ISSACHAR SUMMIT LEXINGTON May 24, 2016 Crossroads Christian Church Lexington, KY ! Resource Guide Our Prayer for You... That you would be a man or woman of Issachar More than 3,000 years ago, God raised up a cadre of 200 men and their families, from the tribe of Issachar, to give leadership to His people because they “Understood the times and knew what Israel should do.” As we meet together, we want to look in the Scriptures at what God has asked us to do as it relates to the fulfillment of His Great Commission. Our prayer is that by the time you leave this afternoon: 1. You will know from Scripture, what God’s direction is for the Global Church. 2. You will know the task remaining in each Element of the Great Commission. 3. You will commit to use your influence, expertise, and designated giving, to make a difference. Warmly in Christ, The Issachar Initiative Summit Agenda – Lexington, KY Continental Breakfast Provided SUMMIT BEGINS AT 9:00 am I. Introduction and Overview Bob Shank A. Becoming Men and Women of Issachar B. Paradigms of Networking and Partnership II. The Issachar Vision, and Biblical Foundation Paul Eshleman III. Clarifying the Objectives Bob Shank/Table Discussion IV. The Elements of The Great Commission – Part 1 Roy Peterson/Mart Green A. Bible Translation and Scripture Engagement B. Unreached People Groups Paul Eshleman C. Evangelism and Discipleship Heather Mercer 1. Reaching Women in the Muslim World 2. Unlocking the Gospel to the Deaf Paul Njatha/ Dr. Rob Meyers D. Church Planting and Presence Bekele Shanko LUNCH AFTERNOON SESSIONS V. The Elements of The Great Commission - Part 2 Walt Wilson/Bill Wolfe A. Internet Evangelism and Media Tools Greg Buckingham B. Evangelism Breakthroughs Extending the Kingdom/Closing the Gap V. A. Generous Giving Katherine Barnhart/Doug Cobb B. Stewarding God’s Resources and Advancing His Kingdom David Wills VI. Next Steps Doug Cobb VII. Opportunities and Feedback Paul Eshleman VIII. Closing Prayer Bob Shank SUMMIT ENDS AT 4:30 pm MEET OUR EMCEE: BOB SHANK A native and lifetime resident of Southern California, Bob Shank spent 14 years as a businessman/entrepreneur in the construction industry. In his thirties, he transitioned from his career in business to his calling in ministry and founded Priority Living, a faith- based organization serving businessmen and women in the marketplace. In 1997, he launched The Master’s Program, a leadership mentoring program that has helped thousands of leaders across North America to expose and exploit their own unique Kingdom calling. While serving as the CEO of Priority Living since 1984, Bob was also the senior pastor of an Orange County megachurch for four years in the early ‘90’s. He is a frequent speaker for churches, conferences, retreats and leadership training events across the country. Bob serves on 14 ministry and company boards of directors. Among them are Samaritan’s Purse, the National Christian Foundation/ So Cal, Harvest Christian Fellowship, The Barnabas Group, Reasons to Believe, PriorityLiving/dba The Master’s Program, Calvary Chapel of Albuquerque and Calvary Chapel/Kendall, Free Wheelchair Mission, The Issachar Initiative, Standing Stone Ministries, Amerson Music Ministries, Gospel Light Publishers, and The Zinngrabe Foundation. Bob and Cheri have been married since 1971 and have two adult daughters, two great sons-in-law and five near-perfect grandchildren. They all make their homes in Orange County, California. Contact Information: Rochelle Anderson Assistant to Bob Shank The Master’s Program 4500 Campus Drive, Suite 550 Newport Beach, CA 92660 Phone: (949) 721.4191 E-Mail rochelle @mastersprogram.org Issachar Summit Speakers Lexington, KY Katherine Barnhart is the daughter of the Most High, the wife of Alan, the mother of Nicholas, Nathan, Janie, Kepler, Marah, Noah, a servant catalyst who loves God and lives intentionally. She has been the primary educator for her children and juggled this joy with creative and opportunistic response to the Great Commission. Co-Founder of the GROVE Group, she has given board leadership to several local and international boards. Greg Buckingham founded a national retail supermarket dry-cleaning chain in 1991, Dress for Success Cleaners. Greg lives in Jackson Hole, Wyoming with his wife and they have two adult children. Douglas Cobb is a life-long entrepreneur. Currently he serves as Entrepreneur in Residence with Chrysalis Ventures in Louisville, KY, and serves on the boards of several early-stage companies. Doug and his wife Gena are members of Southeast Christian Church in Louisville, where he teaches the Couples for Christ Adult Bible Fellowship class and has served as an elder. Paul Eshleman is Vice President of Partnerships for Cru. Paul founded the JESUS Film Project and served as its Director for 25 years. He currently serves as the Director of Finishing the Task Network, and President of the Issachar Initiative. He