50th Anniversary - Perspectives USA

Thank You for Joining Us for our 50th Anniversary Global Conference!

For 50 years, Perspectives programs around the world have been mobilizing the Body of Christ to strategic engagement in God’s global purpose. We celebrated all God has done, got further equipped as World Christian disciples, and anticipated what is to come!

We connected with Perspectives alumni, staff, volunteers, partners and others from across the US and around the globe! We heard from dynamic international speakers and gifted mobilizers, got equipped through a wide variety of engaging workshops, and engaged in prayer, worship, and fellowship with our global brothers and sisters.

Momentum noun

a body in motion (p = mv)
strength or force gained by motion or by a series of events

We are THE Body of Christ in motion – fueled by prayer, the Word of God, and the Holy Spirit, joining together with God in His Global Purpose.

Do You Want Access to the Recordings?

Individuals are invited to contribute any amount as a donation towards the conference. Donors will receive a link and password for exclusive access to session videos as soon as they become available.

We aim to make these recordings available by the week of August 5th, and participants will enjoy prime access until October 31, 2024. Feel free to share the link below with anyone who wishes to make a donation and receive the recordings when they are available.

**Conference Attendees will have access to the recordings on the Whova app.

Speakers

James Mason

CEO of Perspectives USA

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James Mason has served as CEO of Perspectives USA since 2012. Over the years, James has pastored several congregations, been involved in seeing a church planted in an unreached people group in West Africa, and served as Director of Recruiting for Frontier Ventures. As CEO of Perspectives USA, James focuses his efforts on organizational development to assure a strong ministry for decades to come. James and his wife Kelly have been married since 1990 and are blessed with 3 adult children.

Dr. Yvonne W. Huneycutt

Training and Communications,
Perspectives Global

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Yvonne Huneycutt was mobilized into mission through a Perspectives class. She has served the Perspectives movement for over 30 years as class coordinator, regional director, instructor, author, and trainer, mostly in a volunteer capacity. Her varied career experience includes the corporate world, local church ministry, and managing a non-profit.

Yvonne is on staff with Perspectives Global, serving national Perspectives programs worldwide. She holds a doctorate in missions and recently published Propelled by Hope, a book documenting the history of Perspectives and the Frontier Mission Movement.

Allan Matamoros

Vision 5:9 ST Chairman

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A native of Costa Rica, Allan Matamoros gave his life to follow and serve Jesus in missions as a youth. He was the executive director of FEDEMEC (the first sending agency in Costa Rica). He served with COMIBAM, working with a fantastic team to transform Latin America from a mission field to a mission force. In 2004, Allan became the international director of PM-International, a Latin American church planting and holistic mission focused on the Muslim world for 12 years.

More recently, he has been the chairman of Vision 5:9, a global network of 180 mission agencies working together to share the love of Jesus with Muslims. At the same time, he continues to serve with Comibam in its executive team and directed initiatives with missionary agencies in the Muslim world, helping to deploy global South church planting teams and working alongside the indigenous or MBB church, especially in the MENA and West Africa areas.

Bruce Koch

Director of Perspectives Global

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Bruce Koch has served with Frontier Ventures (formerly the US Center for World Mission) since 1988. He has contributed to the Perspectives Study Program as a class coordinator, author, editor, and instructor. He is the director of the Perspectives Global Service Office which helps launch national Perspectives study programs in strategic settings and languages worldwide.

Dr. Jolene Erlacher

Professor and Author

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Jolene grew up as a missionary kid in Latin America and is passionate about equipping the next generation to thrive in serving God globally. She has a doctorate in education and international leadership and currently teaches graduate leadership courses at several universities. She has been studying generational trends for over 15 years and has written several books including Mobilizing Gen Z: Challenges and Opportunities for the Global Age of Missions (William Carey Publishing), released in 2022. Jolene is also a speaker and consultant (www.leadingtomorrow.org) and works with mission agencies and other organizations on effectively engaging the next generation.

