Brigada

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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This morning I spoke in a church in northeastern Ohio. I used the missions video, “A Thousand Questions.” Whoa. It had a huge impact on this church of 220. After the video, you could have heard a pin drop… except for some lingering tears people were choking back… Someone was sobbing over at the side. [...]

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“Red Card: Standing Against Oppression, Providing Hope” is a dynamic, new curriculum from Caleb Resources that raises awareness of six different types of children at risk: children in poverty, orphans, street kids, child laborers, children of war, and children affected by HIV/AIDS. Designed for a cross-generational audience, this 8-week class builds family unity and empowers [...]

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It was a great one. See it at….

http://www.brigada.org/2009/03/29_1528#more-1528
The original query (by Brigada participant, Ed) was searching for something that an adult Sunday School class could do on missions. The 11 responses all contained great resources, books, videos, and courses. Thanks for all who pitched in.

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In this presentation, shares her journey as a missionary with mental health training and as a psychologist/professor working in mission/humanitarian assistance. Using the interaction of Jesus and Peter in John 21: 15-19, she encourages us to live in the freedom of who we are and the freedom of who we are called to be. Her [...]

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This book by Bennis, Goleman, and O’Toole is short and easy to read It calls us all to embrace honesty as we share information, relate to one another, and go about our work. The authors assert, “A lack of transparency is usually no accident. It is often systematically built into the structure of an organization.” [...]

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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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Hats off to the anonymous couple in Cary, IL, who recently sent a $100 gift to Brigada. We’re totally grateful for your gift… and encouraged by it. Thanks, too, for the $100 gift from Asteroidea Books (see item #1 in this week’s Brigada).

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Today I tried to express my gratitude to a church that has supported our work since June 1981. They haven’t missed a single month… like clockwork. And it’s mainstream support, too. One of our top 2 donors. So my question is this: How in the world do we adequately thank them for all the blessings [...]

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