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Entries from February 2008

WANT TO BE ONE OF THOSE DIFFERENCE-MAKERS?

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

If so, just click on the “Sponsor/Donate” page. If you want to use a credit card (and not PayPal), then when it asks for your PayPal account, just erase the user name and password, then, at the bottom of the page, where it says “Use any major credit card”, just click there and fill it [...]

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LEARN MORE ABOUT REACHING INTO CHINA

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Founded by Hudson Taylor, OMF International (formerly China Inland Mission and Overseas Missionary Fellowship) continues a strong presence for Christ throughout East Asia. Learn more from Elizabeth Lowe, featured speaker, and OMF representatives, about how God continues to build on these historical foundations and how you could be involved. Saturday, March 29, 1-4pm at Houston [...]

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OLYMPICS PUT CHINA ON CENTER STAGE

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

The Olympic Games in 2008 put China on center stage. Chinese people everywhere are eagerly anticipating this national “coming out party.” “Beijing and Beyond” (April 19, 2008, 9:00 am – 4:30 pm, Grace Brethren Church, Long Beach, CA) is an event that begins in reverent, exuberant worship of the living God who is sovereign over [...]

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NEW DVD RESOURCES ONLINE

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Check out Create International’s cool new DVD resources at their online store: http://www.createinternational.com/store They have finished the first ever Contextual Home Gathering video for people from a Thai Buddhist background, complete with indigenous instruments, dance, symbols and appropriate word choices. Other new resources include, “Contextualization in Action”, a DVD with over ten workers among Muslim, [...]

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THE DAMARA PEOPLE: PRECIOUS STONES

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Driving through the town of Karibib in traditional Damaraland (Namibia, Africa), one cannot help but notice the precious marble laying everywhere. This is a town that primarily survives on its marble excavation and marble work. Traditionally the Damara have been thought of as miners, partly due to marble excavation such as in Karibib. Even with [...]

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PARTNERSHIP FOR ASIA CONFERENCE

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

OMF International will host Partnership For Asia Conference 2008 with the theme: “Glorifying God in Beijing and Beyond” on April 25-26, 2008 (Friday evening and Saturday) at Peninsula Covenant Church (3560 Farm Hill Blvd., Redwood City, CA 94061). The plenary speakers are Patrick, OMF General Director, and Tony, OMF Director of China Research. Learn more [...]

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FREE DOWNLOADABLE EVANGELISTIC FILMS

February 22nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Create International’s resource website at: http://www.indigitech.net is focused on resourcing Christians around the world with a variety of evangelistic tools. Aiming to enhance one’s personal witness and provide effective cross-cultural tools in multiple languages, this website tool box contains more than 800 external links to resources and informative articles. They now have a searchable database [...]

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INT’L CHRISTIAN SCHOOL IN THAILAND NEEDS DIRECTOR

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

Chiang Rai International Christian School and the current Family Learning Center are “Serving the Servants” (in the beautiful and tropical Golden Triangle area of N. Thailand) is looking for a Superintendent to lead the Family Learning Center through the process of becoming the Chiang Rai International Christian School. If interested, contact infocrics(at) gmail(dot)com for more [...]

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GROUPLY.COM THREAT NOT A PROBLEM FOR BRIGADA

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

A Brigada subscriber recently asked about Grouply.com, a subscription service (kind of like plaxo on steroids), because it was reputed to be troublesome for those subscribed to Googlegroups and others like it. I was glad to be able to reassure her that Grouply.com only poses a threat for online groups that reveal membership lists to [...]

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THE BACKPAGE: HOW DO WE HELP A CHURCH EMBRACE THE LOST?

February 22nd, 2008 · No Comments

I’m facing this question now in my own home church, where I’m an elder and where I serve on the worship team when I’m not traveling. Our congregation of 750 – 800 people has, in partnership with Team Expansion, ‘adopted’ an unreached people group in the Middle East. We set the next 6 months as [...]

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GET TOP-NOTCH TRAINING IN CHE, WATER, FOOD PRODUCTION, ETC.

February 15th, 2008 · No Comments

Equip, Inc. is changing the way the world sees evangelical missionaries with training in Missionary Medicine Intensive, Community Health Evangelism, Water Technologies – Well Drilling and Filters, Food Production and Construction Tech courses. Catch Missionary Medicine Intensive March 30 – April 10, May 18 – 29, July 13 -24 (in Canada), September 7 – 18. [...]

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E-NEWSLETTER FOR CHURCH MISSIONS LEADERS AND AGENCY MOBILIZERS

February 15th, 2008 · No Comments

POSTINGS is a free, on-line newsletter from Catalyst Services chock full of practical ideas on how to help churches discover and fulfill their global mandate. To subscribe and review past issues, go to: http://www.catalystservices.org/resources/index.shtml The January issue focuses on Rapid Response Teams, including the story of how one church has prepared to serve disaster victims [...]

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SOUNDS OF GLOBAL WORSHIP NOW INCLUDES 34 SAMPLES ON YOUTUBE

February 15th, 2008 · No Comments

This is double the number when Brigada first featured this resource. God is receiving worship from many nations, people, tribes and languages in their indigenous heart music. Heart Sounds International has created a YouTube broadcast channel to present a series of these worship videos entitled “Sounds of Global Worship”. Click to … http://www.youtube.com/HSIOM Many more [...]

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