Go therefore, and make disciples of all the nations"
Jesus ~ AD33

We will gather together to study the thread that runs through the entire Bible describing God’s plan to reach all the nations and to increase our participation in God’s plan to reach all the nations with the Gospel message.  We will do this through encountering and engaging Scripture, being informed about the world in which we live, praying for the Spirit’s work in us, and working together to fulfill Christ’s mandate to his disciples.

This gathering is open to and welcomes Christians of all faith traditions.  We celebrate and rejoice in being Christians together to fulfill the Biblical imperative common to all Christians to reach all the nations (people groups) with the Gospel Message.

We will gather together the third Tuesday of each month starting September 19, 2006, at Finley Memorial Presbyterian Church.
We will remain faithful to the times of 7:00 PM until 8:30 PM to study, discuss and pray.

There will be no cost to participate.  We will draw on various resources with the primary resource being the Bible, each participant’s preferred translation, and information on unreached/least reached people groups found at the www.joshuaproject.org web site. The lesson material and questions for the course come largely from “Perspectives on the World Christian Movement – Study Guide” by Steven Hawthorne, published by the Institute of International Studies, and “God’s Heart for the Nations” by Jeff Lewis, published by the Caleb Project.  We will use “Heart for the Nations” extensively, though not exclusively, for questions in the lessons.  Participants may want to order this small, but excellent book from the Caleb Project for about $8.00. 

The written plan for this journey will be provided on the web and in paper form.  Readings and questions for each session will be available on this web site.  Other resource recommendations will be made available.  For participants who would prefer, we will teach them to use the internet resources and/or download and print information from the internet for them.

As with so many things in life, participants will get out of the journey in proportion to what they put in.  Some will come with little preparation.  Others will come having studied the lesson, having not only used the suggested resources, but also found and studied additional resources.

The course leaders will be Mike Robison, Associate Director of the Presbyterian Frontier Fellowship, and the Rev. Dan Matthews, Pastor of Finley Memorial Presbyterian Church.  While Mike and Dan each bring certain gifts, knowledge, and experience to the course, they realize and celebrate that all participants will bring their own gifts, experiences, and knowledge to the group. They see their roles as being catalysts and facilitators, as well as “pilgrims on the journey.”

* Nations: from Latin “panta ta ethne” = “all the ethnicities.”  We will typically use the term “all the people groups” as our working definition of “all the nations.”