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e3 Partners + Perspectives Partnership
This collaboration will provide expanded opportunities for students to make practical application of the concepts they have learned through the Perspectives curriculum. Our desire is that this collaboration will provide opportunities to effectively engage Perspectives students for participation in our mission to EQUIP God’s people to EVANGELIZE His world by ESTABLISHING healthy, multiplying, transformative churches everywhere.
e3 Experienced Trainers
Instructor: Carol Smith
Next Steps Coach: Yes
Lessons Taught: 15
E-mail: carol.smith@e3partners.org
Location: Atlanta, GA
Carol’s Bio
For nearly 20 years, along with my husband and 4 children, I have been privileged to be a part of God’s mission to unreached and unengaged peoples: first in South Asia, now locally among diaspora peoples in North America. I have seen firsthand how God raises up unlikely disciple makers to overcome impossible circumstances and embrace their God given identity to make disciples who are now striving to see healthy and multiplying churches among the nations. I am currently the Women’s Development Director for e3 Partners, and a Perspectives Next Step mentor. My husband Will and I have 4 children and are looking forward to welcoming our first grandchild in early 2022. My life verse and passion is to help people discover and understand their identity described in 1 Peter 2:9: But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, so that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who has called you out of darkness into His marvelous light.
Instructor: David Kaufmann
Next Steps Coach: Yes
Lessons Taught: 5,6,7,10,11,13,14
E-mail: david.kaufmann@e3partners.org
Location: Nashville, TN
David’s Bio
David Kaufmann is the lead pastor of City Church Network. He is married to Rebekah, his high-school sweetheart, and has 4 amazing and wonderful children (William, Gracie, Belle, and Noah). His heart for church planting comes from over 10 years of prayer, experience, and study in the ministry. He first began as youth pastor in Huntsville, AL and then moved on to e3 Partners to become the International Director for Students. After traveling to 15 different countries spanning four years and training international leaders, David received a call to serve as a pastor with Lighthouse Christian Fellowship in Antioch, TN. David planted City Church of Woodbine five years ago with a vision to birth a church planting movement in Nashville, TN that would successfully spread the gospel among all refugee and immigrant communities in the city. David’s hope is that someday Nashville will be known as a light unto the nations (Isaiah 49:6). David is now leading a team of 9 Missionary families to plant churches among the most unreached people groups in Nashville, TN. In addition, he helps train church planters across the United States and India.
Instructor: Susan Kelly
Next Steps Coach: No
Lessons Taught: 12
E-mail: susan.kelly@e3partners.org
Location: Marietta, GA
Susan’s Bio
Susan lives in Marietta GA with her husband Mark and has been serving with e3 Partners since 2013 in Tanzania. She is currently the Strategy Coordinator and Community Transformation leader in the unreached Zaramo and Digo people groups. Susan is passionate about equipping, mentoring and discipling individuals and communities to discover their true identity as God created and experience the abundant life Jesus promised us. Using simple, biblically based methods, she and her team of national partners use Community Transformation to build relationships in unreached communities that are closed or resistant to the Gospel. By equipping a few local believers how to tangibly love their neighbors, barriers to the Gospel are broken down, allowing for integration of locally led evangelism, discipleship and actions to improve physical health, community well-being and social issues using resources that are readily available in the community. Their goal is to see these unreached people groups reached with the Word of God and healthy bodies of Christ (the Church) established among them.
