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Youth With A Mission (YWAM) in Lebanon, PA, USA is offering a Crossroads Discipleship Training School (CDTS) to help students grow in their faith and equip them to reach the nations with the Gospel. The school is designed for older students and families and includes a 12-week lecture phase, including topics such as hearing God’s [...]

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Overseas missions travel is becoming increasingly more dangerous. Just yesterday, a personal friend of mine watched as thieves duct-taped the mouth of his wife in his own home. A handful of thieves took whatever they wanted, then drove off in the missionary’s car. Traveler kidnappings, illegal detentions, carjackings, and home invasions increased 300 percent just [...]

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Ken recently asked for help with his local church missions campaign. They’d like to show several short mobilization & recruitment videos throughout their mission emphasis month. Can you take a moment to click on “Comment” under this item and share the best recruitment videos available today? Be sure to give source information (where to order [...]

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It’s slated for February 4th – 7th 2009, in Holland. If you use technology in a mission or church context then ICCM-Europe is for you. It’s a collaborative conference where experiences are shared and alliances built to maximise the impact of technology in bringing hope to the nations. The conference theme this year is “God’s [...]

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Here’s a book that takes readers on compelling and cliché-free journey through the best story ever told. By P.D. Bramsen. The New Third Edition includes a Discussion Guide. It is written with the Muslim in mind, but also provides a sound biblical apologetic for any authentic seeker. Special ministry prices are available. Translations in progress [...]

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Stimulate ideas and resource your staff around the world with short, practical articles on cross-cultural leadership and coaching. Use their growing library of 20 free articles. Here’s an idea: send an article once a month to your team spread out around the world. Use the questions in each article to get a blog or e-mail [...]

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Are you a pastor or leader at an int’l church somewhere overseas? Want to join a global network of like-minded Christ-followers? Register today for the Missional International Church Network. They’re readying their 6th annual conference. Registration is available online at http://www.micn.org/

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Here’s a $35 gift from a Brigada participant who prayed “God bless your work, and those who take the Word to the ends of the earth.” Here’s $10 more from a worker with OMF International in Thailand reaching, out to various unreached people groups in the SE Asia Region. Thank you so much!!! Thanks to [...]

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Recall that we’re searching for individuals and churches that would become “true fans” of Brigada by giving or pledging $100. Believe it or not, we only have 20 true fans to go (thanks to a visionary church willing to match funds with those 20 “True Fans”)! Would you or your church be one of the [...]

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All this talk about “The Earth is Flat.” The Internet is supposed to be leveling the world, they say. For the first time ever, a poor tribal person can visit an Internet café and send his family’s story directly to CNN International. Herdsmen from Mongolia can study via internet “distance learning” courses without ever leaving [...]

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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) Expand Your Vision At The Missional (“Micn”) Network 2) Get Connected: Hook Up With Worldconnex 3) [...]

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Are you a pastor or leader at an international church somewhere overseas? Want to expand your vision of the Great Commission? Register today for the Missional International Church Network. They’re readying their 6th annual conference. Registration is available online at http://www.micn.org/ One participant recalled, “It was six years ago through Brigada that I learned about [...]

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