Brigada

From Manila to Minneapolis to Mooresville to Moscow, from Smyrna to Sofia to San Luis Rey to Salisbury, from Pretoria to Paoli to Pristina to Perth, from Xochitepec to San-Ch’Ung to Tbilisi to Lahore to Kampala to Abidjan to Oaxaca to Nairobi to Geneva, and yes, contrary to what Billy Crystal would have us think, [...]

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Allan is a People Group Advocate looking for tips regarding software that might help him do a better job. The people group has experienced significant migration, with pockets of people now in scores of localities in about 30 states in Mexico and the US. He is looking for a more integrated way to keep track [...]

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National leaders of the STM Community have described the ServantPrep Seminar as “the Master Class in Short-Term Missions Leaders Training” and many of the 1,000+ participants have described it as ‘ personally life-changing’. The next one will be hosted by COMMIT Ministries Sept. 4-6, 2008 in Big Bear Lake, CA. For more info click on [...]

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Curious about when the next Operation: World is coming out? Learn more at: http://www.operationworld.org/owteam/jmnews_archive/JMnewsletters.html That’s where you’ll see the list of monthly newsletters of the “point man” to which Patrick Johnstone, the former Editor in Chief, has handed the baton. Go Jason! We’re with you, brother! According to Patrick (in the note he sent Brigada [...]

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Perhaps you’ve noticed the new way we’re converting email addresses for use in Brigada’s website. We first tried an online conversion program, but because several users feared that it was somehow going to keep track of the email addresses (and spam them), we switched to a new approach where we use a piece of software [...]

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This is a two-week course suitable for anyone focusing on unreached people groups or cities. Become equipped to answer the question: “What actually needs to be done for ALL of this people group or city to have access to the Gospel and have multiple Church Planting Movements (CPMs) among them?” Interact in response to case [...]

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Thanks to “Greg”, who recently wrote, “I have lived or worked in Kenya for the last 26 years and many of our over 3000 vision trip team members like to also go to see what was recently proclaimed the 7th modern wonder of the world, the “Mara.” But many of them do not want to [...]

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International Training Partners offers Sharpening Your Interpersonal Skills Workshops in different parts of the world. These five-day, highly interactive workshops focus on biblical application of skills in relating to one another and to the host people. A workshop hosted by Barnabas International will be held near Birmingham, AL, October 5-10, 2008. Contact Dan at for [...]

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Because of the way you have given, Brigada can go forward. Just in hand — a check from Blessed Hope long distance for $14.93. Learn more about their outstandingly competitive rates and customer service by browsing to: http://www.lowermyphonebill.com/brigada/

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But we aren’t quite yet at the halfway mark toward the $17,150 that we set as the budget for 2008. Would you be willing to ask your church, an individual, sponsor — or any group — that might pitch in to help us make up the $3500 or so we’re lacking at the halfway mark [...]

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Some of you have been following my son’s shipping out to the military to begin training as a US Army Ranger. Over the past week or two, I’ve been struck by his maturity (in spite of just being 18 years old), after having been diagnosed with a knee ailment that will most likely ultimately result [...]

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DISCLAIMER — We can’t screen ‘em all. Please forgive us if aparticular site contains offensive information — or no information atall! We *try* to visit them in advance, but often write “on the road”so we simply *can’t* preview everything.PLEASE DON’T SUBSCRIBE US TO YOUR LIST — Sorry — nothing personal –but we’re already deluged. We’ll [...]

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Compiled by Doug Lucas, Team Expansion, Louisville, KY(Yes, we’re behind; but we’re trying to catch up. :-) )(See your subscription information at the end under “Closing Stuff.”)Comment on any item below, by name or anonymously!—In this issue…1) BRIGADA DEPENDS ON CLIPMATE2) TRAVELING TO RUSSIA SOON?3) DID YOU TRY TAGGING PHOTOS?4) THE PURPOSE-DRIVEN DEATH MISSION CONFERENCE5) [...]

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