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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 [...]

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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, [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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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 [...]

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