Brigada

“Brigada: Since 1995… Buckets full of Resources, Trends, Challenges — all in a weekly e-zine & website…”Compiled by Doug Lucas, Team Expansion, Louisville, KY(Almost caught up!) In this issue… 1) Hook Up With Unreached People Through Worldconnex 2) Tap Into Mrc For Missionaries And Their Family Needs 3) Are International Copyrights The Law Or A [...]

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They have three “departments”: Church Activation, Front Line Services and International Connections. WorldconneX does not send missionaries. WorldconneX helps churches send missionaries. Their vision is to help churches discover their strategic uniqueness for the Kingdom (church activation), establish effective connections for strategic impact (international connections), and send their people long term anywhere in the world [...]

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Missionary Recourses Connection is committed to providing care for missionaries and their families. Based in the Columbia, South Carolina area, they also became a “True Fan” of Brigada this past week! (Thank you!) The care they provide extends to the whole person — including spiritual, mental, and physical health, along with community resources, networking, personal [...]

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I have a great friend in North Africa who wrote this past week to ask, “When you read Kings in the Bible do you find yourself cheering for them to do all the right stuff? Does it make you ache each time one does lots of good stuff but then doesn’t tear down the ‘high [...]

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My Treo cell phone recently bit the dust. When I went to swap it in for something new, I took into consideration that the word on the street was that Palm was putting out to pasture its venerable “Palm OS” operating system. Confession: I didn’t want to give up on Palm. It’s just plain *fast*… [...]

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Someone might say, “I didn’t know I could…”*** Search 14 years of Brigada back issues? One for each and every week since January 1995. Search for a “needle in a haystack.”*** Use the “In this Issue” as a table of contents with ‘hot links’ so you can jump to each item, then use your “Back” [...]

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That’s what Carl Medearis’ book, “Muslims, Christians, and Jesus” will do. He outlines what Muslims think about the Bible and Jesus, then helps you understand how to genuinely bring up spiritual matters in conversations. The cool part is — it never feels false or contrived. It never feels manipulative or “tactical.” This book is about [...]

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I always felt like it was just a tad a conflict of interest when we buy security products from these companies that could be releasing them, you know? I mean… what sells Antivirus software? Antivirus *scares*. So finally… here’s a vendor-neutral site where you can pick up tips and news without bias. http://www.securityfocus.com/ Check it [...]

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To the folks at Missionary Resources Connection, who became a “True Fan” of Brigada by sending $100 this past week! Thank you MRC!!! Also becoming new “True Fans” were friends in Fresno, Phoenix and Bosnia, both of whom sent $100. Another friend from Oklahoma City sent a $50 gift (also much-appreciated). We’re so very thankful [...]

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Were you thinking about helping Brigada in 2008 but just didn’t get it done? Well guess what! :-) It’s a new year… and the sooner we complete the 2009 financial needs, the sooner this item vanishes for the rest of the year. *That* has never happened. Think of what a blockbuster missions gift it would [...]

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It’s late Sunday night, January 4th (yes… actually writing this Brigada today on the publication date, for a change!!! :-) [oops] :-) ). I just flew in from a Sunday morning speaking engagement at a megachurch in North Carolina. It was “Faith-Promise Sunday” and, boy, was interest high. At their request, I spoke about “Finishing [...]

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