and his wife Kathy live in Orange County, California. Mart Green is the Chief Strategy Officer for Hobby Lobby and serves as the Board Chair. In 2010, Mart began a journey to help build a Digital Bible Library through an alliance called Every Tribe Every Nation, whose goal is to centralize, digitize, standardize, and finalize the Bible texts of the world. Heather Mercer has served among Muslims since 1998. In 2001, Heather and her teammates were captured by the Taliban for sharing the Gospel in the strict Islamic state, tried for a capital crime and miraculously released by U.S. Special Forces. Since 2003, Heather’s attention has been drawn to the Kurdish region of Iraq where she launched several initiatives focused on loving and serving Muslims. Robert Myers earned his PhD in Mathematics from the University of California, Berkeley in 2004. Prior to joining DOOR International, he served as Dean of Sciences and Associate Professor of Mathematics at Bethel College in Indiana. In 2014 he left academia to serve and support Deaf communities worldwide, first as the CEO of DOOR International and later as President. Rob also serves on the board of the Forum of Bible Agencies International. Paul Njatha became the world’s first Deaf sign language translation consultant in 2011. He has worked with seven different sign language translations, and is one of only two Deaf translation consultants worldwide. In addition to his role as Director for the DOOR Africa Training and Translation Center, Paul shepherds a local Deaf church and serves on several boards on a national and local level in Kenya, including the Kenya National Association for the Deaf and Mission of Deaf Fellowship Kenya. Dr. Roy Peterson has dedicated his life for over two decades to the Bible cause, providing executive leadership both nationally and internationally. He resides with his wife Rita in Philadelphia, where he has been serving American Bible Society as its president & CEO since 2014. Bekele Shanko was born and raised in Ethiopia, and accepted God’s call for full-time missionary service in 1993. He has served in a number of roles with Campus Crusade for Christ, including leadership in Southern and Eastern Africa for over 16 years. He is now VP for Global Church Movements and serves as the Chairman of GACX, a worldwide alliance of like-minded churches and mission organizations committed to starting 5 million multiplying, biblical churches by 2020. Bekele and his wife Shewa live in Orlando, Florida and have four children. Since 1998, David Wills has served as President of The National Christian Foundation (NCF), the world’s largest Christian grant-making foundation, serving over 13,000 families and distributing over $6 billion in grants to over 40,000 charitable organizations all over the world. David and his wife, Chris, live on a farm near Atlanta and have seven children. Walt Wilson is founder and chairman of Global Media Outreach, a Silicon Valley based Internet evangelism, discipleship, and global community building ministry, currently reaching over 150 million people a year with the gospel in all 191 countries. Walt’s history includes United States Marine Corps infantry sergeant; Sales Manager, Fairchild Semiconductor; General Manager Operations/original Mac rollout team, Apple Computer; Senior Vice President, Computer Sciences Corp; and Author of The Internet Church, Thomas Nelson. Bill Wolfe is Global Partnership Director for the JESUS Film Project overseeing strategy involvement and language translation development with organizations partnering with Camp Crusade for Christ International. Bill and his wife, Lana have four grown sons and live in Orlando, Florida. THE ISSACHAR SUMMARY What is the Issachar Initiative? The Issachar Initiative is a think-tank designed to serve the Global Church as an advocate for the least-reached people of the world – those with no Scripture, no missionaries, and no church. 1. Issachar is designed to answer the questions: a. WHAT does the Scripture say about the various elements of the Great Commission? b. WHERE has the Gospel not gone? c. WHO are the people who have had the least opportunity to hear the message? 2. Issachar is designed to challenge Christian organizational leaders to send workers to the least-reached parts of the world and challenge Kingdom donors to increase their giving to these same areas. 3. Issachar is committed to being a trusted source of collaborative information to Christian leaders by providing research and reporting on the progress of the Church, relating to each Biblical element of fulfilling the Great Commission. We have many leaders that are experts in their area of ministry. We need more “men and women of Issachar” who can look at all the elements of the Great Commission and help the Church to set priorities. 4. Issachar is committed to following the Scriptural mandates: a. Scriptures translated into EVERY language – Romans 10:17 b.