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Research, Data, and Findings

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Perspectives USA

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Perspectives

A 2025 Barna study of 1,445 alumni shows how Perspectives helps believers understand God's global purpose with greater clarity and respond through lasting faith, prayer, generosity, and mission engagement.

Perspectives USA is the governing organization that oversees and facilitates the Perspectives course in the United States. An essential component of Perspectives USA is mobilizing leaders of the Perspectives movement in the US. We equip, enable, and encourage instructors, coordinators, and volunteers to conduct the course locally, lead class sessions, teach lessons, and develop authentic mentoring relationships. A biblically robust set of values guide and empower our staff, leaders, and volunteers in their unique roles to accomplish the vision and mission of Perspectives USA.

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alumni surveyed by Barna in 2025
Alumni who better understand the biblical foundation for God’s global purpose
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78%
Alumni who encouraged others to take Perspectives

Clarity Leads to Response

Students See

Biblical clarity and coherent understanding.

Students Stay

Impact that continues over time.

Students Respond

Prayer, generosity, cross-cultural engagement, church mobilization

Biblical Clarity

Perspectives helps people see Scripture as one connected story of God's global purpose.

Alumni who better understand the biblical foundation for God’s global purpose
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94%
Alumni who see a coherent story throughout the Bible
89%
Alumni who say Scripture feels more relevant to their life and the world

Lasting Impact

The Impact Does Not Fade. It Matures.

Better Understand God's Global Purpose

77.9% among 10+ year alumni compared with 75.9% among recent alumni

See God's Greater Purpose in All of History

74.7% compared with 65.2% 74.7% compared with 65.2%

Used Historical Insights to Guide Life and Faith

52.2% compared with 41.1%

Encouraged Others to Take the Course

82.6% compared with 69.5%

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Local & Global Engagement

Perspectives helps believers engage neighbors, newcomers, cultures, and nations with greater humility and understanding.

Local
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Alumni intentionally sought relationships with people of other cultures
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Alumni made friends with immigrants or refugees
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Alumni helped with English learning, housing, or resettlement
Global
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Alumni better understand how the gospel moves within cultural contexts
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Alumni alumni who went on mission trips served unreached people groups

Practical Response

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Pray
91%

Alumni understand the role prayer plays in seeing the mandate fulfilled

80%

Alumni regularly pray for specific missionaries

81%

Alumni regularly pray for God's global purposes

Give
57%

Alumni committed to ongoing missionary support

53%

Alumni began or increased giving to individual missionaries

44%

Alumni began or increased giving
to missions organizations or projects

Engage
45%

Alumni increased participation in local church mission efforts

Church Impact

Alumni invite others, connect people to mission opportunities, and help churches engage more deeply.

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About Perspectives

Perspectives on the World Christian Movement is a 15-week discipleship course that helps believers understand God's global purpose through biblical, historical, cultural, and strategic lenses, then respond with greater clarity and engagement.

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Course

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Sections

15

Lessons

Biblical Section

The Biblical section follows three interrelated thematic trajectories through the Bible: God’s blessing, glory, and kingdom. Tracking these themes enables us to see a coherent story that encompasses all the stories of the Bible.

Historical Section

The Historical section shows the continuity of God’s purpose from biblical times until the present day. This section is not merely recounting representative events of mission history. It presents a theology of history.

Cultural Section

The Cultural section enables students to understand the complexity and feasibility of the gospel being conveyed well by cross-cultural messengers to bring about culturally appropriate Christ-following movements. This section helps students to understand how two things can flourish in their cultural context: the message and the messengers.

Strategic Section

The Strategic section shows how the task of bringing about Christ-following movements in every people can actually be accomplished. The possibilities and complex issues of seeing vibrant church movements flourish in every people are analyzed and show how church movements bring forth God’s promise of transformational blessing among all peoples. 

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