For those of you who are looking for the very best christian homeschooling resources for your older high school students, I cannot think of a better course than Perspectives on the World Christian Movement. Perspectives appears to be a 15 week course, but in reality, Perspectives is much more than a high school course for credit. Perspectives is a movement of the Holy Spirit in the hearts and minds of those who are courageous enough to accept the invitation to join the Living God in His pursuit of all the nations! This course will ROCK your world!
I have a lot of experience with Perspectives. I took the course for certificate back in 2000, and David and I were so profoundly moved by the course that we served on the host team in Lexington, Kentucky for three years. I personally know how life-changing this class can be…after Perspectives, the Lockmans accepted invitations to serve in Estonia, India, Kenya, the U.K., and Peru! Currently, we partner with missionaries in Tajikistan and Peru who are actively planting churches and translating Scripture. And one day, we pray we’ll get to Zambia to help out the private school in Alfred and Muumbe’s home.
Don’t be surprised if the Lord suddenly shifts your thinking from ordinary to extraordinary! He completely opened my eyes to the fact that missions is not just one of many ministries of the Church. Mission is the primary focus of the Church. The Lord showed me that since the call in Genesis 11 of Abraham to be a blessing, He has been about the task of (1) overcoming evil so that He could (2) redeem children from all the nations to (3) worship and glorify Him for all eternity.
You and your high school student can take the course online or in person at one of many locations around the country. This fall, Meredith will be taking it for transcript credit. You could easily substitute Perspectives for a worldview credit, call it an elective, or allocate partial credit across biblical studies, Church history, and cultural studies. Let the nations rejoice!
I am in the middle of Perspectives and like you said, it is life-changing. I so desire to see a movement toward world-wide missions to really take hold of the homeschooling community in America. This may be the very reason God has so greatly blessed homeschooled children in our nation…to train them up to serve the lost of this world and bring glory to His name through the Great Commission
Hi Tania,
My heart is completely with you! I know that the Lord is raising up our children for His glory, and I can’t wait to see how His plan plays out as they grow up and enter the world. I am actively recruiting high school juniors and seniors to take the Perspectives course in Indianapolis because I know that this will be an encounter with the Living God that will change their lives forever. I am so excited for you…your family is privileged to serve the King. Let the nations rejoice!