Brigada

Have you heard about the Day Tripper? It’s an international medical and medical evacuation plan for short-term teams. With rates as low as 52 cents per day you can’t go wrong with this plan! PLUS when you purchase this plan from Insurance Services of America on their web site http://www.missionaryhealth.net/brigada.htm you will be helping to [...]

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Now you can share your faith while traveling cross-culturally in the languages of unreached people groups. Create International has developed “Gospel Gadgets” with all of their evangelistic films loaded ready to be shown to the target groups that you or your teams are reaching. These “Godpods” are specially designed for today’s “Mobile Media Evangelists” equipped [...]

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Create International’s resource website at: http://www.indigitech.net is focused on resourcing Christians around the world with a variety of evangelistic tools. Aiming to enhance one’s personal witness and provide effective cross-cultural tools in multiple languages, this website tool box is full of options, with more than 10,000 external links to resources and informative articles for helping [...]

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Check out Create International’s cool new DVD resources at their online store: http://www.createinternational.com/store They have finished the first ever Contextual Home Gathering video for people from a Thai Buddhist background. Indigenous instruments, dance, symbols and appropriate word choices all came together for a lively presentation that will reach millions of Thais. Other new resources include [...]

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Yup… maybe it’s a silly name, but it’s a great service. For our March 6th eco-missions event (a Creation Care workshop), we’re using Wild Apricot to register the participants. Want to check it out? (Want to come? :-) ) See… http://eh.wildapricot.org/ Need an online event-manager for your own church or agency? Find out more about [...]

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I continue to be interested in your protocols on social networking sites like Facebook. Some have expressed grave concern about their ramifications.  For example, one anonymous Brigada participant wrote this past week to share the procedure that his agency has embraced: “Because of the responsibility we have as a ministry, all volunteers, visitors or workers [...]

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For some years now… maybe as far back as 1996 or so? I’ve held on to Logos Bible Study software for sermon prep, personal Bible study, and writing. This past week, Logos contacted us to let us know they have set up a special landing page for Brigada participants: http://www.logos.com/brigada Their marketing manager wrote to [...]

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Are you a church-planter? Do you support church-planters? If so, you might find a winner or two by checking out the list at… http://www.planterapps.com/ The list specializes in free or low-cost services geared toward helping church-planters with their ministries and personal lives. Several of the items have been featured in the past right here on [...]

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The O’Donnells think so anyway (Kelly and Michèle). They wrote recently to recommend it to Brigada participants. Entitled, “Stress and Trauma Handbook: Strategies for Flourishing in Demanding Environments,” it is  edited by John Fawcett (2003), and published by World Vision. Kelly and Michele wrote, “This is a core handbook for our libraries and our work. [...]

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Brigada participant, Allan, recommends handmade goods from Afar Imports http://www.afarimports.com According to Allan, they are an importer that helps international companies of all kinds in many hard-to-reach places sell their products in the USA.  He had met them personally at a recent conference. Shop online, find unique gifts, and support global workers all at the [...]

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UK’s Redcliffe College Encounters Magazine focuses on Technology and Mission in their December issue. There are six main articles and the opportunity to discuss issues raised. http://www.redcliffe.org/technologyandmission

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Pioneering new ministry or seeking deeper insights into the culture where you live? Learn relationship-based research techniques used by short-term teams, church planters, strategists, and students around the world since 1988. Encounter Culture is a 10-week experiential training course developed by Caleb Resources using the book, “Exploring the Land.” The next class is scheduled for [...]

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…for Brigada participants in Chesterfield, MO who gave $40 this past week. Thank you!!! …for a new Brigada family friend in Queensland, Australia who sent $50. They were missions mobilizers in PNG for 25 years. While there, they worked with CLTC (Christian Leaders Training College) an interdenominational Bible College on the island. They now live [...]

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