Around the World

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Around the World
Standard Perspectives Curricula in Other Languages
Perspectives Programs in Other Languages and Countries

Around the World

In Amsterdam in April 2003, Perspectives staff and other Church mobilizers came together to discuss using Perspectives and courses inspired by it to mobilize the Church. Recognizing that we were sharing the same missiological "DNA", we began to refer to ourselves as the Perspectives family. From that meeting and subsequent gatherings this idea was further developed. We agreed to extend the "family" motif to formally recognize a "Perspectives Family" of curricula that share the same missiological DNA as Perspectives and courses inspired by it.

Program Reports
There are confirmed reports of established Perspectives programs operating in Indonesia, India, Australia, New Zealand, Nigeria, Romania, Korea, North America, and the United Kingdom, and plans to begin programs in Thailand and Brazil in their contexts. Each program is unique because each context is unique; there should be little surprise that a course that emphasizes contextualized ministry is itself the object of significant contextualization.

Curriculum Reports
We received updates on the development of standard curricula in Chinese, Spanish, Russian and Arabic. (Standard curricula are the dynamic equivalent of the Perspectives on the World Christian Movement as we know it in North America.). In addition, we received reports from five specialized curricula of the Perspectives Family (Specialized curricula are inspired by and/or complementary to standard curricula.).

-Kairos is an eight-lesson curriculum formerly known as the Condensed World Mission Course. Kairos is used in 17 countries and eight languages to introduce church leaders and laypeople to the foundational ideas found in the Perspectives course.
-Blessed to be a Blessing is an Indonesian course similar in weight to the Kairos course, but contextualized for predominantly oral learners.
-Encountering the World of Islam is similar in size and weight to a standard Perspectives course, but is focused on understanding and engaging Muslim peoples.
-God's Heart for the Nations is an eight-lesson Bible study designed to walk believers through the Bible to discover God's global purpose for themselves.
-God's Heart for the Muslims is an eight lesson study that uses the Bible to help participants to reflect on how to share the love of Jesus with Muslims more effectively.

To learn more about the Perspectives Family, see www.perspectives.org/family

The Perspectives Global Service Office

Contact: Bruce Koch
Email: global@perspectives.org

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Standard Perspectives Curricula in Other Languages

Chinese
There is now a Perspectives reader in Chinese. Two thirds of the articles in it are translations of articles in the English version, one third are articles that were chosen for their relevance to the Chinese context. It is in traditional characters. There is not yet a study guide for this reader nor is there a program to deliver it as a course of study, but the process to develop them is underway. (Contact information for program development will be posted when available.)

• Order form www.gcciusa.org/orderform/Pe_AD_E.pdf (in English) for the Chinese version of the Perpectives reader.
• Go to www.gcciusa.org (in Chinese) to order the Chinese version of the Perpectives reader.

Korean
Korean version is identical in content to the notebook format used in North America.
Website: www.psp.or.kr
Email: psp@missionkorea.org

Languages in Progress: Spanish, Arabic, French, Portuguese, Bengali (contacts will be posted when curricula become available).

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Perspectives Programs in Other Languages and Countries

Australia
Website: www.perspectives.org.au/
Email: national@perspectives.org.au

Canada
Website: www.perspectivescanada.org
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India
Website: www.perspectives.in/

Indonesia
Email: anjo@goconx.com

Korea
Website: www.psp.or.kr
Email: psp@missionkorea.org

New Zealand
Website: www.perspectives.org.nz/
Email: simkin@perspectives.org.nz

Nigeria
Email: nemahq@yahoo.com

South Africa
Email: kimmysol@gmail.com

Spanish (Español)
Website: www.perspectivas.org
Email: sussi.servant@uscwm.org

United Arab Emirates
Website: www.PerspectivesLink.com

United Kingdom
Website: www.perspectivesuk.com/ 
Email: info@perspectivesuk.com

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