4) Where Will You Go for Intercultural Studies Degrees?
Nebraska Christian College, in collaboration with Hope International University, offers several degree programs that will be of interest to MKs and cross-cultural workers, including online programs you can complete without leaving the field. They have excellent on-site ministry programs in Intercultural Ministry, Worship Arts, Pastoral Ministry, and Next Generation Ministry. They also have completely online programs in Criminal Justice, Business, Human Development, Teacher Education, as well as online M.A., MBA, and MDIV options. For more information visit…
or, contact
nick.baker@nechristian.edu
5) Where Do You Go for Trip Cancellation Insurance?
David asked this past week if we knew of a good vendor for travel insurance. You know — the kind that, if your flights go south, and you simply have to get there, you can book other airlines or take 6-hour taxis or whatever it takes — to get there when you need to get there. The kind that covers you even if the cancellation is weather-related. And the kind that, if you have to drop because you get sick, you can drop, with the confidence your trip will be fully reimbursed. We’ve been big fans of the folks at Insurance Services of America (ISA). Early on, they established the page at…
http://missionaryhealth.net/brigada
We’ve used their services — and, upon occasion, we’ve actually had to collect from it. And it worked. As long as you save receipts and can connect the dots to explain what happened, you are reimbursed in a timely fashion. (Truth in Brigada: They do send a gift for every single policy you buy. But — we honestly haven’t found a better service, gifts not withstanding. So that’s why we ask now with open hands…) Is there a better service, for a more competitive price, anywhere? If you find one, please click “Comment” following the web or app version. And, thanks for your time. Oh — and thanks to ISA for all the gifts over the years.
6) Type in Kingdom, Then Type a Period, Then the Word, Training
If you’ve never been to
You need to go.
These folks are helping people the world over to use media to accelerate disciple making movements. They do this by modeling behavior which clarifies vision, selects best media platforms, launches effective prayer networks (they speak with some experience on this, having launched what arguably became the largest prayer network in history – 130,000 people praying every day for Tunisia — Pray4Tunisia.com ), doing good research, figuring out how to make disciples in a given context, using online media as a filter and funnel to pull scads of people into contact with the good news, connecting with those people through a proper follow-up network, allocating resources for proper follow-up, then constantly reevaluating the metrics of this entire machine. Wow. This is radical. If you haven’t gone there, please start today.
7) Get A Free Country Safety Report
Morton Security knows it’s that time of the year again, when lots of churches and groups are planning for spring and summer trips to locations you may or may not have been before. They are currently offering a free country level safety report to anyone that wants one (current customers excluded of course). Just go to their website at
and click on the Free Country Report button.
8) Traveling with a Big Family?
This site…
is for you. They specialize in helping you find hotels with rooms that have multiple-bed configurations. It’s about time. : )
9) Never Been to “Passion?” So, Go “Virtually”
If you’ve never had a chance to participate in “Passion” (that huge gathering in Atlanta that basically shuts down the whole town, and provides you with years-full of Christian music), maybe you can at least visit them online and pick up on the heart of it all. Just visit
for all the latest from Passion 2018. You can even pick it up digitally and listen TODAY.
10) Snag a Free Copy of “Tortured for Christ” by Richard Wurmbrand
With his testimony, Richard Wurmbrand has inspired a generation. In a land and a time when many chose to become silent, Nicolai Ionescu (a.k.a. Richard) spoke out boldly that Christianity and Communism were simply not compatible. For that, he served 14 years in prison and was tortured constantly. But the good news was — He was finally ransomed and freed. Friends encouraged him to tell his story for the sake of many others. He later founded Voice of the Martyrs. And now you can get his story for free, courtesy of the org he founded, by visiting…
https://etools.ncol.com/a/tfc/bg_vomtfc_persecutioncom-tfc-flash_346.html
11) Which are the World’s Most Miserable Economies? Surprised?
Bloomberg has done the work for us by making all the calculations. The results might surprise you.
(Thanks to our good friend, Justin, for emailing this to us last week.)
12) We Searched for the Best Calendar Plug-in for WordPress
We tried all the major names, but, for the money, finally settled on a little-known player called Stachetheme’s Event Calendar for WordPress. It had all the capabilities we were seeking — responsive (resized for each type of digital device), multiple views (monthly, weekly, agenda), user-editing from the front side as well as the back-end, recurring events and much more. But wow — the documentation is not very profound. Did you find another solution — and why did you like it? Thanks for your comments on the web or app version of this item.
13) We’re Grateful to…
…the folks at Equipping Servants International, who sent $25 this past week to speed Brigada on its way out the door to thousands of participants toward the fulfillment of the Great Commission among unreached peoples. Thank you ESI!!!
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