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Lancaster, PA // F22
Fall 2022
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Perspectives on the
World Christian Movement, Fall 2022
Declare His glory among the nations, His marvelous works among all
the peoples! (Psalm 96:3)
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. . . . .WHAT is Perspectives? . . . . . . . . . . .
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This course presents the biblical,
historical, cultural, and strategic aspects of God’s heart for the nations. We encourage anyone who is serious about
gaining a deeper understanding of God’s ultimate purpose in the world to attend
this course.
Perspectives seeks to reveal the nature of God's heart to be worshiped by all nations, and that we are called
to be a part of HIS purpose regardless of whether we feel called to serve
overseas, at home, or in our own workplace. It is about a deeper understanding
of who God is, what He's about.
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. . . . .What Will the Course Entail? . . . . . . . . . .
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Registration/Orientation will be on August 21, 4-6 pm.
Classes will be held on Monday nights, 6:30-9:30,
August 29 through December 12, at Calvary Church, 1051 Landis Valley Road,
Lancaster, PA 17601 and will include lectures from dynamic
speakers from around the United States, interactive learning experiences, and
creative demonstrations. *Textbook Notice:
Upon registration, you will receive an email with instructions on how to order
your Reader and Study Guide at a discounted rate. Biblical Lessons
(1-5) The Word of God is revealed with striking clarity as
Perspectives illuminates God's unchanging promises as they unfold from Genesis
to Revelation.
Historical Lessons
(6-9) Discover your spiritual lineage as you learn Christian
history is wrought with the immeasurable power of God as He makes His name
known among the nations.
Cultural Lessons
(10-11) The peoples of the world come alive as we eventually see, through
Christ Jesus, the expressions of the New Testament church thriving among every
nation, tribe, people, and language.
Strategic Lessons
(12-15) Find your place in God's story as there are endless
opportunities to help complete the Great Commission.
Click on the
session numbers to see details about our speakers.
Check out the links
on the right to view the class schedule, pricing, and to register for the
class.
Please Note:
If you would like to take the class for credit through Lancaster Bible
College, but are not currently enrolled at LBC, you may do so as follows.
First register for
the class by clicking on the "Register for this class" link to the
right.
Once you have
completed that process, please go to the link below (you may copy/paste it into
your browser) to submit a form for Lancaster Bible College. If you have
trouble accessing the link, please email the class coordinator, Faith
Flores,
https://lbc.formstack.com/forms/perspectives_lbc_credit
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Registration & Orientation
R&O
Registration & Orientation
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Instructor
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Faith Flores
, Mount Joy PA
Faith Flores grew up on the mission field in Honduras, Central America. After graduating from college with a degree in Elementary Education, she spent 2 years with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Peru, South America, as an MK educator, and has been on several other short term mission trips to Honduras, Guatemala, and the Philippines. Faith and her husband have 4 adult children and 2 grandkids. Along with spending time with children and grandkids, Faith has enjoyed coordinating/grading Perspectives classes for the past 22 years. She currently serves as a Regional Administrator for Perspectives Northeast, USA.
