PRE-CONFERENCE training
GMC BISHOPS, conference superintendents, & conference lay leaders are invited to this unique & free training OPPORTUNITY
Gather with other GMC leaders to learn together how we advance the Gospel across cultural challenges. This unique training will be offered through Perspectives before the BTW Conference February 23-25.
CROSSING CULTURES: FULFILLING GOD’S MISSION TRAINING BY:
JAMES MASON
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 ensure a strong ministry for decades to come. James and his wife Kelly have been married since 1990 and are blessed with 3 adult children.
NANCY STURROCK
Nancy worked with TEAM, living in Nepal from 1982-2003 where she worked first with Hindu Nepalis and then leading a network of organizations focused on an unreached Tibetan Buddhist people group of the Himalayas. Off and on from 2003 - 2020, she lived in Chiang Mai, Thailand which served as a base for her travels throughout Asia in a number of leadership roles and in between served as Senior Director for Consulting Networks on TEAM's Global Ministry Team. Nancy has served as Regional Director for the Carolinas with Perspectives USA and now serves with them as Organizational Partnership Director and as an Instructor. Nancy has an MA in Leadership Studies from Azusa Pacific University and is passionate about mobilizing the next generation to take their part in God's Kingdom. She lives in Greenville, South Carolina where she enjoys gardening and sipping good coffee.
PAM ARLUND
Pam has been involved in many different aspects of missions. She has been a field missionary, executive leader, editor, instructor, trainer, coach, security consultant, etc. She is known as the "Stick Figure Lady" which is a technique to use for Bible study. She longs for everyone, from every background, age, and reading level to discover Jesus and the book He wrote (the Bible!). She loves Perspectives and is honored to be Co-Editor of the 5th Edition. She is from Kansas City, MO, where she serves with Catalyze Global. Pam has an MA and PhD in Linguistics and Bible Translation from the University of Texas at Arlington. She lives with her mom and their somewhat moody cat. In her spare time, Pam mows the yard (which is four acres) and serves the cat.
TYLER PEASE
Tyler Pease lives in Tacoma, WA and serves with Perspectives USA as the Executive Mobilization Director for the western third of the USA. He also has served as a pastor at Sunset Bible Church for 20 years, with 15 of those as a full-time pastor and the past 5 as a lay-pastor overseeing global outreach. He is passionate about mobilizing the body of Christ locally and around the world, which includes seeing churches send well and the ongoing pastoral care of overseas workers. His family is involved in local ministry to internationals through Better English in Tacoma, a ministry led by his wife, Karen. Tyler & Karen have been married for 22 years and have one daughter, Jillian (12).
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