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The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary offers a new, interactive workshop May 31-June 6, 2008 in ethnodoxology, the cutting-edge field integrating ethnomusicology and the arts with worship applications. The course “Introduction to Ethnodoxology: Connecting Global Worship to Global Mission” will be taught by a team of scholars and global song experts from the International Council of [...]

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Here are three new resources to help Christian workers stay healthy in difficult places. (Thanks, Kelly and Michele O’Donnell, for thinking enough of Brigada to send these our way.) *** Ethne-Member Care-Updates — This monthly report contains important resources regarding member care plus relevant materials from the international humanitarian, business, and health fields. The January [...]

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If you send or receive multiple short-term mission personnel (teams or individuals), circle October 15-18 on your fall 2008 calendar. Your expertise is needed in Atlanta, GA (USA) at the networking, training and empowering conference of the Fellowship of Short-Term Mission Leaders. This four- day conference/retreat at the Lodge at Simpsonwood is a gathering of [...]

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Compu-Books of Glendale, AZ is offering their Church Missions 3.0 software free to Christian churches and Mission organizations. This solution tracks church mission projects with missionary information, contribution records, communication log and reports. They give you a free single-user version – a contribution receipt for the donation is requested in return ($99 value). It’s available [...]

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The Bible book of Daniel is the thrilling story of a young Jewish exile to whom God showed the future of the world. You can read Daniel’s biography, translated by Cynthia Green into EasyEnglish Level A (1200 word vocabulary) with helpful notes. Go to http://www.easyenglish.info Click on “Choose a Bible book”, select Daniel and then [...]

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They are a collection of practical manuals to help improve local standards of living all over the world. Wycliffe Associates have a web site that contains over 500 titles, all freely available for you to download. The base language is English but many of the books have been translated into French, Portuguese and Spanish. Go [...]

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Come to the summer graduate ethnomusicology classes at Bethel University (MN, USA). 5 courses run as follows: Applied Ethnomusicology (emphasis on missionary applications): June 2-13. Seminar in African Music: June 16- 20. Seminar in Native American Music: June 25 – July 1. Transcription & Analysis: July 7-11. Worship & Culture: July 14-17. Audit fees are [...]

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Don’t miss the 4-week Strategy Coordinator Training in Singapore from 1-25 July, 2008. Asia Pacific Mission (APM) and Singapore Centre for Evangelism and Missions (SCEM) are conducting a full-time training course for Strategy Coordinators in Missions. The cost is US$600 per single person or married couple. Accommodations can be arranged on request. The course deals [...]

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Here’s a Brigada reader that lost a son-in-law this last year. If you have had to endure a similar loss recently, he recommended these great books on grief: *** Holding on to Hope – Nancy Guthrie (a personal story & study on Job)–excellent for any grief issue… easy read) *** A Grief Observed – C.S. [...]

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Here are hundreds of Spanish Christian videos (vhs only, no dvd’s) for use in ministry in Spanish speaking countries, absolutely free. This offer is for evangelical pastors, missionaries and evangelists to use in any Spanish speaking country for ministry purposes. If the videos can’t be picked up in south Texas, there might be a charge [...]

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We’re always humbled here by those who choose to share from what God has given them. Here’s a Brigada reader serving the Lord as a missionary with ABWE in Brazil, enclosing a note that reads, “when I see a resource on Brigada that I think will be useful to someone, I pass it on. Thanks [...]

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If you’d like to give a gift dedicated to the passing of a loved one, we would happily send a printed note and sympathy card to the family of the deceased on your behalf. Just let us know the situation and the address and we’ll make it clear that your gift is a memorial. We’ll [...]

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In the past, when playing various card games, I’ve heard my friends use the phrase, “Go big… or go home!” I’m here in Trujillo, Peru, where a Team Expansion worker applied that advice to missions. Shew… makes me tired just thinking about what they’re doing here. Simultaneous outreaches to 7 barrios, university students, and professionals. [...]

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