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Date: Thursday, January 7, 2021

Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

Location: Third Church- Virtual Virtual Live Henrico VA 23229

Contact: R. E. Rzeszot

• • Registration & Orientation

    Registration & Orientation

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    RVA Team

    Perspectives USA, Chesterfield VA

    During Orientation on January 7, 2021; You will be provided an overview of the course and any questions you have will be answered. For His Kingdom, His Glory!

    
    

  • Date: Thursday, January 7, 2021

    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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    Bob Sjogren

    UnveilinGLORY, Mechanicsville VA

    Bob Sjogren (pronounced show - gren) is the president of UNVEILINGLORY, a ministry awakening the Church to new awareness of God's glory in all areas of life, and to seeing His glory go to all the world's peoples. Bob has been mobilizing the Body of Christ to reveal God's greatest glory through reaching all ethnic groups with the gospel. He and his wife Debby have written homeschool Bible curricula. And in 2021, Bob launched a YouTube Channel called, "Maturing The Bride." Bob and Debby live in Richmond, VA.
    
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    Date: Thursday, January 14, 2021

    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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    Bob Hay

    SIM USA, Charlotte NC

    Born in Nigeria, but raised in New Jersey, Bob Hay is a Third Culture Kid and a third generation SIM missionary. He has been involved in ministry since 1982. He graduated from Bryan College (TN) with a BA in history and minors in Bible and Biblical Greek, and then from Columbia Biblical Seminary (now Columbia International University (SC)) with an M.Div in cross-cultural ministry. Ordained to gospel ministry in 1991, he and his wife, Amy, went to Japan in 1992 where they helped plant a Japanese church in the Tokyo suburbs and he served as pastor while raising their sons together. Since 2003 he has been involved in the recruiting, selecting, equipping, and member care of missionaries serving with SIM. He currently serves as Deputy Director of People Care and Development.
    
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    Date: Thursday, January 21, 2021

    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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    Russell Joyner

    West End Assembly of God, Sandston VA

    B.A. in Biblical Studies and Languages, Gordon College; M.A. in Theological Studies and Biblical interpretation, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; post graduate work in Christian Leadership. Teaching experience: Faculty at Valley Forge Christian College, guest instructor at Dodoma Bible College (Tanzania), Belize Bible College (Central America), Continental Theological Seminary (Brussels, Belgium). Pastoral Ministry: Mechanicsville Christian Center , VA (Missions and Discipleship); West End Assembly of God, Richmond, VA (Discipleship); Redeemer Church, Crozier, VA (church planter). Russell has committed himself to equipping others for serving by making the Bible come alive. He has led over two dozen teams overseas for short-term mission projects. He is married with three adult children and three grandchildren.
    
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    Date: Thursday, January 28, 2021

    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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    Cyrus Mad-Bondo

    World Help, Lynchburg VA

    Cyrus Mad-Bondo currently serves as Church Relations Representative at World Help, a Christian Humanitarian organization located in Lynchburg, VA. Previously Pastor of Congregational at McLean Bible Church. Cyrus has served as Vice President and Africa Chief Strategist for World Help, headquartered in Forest, VA. Cyrus has lived, worked and traveled extensively throughout many African countries. Mr. Mad-Bondo was born in the Central Africa Republic, a former French colony. He is a sought after speaker and expert on the social, humanitarian, economic and environmental issues facing Africa. He speaks fluent English, French, Sango, the native language of the Central African Republic, and two other dialects. He served at the American Embassy in Bangui in the Central African Republic until 1994. He served as Pastor of Struthers Baptist Tabernacle in Ohio until 2008. He has also served in different supermarkets in Ohio. He earned his MBA from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia, 2006 and his BA in Business Administration and International Affairs, from Malone University in Canton, Ohio, 1998. He received the Malone University Alumnus of the Year award in 2013. Cyrus knows firsthand the challenges on the African continent and has worked to relieve suffering not only in the Central African Republic but has helped the poor, orphaned and suffering in Uganda, Zambia, Kenya, Zimbabwe and Rwanda. He has led numerous vision trips as well churches and college students on missions’ trips. As Vice President and Africa Chief Strategist for Africa at World Help, Mr. Mad-Bondo has traveled extensively throughout Africa, building relationships with national Pastors, relief partners, coordinating and implementing myriad projects in humanitarian assistance, child development, community building and faith-based support. Cyrus has been married to his wife Julie for 28 years. She was an orphan from Central African Republic who was adopted by Mae Allen, a medical missionary in Africa. They have three children: Becky, Michael, and Irene who went home to be with her Lord in September 2008.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, February 4, 2021

    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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    Debra S

    Northern VA

    Debra grew up on the "Greats," deeply inspired by the heroes of Lesson 8. In 2005 she ecstatically moved to Afghanistan to teach ESL, but life upheaval catapulted her to rural Virginia just three years later. Yet she soon discovered her new hometown bordered on “Northern Virginia” – the States’ most popular region for Afghans entering the US! Today she relishes friendships with Afghans that revolve around ESL, paperwork, giving rides, eating heaps of Afghan food, dancing awkwardly at women's-only parties, and simple Bible studies that point to Jesus Messiah. She finds serious Muslims some of the world’s most enjoyable people to be around, as they take eternity and spirituality seriously.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, February 11, 2021

    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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    Elaine Vaden

    The Antioch Partners, Middlesex NC

    Elaine has served in Zambia, the Philippines, Kurdistan and Lithuania. She has traveled to many parts of the world in various capacities. Her passion is to teach and mobilize the next generation for Christ's global cause. Elaine currently serves with BridgesUS in a support role for community entrepreneurs who seek to develop communities of Christ followers.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, February 18, 2021

    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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    Richard Haney

    Frontier Fellowship, North Chesterfield VA

    Ordained Presbyterian minister, married and father of three grown daughters. Led mission trips since 1982 in Latin America, Europe, Africa. Teaching trips to Central and East Asia. PhD from the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies. Teaches DMin students at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Chairman of the Board of the World Christian Research NGO.
    
