And this gospel of the kindgom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.
Matthew 24:14
Perspectives Lesson Summary
A Lesson Summary of
Perspectives On The World Christian Movement
1999 Version
Passion, Hope, and Significance
Fifteen lesson format, designed to emphasize vision and passionate,
life-integrating action of hope for the fulfillment of God's global
purpose.
More than ever, the 1999 version of Perspectives is about God: what God
has always promised to bring forth on the earth, how God has moved with
purpose throughout the ages and generations, and how God summons His
people to fulfill a mandate to fight evil with Him, so that there is
established in every people a substantial following of Christ, which
names Him and makes Him known in worshipful obedience. Mission obedience
is assumed to be less a matter of challenging Christians to carry out
duty to meet needs all over the world, as it is an invitation by God for
people to join Him in His deeds. There is a fundamental passion for
God's glory that allows a more abundant compassion for people.
Vision to Action
Each lesson will have a Vision-to-Action exercise, designed to help the
student integrate the global vision with lifestyle and life-course matters.
Integrative Project
The Integrative Project is an exercise in building a scenario of how a
particular unreached people group might be reached. It will be broken
into six segments, to be worked on in groups or individuals, and to be
turned in, part by part, during the last seven or six weeks of the
class. Each of the portions of the project is designed to help the
student integrate the content which is being presented that particular week.
The Lessons
The lessons are designed with a key reading of 10 to 15 pages. It’s
something that even the enrichment students will want to be sure to take
in. It will be presented in a double format: a reader and study guide
as well as a notebook version. The notebook version will have the very
same integrative notes as the study guide. The reader will have more
readings than are contained in the notebook version. The idea is that
both versions are identical. The reader/study guide format has the bonus
of containing even more helpful readings and resources.
Biblical Perspective
The Living God is a Missionary God
God's promise (Abraham)
God's plan
God's two-fold problem and single purpose
The Story of His Glory
God's purpose of gaining worship from the nations
Exodus/Conquest
The Temple and global worship of the nations
Prayer - rebelling against the status quo
Your Kingdom Come
Hope: The meaning and mystery of the kingdom of God
The message of the Kingdom of God
A vision of the kingdom, and laboring for justice now.
A Warfare mentality, contending with evil in all of it’s forms
Spiritual warfare amidst the nations, preparing the way for evangelism
Mandate for the Nations
Jesus and the Gentiles
Joining with God
Great Commission
The uniqueness of Christ
Dealing with universalism
Unleashing the Gospel
God opens the door for the nations - apostles faithful
Mandate for church planting without extraction from culture
The value of peoples and cultures
Apostolic suffering
Historical Perspective
The Expansion of the Christian Movement
The 400 year periods: the continuity of the world Christian expansion
The fruit of the faith - substantial blessing and healing of the nations
Eras of Mission History
Three eras of modern missions
Understanding the four stages of church-mission dynamics
Women in missions
Rise and Reality of Non-Western missions
Trends of the modern mission force
Pioneers of the World Christian Movement
Wm Carey / Hudson Taylor / Cam Townsend / McGavran
Student movements
The Task Remaining
Seeing the world as peoples
Increase: Measuring the exposure to the gospel: World A, B, C
Closure: Verifying the necessary response to the gospel
Missiological breakthrough
Assessing the size of the task
The imbalance of mission force allocation
The hope of mobilization possibilities
Cultural Perspective
How Shall They Hear?
Cross-cultural communication
Social Structure
Conversion
Building Bridges of Love
Incarnation
Identification - viable roles
Encounters - power, commitment, truth
Strategic Perspective
Christian Community Development
Survey of world need
Development before/with/following gospel encounter
Basic community development
The role of the missionary and new church in transformation
Do missionaries destroy culture?
The Spontaneous Multiplication of Churches
Multiplying churches by obedience oriented evangelism
Housechurches and people movements
Pioneer Church Planting
Frontier church planting
"De-westernizing" gospel presentation
case studies examined
World Christian Partnership
World Christian lifestyle and roles of sending, welcoming, going
