Brigada

Check out the series they’ve launched at… http://chalmers.org/when-helping-hurts/webinar/about.php The price is right (free) and the content is top-notch, based on the book, When Helping Hurts. (I have a copy in front of me here at my desk… and as I look at my desk, it’s the *only* book at desk level. (There are others on [...]

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Now you can get Telling God’s Stories with Power for just $8.10 instead of $17.99 (the offer is good only until Oct. 31st).  This book is a complete and practical introduction to storying, especially for people who want to learn about using biblical storytelling in cross-cultural contexts and who want to train others to become [...]

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Daniel wrote this past week to tip us off to a new organization… http://www.edenvigil.org Gotta love it. They aren’t a sending organization. Rather, they work *with* sending organizations to train, prepare, and send you as an “eco-missionary.” Suddenly, it’s ok to be a tree-hugger! :-) They’ve partnered with another group… http://www.careofcreation.net which will come to [...]

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Hats off to Kelly and Michele O’Donnell for making available to Brigada readers (at no charge) the text of their landmark book, “Missionary Care: Counting the Cost.” Access it by going online to Missioary Care book The book emphasizes ways to help “count the cost” and to develop healthy and effective personnel in cross-cultural work. [...]

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Global Opportunities’ research showed overwhelmingly that California is a preferred course location. After a five-year gap, the GO team is excited to offer it again on October 21-25, 2009 at the US Center for World Mission in Pasadena. Who should attend? Anyone with a desire to integrate work and witness and to be effective using [...]

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Mark wrote in recently, inviting us to consider the idea of utilizing “Shop to Earn.” His sample site can be found at… http://www.shoptoearn.net/reachhaiti We mention it not specifically as a fundraiser for Haiti (our publication guidelines prevent us from starting down that road, because nearly all of us are involved in fundraising for something), but [...]

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On line or distance learning is not a new concept but quality degree programs that are 100% on line are hard to find. One of our readers (Dennis) recommended Rockbridge Seminary. Rockbridge Seminary offers the Masters of Divinity in Ministry Leadership and the Masters of Ministry Leadership degree. They also offer a concentration on Recovery [...]

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Bob and the guys at Crisis Consulting Int’l have been at it pretty much as long as I remember. CCI is offering another training seminar in October to assist those in the missions community with security and training needs. It’s scheduled for October 21-23 at the JAARS campus in Waxhaw, North Carolina. It’s a three-day [...]

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Thanks to William Carey Library for a $25 donation this past week. Learn more at… http://missionbooks.org If it’s about missions, world evangelism, or Biblical theology of redemption, odds are, WCL will have it. We’re grateful for their help… and we hope you’ll stop by and check ‘em out. Thanks, too, to the anonymous donor who [...]

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We probably don’t say it often enough: We’re grateful to Team Expansion for the freedom (not to mention the office location) they’ve given us down through the years. We’re especially thankful for their new location at Emerald Hills. (If you’d like to learn more about Emerald Hills, just for fun, would you open up your [...]

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Lately, I’ve become interested in learning more about the growth of Church Planting Movements (CPMs). For example, I wrote an acquaintance who does research for one of the largest mission organizations, asking him about the characteristics of one of the church-planting movements I was studying. He had firsthand knowledge. I won’t tell you the country [...]

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