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Yesterday I asked my two sons what they thought about the new Team Expansion website, now staged at CloverSites: http://www.teamexpansion.org They *raved*. One son (the 20-year-old) said, “Dad, I’ll be a missionary with Team Expansion now that your website is this cool.” :-) OK… maybe his comment was tongue-in-cheek (although he *is* actually leading a [...]

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Ever been to BibleGateway.com? You probably have and just didn’t notice. Try it: Go to Google, type in (without the quotations) “NIV Bible Matthew 28″ or any other scripture passage. My hunch is… BibleGateway.com will be the first pick. Not satisfied with being at the top, BibleGateway.com wants to improve! Browse to… alpha.biblegateway.com You’ll have [...]

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All are invited to the second all Africa Tentmakers International Conference.  It will be held at Dadji Sports Academy, Douala, Cameroon, August 12-15, 2010. 40 African countries will be gathering. Through training sessions, interactive workshops, worship and prayer, participants will develop their abilities to reach out in both urban and rural areas. There will be [...]

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Millions of people are on the move to new countries. Do you know someone who has moved away from their home language area? It is often difficult to find Bibles in those other languages. The World Bibles site can help you. It lists over 14,500 places on the internet where you can find Bibles in [...]

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Many minority languages Bible translators would like to put their work on the Internet. If you would like your people group to have internet access to the Bible in their language, but you don’t know how to put it on the web, the people at World Bibles http://www.worldbibles.org can help. And it is free. All [...]

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Next time you run out of space on your laptop, ask yourself a critical question: Do you really need to chuck the whole laptop? … or might you extend its life for a while by spend $135 or so on a new 500 gig hard drive? If the answer is yes, be sure to look [...]

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Next time you have a moment to improve on your mission’s H.R. Dept., why not follow up on a tip from Kelly and Michele O’Donnell. They wrote this past week to recommend a 25-point check-up from People in Aid: http://www.peopleinaid.org/pool/files/publications/basic-elements-in-an-hr-system-final.pdf (Note: This URL will wrap; if you have trouble reassembling it, just log onto Brigada [...]

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Not that long ago, we featured a survey being carried out on the Humanitarian Worker Wellness Inventory (HWWI). See the original item at: http://www.brigada.org/2010/01/31_3936 The purpose of the research project was to adapt as an assessment and provide psychometric validity information for Dr. Keckler’s Comprehensive Missionary Wellness Model. The principle of the HWWI is that [...]

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The Arabian Peninsula is the focal point of all Islam and there is a growing array of resources to encourage prayer for the peoples of the Arabian Peninsula. Download Praying Through the Arabian Peninsula (PTAP) booklets at http://www.pray-ap.info Pray, view and/or use in worship any of the excellent 1-2 minute PTAP YouTube videos http://bit.ly/PTAP-prayershorts Subscribe [...]

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These workbooks are designed for learners of English who need to improve their reading comprehension in order to perform effectively in Bible colleges and seminaries that require extensive reading in English. The intention is not to teach English, but to supplement classroom instruction with biblically contextualized passages and exercises. They are available as a download, [...]

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Thanks to the Brigada reader from Virginia Beach, VA, who sent $10 this past week, with a note that “Brigada is inspiring.” God be praised. In addition, $25 came in from another town in Virginia, along with $25 from Pasadena, CA, and $25 also came in from William Carey Library Bookstore, available online at… http://www.missionbooks.org [...]

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Here’s your chance to make a gift to people around the world: Enable them to find a dozen or more resources *weekly* throughout the entire year. To undergird this ministry, just click on one of the “Donor” links at the top of this page. Both are safe, the one with PayPal and the other with [...]

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We’ve all seen it: a volunteer gone bad. Somebody steps up to the plate at your church, club, or business, mustering courage and good motives. Everything starts fine… but little by little, that position of power goes to his or her head and, before you know it, an opportunity for service has turned into a [...]

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