and supporting national missionaries planting churches amongst frontier tribes in South Sudan. Rob is preparing to launch an online missions training program call Missions Equip. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, October 25, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 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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Norm Brinkley
, Hesperia CA
I have worked in dozens of nations and been doing relief and development up to very recently, by working in the Middle East and Africa extensively. The aspect of Aid is not very comprehensively understood, and feel I can share deeply on the capacity being built within people being a primary target of activity. Leaving dignity improved, skills for locals to utilize, and helping them gain hope in the midst of a “crumby” world. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, November 1, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 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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Mike
Hacienda Heights CA
Mike and his wife, along with their three children, lived and served for 10 years among one of the least reached people groups, with a Christian population around 0.02%. They were involved in church planting, discipling local believers, training indigenous missionaries, as well as coordinating educational and medical projects. Nowadays they are based in the U.S. and focused on equipping missionaries and reaching immigrants and refugees. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, November 8, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 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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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! b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, November 15, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 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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Joni Brinkley
OM - Operation Mobilization, Dickson TN
Joni has been serving the Lord with Operation Mobilization for over 30 years. She and her husband Norm were involved in evangelism, discipleship, and church planting in the USA for a few years before moving overseas with 1st baby in 1978. Together they have ministered in over 30 nations, leading teams, founding and running a missionary base for N. Africa, and serving as country and field leaders in OM.
With TOEFL certification, she also taught English as a Foreign Language in the Middle East while providing “Member Care” for workers there. She presently mobilizes and mentors university students in California to “get out there” into unreached nations. Speaking at universities, churches, and conferences, she loves to share from her heart about the work of missions, intercultural issues, the world of Islam, worldwide opportunities, and raising families. She currently lives with her husband in California and is developing ministry among local refugees from Muslim nations.
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, November 22, 2020
Time: 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM
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