Class Info

Date: Thursday, January 13, 2022

Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Location: West Shore E Free Church.. ..1345 Williams Grove Road Mechanicsburg PA 17055

Contact: Joy Nixon

(717) 512-3759

• • Registration & Orientation

    Registration & Orientation

  • Instructor

    

    Jeff Van Sickle

    West Point NY

    
    

  • Date: Thursday, January 13, 2022

    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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    Amos Stoltzfus

    Ephrata PA

    Amos is passionate about God’s mission and our obedient participation and cooperation in that mission. He has been in ministry for over 40 years, serving locally as a pastor for 27 years and then with EMM (Eastern Mennonite Missions) for 14 years. Five of those years, he and his wife, Rowena, lived in India working with and teaching at local ministries and churches. They also led short-term teams to various parts of the world. Amos also served as a missions coach. He is now semi-retired and working as an interim pastor and with some churches as a coach and spiritual adviser. Amos and Rowena have 6 children and 9 grandchildren.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, January 20, 2022

    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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    Henry Boima Johnson

    Harrisburg Brehren in Christ Church, Harrisburg PA

    Hank joined the staff of the Harrisburg Brethren in Christ Church as Pastor of Youth Ministries in September 2008. In 2013, Hank accepted an invitation to become Pastor of Discipleship and Youth Ministries. The expansion of his responsibilities over the years has included work with HBIC’s Church Board and Mosaics Committee as well as our Adult Discipleship and Worship Ministry Teams. Hank began serving as Senior Pastor in October 2018. Hank was born in Monrovia (Liberia). Due to Civil War, Hank’s family lived as immigrants and refugees in Freetown (Sierra Leone) and Abidjan (Ivory Coast), before settling in Palisades Park (New Jersey) and Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). Hank graduated from Central High School in Philadelphia, and then from Messiah College in 2004. He completed a Master of Divinity from Evangelical Theological Seminary in May 2014, graduating with high distinction. Hank’s ministry experience has been gleaned through serving at camps, community and youth centers, and in the social work field. Hank and his wife, Shell, live in Harrisburg with their daughters, Harper and Kennedy. When asked about his passions, Hank shared that he enjoys encouraging people, challenging them to take ownership of their faith, and living out the gospel of Jesus Christ. He believes our call is to live and love like Christ lived and loved. Hank also enjoys sports, fellowship with family and friends, traveling, good food, and board games.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, January 27, 2022

    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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    Christina S.

    Africa Inland Mission, Philadelphia PA

    Christina first went to Africa in 2010 while a student at the University of Delaware. Africa’s imprint was laid on her heart, and in 2013 she partnered with Africa Inland Mission to serve as a teacher among a formerly unreached people group. Feeling a burden for long-term missions, she pursued further training upon arriving back in the States, and in 2019 completed her Masters in Counseling at Westminster Theological Seminary. She now serves in mobilization with AIM, helping others get to the field as she also hopes to one day return. When she’s not mobilizing others to Africa, she enjoys leading her church's missions team and opening her home to friend and stranger alike.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, February 3, 2022

    Time: 1:00 AM to 1:00 AM

• • 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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    Bruce Heckman

    Brownstown PA

    Bruce and Joyce Heckman met while serving the Lord in the Middle East. Their nearly twenty years of service in that region equipped them to prepare others for ministry among the world’s unreached peoples. They have given their lives to bring the message of salvation through Jesus Christ to those who have never heard.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, February 10, 2022

    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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    AJ P.

    INIM Inc., Forest VA

    AJ is the Director & General Secretary for INIM established 1964. The sole focus of this indigenous Mission remains Evangelism, Discipleship & Church Planting. AJ, who was born & raised in New Delhi India is an alumnus of Liberty University. AJ shares responsibility for INIM's church planting & field evangelism efforts in South Asia. In addition to all his Missional responsibilities, he also serves as the Men's Pastor at his home church. AJ & his wife have been married for 28 years and blessed with five children ranging from 19 years old to 9 yrs old.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, February 17, 2022

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    Jim O'Neill

    Frontier Ventures, New Cumberland PA

    Missionary to Asia 1982 to 1995; Director of Missions, Liberty University and Seminary, 1995-2000; President, CrossWorld Mission, 2000-2009; ABWE, 2013 to 2016 President, The Center for Global Mission, 2009 to present; Director of Mobilization for Frontier Ventures 2016 to present.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, February 24, 2022

    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.

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    Alexander Kocman

    ABWE, York PA

    Alex Kocman is the Director of Advancement and Communications for ABWE Internationa. He serves as the editor for ABWE's award-winning Message Magazine and blog and co-hosts The Missions Podcast every Sunday night. Follow him on Twitter at @ajkocman.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, March 3, 2022

    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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    K.

