If you’re looking for good missions narrative for a class, an adult Bible Fellowship, or just good airplane reading, check out “Look Out for the Headhunters” and “Between Two Rivers” by C. Brandt Smith Jr. These books are 146 and 104 pages respectively, so they’re easy reads. There’s lots of white space and quite a [...]
1) Two Easy Reads Give Insights from SE Asia and Iraq
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2) Learn “Working Your Way to the Nations” Today!
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Working Your Way to the Nations is a twelve unit distance learning course conducted over three months that provides a comprehensive overview of what it takes to succeed as an international Christian witness. Learn interactively with a varied group of adults who are exploring their own pathways to serving God with their skills and professions [...]
Tags: · business as mission, Distance Learning, online courses, tentmaking
3) Retreat For Prospective Missionaries
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“The Journey Deepens” is a weekend retreat to help prospects explore what it is like to be a missionary, discover whether a missionary or sender role is God’s fit, and connect with mission agencies. This is for high school seniors, college students, young adults, mid-lifers, baby boomers – anyone willing to explore becoming a missionary. [...]
Tags: · conference, Mobilization, Retreat
4) Biblical and Missionary Training for Russian Speakers
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OM Russia is offering special one or two year discipleship courses in Russia in Russian. Participants need to understand Russian to a good level and will train alongside other Christian Russian young people. In addition to seminars on Bible interpretation, preaching, children’s work, and missiology, they offer ‘hands-on’ experience in real life ministry situations. Check [...]
Tags: · conference, Russian, training
5) Finishers Forum: October 9-10, 2009
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Finishers Project is holding a weekend forum aimed at mid-life adults looking to invest their passion and experience in a missions role. George Verwer, founder of Operation Mobilization is the key-note speaker. Participate in breakout sessions that will deal with the real-life issues people face when moving into missions. You’ll have time to interact with [...]
Tags: · conference, Finishers
6) Oasis Conference 2009
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We are at a critical point in the history of our witness to the Muslim world. Christians are now face-to-face with a large Muslim population. God has given us a tremendous opportunity to reach them with the love and peace of Christ that previous generations only dreamed about. But are we ready? How can we [...]
Tags: · conference, Islam
7) Thanks for your help
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Hats off to Brandt and Galia Smith for a very-much-appreciated $200 gift to Brigada. We appreciate you! See the Brandts books up in item #1 or go to
http://www.brandtsmithpublishing.com
Thanks to Insurance Services of America (ISA) for their gift of $12.60 in response to Brigada participants’ purchases of ISA insurance plans. Find insurance for travel, emergency evacuation, [...]
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8) Become a “True Friend” of Brigada
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Before the end of 2009, would you consider making a $100 pledge or gift to Brigada? If you’re not in a position to do, would you consider speaking to your church or agency about it? Just that one single 2009 gift for the year would undergird our entire ministry. Just click on one of the [...]
Tags: · Contribute, Donate
9) The BackPage: Online Tools To Help 24-hr. Prayer Efforts?
September 13th, 2009 · 1 Comment
For some time now, I’ve been fascinated by the effect of prayer on the body of Christ. Not only is God at work, answering the prayers of saints to raise up new workers, heal the sick, and mend hearts of the broken, but in addition to all that, prayer changes the hearts of the goers [...]
Tags: · BackPage, Prayer, web services
10) Closing Stuff
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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 [...]
Tags: · Closing stuff