Instructor Bios

A quick word about our instructors...

One of our favorite aspects of organizing MetroAtlanta Perspectives is to see how God confirms the selection of our instructors. With 200 sites running nationally, and instructors traveling the world, no semesters line-up is identical.

This semester we welcome back several Atlanta favorites. You will also meet several who are new to MetroAtlanta, and one we invited when we learned he was coming thru town on a larger ministry tour.

While our 15 instructors have covered the globe in their ministries, they've also put roots down deep in the soil of Bangladesh, Barbados, Cambodia, Indonesia, Iraq, Japan, Jordan, Mongolia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Rwanda and in urban Atlanta. Where else can you get this kind of ground-level, global expertise, for under $250?!

Despite their obvious expertise, instructors serve primarily to introduce you to readings in the Perspectives texts, which have just been significantly revised. Over 40 articles are either new, or significantly updated. You are the first semester of classes to use the new 4th edition Perspectives Reader and Study Guide! We're glad you are thinking of joining us this semester!

Bruce Bauer
Professor of World Mission, Andrews University, Berrien Spring, MI

Bruce Bauer spent 15 years working in Japan and has earned degrees in Religion and Missions. He also earned a doctorate at Fuller Seminary. Bruce has served God in Micronesia (in the 80s) and in Cambodia (in the 90s). Bruce is now the chair of World Mission at Andrews University (MI).

Marilyn Borst
Director of Global Ministry, Peachtree Presbyterian Church

Marilyn Borst is the Director of Global Ministry at Peachtree Presbyterian Church where she oversees international partnerships in 25 different countries. She travels extensively, nurturing relationships with global church leaders and assessing ministry projects.

Before moving to Atlanta, Marilyn spent two years as the Executive Director of Evangelicals for Middle East Understanding, a national network promoting dialogue, fellowship, partnership and mutual understanding between North American and Middle Eastern Christians.

For 6 years, Marilyn directed missions at First Presbyterian Church in Houston. She also serves as Vice President of the Association of Presbyterian Mission Pastors, serving churches of all sizes build global mission relationships that transform and encourage God's people, and extend His Kingdom.

Marilyn earned an M.A. in Art History from Michigan State University, and an M.A. in Theology from St. Thomas University in Houston

Bryan Gallant
Teamleader

Bryan Gallant and his wife, Penny, love Muslim peoples. Bryan's passion is to bridge the ever-widening gap between Muslims and Christians, calling us all to whole-hearted submission to God, living prepared for the soon return of Jesus. He believes that the remedy for a world locked in turmoil and pain is God's love, rather than ignorance, prejudice, and hatred. Bryan conducts training programs nationwide to both Christians and Muslims educating both on being a blessing to those around them. Bryan and Penny have four children.

Brian Hogan
YWAM Church Planting Coaches, Arcata, CA

Since 1987, Brian Hogan and his family have served in missions to Navajos (USA), Mongols (Mongolia), and Bajans (Barbados). Their team in Erdenet, Mongolia pioneered the first indigenous church planting movement in Mongolia, which is now sending out missionaries to other unreached peoples. Their four years in Mongolia are the basis for the article in the Perspectives Reader which Brian authored, called Distant Thunder: Mongols Follow the Khan of Khans.

The Hogans now live in Northern California, working with YWAMs Church Planting Coaches (www.cpcoaches.com), an international ministry which trains and sustains YWAM's church planting teams. Brian travels extensively, teaching on cross-cultural church planting and frontier missions. He coordinates the Church Planting Coaches activities in East and Southeast Asia, and Europe. The Hogans also carry out an extensive hospitality ministry for frontier church planters from their island base. Their passion is to see Jesus glorified among peoples who have never known Him.

Mrs. Yvonne Huneycutt
Global Perspectives Consultant, WayMakers

Yvonne's career experience includes the corporate world of Dell Inc. and youth ministry. Today, she is a mission mobilizer, speaker and consultant, raising a banner for the 2 billion people sealed off from the Gospel.

In her previous role as Director of the Nashville Office for the US Center for World Mission, Yvonne helped equip 100+ new missionaries, coordinate Perspectives classes, and assist churches developing mission vision, policies and strategies.

