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 All Nations Academy, an English stream primary school can use English speaking teachers up to grade 5 level.  They can use you for one semester, a year or longer. The next five-month semester starts in January 2010.  Write for further information to

There are opportunities to present Jesus on these tropical islands which are 99.2% non [...]

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Want to help your kids learn more about missions around the world? Engage girls and boys with “Children in Action: Special Assignments.” This resource features more than 150 hands-on missions activities, Scripture memorization, and ministry ideas. Activity categories include praying for missions, giving to missions, learning about missions, doing missions, my church and missions, growing [...]

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Wycliffe’s Children’s Communications Team has posted a new service-learning curriculum called Scripture Poster Project at
http://www.wycliffe.org/Kids/FreeCurriculum.aspx
You will find interactive lessons on literacy, a colorful PowerPoint slide show on Uganda, games and a drama to help your children make a difference in the world today with the skills that they already possess. Your children get to use [...]

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A lot has changed since our July 2006 item trying to determine which camcorder is best for missions travel and promotion. Mark, a regular Brigada reader, asked if we could refresh the review. (Thanks for asking, Mark!) 

One factor we keep observing is the convergence of high-end pro-sumer digital SLRs and medium-duty camcorders. In other words, [...]

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Discovering Church Planting: An Introduction to the Whats, Whys, and Hows of Global Church Planting by J. D. Payne releases soon. This comprehensive introduction addresses the biblical, historical, and missiological principles of church planting, while challenging missionaries to focus on applying such principles to their contexts. Read the forward by Hesselgrave:
http://northamericanmissions.org/files/Foreword%20to%20DCP%20Sample.pdf
 You can pre-order it from [...]

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The Institute of Strategic Languages & Cultures, also known as Russian Language Ministries, is offering 3-week intensive Russian language courses in Kiev this summer held at the Ukrainian Education Center, near the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute. Two different courses will be offered: Correct Grammar in Spoken Russian and Ministry-related Terminology for Discipleship situations. The program is [...]

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Doug, of Global Recordings, has been looking at mini-data projectors (beamers) such as the ones at
http://www.aiptek.com/Projector/New/
Has anyone out there been using these and are there any other ones that you have seen or used? They look like a very usable item in certain situations. Please use the comment box below to give any user feedback [...]

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Community Health Evangelism (CHE) is a ministry strategy that addresses the root causes of poverty, disease, and spiritual darkness by training local leaders to share the gospel and mobilize community action. Communities learn to prevent disease, enhance agriculture, and generate enterprise. Vital biblical faith is nurtured at every step. People become followers of Jesus, existing [...]

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We’re extremely grateful for the following gifts this past week…
$100 from Good neighbor insurance, Gilbert, AZ, on the web at…
http://www.gninsurance.com/brigada.asp
and $200 from BrandtsmithPublishing.com — Between Two Rivers, Thanks Gaila and Dr. C! On the web at…
http://www.BrandtsmithPublishing.com
Ad $100 from ‘Into All the World Ministry’, on the web at… 
http://www.iatw.ca/
and $200 from WEC Int’l, Ft. Washington, PA, reaching [...]

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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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I was thinking today about the quality job that the “Indonesian Peoples Network” (IPN) did with their book, Indonesian People Profiles: Unreached People Groups. It’s colorful, practical, informative, and comprehensive. Seemingly modeled somewhat after the Bethany Prayer Profiles that went around a few years ago, these people groups are, in a word, simply better. They’re [...]

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PLEASE DON’T SUBSCRIBE US TO YOUR LIST — Sorry — nothing personal –but we’re already deluged. [...]

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