Instructor: Will Smith
Next Steps Coach: No
Lessons Taught: 13,14
E-mail: will.smith@e3partners.org
Location: Atlanta, GA
Will’s Bio
God called my family to the least reached people of South Asia in 1999. After Bible college and Seminary, moved by the tragedy of 9/11 and prompted by the leading of God’s Spirit, we planted our lives in Dhaka, Bangladesh to engage the largest unreached people group in the world, Bengali Muslims. After years of intensely challenging, yet fruitful labor, God directed us to establish a home base for reaching unengaged people groups in the Himalayan mega-city of Kathmandu, Nepal. From there, we traveled widely across Northern India and the “Himalayan Belt” of South Asia to facilitate movements of multiplying disciples and churches. Our vision and driving passion was to see No Place Left where Jesus was not yet known by all and worship by healthy and reproducing disciples from every people group in those regions. As we actively applied God’s Word to the way we contributed to His mission, we decided to simply follow the model of what Jesus started and the model his disciples so faithfully imitated. In time, we began to see more and more people groups engaged with the Gospel for the very first time. We saw entire Districts reached by healthy and multiplying churches and we saw cultural “insiders” embrace local ownership for the remaining missionary task among their people. After that, we enjoyed a brief term of establishing missionary leaders in Bhutan, but it was clear that for us, we had come to our own No Place Left moment. Similar to the way Paul was prompted by God’s Spirit to entrust the foundations he had laid to the leaders he had established (Romans 15:23; 2 Cor.3:10), God called us to steward a healthy “exit” from the people we dearly loved and the place we still call home. Today, God has called us to step out in faith once again. We resigned from the largest missionary sending organization in the world to join our dearest friends for this exciting new season in our missionary calling. As a member of the e3Partners family, I have been asked to lead our organization’s global migration strategy. It has been so fulfilling to empower, equip and mobilize this new generation of missionary leaders! I learn from them every day as we encourage and help one-another to succeed in our localized strategies for engaging the least reached within the global migration phenomena of our day.
Instructor: Kyle Pierson
Next Steps Coach: No
Lessons Taught: 13
E-mail: kyle.pierson@e3partners.org
Location: Dallas, TX
Kyle’s Bio
Kyle grew up in Plano, Texas enjoying sports and academics. After finishing his degree at Texas State, he worked as a commercial real estate broker in Dallas for 7 years. During that time he volunteered in the inner city of Dallas and mentored college age and high school students. Although growing up in the church, Kyle became a believer at 26 years old. In 2010 he took Perspectives On The World Christian Movement which had a significant impact on his view of God and the world we live in. Four months later they made the decision to plant churches among unreached people groups and moved to New York City. Amy and Kyle labored among the unreached Wolof of Senegal in Harlem. They now lead the North American Diaspora Team for e3Partners based in Plano, TX. Kyle trains church planters and develops strategies to reach people within human migration throughout North America and the world. He has a heart to see Muslims come to know Jesus
LESSONS WE INSTRUCT
THE BIBLICAL PERSPECTIVE
Lesson 5
Unleashing the Gospel
THE HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
Lesson 6
The Expansion of the World Christian Movement
Lesson 7
Eras of Mission History
THE CULTURAL PERSPECTIVE
Lesson 10
How They Hear?
Lesson 11
Building Bridges of Love
THE STRATEGIC PERSPECTIVE
Lesson 12
Christian Community Development
Lesson 13
The Spontaneous Multiplication of Churches
Lesson 14
Pioneer Church Planting
Lesson 15
World Christian Discipleship
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Our vision was born from a startling realization: 5.2 billion people around the world are far from God and many lack access to the life-changing message of the Gospel. That’s why we diligently work to plant local churches in over 90 countries across 6 continents.
Training Resources
Experienced trainers can browse a comprehensive list of e3’s training materials by accessing our online training resources library.
“… go and make disciples of all nations …” – Matthew 28:19
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As a non-profit organization, e3 Partners Ministry relies on the generosity of our friends and partners—faithful believers like you who want to see the hope of the Gospel reach every person and place. Your financial gift ensures that our work will carry on until everyone has heard the name of Jesus Christ.
Contact
2001 W Plano Parkway, Ste 2600
Plano, TX 75075
214.440.1101
800.542.2646
Plano, TX 75075
214.440.1101
800.542.2646
Donate
As a non-profit organization, e3 Partners Ministry relies on the generosity of our friends and partners—faithful believers like you who want to see the hope of the Gospel reach every person and place. Your financial gift ensures that our work will carry on until everyone has heard the name of Jesus Christ.
Contact
2001 W Plano Parkway, Ste 2600
Plano, TX 75075
214.440.1101
800.542.2646
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