Yvonne's marriage to Dr. Steve Huneycutt moved her back to Austin, TX, There she is affiliated with WayMakers , encouraging and coaching the burgeoning Perspectives programs in other cultures.

Yvonne's overseas field experience includes Russia, India, Nepal, Turkey, Central Asia and Europe. She holds a MDiv. from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and is completing her Doctor of Ministry in Missions and Cross-Cultural Studies at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

Joanna Marshall
Perspectives Global Desk

Joanna Marshall works with the Perspectives Global Desk to see the 15 week course translated and contextualized to meet the training and mobilization needs of believers in the Global South.

She has spent the past 4 years in Southeast Asia involved in disaster relief and curriculum development and is currently working on her Masters of Intercultural Studies at Columbia International Univeristy.

Dr. Steve Moore
CEO of EFMA & Keep Growing

Steve has been passionate about global discipleship since his first short-term trip in 1983. Since then he has worked extensively through short-term outreach, training, mobilization and research projects in over 40 countries.

Steve has earned an M.A. from Fuller Seminary. He has more than a decade of experience developing young leaders in a global context. As the founder of Keep Growing, Inc., Steve has used resources, training and coaching to help leaders realize their potential and maximize their effectiveness.

Steve and his family live in Lawrenceville.

Chuck P.
Founder and Director of Cafe 10/40

Chuck is the founder and director of Cafe 1040, whose mission is to mobilize college students for work in the 10/40 Window. Cafe 1040 is a 3-month long training program based in a country within the 10/40 window, where students study language, culture, history, religion, and technology. This intensive experiential program prepares them for a potential career in mission.

Prior to founding Cafe 1040, Chuck worked in the corporate world, gaining experience in management as well as start-up businesses. He also worked for 6 years in military intelligence, and 2 years as a missionary in the Dominican Republic and Romania. His ministry experience also includes working with Louie Giglio and the 7:22 Singles Ministry at North Point Community Church, Passion Conferences and the OneDay project. He was ordained as a Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ by North Point Community Church in 2005.

Chuck and his wife lived in Muslim North Africa for 18 months. They are new parents to Savannah Grace.

Carl Wilkins
Former head of Adventist Development and Relief, in Rwanda

In 1994, Carl was the only American who chose to remain in Rwanda during the genocide. His choice to stay prevented the massacre of hundreds of children. Carl was featured in Frontlines "Ghosts of Rwanda" and "The Few Who Stayed: Defying Genocide," a National Public Radio documentary.

Carl is visiting Atlanta on multi-city tour, sharing his story with students, teachers, activists, policy-makers, and community members, focusing on the profound connection between history and our moral choices. Carl arms us with new insights in the fight against genocide, along with tools and inspiration to re-evaluate our daily relationships.

Jamie Winship
Education and Business Consultant, Amman, Jordan

After serving in metroDCs police department, Jamie and Donna moved to Bandung, Indonesia, to teach in the English department of an international high school. The Winships then moved to Baghdad, where they built a educational consulting business. Jamie is lead instructor for Global Professional Training, a professional development service for Middle Eastern businesses, governments, universities and especially, university students. The Winships have 3 grown sons.

Jamie and Donna are spending this year in Atlanta, while Jamie writes training material. They plan to return to Amman in 2009.

Rev. Barbara Yandell
Speaker and Founder, Hope for the Nations, Holland, MI

Barbara coordinates a mission mobilization movement, HOPE FOR THE NATIONS, in Holland, Michigan. Hope for the Nations includes Perspectives, a monthly mission fellowship, a missions mentoring program (YODA) to train young adults for cross-cultural ministry.

Hope for the Nations focuses on reaching Muslims, offering an annual conference on Muslim ministry, monthly prayer for Muslims, a ministry to Muslim women, and trips to Muslim areas. Her work has taken her to South Africa, Morocco, Brazil, Israel and Cuba.

Barbara enjoys remodeling, interior decorating, landscaping, strong coffee and encouraging the saints around the world. She is a graduate of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where she was mentored by the late missionary statesman Dr. J. Christy Wilson. Barbara is also an ordained minister in the Reformed Church of America (RCA).