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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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