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    Date: Thursday, February 25, 2021

    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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    Andrew Fuller

    World Horizons, Richmond VA

    Andrew Fuller is the Director of Operations for Al Massira (www.almassira.org), a media outreach ministry. He formerly served as the International Director of World Horizons from 2011 to 2020. (www.worldhorizons.org)
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, March 4, 2021

    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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    Christopher Deckert

    JESUS Film - Cru, Orlando FL

    Chris works with The JESUS Film Project, a ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ. He has been working in the field of missions research and mapping of languages and people groups for 27 years. Chris has shared the story of the unfinished task at conferences around the globe and helps coordinate the World Missions Atlas Project (www.worldmap.org).
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, March 11, 2021

    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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    Yvette Moy

    Springfield VA

    Yvette Moy is Crescent Project's Metro D.C. area coordinator. She has been involved with outreach to Muslims since 2009. Yvette has a love for Muslim people and a passion to share with them the love of Christ. Her greatest joy is to equip congregations and individuals to share the Gospel with their Muslim friends and neighbors and to fulfill Christ's command to make disciples of all nations. Currently she is seeking an MDiv at Fuller Theological Seminary with a concentration in Islamic Studies. Two years ago, Yvette began Hindu outreach. She launched an English Language Learners program and will be teaching a parenting class. She plans to attend the International Orality Network in Orlando as Hindus prefer to communicate with poetry, chanting and storytelling. Yvette also will lead one of five tracks at Crescent Project's 2018 National Conference in Columbus, Ohio. Nik Ripken will be the featured speaker for the event. In 2019, she is expected to teach middle school students how to share the Gospel at a gathering in Baltimore. She also is hosting an MBB discipleship seminar.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, March 18, 2021

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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    David Taylor

    Christian Aid Mission, Charlottesville VA

    David served for ten years as a missionary in the Philippines with the Frontier Mission Fellowship. He is the author of Eternal Vision and senior editor of the Global Mission Database. He serves as president of Christian Aid Mission and chairman of COSIM (Coalition on the Support of Indigenous Ministries)
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Thursday, March 25, 2021

    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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    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: Thursday, April 8, 2021

    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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    J David Singh

    Inspire International, Richmond VA

    David was born in India and grew up in a Christian military family. As a child, he lived mostly among people of other faiths and had little access to the church or Christian teaching. However, his parents instilled a basic sense of the presence of God and set an example through regular family prayer. At age 19, while attending an Anglican Church, he made a personal confession of faith in Jesus Christ. Soon after school and in the middle of being selected for the Indian Air Force, he sensed the call of God to be in the pastoral ministry. David completed his M.Div. in Theology at Serampore University, India. David was ordained in the Diocese of Madras, The Church of South India, in 1977 and served in Anglican, Methodist and Presbyterian congregations. It was during his first call and while he was quite sick that he had an experience of anointing in the Holy Spirit and healing. After this experience his passion and gifting for evangelism, preaching and teaching became more evident. While serving as a pastor of these parishes he and his wife launched an evangelistic ministry of music and drama with young people. He also served as the National Chaplain for Faith & Light, a ministry of L’Arche in India that teaches churches to include the mentally disabled in the main worshipping life of the church. In 1988 he went to Princeton Theological Seminary for training in Practical Theology. After completing a Th.M. degree he was accepted into a Ph.D. program. He completed the coursework and did his research on movements toward unity between mainline churches and free churches which promote the cause of mission and evangelism. Along with his Ph.D. program, he specialized in family therapy and was certified in contextual family therapy. David then spent four years in Perth, Australia, serving with the Uniting Church in Australia as a lecturer and head of the Department of Practical Theology at Murdoch University. In 1998, sensing a call of God to be more missional, he accepted a call from Third Presbyterian Church, Richmond, and served for five years as the Missions and Family Ministries Pastor. In September 2003, Third’s leadership commissioned him to start Eternity Church. In 2003 David and his wife, Nalini, were invited by a national Board of Directors to found Inspire International, an organization with a call to share the love of Jesus with the most unreached peoples in India and the world. David is also President of The Oaks Ministry, a Richmond-based non-profit that is committed to fulfilling the mandate of Jesus to heal the sick, cast out demons and proclaim the kingdom of God. After 40 years of ministry spanning three continents, David finds Jesus Christ to be relevant in the 21st century, regardless of culture or location.
    
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    Date: Thursday, April 15, 2021

    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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    Laurie Jaworski

    Mission Pastor, Henrico VA

    For over 20 plus years Laurie has trained short-term teams, lectured on World Mission at Christian universities, led/trained numerous international short-term mission teams, developed vibrant mission ministries in local churches and partnered with mobilization ministries. She holds and MA in Intercultural Studies from Fuller Seminary. Her research and passion is in the area of strategy for mobilization of the Church – helping them embrace the charge to be World Christians. She currently serves as the Pastor of Mission at a Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia.
    
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    Date: Thursday, April 22, 2021

    Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM

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