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Campbell, CA S22
Spring 2022
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Welcome to Perspectives
On The World Christian Movement
You Were MADE FOR MORE!
Use what's in you to bless the world around
you!
Why take Perspectives? What is this course?
Course Description: Perspectives on the World Christian Movement is a 15 week life and learning
opportunity that will open your eyes and heart to the wisdom of God, and how
you can participate in making Him known, from urban America to distant lands.
God wants you on His team. He has already prepared you.
A fantastic array of pastors, theologians,
international missiologists, and mobilizers will challenge and inspire you
as they share from their experiences and teach God’s perspectives on the
Biblical, Historical, Cultural & Strategic plan for pursuing His mission.
Who should take it? Whether you are single,
married, a student, a homemaker, a professional or retired, Perspectives will
bless and challenge your life and direction.
Where ? The Home Church, Charis Table, Campbell and on Zoom. To get the Zoom link for the class, contact Becky Durstenfeld at.
When? Information Night & In-Person Registration: Sunday, January 9th, 6:00pm-8:00pm First class is Sunday January 23rd 6:00pm-9:00pm (See sidebar on right for more details) and then weekly on Sunday nights thereafter.
Classes are planned to be in-person interactive with
worship, prayer, activities, breakout sessions and live instructors and will also be offered on Zoom. For in person attendance, masks will be required per government guidelines for safety due to COVID-19. If you have any questions or concerns about meeting in person, please contact Peter Lenz (class coordinator, ) Cost: New key reading and certificate - $240 Alumni key reading - no cost Alumni certificate - $40 (for grader fee) Trinity undergraduate or graduate credit $510 or $300 for Perspectives alumni Note: the tuition no longer includes the Study Guide and Reader. When you register you will receive an email with instructions on where to get the books (either paper or Kindle) and a code to receive a special price. Discounts Early bird discount is $30 which you will automatically get if you register and pay by January 9. Family Discount is $25 for any family members from the same household who register after the first family member registers at regular price. You need to put in the code listed at registration. May be used with the early bird discount.
Class Enrollment Levels:
Everyone - First Night Free: If you are curious about Perspectives
do come to the Information & Orientation meeting (Jan 9). You are also
welcome to attend the first night for free. Watch 3-minute promotional
video here.
Key Reading Level: This level requires about 1-2 hours of reading
per week with no written homework. There are five "Personal
Reflections" assigned during the course which would require approximately
half an hour each to complete. Missed classes can be supplemented by the online
video lesson.
Certificate Level: This level is recommended for those who seek to gain a deeper
understanding of the topics. It involves weekly homework
assignments, five "Personal Reflections," and one research
project due at the end of the course. This level requires about 4-6 hours
of work per week.
Credit Level: 3 credit hours A
more in-depth study with 3 semester credit hours. More information and Course
syllabus available upon request.
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Registration & Orientation
Registration & Orientation
Registration & Orientation
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Instructor
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Date: Sunday, January 9, 2022
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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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
Markos Zemede
Horn of Africa Evangelical Mission, Fresno CA
I was born and raised in Ethiopia. I immigrated to the USA as a refugee in 1984. When I took the Perspectives class in 1999, it ruined me for the ordinary. In addition to my busy medical practice, I now serve in many missions organizations, a few of which were birthed out of the Perspectives class, including Horn of Africa Mission (www.hornofafrica.org). b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, January 23, 2022
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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Ziad Srouji
San Mateo CA
Pastor Z. Samuel Srouji came out of war torn Lebanon in the ‘70s and encountered Jesus at the age of 16 through the truth that “the grave is empty and Jesus is alive.” Since then he has been captured with the Father’s heart of love for the nations, and miracles have followed his ministry of worship and preaching around the world. For twenty five years he has pastored on the peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, January 30, 2022
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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Samuel Nandakumar
SAIACS, Bangalore, India, Elk Grove CA
Samuel Nandakumar (a.k.a. Nanda) was born in Tamilnadu, South India and received both a B.S. and a B.Ed. from Indian universities before completing a B.S. from San Jose Bible College, a Master's in Divinity from Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, and a Ph.D. from Trinity Theological Seminary in Newburgh, Indiana. September 1998 saw the beginning of a new venture for Nanda at Crossroads Bible Church when he began to lead and mentor Global Outreach and Life Groups.
After having served as CBC's Interim Lead Pastor for several months, Pastor Nanda was confirmed as Lead Pastor in the spring of 2009. His most identifiable trait is his quick wit and ready smile. His passion for ministry is to see CBC truly become a multi-cultural body of believers. After his retirement from the pastoral role, Nanda has joined as a consultant, Global Leadership Development,for SAIACS (South Asia Institute of Advanced Christian Studies), Bangalore, India.
He has been a dedicated Perspectives teacher for many years and is looking forward to sharing his passion for the Gospel with you.
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, February 6, 2022
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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John Christie
International Leadership Institute, Aptos CA
John was reared in a Christian home, and made a personal commitment to Christ as a senior in High School. He graduated from Chico State University, and then from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.
