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“Brigada: Since 1995… Buckets full of Resources, Trends, Challenges — all in a weekly e-zine & website…”Compiled by Doug Lucas, Team Expansion, Louisville, KY(Thanks for your patience as we ‘catch up’ with the publishing date.) In this issue…1) North African Team Needs Cell Phone Feature2) How Would You Advise This Mission Team To Respond?3) Miraculous [...]

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Does anyone know of a cell/smart phone that has (or could get) software which would allow an incoming call to (A) immediately be responded to via a text message and (B) simultaneously forward the caller’s information to another assigned phone number? If not, would anyone have the ability or interest to develop a little application [...]

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Here’s a mission team in a Muslim land with 6 local volunteers who are wanting to help answer 400 emails from seekers that are starting to rot in our inbox. After finding them, the team put together a pretty good plan for getting them access to computers/DSL/VPNs, etc. But now they need a secure way [...]

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One of the best ways to encourage other’s faith is to share stories about how God is working in peoples’ lives. If you would like to order CDs with amazing stories of how God is working in awesome ways in the Arab Muslim world just contact for a list of talks and brief summaries (and [...]

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It’s not too late to register for the International Turkey Network’s 2008 American Conference, November 13-15, in Mesa, Arizona. Join with several hundred long-term partners working in Turkey. GUESTS include a Turkish evangelist currently on trial for Bible distribution, a Turkish pastor and a veteran worker responsible for multiple successful church plants.Hear about and connect [...]

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A survey by the World Federation of Deaf in 1988 showed that 80 percent of deaf live in the so-called developing countries but only 1 percent of the children were enrolled in primary education. Twelve years ago Bob began asking God, “How is it possible to bring literacy to these folks using computer technology?” Today, [...]

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*** An 18 year-old runway who has just taken his first hit of heroin, trying to escape a past he’d rather forget, while also wrestling with a future that seems hopeless.*** A young, successful financial advisor who seems to have everything, but constantly searches for something to fulfill his empty life.*** A 52 year-old Vietnam [...]

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Justin wrote this past week to bring to our attention that each year, the Overseas Ministries Study Center has an artist in residence: a Christian believer in ministry who comes from another culture and creates beautiful artwork that they publish in a book. Two of the most recent art works highlighted are by Soichi Watanabe, [...]

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In a new book, “Preach and Heal,” Charles Fielding offers a compelling argument that Jesus’ intention is for his disciples to do both evangelism and humanitarian work. Fielding, a medical doctor who has served as a church planter, explores the concept of balanced ministry and offers insights into a dozen practical strategies for reaching the [...]

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Chris from Yakima, WA is developing a ministry on the reservation and wants to know what candidate evaluation programs you would recommend to him for screening missionary candidates to make sure they are ready for ministry and can thrive in a challenging setting. Please record them as a comment by clicking on the link below [...]

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Interested in giving your ministry or Christian web service a boost? One new friend recently wrote, “Doug I just wanted to show you how effective your newsletter is. [This writer attached a jpg of the web stats to which he was referring.] More important than the spike in visits as noted by the graph on [...]

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I continue to marvel at the extent to which the web has revolunized information-gathering. I’m probably not the only one here that can remember the pre-web days of making the trip to the local public library to scan newspaper headlines. I remember what a joy it was to move into a home with an active [...]

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