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2009/02/08 – Brigada Today

February 8th, 2009 · No Comments

“Brigada: Since 1995… Buckets full of Resources, Trends, Challenges — all in a weekly e-zine & website…”Compiled by Doug Lucas, Team Expansion, Louisville, KY In this issue…1) Your Opinion On This Article About Africa Needing Missionaries? 2) Check Out The Glory Story3) Free Spanish Christian Videos For Use In Ministry4) Digital Ministry For Missions5) Japan: [...]

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1) Your Opinion On This Article About Africa Needing Missionaries?

February 8th, 2009 · 8 Comments

Here’s an article by an atheist pointing out that, in his opinion, Africa would be made better by missionaries. Would you take a moment to read the article and comment on it? What’s your opinion about this atheist’s conclusions? (Thanks for the tip about this article, Shibu!) http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/matthew_parris/article5400568.ece To add your comment, just click “Comment” [...]

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2) Check Out The Glory Story

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The Glory Story team have now launched The Chronological Bible academy, a three hour chronological Bible presentation. In the UK, on a Saturday between 11 am – 2.30 pm, they visit church groups and teach the whole Bible as one story! They use all of the books of the Bible in just three hours (plus [...]

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3) Free Spanish Christian Videos For Use In Ministry

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Here are hundreds of Spanish Christian videos (vhs only, no dvd’s) for use in ministry in Spanish speaking countries — and the best part is, they’re free! This offer is for Christians to use in Mexico or other Spanish speaking countries for ministry purposes only, not for personal use. There are around 50 children’s titles, [...]

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4) Digital Ministry For Missions

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Lausanne World Pulse is a free online publication on mission issues. An article in their February issue covers the many opportunities that missions can use for digital outreach: http://www.lausanneworldpulse.com/themedarticles.php/1087 (Thanks for the tip, Tony!)

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5) Japan: Christ For The Nations

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Japan Bible School is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year. Information on Japan and activities at CFN-Japan can be found on the English web site http://www.cfnjapan.org/

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6) Retreats For Prospective Missionaries

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“The Journey Deepens” is a weekend retreat to help prospects explore what it is like to be a missionary, discover whether a missionary or sender role is God’s fit, and connect with mission agencies. This is for high school seniors, college students, young adults, mid-lifers, baby boomers – anyone willing to explore becoming a missionary. [...]

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7) The Bible Deals With Bribery

February 8th, 2009 · 4 Comments

In her new book, _Bribery: The Ethics of Giving and Receiving Gifts_, veteran missionary to India Beth investigates what the Bible says about bribery to help mission workers do the right thing when confronted with corruption. The U.S. outlet is Jade Books at this address: http://www.jadebooks.com/ Or email Janice at For more information about the [...]

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8) EFL (TESL) Workbooks For Christian Studies

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These workbooks provide contextualized passages for students involved in biblical studies who want to improve their proficiency in reading English. Vocabulary Building for Biblical Studies is an intermediate level workbook of 15 contextualized chapters centering on biblical and Christian themes. Each unit includes a passage of 1000 words and exercises that aid the students in [...]

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9) We Give Thanks…

February 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Hats off to the worker in The Evangelical Alliance Mission that sent $250 this past week. Whoa. That’s over *two* “true fans!” She wrote, “It’s a joy to help support an organization that has faithfully served so many people. And to think back to the time when ‘we’ set Brigada up electronically. Has it been [...]

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10) It’s Easy To Give To Brigada

February 8th, 2009 · No Comments

Just click on one of the “Donor” links above. Both are safe, the one with PayPal and the other with one of the most well-known online merchant accounts you’ll ever meet. Neither requires you to open an account with anyone … and neither ever spams you. If you prefer, just send an old-fashioned check payable [...]

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11) The Backpage: Learn To Tell A Story With Your Photos

February 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment

I’ll be the first to confess that I’m no professional photographer. I have so much to learn. What little I *do* know about taking pictures, I learned as a 10th-grader in the Nikon School of Photography on the campus of Indiana University. Although it was just a one-week class, I have to give them credit: [...]

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12) Closing Stuff

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DISCLAIMER — We can’t screen ‘em all. Please forgive us if aparticular site contains offensive information — or no information at all! 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 [...]

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