Save money by registering now for Caring for Others annual Personal Growth Conference for Missionaries. Held this year from Oct. 31-Nov. 5th, this is not your typical missionary conference. No big name speakers, just skilled facilitators helping missionaries reflect upon where God has taken us and where he wants us to go. All for the [...]
Entries from May 2010
1) Missionary Conference —
May 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Tags: · Member Care
2) Learning to Lead Prayer Days and Retreats —
May 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment
Team Expansion’s Prayer Coordinator learned more about leading prayer days and retreats when she attended a recent conference led by Dr. Evelyn Davis, Training Consultant for SIL International (partner with Wycliffe Bible Translators). Betty came home with the confidence and material to lead prayers days and retreats on numerous prayer and reflection topics. She experienced [...]
Tags: · conference, Prayer, Retreat
3) Netcasters Book Launch –
May 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Maybe you’ve heard about the book, “NetCasters: Using the Internet to Make Fishers of Men” by Craig von Buseck. Launched in June, Craig von Buseck’s landmark book draws on research for his recent doctoral dissertation as well as bible college lectures he has given on the topic. He presents a unique overview into the vast [...]
Tags: · Internet evangelism
4) The Facebook Phenomenon –
May 30th, 2010 · No Comments
The growth of Facebook has been remarkable. Total users reached 500 million this month. Indeed, Facebook is becoming a ‘web within the Web’, a portal to everything. It offers great potential for Christians to share the good news, but only if we understand the nature of social networking and how to use it appropriately. For [...]
Tags: · Facebook
5) Zero in on Missions from a Journalist’s Point of View —
May 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments
The Missionary Journalist website provides a wealth of news and feature articles about what the Lord is doing in missions with particular emphasis on Latin America. In addition, the site provides articles on International Churches (Union Churches), Christian communications, missiology and children at risk. The site is updated with new material frequently. Check it out [...]
Tags: · journals
6) International Forum Launched —
May 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Emmaus Road International has just launched an International Missions Forum: http://www.Network4Missions.org It is an exciting tool for missions ministry-a connection central for missions information, an exchange of ideas, a clearing house of missions resources, a place to post needs and offers to meet those needs. Sub-forums are being added as interest demands. Read-learn. Register (free)-post.
Tags: · technology
7) Bibleless Peoples Prayer Project –
May 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Did you know? Linguists estimate that at least 2,200 languages still need a translation of the Bible. In October 1982, Wycliffe launched the Bibleless Peoples Prayer Project (BPPP) which encourages people to pray for Bibleless language groups. Today there are 11,000 active BPPP prayer partners. Join the team today! Visit http://www.wycliffe.org/bppp or email or call [...]
Tags: · Bible translation, language learning, Prayer
8) Special Close-up on Soccer-related Ministries –
May 30th, 2010 · 1 Comment
What’s better than the beautiful game? It is beautiful message of salvation in Jesus Christ. Here is a list of places to help you share the gospel using a soccer ball or international football. Some ministries and organizations have developed a multi colored soccer ball to share the gospel. An evangelistic message is usually given [...]
Tags: · sports
9) We Thank the Lord for… –
May 30th, 2010 · No Comments
… Caring for Others, a missionary care ministry, on the web at… http://www.caringforothers.org They sent $50 this past week to keep Brigada cranking. … William Carey Library Bookstore, for a $25 donation, on the web at… http://www.missionbooks.org (Thanks Jeff and company) … and for Good Neighbor Insurance, Gilbert, AZ who sent $100 to Brigada this [...]
Tags: · thanks
10) Empower Brigada for another Week –
May 30th, 2010 · No Comments
Want to undergird Brigada for just one more week to provide mission resources and options for concerned Christians all over the globe? 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 Authorize.net. Neither requires you to open an account [...]
Tags: · Donate
11) The BackPage: A Bribe in the Bosom
May 28th, 2010 · 16 Comments
In many lands today, bribery is assumed to be the law of the day. Last week I heard about a gentleman traveling across a foreign land in a camper. He had to pay a very healthy sum to someone just so they would ride across a particular bad-land even though he could never quite be [...]
1) Short-Term Health Insurance Coverage in the USA
May 23rd, 2010 · No Comments
Are you having a hard time finding affordable health insurance here in the US? Have you recently become unemployed? Have you just recently returned to the US from overseas and without insurance? If so, be sure to contact Insurance Services of America and ask for their short-term major medical plan. ISA is a Christian organization [...]
Tags: · ...Insurance, Insurance Services of America
2) Take a Serious Look at Biola’s TESOL Certificate & Coursework —
May 23rd, 2010 · No Comments
Have you been considering teaching English as a second language? If so, take a serious look at the certificate offered by Biola. Learn more at http://cook.biola.edu/grad/programs/certificate/tesol/ We believe you’ll find it to be one of the most comprehensive on the planet and, what’s more, it’s taught by instructors who have significant experience in applying TESOL [...]

