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We hear great things from Kingdom Come Training (in support-raising). So far in 2009 just over 100 missionaries from 21 agencies have enrolled in training, coaching and accountability with Kingdom Come Training. Most are now on track to achieve their full funding in less than ten months.  Compared to the average time it currently takes [...]

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The folks who serve up
http://www.TunisLilMassih.com
recently received permission to use two different translations of the Bible on their website.  Their original files are in Microsoft Word.  What’s the best way to index this information (all 1189 chapters and the thousands of verses)? In the end they’d like it to be both searchable (by scripture reference or [...]

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The new “World Bibles” web site, just released by Wycliffe Associates UK, will help immigrant populations to find Bibles in their own languages.  It will also help Christian workers wanting Bible resources for outreach to non-English speakers. The site is at
http://www.world-bibles.org/
Resources are listed for hundreds of languages, including printed Bibles, Scripture cassettes, CDs, on line [...]

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Internet Evangelism Day argues that using popular culture as a starting point in evangelism is an often-forgotten tool for evangelism, including the non-western world:
http://www.internetevangelismday.com/popular-culture.php

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Long-time friends of Brigada Today will notice a change in format beginning with this issue. The titles are obviously no longer in all upper case. We’ve made this change due to the news that, apparently, this practice is so common to spammers that some spam filters now search for text in all upper case, relegating [...]

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They’re the world’s largest unreached people group. That’s what the “English Bible Club” (EBC) of Istanbul has been doing since 2005. EBC, a Christian school program for the children of persecuted converts, is looking urgently for 3 teachers for the 2009-2010 school year, ready to come by the end of August. Teachers need to be [...]

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World Missions 101 is still growing with hundreds of illustrations. Its organizers are collecting mission quotes, illustrations, stories & resources for use by you and many others in mobilizing and motivating. All sources are footnoted. Feel free to use, promote, and/or add illustrations to this resource.
http://worldmissions101.blogspot.com
Looks like you’re supposed to email Andy with the illustration [...]

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This past week, ISA sent $53.54 as a way of thanking us for getting the word out about their great insurance policies for travel, health, and life. Thanks ISA! See their info at:
http://www.missionaryhealth.net/brigada.htm
In addition, Kingdom Come Training sent $25 to fuel the fire here at Brigada. May God bless you all at Kingdom Come. [...]

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We’ve recently committed to helping Team Expansion become established at its new training campus in Louisville, Kentucky. See their site at:
http://www.emeraldhills.info
Think of it as a smaller version of the U.S. Center for World Mission. (Even as I write those words, I realize nothing could ever match the vision that the late Dr. Ralph Winter managed [...]

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Two weeks ago (in the May 17th BackPage [link opens new window]), we asked how we could adequately say thanks to financial supporters: Those who make possible the work we do. Today we face a different question, prompted again by a hard-working cross-cultural witness in North Africa. Today’s question is — how do we best [...]

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Disclaimer — We can’t screen ‘em all. Please forgive us if a particular 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 deluged. [...]

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The day after the Worldwide Scripture Engagement Consultation in Melaka, Malaysia, there are plans for an Asia Scripture Engagement Forum.  This is an opportunity for Scripture Engagement practitioners working in Asia to talk with each other about their own contexts and how to provide access to Scriptures, create a climate favorable for Scripture use, and [...]

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The Forum of Bible Agencies International recently announced the launch of Find A Bible, an innovative and interactive website that gives easy access to Scriptures in more than 3,000 languages.  According to the release, the Find A Bible site
 http://www.findabible.net
provides the most comprehensive and current database of Bibles and portions in majority and minority languages available. [...]

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I recently came across this “top ten list” from iContact.com regarding getting the word out via email. They suggested that organizations need to… 

#10 Build Your List at Every Opportunity You Have
#9 Avoid Excess Punctuation or Capitalization — “Don’t use ALL CAPS or multiple exclamation marks within your subject line or body. Doing this will trigger [...]

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In USA, the new Christian Web Conference is the successor to the Internet Ministry Conference, and will be held 11-12 September at Biola University: 
http://www.christianwebconference.com/
There will be a two-hour internet evangelism module in Spanish each day within the COICOM Argentina conference 26-29 August 2009.
http://www.coicom.grid.agathongroup.com/cgr09/index.php
Other  web ministry conferences and video recordings of sessions from previous conferences are [...]

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A missionary colleague of mine was recently lamenting that churches and missionary agencies seem to be lagging behind in their use of video links with their missionaries. Do you agree or disagree? He pointed to easy-to-use tools, some of which have been referenced previously here in Brigada. Of course, the most well-known tool is Skype. [...]

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Internet Evangelism Day and Guide Network have produced a page explaining the strategic value of national or regional networks, which link digital evangelists together, along with other media and mission agencies on the ground. (Thanks for this tip, Tony!) They know from experience that these can be hugely strategic, and are already enhancing effective evangelism [...]

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The tract “Protestants: Who are they?” is available as a free download in Russian, English, Ukrainian, Georgian, Romanian, Macedonian or Bulgarian at the site: 
http://web.me.com/kerbyrials1/Booklets/Free_booklets.html
The non-denominational tract explains what evangelical Protestants believe, since they are often confused with non-Christian cults in Eastern Europe, or are accused of having departed from true Christianity (e.g. Eastern Orthodoxy or [...]

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Want your item to be seen *first*, at the top of the list in Brigada? We publish all the items we receive, however, those who pitch in to help cover Brigada’s expenses are treated with special dignity — because they’re helping pay the bills. We move them to the top, so they’ll be seen first. [...]

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This good question was raised in North Africa this past week. I guess I’m not the only one needing good help. My friend in North Africa listed these sample ideas: 

When considering whether someone would make a great teammate carefully examine his/her fruitfulness in the past.  If someone has great character and fruitfulness in another context [...]

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DISCLAIMER — We can’t screen ‘em all. Please forgive us if a particular 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 [...]

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YWAM’s Church Planting Coaches, Brian, Joe, and Kevin, bring a collective 65 years of church planting experience in the Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Urban, Tribal and Western Worlds to team teach this dynamic workshop designed to equip pioneer church planters. This 13 DVD set includes: 26 Keys taught in individual, non-sequential sessions. You get a Syllabus [...]

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