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Rancho Cordova, CA // S23
Spring 2023
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Registration & Orientation
R&O night
Registration & Orientation
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Instructor
Mark Shetler
, Sacramento CA
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Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2023
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
Robert Blincoe
Frontiers, Mesa AZ
Bob led a Frontiers team into northern Iraq following the first Gulf War in 1991. He is president emeritus of Frontiers USA, living in Phoenix. He has a Ph.D. in History from William Carey International University in Pasadena. He has twice lost on television game shows. He blogs at robertblincoe.blog. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2023
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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Luke Womack
The Go Fund, Anaheim CA
Luke Womack is the founder of The Go Fund, a nonprofit organization eliminating barriers to advance the gospel to the unreached. He graduated with a B.S. in Business Administration from California Baptist University in 2011. When not working, he enjoys weightlifting, reading, and spending time with his wife Allison and children, Vera (5), Dawson (4), and Pearl (2). To learn more about Luke or The Go Fund, please visit thegofund.com. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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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Instructor
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: Tuesday, February 7, 2023
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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Instructor
Pastor Raed Awabdeh
Rancho Cordova CA
My name is Raed Awabdeh, Licensed and ordained Pastor with the Christian and Missionary Alliance. I was born in the coastal town Banyas in Syria; at the age of 18 I came to the States to continue my education. In 1998 my wife Manar and I began home Bible Study and God anointed the bible study, so it became Church plant. Our Church believes that God loves all people in the world, Christians, Jews, Muslims… and He is calling lost souls to believe in His Son Jesus Christ the One all the prophets testified …everyone who believes in Him will have their sins forgiven...'
I just came back from Jordan where I have visited the Syrian Refugees in Jordan, and witnessed the wonderful work of the Church; ministering and reaching out to un-churched brokenhearted, weak, sick, hungry, thirsty and poor in spirit refugees. The Church is demonstrating the love of Jesus and obeying His command “Love your neighbor as yourself”.
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2023
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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Michelle Lapp
Africa Inland Mission, San Diego CA
Michelle and her late husband Chris were appointed as missionaries with Africa Inland Mission in 2008 after leaving careers in Education/Church Ministry and Business Management/dressmaking. They served with their 6 children in the small village of Molumong in rural Lesotho, Africa. After language and culture acquisition and Chris teaching one term, he got Encephalitis and passed away after a short 3 weeks in a coma. Through God's strength and Sovereignty, Michelle went on to serve as a teacher at Rift Valley Academy and now serves as the Southwest Mobilizer for AIM while juggling parenting and an active speaking ministry. Michelle has a passion for proclaiming God's heart for the Nations and the truth that EVERY Christ-follower has a place in His plan to redeem the Nations unto Himself. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, February 21, 2023
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: Tuesday, February 28, 2023
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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Jon Hardin
Frontiers, Highlands Ranch CO
Dr. Jon Hardin is the National Communications Specialist for Frontiers. He has served in full-time missions work for over 25 years. Jon regularly speaks and teaches in churches, conferences, and various training events around the world--he has taught over 35,000 Perspectives students. Jon has a passion for seeing local churches and ordinary Christians step into strategic roles in the global missions enterprise.