    Frontier Ventures, Columbia MD

    Karen has been involved in coordinating and instructing in Perspectives for 36 years. She currently serves as an associate with Common Ground Consultants. Her focus is on mobilizing and training followers of Jesus to share Him with their Muslim friends. Her love for and appreciation of Muslims has taken her to Turkey 21 times. As a result, she has many Turkish friends both in Turkey and in the U.S. She is also known as the "fun captain" by her grandchildren and she loves spending time with them.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, March 10, 2022

    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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    Joseph Steinitz

    GraceXtensions / unmissions.net, Towson MD

    After ministering in a Muslim context, Joe served as missions pastor at his church in Maryland for 8 years. Since 2001, he has been co-director of unmissions.net, a ministry that helps churches more effectively engage in world missions. He is also on staff at his local church helping to lead it’s local and international outreach efforts. Joe is married and has 6 children. For obvious reasons he has no hobbies.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, March 17, 2022

    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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    Andrew Knisely

    Eastern PA District of C&MA Mission's Mobilzation Task Force, Elysburg PA

    Andrew Knisely is the Pastor of Elysburg Alliance Church and an Adjunct Professor at Crown College. His family served as missionaries in France from 2001-2005, and he helped Glenview Alliance to form a partnership with the Alliance Church in Burkina Faso, West Africa. He is a former member of the District Mission's Mobilization Task Force for Eastern PA District of the C&MA. He earned his Ed.D. in Adult Learning from Penn State in 2011, and holds masters in Education from Shippensburg University and Divinity from Alliance Theological Seminary. He has been married to Diane since 1992, and they have two children.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, March 24, 2022

    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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    James Kim

    PIONEERS, Frederick MD

    James aspires to inspire, develop, and empower courageous global leaders who are biblically grounded, culturally agile, and growing in character and intimacy with Jesus Christ. While serving as the Vice President of Mobilization for Pioneers USA (2003-2011) and the Executive Director of Pioneers Canada (2012-2018), he has traveled to over 50 countries for missions purposes. Born in South Korea and holding both U.S. and Canadian citizenships, James brings a unique perspective as both an “insider” and an “outsider” of biblical worldviews, histories, cultures, and missions strategies of the hyper-globalizing world. Currently, James serves as a Regional Mobilizer for Pioneers USA while pursuing a Ph.D. in Global Leadership.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, March 31, 2022

    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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    Ryan Keith

    Family Foundation, Newnan GA

    Ryan and his wife, Katie, live outside Atlanta, GA with their three young children. He currently serves as a Strategy Director for a new family foundation, with a heart for making disciples around the world. Ryan's focus is on alleviating the risks to children. Previously, he was Community Engagement Pastor at West Shore Free Church in Mechanicsburg, PA, USA. He is also the founder and past President of Forgotten Voices, which he led for 12 years before transitioning to the church. Forgotten Voices is innovating orphan care through local churches in Africa. Ryan is a Praxis Labs Fellow, committed to building Gospel-centered organizations. He earned his Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University's Kennedy School, where he was also a Pforzheimer Fellow in the Hauser Center. Ryan is also a proud Falcon, graduating from Messiah University with a BA in Politics. Follow Ryan on Twitter: @ryanmkeith.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, April 7, 2022

    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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    Sanford Good

    Live 10:27 Ministries, Lititz PA

    Dr. Sanford Good (Sandy) served at Chair of Intercultural Studies Department at the Bible College level for over 20 years and was Director of HIS Ministry Team Program at the college. He has personally led 63 short -term missions trips to 27 different countries. He is currently the director of a ministry that he and his wife started "Live 10:27 Ministries" which seeks to educate and motivate the North American Church to Love God and Love People, to obey and apply the first and second great commandments. He brings years of teaching and ministry experience along with a passion for God and the lost.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, April 14, 2022

    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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    Ed Scheuerman

    Director of Intercultural Studies, Lancaster PA

    Dr. Ed & Carol Scheuerman served with PIONEERS in Southeast Asia for 23 years. They returned to PA in the summer of 2010 for Ed to take up the role of Director of the Intercultural Studies major at Lancaster Bible College. Dr. Ed (as he’s known on campus) has a heart to see students catching God’s heart for the world. Ed is the author of "Knowing God to Make Him Known: Living Out God's Attributes Cross-Culturally."
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, April 21, 2022

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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.

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    Ian Tahlil

    West Shore Free Church, Dillsburg PA

    Born and raised in North Africa, Ian was exposed to the realities of growing up in a developing country, learning a foreign language and integrating multiple cultures. God has used these many experiences to give him a real passion to welcome and serve people of all backgrounds and ethnicities. He and his wife Jennie met as students at Messiah College and attended West Shore when it was just getting launched. Shortly after they felt God calling them to serve overseas and ended up spending 23 years abroad. Over the years Ian has taught classes in various contexts, led outreach, co-pastored a bilingual church, spearheaded diverse community development efforts in several inner city immigrant neighborhoods. In 2006, the family returned to the States where Ian accepted the position here at West Shore. He currently develops international partnerships, mobilizes ministry teams, is involved in prison work and refugee resettlement. Ian has a BS in civil engineering from Temple U and an MBA in economic development from Eastern U.
    
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    Date: Thursday, April 28, 2022

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

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