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Date: Monday, August 22, 2022
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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
Dave Shive
Frontier Ventures (formerly US Center for World Mission), Catonsville MD
Dave Shive is a 1968 graduate of the Washington Bible College, a 1972 graduate of Capital Bible Seminary with a Th.M. in New Testament Studies, and a 1994 graduate of Baltimore Hebrew University with an M.A. in Biblical Literature. Dave has spent the past 47 years in full time ministry as a pastor, Christian school director, and college professor. He currently serves with Frontier Ventures (formerly the US Center for World Mission) as a missions mobilizer for the northeast region of the United States. Dave lives in Catonsville, MD, with Kathy, his wife of 52 years. Dave and Kathy have three married children, Dan, Mike, and Becky. They are also the proud grandparents of 9 grandsons and 2 granddaughters. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, August 29, 2022
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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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. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, September 12, 2022
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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Lyn Newbrander
International Students, Inc., Philadelphia PA
Lyn has 25 years of overseas missions experience in Japan, The Netherlands, and Germany. Since 2013, she and her husband Tim have worked with international students from all over the world. Lyn's role is primarily at the University of Pennsylvania where she is a chaplain's associate. Over 70 nations have been represented in the Newbrander's home in Philadelphia. Lyn and Tim open their home and their hearts wide to students, many of whom consider them their family away from home. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, September 19, 2022
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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David Harrop
Lancaster PA
David currently serves as Global Ministries Pastor at Calvary Church (Lancaster, PA). He has been privileged to serve for 18 years in overseas ministry (France, Germany, and North Africa) as well as 12 years of ministry in US churches (NY, SC, and NC). b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, September 26, 2022
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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Larry Ray
Philadelphia PA
Larry Ray is a native of Philadelphia Christ drew him to Himself at the age of 17. He was introduced to evangelism by the Navigators while in the U.S Navy. The Lord also drew him to Christian Stronghold in 1995. He has served on the Evangelism Ministry. He has been involved in short term missions to Tiajuana Mexico and Nairobi Kenya The Lord called Larry, his wife Rebecca and their two children Lauren and Jedidiah to the Arab World where they served for four years. One of Larry's favorite ministry verse is Ephesians 2:10 " For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand so that we would walk in them" Larry and his family serve with Pioneers. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, October 3, 2022
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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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. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, October 10, 2022
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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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. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, October 17, 2022
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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Judy Severns
Consultant/ semi- retired, Horsham PA
Judy Severns spent 25 years as a staff member at Faith Academy, Manila, Philippines. Upon returning to the USA, Judy became the TCK Education Coordinator for SEND International.
Currently, she is retired but still involved with cross cultural workers as a mentor, coach and education consultant. As an adjunct faculty member at Cairn University, she works with student teachers with a particular focus on those interested in student teaching in an International school setting. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, October 24, 2022
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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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. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, October 31, 2022
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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Melody King
Reamstown PA
Melody is currently a mom to 4 teenagers living in the US after living with her husband Nathaniel and their kids in Central Asia for 8 1/2 years and Mexico for 6 years. She is passionate about reaching out to people from different religions, cultures and languages. She loves music and spends a lot of her time teaching kids to play the piano, teaching her teenagers how to drive, and being a sounding board for Nathaniel as he runs his own business. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, November 7, 2022
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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Susan Patt
Frontier Ventures, Exton PA
Sue Patt has worked as a mobilizer for more than 40 years (since 1982) with Frontier Ventures, formerly the US Center for World Mission. She has served as a Perspectives Regional Director (13 years) and as the Perspectives National Program Director (7 years). Her current assignment is Chief Strategy Officer with FV. She has been developing deliberate friendships with Muslims since 1980, and Hindus since 2005. She is married to Fran Patt since 1986. They have 3 adult children and live in Exton, PA in the Philadelphia suburbs. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, November 14, 2022
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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Carl Campbell
Willow Street PA
Carl has served with Wycliffe Bible Translators for 40 years in various support roles in Papua New Guinea and in Lancaster, PA with Wycliffe USA. He is now back in Willow Street, PA with his wife Pam and anticipating retiring in January 2023. He also serves on the Board of Directors for Push The Rock, a sports evangelism ministry. He has three grown sons and 4 grandchildren. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, November 21, 2022
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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Ed
Immerse International, Millersville PA
Ed and his wife Joan lived in Indonesia for 14 years prior to returning to the USA. He has coached CP teams in Indonesia, Malaysia, and India, and has trained dozens who now live abroad. Involved in several start up businesses in the USA and currently serves as Executive Director of Immerse International, a living learning community in Lancaster, PA. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, November 28, 2022
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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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." b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, December 5, 2022
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 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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Ellen Livingood
Catalyst Services, Newtown PA
Ellen Livingood is a missions mobilization writer, consultant and trainer who helps mission agencies and local churches to collaborate more effectively in expanding global impact. b
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Class Info
Date: Monday, December 12, 2022
Time: 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM
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