Pathways to Global Understanding is starting in January! Pathways is our local Arizona knock-off of the internationally known (and rather expensive) Perspectives on the World Christian Movement.
It's a 16-week course, and it's for believers from all walks of life. Not just for prospective cross-cultural missionaries. It IS a class for people who already love world missions. It's a class for people who love urban missions. And it's especially a class for people who don't particularly care about missions or think that they aren't called to missions.
The purpose of Pathways is to help the church to clearly understand God's heart for the nations and how every follower of Jesus is called to participate in God’s Kingdom plan.
Over 14 weeks, Pathways delves into 5 aspects of global Christianity.
First, it starts with the Bible, illuminating God's unchanging purposes as they unfold from Genesis to Revelation.
Then, second, into post-Biblical History, tracing the advance of the kingdom and seeing what practical lessons from the past can instruct us for the future.
Then it goes into strategy, and culture and lastly, Partnership. Practical application, and options for involvement in the advancement of the kingdom WHEREVER you live and WHATEVER you do.
John Piper on the subject of missions has rather famously stated: "If you love the glory of God, and if you love people, you have three possibilities: go, send, or disobey."
Taking Pathways will help you avoid the last one, and give you a few more educated options for pursuing the former ones.
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