Class Info

Date: Sunday, January 24, 2021

Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Location: Anchorage Virtual Class Zoom Anchorage AK 99577

Contact: Kelly Foreman

(907) 854-5170

• • Registration & Orientation

    Registration & Orientation

  • Instructor

    

    Chris Kopp

    PlantAlaska, Galena AK

    Chris is Pastor/Missionary in rural Galena Alaska at Galena Bible Church. Chris completed a Masters of Divinity through New Orleans Baptist Theological seminary in 2010, and was a church planter and youth pastor in Louisiana since 2000. Chris and his wife Michelle have four children.

    
    

  • Date: Sunday, January 24, 2021

    Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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    David Choi

    Kaleo Church, Anchorage AK

    Pastor David Choi has been in ministry and missions for over 25 years. He is currently on staff at Kaleo Church in Anchorage. In his free time, he enjoys watching sports, eating good food like Korean bbq, and spending time with friends.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Sunday, January 31, 2021

    Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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 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: Sunday, February 7, 2021

    Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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    Jason Pittman

    Campus Ambassadors, Corvallis OR

    Jason Pittman is an International Campus Ministry Specialist with more than 25 years experience working amongst collegiate students on the secular university campus. Jason specializes in hospitality, homestay, evangelism, discipleship, and mobilization with students from around the world. Jason is a veteran of the United States Navy and a graduate of Oregon State University. He and his wife have five children. At dinner time, there are rarely fewer than 10 people around their table.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Sunday, February 14, 2021

    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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    Laura Wilson

    WEC International, Tumwater WA

    From very young Laura knew God had called her to be involved in cross- cultural ministry, largely through the contact with the many missionaries her little country church helped support. While studying Spanish, she met her Australian husband and they served for over 30 years in Venezuela with WEC International. Initially involved in church planting, but always were encouraging Venezuelans to be involved in cross-cultural ministry. God began moving in the hearts of individuals and churches across the country and Richard & Laura had the privilege of teaching and training them. In 2008 the Lord clearly showed them to com to the USA to become regional mobilizers for WEC International in the Pacific Northwest.
    
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    Date: Sunday, February 21, 2021

    Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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    N8 Scholz

    Vision 5:9 Network, Stanwood WA

    N8 spent his early 30s in Lebanon as an English teacher and Hope Broker from 1999 to 2006. He published the story of his experiences in Coffee & Orange Blossoms: 7 Years & 15 Days in Tyre, Lebanon. Currently, N8 is actively engaged in helping form Jesus-following communities across North America to engage Muslims, and together learn how to obey the commands of Jesus.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Sunday, February 28, 2021

    Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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    Jeff Anderson

    Wayland Baptist University, Anchorage AK

    Professor of Biblical Studies at Wayland Baptist University, Anchorage, Alaska
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Sunday, March 7, 2021

    Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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    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.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Sunday, March 14, 2021

    Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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    Garry Morgan

    Retired, University of Northwestern-St. Paul, Spokane WA

    Garry Morgan is Professor Emeritus of Intercultural Studies and former Director of Global Initiatives at the University of Northwestern- St. Paul, where he taught from 1999-2016. Prior to that, he spent 18 years in Kenya, serving in a variety of ministry settings. He is the author of Understanding World Religions in Fifteen Minutes a Day, published by Baker. He has been married to Connie since 1981, and they have a married daughter and two grandchildren.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Sunday, March 21, 2021

    Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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    Richard Nakamura

    Japanese Diaspora Ministries, Fort Worth TX

    Richard Nakamura was born and raised in a Buddhist home in Seattle, WA. At the age of 19 (1979), Richard received Christ through the influence of his older brother, who converted a year earlier. Richard joined SEND International in 1988 and served as a church planter in Japan until 2011. He is now doing a Japanese Diaspora Ministry outreach out of Fort Worth, TX. through SEND International and RJC (Reaching Japanese for Christ).
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Sunday, March 28, 2021

    Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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    Karen Pease

    Better English in Tacoma, Tacoma WA

    I have been "multi-cultural" for most of my life - from my upbringing in the CA Bay Area to my college major (Intercultural Studies), which took me to China to serve as an English teacher for 6+ years before returning to the States. Since then, God has opened up doors for ESL & Discovery Bible Study ministries to the people groups in our community, including Muslims. He is also giving me opportunities to mobilize & equip individual believers, churches, and non profits to reach beyond their comfort zones to befriend and share the love of Christ with everyone - no matter how "different" they seem.
    
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    Date: Sunday, April 11, 2021

    Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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    Maria P.

    Central Asia, Colorado Springs CO

    Maria P. has over 30 years of ministry experience. For the past 28 years her ministry has focused on unreached people groups in the 10/40 Window. She has held leadership roles in both the field and at headquarters. She is a frequent speaker at conferences, trainings, and international events.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Sunday, April 18, 2021

    Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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    Matt Fries

    NET Development Incorporated, Springdale AR

    MATT FRIES Brief Bio Matt became a Christian in 1984 while in college at the University of Arkansas and has been involved with Jesus and the expansion of His kingdom ever since. He met his wife, Michelle, while doing collegiate ministry at Arkansas Tech University. Matt and Michelle married in 1991 and have three amazingly different and wonderful adult children and one grand-daughter! They spent nine years on the Tibetan Plateau in China doing ground-breaking church planting work among one of the unreached people groups there. Holistic ministry and business-as-mission continue to mark their work. After directing The Emmaus Foundation (at the National Christian Foundation) for 15 years, Matt started NET Development in 2022 to focus on business and economic development in Zambia and Madagascar.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Sunday, April 25, 2021

    Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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    Pam Arlund

    All Nations, Kansas City MO

    Pam is currently the Co-Editor of Perspectives 5th Edition and a member of All Nations. She lived in Central Asia for ten years, where she planted churches among three people groups, two of whom are Muslim. She earned an MA and PhD in Linguistics (i.e. Bible Translation) from the University of Texas at Arlington. She has published numerous books and articles in missions. She is most well known as “The Stick Figure Lady” for her popular book “Stick Figures Save the World.”
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Sunday, May 2, 2021

    Time: 1:00 AM to 1:00 AM

• • 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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    Mark LaFollette Nicholson

    PassionLife Ministries, Tobaccoville NC

    Mark and his family of six served as church planting missionaries among the unreached nomads of the Inner Asian Steppes for ten years. Mark has served various pastoral roles and is currently the Executive Director of PassionLife Ministries, targeting the most abortion-ravaged countries on the planet with the good news of the Gospel of Life.
    
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  • Class Info

    Date: Sunday, May 9, 2021

    Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 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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    Carlos Calderón

    Partners, Spokane WA

    Born in Central America, grew up during a civil war time, came to faith in Jesus with some other 30 friends in the neighborhood, and became active in evangelism, eventually joined a church and was impacted by the missionary call while at the university. Came to the USA for post-grad education and moved to a Muslim country. Now cooperates with indigenous movement work in some 60 countries in the Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist world, consistently resulting in thousands of decisions for Christ, and national indigenous church planting movements.
    
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    Date: Sunday, May 16, 2021

    Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM

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    Date: Sunday, May 23, 2021

    Time: 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM

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