Jon is an ordained minister, holds a PhD from the VU University in Amsterdam, and did post-graduate studies at the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Prague. He is also a graduate of Denver Seminary. Jon is a CPA and prior to going into full-time ministry he worked for IBM Corporation for nine years. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 7, 2023
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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Shanalea Atchison
Sandals Church, Riverside CA
Shanalea is wife to Adam Atchison, campus pastor of Sandals Church Palm Ave, mom to four active boys, and an elementary school teacher. She grew up with a love for the world, and God is teaching her what it means to love the world from her classroom and the local church. Her heart is to teach others what it means to live this out from right where they are. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 14, 2023
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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David Gregory
River City Christian , Citrus Heights CA
After 15 Years in Automotive manufacturing, My family and I started a wonderful journey of Muslim Ministry. Planting churches in California, with Muslim Background Believers, Baptizing and sending them out. That brought us to India where we ministered as a family to 6 Million Muslims and International Muslims from the local University. Now we help the next generation...do the same. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 21, 2023
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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Vicky Warren
MissionNext, Mena AR
Vicky spent 33 years working in innovative and creative environments from multimillion dollar technology deployments, alliances with technical luminaries such as Steve Jobs, Nicholas Negroponte's MIT media lab, Stanford Research Institute (SRI) and The Walt Disney Studios to entrepreneurial startup businesses. Her primary focus in these organizations included leadership and business development, strategic planning, research and development, innovation and creativity. She became "known" in these organizations for her heart for the Gospel through her daily walk in these high paced and demanding environments. Her passion for Christ took her on a 30-year journey of adventure as she walked on burning coals, assisted with eye clinics in Mexico, participated in medical relief efforts in Bolivia, planted pioneer businesses in Asia and Africa, came face to face with the persecuted church in Orissa, and served widows in the rainforest of Panama. Now she is committed full time to taking the Gospel to the nations through Pioneer Business Planting, building Kingdom businesses, and gobalization! b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, March 28, 2023
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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Instructor
Mark Leighton
Placerville CA
Mark and Becky served in Thailand with OMF (an international and interdenominational mission agency) from 1985 until 2017. They established two churches in Central Thailand. Then as regional leaders for OMF work in Central Thailand helped others establish new churches. Finally, as OMF Thailand Field Directors established training programs for missionaries and Thai Christians to help them establish new and reproducing churches. They served in each of these roles about ten years and are now retired, living in Placerville. Mark continues to serve OMF as a volunteer. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, April 11, 2023
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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James Ardill
SIM USA, Macon GA
Jim was born and raised in Nigeria; has served with SIM in Liberia and Ethiopia as SIM Development Administrator, and Sudanese Ministries Manager. From 2003 to 2020, Jim has been recruiting believers, mobilizing churches and speaking in the SW region and in Bolivia Perspectives. From 2020 to
Spring 2023, Jim worked with refugees from the Middle East, particularly with sports outreach to refugee children and their families in Sacramento. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, April 18, 2023
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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Nathan J'Diim
TOAG/Launch Internship and Frontiers, Chandler AZ
Nathan J'Diim (pen name) is the Founder of TOAG and (semi-retired) Consultant, Instructor and Coach for Frontiers (www.FrontiersUSA.org). Launch (www.LaunchGlobal.org) has since replaced TOAG but carries the same DNA: a year long after-hours internship preparing beautiful feet to serve in the Unreached World. Offered in cities across the US, TOAG/Launch has apprenticed hundreds of interns, many who serve or will soon serve the least reached world wide. b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, April 25, 2023
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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Gregory Roth
Winters CA
Rev. Dr. Greg Roth has had a lifelong love for people of other cultures. He worked on staff with Navigators campus ministries in Ghana, West Africa before returning to the United States and pursuing a masters and doctorate in intercultural studies at Fuller.
He most recently served as Senior pastor at Centerville Presbyterian Church in Fremont, California for 24 years.
He has served as the President of the Board of Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship 1993-2017, and President of the Board of Ministries to Muslims 1994-present.
Marsha and Greg have been frequent speakers at Mount Hermon, Mission conferences and international staff gatherings around the world.
He joined the staff of International Students to serve in Evangelism among visiting international professors and research staff who come from around the world to UC Davis.
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2023
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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Jeannie Marie
Frontiers, Gilbert AZ
Jeannie Marie is a strategist for Frontiers, an international sending agency that recruits, trains, and sends long-term field-workers to more than fifty Muslim countries. She's also lived overseas in the Philippines and in India with her husband and four children, worked with refugees and international students locally, and worked at a church mobilizing.
Jeannie Marie is the author of Across the Street and Around the World: Following Jesus to the Nations in Your Neighborhood and Beyond, published by Thomas Nelson and the creator of the digital The Neighbors & Nations Course. Check out a lot of resources, like quizzes, blogs, free chapters, and training for going across the street and around the world at www.jeanniemarieacademy.com b
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Class Info
Date: Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Time: 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
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