Rev. Dr. Shodankeh Johnson

Global Team Leader of
New Harvest Global Ministries

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Shodankeh Johnson, husband of Santa and father of seven, is the leader of New
Harvest Global Ministries (NHGM) Sierra Leone. Through God’s favor and commitment to Disciple Making Movements, NHGM has seen 1000s of simple churches planted, over 100 schools started, and many other ministries launched in Sierra Leone in the last 25 years. They have planted churches among more than 15 difficult unreached people groups. They are also working with partners in more than 14 countries in Africa.

Shodankeh trains and catalyzes prayer and disciple-making movements in Africa, Asia, Europe and the United States. He has served as the president of Evangelical Fellowship of Sierra Leone (EFSL) and serves as one of the board members of the Association of Evangelicals in Africa (AEA). He is currently the Regional Director for Anglophone West Africa, Trainer and Prayer Mobilization Team Lead for New Generations International.

Dr. Pam Arlund

Co-Editor of
Perspectives 5th Edition

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Pam Arlund, PhD is the Co-Editor of Perspectives 5th Edition and has instructed hundreds of Perspectives classes. She has been a linguist, church planter, and bible translator with All Nations International for more than 25 years. She previously served in Central Asia where she helped ignite movements to Christ among several previously unreached Muslim people groups.

Ed McManness

General Director of Frontier Ventures

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Ed serves as the General Director of Frontier Ventures. Of the many things he does at Frontier Ventures, his desire is to see global leaders create space to be present to God and care for the deep longings of their souls as mission expression. Ed is married to Joan. They spent 13 years living in Indonesia where they raised their 3 children. Ed has a master’s in education and has done post-graduate work at Fuller Seminary and the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies.

Dr. Steve Hawthorne

Co-Editor of Perspectives

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Steve Hawthorne serves as a mission mobilizer, helping increase practical passion for Christ’s glory among all peoples.

He co-edited, with Ralph D. Winter, the course and book called Perspectives on the World Christian Movement.

During the late 1980’s Hawthorne organized a series of ethnographic research expeditions with several teams, living and learning among unreached peoples in Asia, North Africa and the Middle East.

He holds a PhD in mission theology from Fuller Seminary’s School of Intercultural Studies.

He continues to work with Perspectives study programs in many parts of the world.

Matthew Ellison

President of Sixteen:Fifteen

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Matthew’s life was transformed at 23 when he was rescued by Jesus. Shortly after, he took his first mission trip to Ghana, which changed his life, igniting his passion for global missions. He attended Calvary of Albuquerque’s School of Ministry, then served as Missions Pastor for nine years. For the past 20 years, he has served as Founder and President of Sixteen:Fifteen, where he coaches churches and mission agencies nationwide in strategic engagement of God’s global mission to all people!

Dr. Vicky Warren

President & CEO of MissionNext

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Dr. Vicky Warren and her husband currently reside in Arkansas and have actively served together in the local church for over 40 years. She spent 33 years as a marketplace executive working in organizations focused on innovation. In 2010, she became a Perspectives coordinator and Instructor and founded Pioneer Business Planting which serves Asian and African church planters in over 50 countries. In 2018, she became CEO and President at MissionNext which focuses on connecting workers to the harvest from every generation through partnerships with sending agencies and schools.

Rev. Dr. Phillip Scott Nelson

Instructor for Perspectives on the World Christian Movement

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Rev. Dr. Phillip Scott Nelson passionately mobilizes believers for Kingdom advancement worldwide.

While on staff with Campus Crusades for Christ, Dr. Nelson attended the Congress on World Evangelism in Lausanne, Switzerland in 1974. This event exposed him for the first time to global Christianity and crystallized a call to mission involvement.

Over the past 50 years, he has ministered in Europe, Asia, Latin America, Haiti, Africa, and throughout the United States. Since 1985, Dr. Nelson has been teaching Perspectives classes all over the US and served through SIM as a strategic mobilizer of African-American churches and beyond. He continues to pursue God’s heart for the nations until God calls him home or our Lord returns.