For 39 years John has served as pastor of 5 different churches. For six years, he and his family were missionaries in Ghana, West Africa. He has served on several Boards, and for three years was an adjunct professor at San Jose Christian College. Since November of 1998, John has served as Senior Pastor at Crosswalk Community Church in Sunnyvale, CA. John is on the faculty of International Leadership Institute, and has taught intensive leadership courses in Nepal, India, Burundi, Kenya, Ghana, Paraguay, and Bhutan. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, February 13, 2022
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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Chris Keener
Zume Training, San Jose CA
Chris Keener holds a Ph.D. in physics and works as an engineer for hard disk drives at Western Digital. During 2004-2010, he was on an international assignment in Asia, where he was privileged to witness God launch a local, rapidly-multiplying congregation from our international church. The Perspectives Class provided a framework for us to recognize and bless this work of the Holy Spirit, providing support for the right amount of time, and training local leadership, so that they could function fully without us before we returned to the U.S. Currently Chris serves as a Zume coach and strives to implement principles of disciple making movements in San Jose, CA. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, February 27, 2022
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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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, March 6, 2022
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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Viji Cammauf
Little Flock, Oakland CA
Viji Nakka- Cammauf is the President of Little Flock Children’s Homes a ministry to orphans and widows
.She is on Faculty at a Christian school in India called the Sam Higginbothams University of Science , Agriculture and Technology in the School of Theology. She teaches doctoral students in the filed of Christian Studies.
She is a lecturer and Professor of record for the Perspectives Study Program in Northern California.
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, March 13, 2022
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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Bernard Bell
San Jose CA
Bernard grew up on the mission field: his British parents served in central Thailand for nearly forty years. In 1985 he came to the Bay Area for one year and is still here. Since 1997 he has served on the pastoral staff of Peninsula Bible Church Cupertino. As Pastor of Biblical Studies he teaches classes and is a resource for other teachers. He has degrees in geography, land surveying, and Biblical Studies. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, March 20, 2022
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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Keivan Tehrani
Compassion Bridges, Campbell CA
Born into a Muslim family in Iran, Keivan was powerfully moved to follow Jesus in 1992. Since then he has had the honor to preach the Good news of Jesus and share his testimony in dozens of countries over 25 years of ministry. After graduating from UC Davis with degrees in Psychology and Religious studies he served as the Youth and English pastor at the Iranian Christian Church for 10 years and since 2010 has been the Global Compassion pastor at WestGate Church. He also the co-founder and Executive Director of Compassion Bridges. He received a Masters in Theology from Fuller Seminary in 2008 and currently living in California with his wife and three beautiful children. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, March 27, 2022
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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Sunny Hong
Wycliffe Bible Translators, Dallas TX
Born in South Korea, Sunny Hong came to the US in 1983. She was employed in the computer software profession and was active in a local church. At that time Sunny was seeking for God’s call as to how she could be involved in missions. Eventually she felt God’s calling to the ministry of Wycliffe Bible translators. She joined Wycliffe in 1994 and worked as a mobilizer for Koreans in the US and Canada for 12 years. She then was sent to the Philippines to work as a mobilization consultant for the Wycliffe Asia and Pacific areas. While in the Philippines, she sensed God redirecting her ministry to missiology/anthropology. She pursued an intercultural studies Ph.D. program at Biola and after completing these studies, started working as a senior intercultural consultant at SIL International which includes teaching at Dallas International University, in Dallas, TX. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, April 3, 2022
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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Dan Lagasse
San Jose CA
Dan Lagasse has been a missionary, a missions pastor, a writer, and speaker. His life work was bringing the gospel to the Kurds of Berlin, of eastern Turkey, and northern Iraq. His ministry as a pastor allowed him to serve in 40 countries. He has a love for the diverse peoples that now live in Silicon Valley. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, April 10, 2022
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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John Payne
Medical Ambassadors Intl., Salida CA
A physician, John spent nineteen years as the director of a Family Practice Residency in California. Madelle was a hospice nurse. In 2005, after taking early retirement, they became second career missionaries in East Africa. There they worked with national leaders who taught their own people a seamless combination of community development, disease prevention, and evangelism and discipleship. In 2009, John became the president of the mission. In 2017, he retired and continued to Represent MAI as President Emeritus. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, April 24, 2022
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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Hermie Smit
CityTeam in the Neighborhood, San Jose CA
Hermie grew up in South Africa, moved to the US in Nov. 1999 and started working for CityTeam Ministries in 2001. He got exposed to the Disciple Making Movements (DMM) principles in 2006 and since then has dedicated his life to seeing disciple making movements take root in the greater San Francisco Bay Area and beyond. By the grace of God, his team has seen significant multiplication over the past years, with thousands of new discovery groups/churches that have consistently multiply in multiple generations as God uses ordinary people in extraordinary ways. The movement has spread far, not only in the San Francisco Bay Area, but also to Central California, the Los Angeles area, Missouri, Texas, as well as cities in Mexico, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras, Argentina and Cuba. He’s married to Linda, a Bay Area native, for more than 19 years and has a son Daniel who is 6 years old.
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, May 1, 2022
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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Dan David
Frontiers, Santa Maria CA
Dan David worked in the Middle East for 20 years to see disciple making movements happen among Muslims. He currently is a prayer catalyst with Frontiers. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, May 8, 2022
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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Robert Durstenfeld
Adult Old Testament Education, San Jose CA
Bob grew up in a multi-cultural family and became a believer through the ministry of the YMCA. Bob has been on short term mission trips to Belize, Coast Rica, Malaysia, Mexico and Tanzania. He has done Business as Mission in Venezuala. Bob has used the concepts from Perspectives at work leading global marketing teams. Bob has traveled widely for both business and pleasure and he has been to more than 22 countries. Bob has taught Old Testament and Sunday School Classes and is leading an American couple through a Discovery Bible Study through the New Testament. Bob has been Married for 36 years and has three grown sons, one who is a global outreach worker. b
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Class Info
Date: Sunday, May 15, 2022
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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