Brigada – 2024-04-14

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In the July update, just published this month, the 24:14 leadership team published the following set of descriptions of how they were defining a CPM or DMM. Take a look:

What is a CPM/DMM Approach?
In the 24:14 coalition we view a Church Planting Movement (CPM) / Disciple Making Movement (DMM) approach is one in which:
1. There is awareness that only God can start movements. As disciples we can, however, follow biblical principles to pray, plant, and water the seeds that can lead to movement like those we see in Acts.
2. The focus is to make every follower of Christ a reproducing disciple rather than merely a convert.
3. Simple patterns are used which create frequent and regular accountability for both obeying what the Lord is speaking to each person and for them to pass it on to others in a loving environment. This requires a participative small-group approach.
4. Each disciple is equipped in comprehensive ways (such as interpreting and applying Scripture, a well-rounded prayer life, functioning as a part of the larger Body of Christ, and responding well to persecution/suffering) in order that they might function not merely as consumers, but as active agents of Kingdom advance.
5. Each disciple is given a vision both for reaching their relational network and for extending the Kingdom to the ends of the earth with a prioritization on the darkest places (with a “no place left” mentality – Rom. 15:23). They are equipped to be able to minister and partner with others in the Body of Christ in both of these environments.
6. Reproducing churches are intentionally formed as a part of the process of multiplying disciples. The intent in CPM/DMM approaches is that 1) disciples, 2) churches, 3) leaders and 4) movements can multiply endlessly by the power of the Spirit.
7. Emphasis is not on the specific model of CPM/DMM used, but on the underlying biblical principles of multiplying kingdom movements.
24:14 often uses “CPM” as an all-encompassing term to refer to movements, but endorses both CPM and DMM as legitimate terms to describe the same process and believes there are many movement approaches and variations that work effectively depending on the cultural context.

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In this issue…
1) Hindi Christian Resources
2) Azerbaijani Partnership is a Model for Mobilization
3) Developing a Church-Based Member Care Plan with Neal Pirolo
4) Can You Help Dave Find a Great Member Care/Debriefing Experience?
5) Ethan Asked, Are we allowed to promote Brigada?”
6) A Comibam Gathering On The “Dispersed”
7) July Edition of EMQ Focuses on Mobilization; You’ll Want to Read It
8) Help Chuck Find an App that Marries Database and Mapping
9) Write Better Newsletters with this Storytelling Course
10) We’re Seeing a LOT of Momentum Building for Finishing the Task
11) Join us in Praying for Philippines: Severe Flooding
12) Thinking of Starting a Rooftop Hydroponics Farm? (Why not? : ) )
13) We’re Grateful for…
14) The Last Bit: Zume Project is Now Available in Farsi
15) Closing Stuff

Hindi Christian Resources has Christian resources in Hindi language. They’ve pulled together Bibles, audio resources, correspondence courses, commentaries, music, films, tracts, Christian books, devotionals, ministries, mission organizations, and more. The links are arranged alphabetically so that you can search for resources easily. If you’re working with a group who speaks the Hindi language, you will want to check out…

http://hindichristian.org

If you’ve never taken a look at the Azerbaijani partnership as a model for unreached people group mobilization, you might want to do so. Their website at…

https://www.azerbaijanipartnership.org/

invites individuals, orgs, and nations to take part in reaching these very special people, regardless of where they’re found. The site gives options for those wishing to pray. But it also lists key partners, maintains a blog and provides an abundance of resources to share with Azerbaijani people. There’s also an option to give directly. Well done, Azerbaijani Network!

Headed to the Pastor to Missionaries Conference at Ridgecrest in October? Then you might as well go a couple of days early to meet with Neal Pirolo, right? He’s offering an informative and interactive preconference that will search the Scriptures for the Biblical mandate for Missionary Care, consider the diversity of skill sets needed to fully provide the care a missionary deserves, then wrestle with the dynamics of how to “make it happen” in your church. That’s Ridgecrest, (near Asheville, NC), October 1-2, 2018. To register or learn more, visit…

https://mailchi.mp/25ebdd8ab514/ptm-2018-pre-conference-offerings

Dave works with his local church to shepherd missionaries. He’s looking for a great program to provide member care and debriefing for a couple of their missionaries families who are returning to the USA for keeps. I’m familiar with MTI’s DAR program…

https://www.mti.org/programs/DAR

and TRAIN International’s “Abide”…

http://traininternational.org/Abide.html

Are there others you would recommend that he consider? If so, just click “Comment” after the web or app version of this item. Thanks in advance for your help for Dave!

This past week, we received an inquiry from Ethan, asking, “Are we allowed to promote Brigada in public forums? I find that your resources are really good for anyone in ministry.” [blush] God be praised, Ethan. We’d be honored. In fact, if you and every reader would each find just one more person to subscribe, we would instantly double our readership of 7,000 overnight! Please do whatever you can. In Closing Stuff each week, we invite it. Please make it so. Anyone can visit…

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And thanks again for the encouragement!

COMIBAM is the network serving the Ibero-American mission movement. They are organizing a gathering in Nov of their leadership from across the region to discuss the topic of the “dispersed”. The “dispersed” includes refugees and the broader diaspora movement. They are looking for groups capable of receiving Latino missionaries into refugee ministries and/or assist the Latin American Church to serve the “dispersed” in Latin America. For more info, contact
eporter@comibam.org