Global evangelism

An online course offered by Nazarene Bible College (USA)

General Discussion forum resources for an online course taught for Nazarene Bible College students

Videos and other materials suggested to students in the weekly General Discussion forums

Week 1

• Has the Church of Jesus Christ responded as well as it should have to the Great Commission to make disciples in the nations? Check out these reflections on Acts 13:47 regarding that question.
• 6 1/2 minute video -- "The Bible basis or missions"
  
• Is missions to be first local and eventually global? Or is it to be both simultaneously?
• For crossword puzzle fans:
  • Chapter 1: http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/miss1.htm
  • Chapter 2: http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/miss2.htm
  • Chapter 11: http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/miss11.htm

Week 2

• 10½-minute video -- "A Thousand Questions" https://player.vimeo.com/video/7873201
• 1¼-minute video definition of Unreached People Groups:
  
• Video -- Awaken the Watchmen:
  
• William Carey's holistic approach -- https://nazarene.org/arti cle/doing-mission-well-careys-holistic-ministry
• For crossword puzzle fans
  • Chapter 3: http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/miss3.htm
  • Chapter 5: http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/miss5.htm
  • Chapter 6: http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/miss6.htm

Week 3

• Two Italians teamed up to create an online animation that looks at the differences between Italians and northern Europeans. The little animation illustrates some of the ways Italians think they are viewed by the northern Europeans. Because it is made by Italians, it is funny (it's okay to laugh "with" people rather than "at" them):
  
• If you like statistical data: missionaries going out from Noth America
• Language is a key part of every culture, our core topic for this week. Here is a reflective piece on translating a Bible verse: https://www.wyc liffe.org/blog/posts/does-it-matter-which-word-we-use
• "Cafe 1040: Reaching the Unreached," a 4-minute video:
  
• For crossword puzzle fans:
  • Chapter 7: http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/miss7.htm
  • Chapter 8: http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/miss8.htm

Week 4

• Thirty-second video explaining what is meant by "unengaged people groups": https://vimeo.com/155561801
• Here is a minute-and-a-half video with the names of the 516 largest unengaged people groups:
  https://vimeo.com/155620000
• A 4-minute video about the Great Commission:
  
• 5-minute video to help us Westerners better understand "Honor/Shame" cultures: https://vimeo.com/117366787
• For crossword puzzle fans:
  • Chapter 9: http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/miss9.htm
  • Chapter 10: http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/miss10.htm
  • Chapter 12: http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/miss12.htm

Week 5

• "Understanding the remaining task" -- 6-minute animated video:
  
• 4 min. video of prayer for our world: https://vimeo.com/23823782
• Unreached is not the same as unevangelized
• Reflections on the issue of global poverty: https://www.compassion.com/poverty/opposite-of-poverty.htmk
• One mission organization puts out a blog-like email called "Ask a Missionary." It, along with a website, contains questions from people about missionary life and service along with answers from actual field missionaries: http://www.askamissionary.com/
• For crossword puzzle fans:
  • http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/miss14.htm

Week 6

• Tongue-in-cheek blog full of irony about the site that has the "unreached people group of the day" feature along with lots of other information: http://www.h ewantsfruit.com/blog/11-reasons-why-i-hate-joshuaprojectnet
• Blog on the question: Should churches in the USA still be sending missionaries overseas? https://1615.org/blog/should-the-local-church-in-america-still-be-sending-missionaries-to-the-en ds-of-the-earth/
• God's heart for the nations -- 6½-minute, animated video walk through Scripture:
  
• The words of Psalm 67 set to music with video shots from around the globe: https://vimeo.com/23929798
  
• Are you a sender or a go-er?
  
• Biblical foundations review (13-minute video):
  
• A two-page review of key Bible passages, important missions slogans, and key historical figures: http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/historic.pdf
• For crossword puzzle fans:
  • Chapter 4: http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/miss4.htm
  • Chapter 13: http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/miss13.htm

Assignment instruction videos for this course

• Getting started
• Calculating grades
• Reading reflections
• Response posts
• End-of-Week reflections
• "All posts read" affirmation
• Sermon ideas
• Sermon illustration
• NMI Central evaluation
• My local church's global involvement
• Face-to-face mobilization
• Missionary interview
• Final exam

More for you on being successful in this class

• Attendance policy
• Internet connection problems
• Writing good response posts
• Learning habits

Written lectures for this class

• 1.Biblical foundations
• 2. History
• 3. Culture
• 4. Strategy, part I
• 5. Strategy, part II
• 6. Nazarene missions

    -- Howard Culbertson,

What kind of online student are you? Do others think of you as Busy or Wordy or Disconnected Dan? Do you sometimes come off to others as Oblivious or Trite-ly or even End-times Edith? . . [ more ]

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