Jose Martinez

President & Director of
Breath of Life International

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Jose Martinez, originally from the Dominican Republic, founded Breath of Life International, which is dedicated to impacting whole communities with the gospel of Jesus Christ and discipling believers who become disciple-makers in Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean. Jose is also the founder of Eden Global Solutions, a Business as Mission organization focused on mobilizing professionals to missions through engineering renewable solar projects.

In 2016, Jose and his wife Raquel started the first Perspectivas class in Louisville, Kentucky. He currently serves as a Perspectives area mobilizer, an Instructor, and a Professor of Record.

Jose Martinez is a Civil Environmental Engineer and holds a Master of Divinity degree from Emmanuel School of Religion. He will finish a PhD in missions this December 2024 from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Conference Details

Date & Location:
July 17-20, 2024 at Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL

Meals:
All-access conference tickets include dinner on July 18, 19, & 20. Additional meals are not included. There are places to purchase meals on the Moody campus, as well as many additional options within walking distance.

Planning your trip to Chicago:
To assist in planning your trip to Chicago, we’ve created a resource with several travel, lodging, and dining options to consider.

Schedule

Breakout Tracks

Sessions

Best Practices in Facilitating "HOV" Classes: A Global Panel Discussion

Moderator: Angela Zimmerman

Latin America, Brazil, Rwanda, India

Facilitating Intensives: Best Practices & Lessons Learned

Leader: Bruce Koch

Nigeria, Ethiopia, India, Latin America, Perspectives USA (D. Jackett)

Preparing for 5th Edition Changes & Implications

Leader: Bruce Koch

Beyond the 5th Edition: Hopes for Future Revisions

Leader: Dr. Pam Arlund

Harnessing the Power of Digital Media for Frontier Mission

Leaders: Nick Wu & Kyle Lee (Indigitous)

Indigenous Sending Structures: The Impact Perspectives Can Have

Leaders: Allan Matamoros & Tariku Kersima

Sessions

The Perspectives Experience & Paradigm*

Leader: Anna Darnell & Dr. Pam Arlund

**Instructors

Exploring Section Overviews & Lesson Connections*

Leader: Carl Johnson

Adult Learning Principles for Transformative Education*

Leader: Dr. Sara Rose

IDW Practicum*

Leaders: Anna Darnell & Sara Rose

**US Instructors Only

Teaching Through Storytelling

Leaders: Andy Minch & Mike Moline

Effective Use of Visuals for Enhanced Learning

The Meaning Beyond the Numbers

Leader: Becky Lewis

Sessions

Prayer is the Work

Leader: Shodankeh Johnson

Going & Sending: Counting the Cost & Persevering Together

Leader: Peggy Spiers (All Nations)

I've Taken Perspectives, Now What?

Leader: Daniel Topf

Stewarding Your Retirement

Leaders: Margie Gilchrist, John Grosser, Nancy Sturrock

Challenges & Opportunities Among Hindu Peoples

Leader: Ric Hivner

Blessing the Foreigner

Leader: Grant Haynes

Embracing the Great Commission with an Incarnational Posture

Leaders: Sonji Pass & Lindsey Sprauge (TMS Global)

The Meaning Beyond the Numbers

Leader: Becky Lewis

Sessions

Discipleship in a Post-Christian Culture

Leader: Dr. Jolene Erlacher

Christian Discipleship for Holistic Engagement

Leaders: WCIU, Markos Zemede, MD (President of Horn of Africa) & Shade Atanda (GHNI Nigeria)

Moderator: Peter McLallen, Provost, WCIU

From the Overflow: Health in Ministry

Leaders: Ed & Joan McManness

Spiritual Direction

Leaders: Eric Gutherie & Sue Payne

Health, Healing, & Shalom

Leaders: Mike Solderling & Rebecca Meyer

Implicaciones Prácticas de Perspectivas en la Iglesia Local

Leader: Dr. Alex Cosío

Sessions

Mobilizing Gen Z

Leader: Dr. Jolene Erlacher

Bridging the Gap: Church & Mission Agency Kingdom Collaboration

Leader: David Jackett

Multi-Ethnic Mobilization in the US (Ministry Leaders)

Panel: Greg Duhart, Jose Martinez & Ivy Chua

Conversations on Movement Strategies: What Perspectives Actually Teaches

Leaders: Dr. Steve Hawthorne & Dr. Pam Arlund

Connecting With the Global Mission Community: What is Going on in the Mission World Today and How to Get Connected

Leaders: Greg Parsons w/ Allan Matamoros

Next Gen Leadership Development

Leaders: Andrew Feng & Kyle Lee

Sessions

Lesson Plans that Impact: Key Strategies in Planning and Facilitation

Leaders: Lindsey Rice & Dr. Kerri White

Multi-Ethnic Mobilization in the US

Panel: Greg Duhart, Jose Martinez & Ivy Chua

Perspectives USA Online

Leader: Angela Zimmerman

Building and Empowering Healthy Coordinating Teams

Leaders: Ron Donaway & Stacey Lee

Mobilization as Discipleship

Leaders: Tyler Pease & Adam Hoffman

Key Class Recruitment Strategies

Fortaleciendo la Unidad en la Diversidad: Estrategias y Trabajo en Equipo para un Propósito Común

Leader: Josselin Rivas

Support team: Jessica Borkowsky, Yuzet Machado

Movilización Local

Leader: Jesús Pacheco

Support team: Robert Valbuena

Preparando el Terreno en Oración/El Corazón del Movimiento de Perspectivas

Leader: Micol Mora

Support Team:
Conzuelo Ledezma, Violeta Jeanty

* Indicate the sessions needed to participate in the Instructor Development Workshop. Register with the "Conf. + Instructor Development Workshop" or contact instructors@perspectives.org for more info.

***Choose a track of sessions to attend --OR-- mix and match sessions across tracks.

Pricing

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Perspectives programs are in are now over 40 countries and 9 languages around the globe and we want those program leaders to join us for this momentous event. Our goal is to help at least 150 global leaders to attend, and your generous gift can help make that possible!

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Thank You for Joining Us for our 50th Anniversary Global Conference!

Do You Want Access to the Recordings?

Speakers

James Mason

CEO of Perspectives USA

Dr. Yvonne W. Huneycutt

Training and Communications, Perspectives Global

Allan Matamoros

Vision 5:9 ST Chairman

Bruce Koch

Director of Perspectives Global

Dr. Jolene Erlacher

Professor and Author

Rev. Dr. Shodankeh Johnson

Global Team Leader of New Harvest Global Ministries

Dr. Pam Arlund

Co-Editor of Perspectives 5th Edition

Ed McManness

General Director of Frontier Ventures

Dr. Steve Hawthorne

Co-Editor of Perspectives

Matthew Ellison

President of Sixteen:Fifteen

Dr. Vicky Warren

President & CEO of MissionNext

Rev. Dr. Phillip Scott Nelson

Instructor for Perspectives on the World Christian Movement

Jose Martinez

President & Director of Breath of Life International

Conference Details

Schedule

Breakout Tracks

GLOBAL PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

Sessions

INSTRUCTOR DEVELOPMENT

Sessions

WORLD CHRISTIAN DISCIPLESHIP

Sessions

SPIRITUAL HEALTH & gROWTH

Sessions

MINISTRY LEADERS

Sessions

COORDINATING TEAM DEVELOPMENT

Sessions

* Indicate the sessions needed to participate in the Instructor Development Workshop. Register with the "Conf. + Instructor Development Workshop" or contact instructors@perspectives.org for more info.

***Choose a track of sessions to attend --OR-- mix and match sessions across tracks.

Pricing

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Send a Global Leader!

Are You Interested in Being a Sponsor?

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Training and Communications,
Perspectives Global

Global Team Leader of
New Harvest Global Ministries

Co-Editor of
Perspectives 5th Edition

President & Director of
Breath of Life International

SPIRITUAL HEALTH
& gROWTH

MINISTRY
LEADERS