9) What if Your Church Needs Deconstructed? What would that Look Like?
Carpenter’s Home Church was a prominent Assemblies of God megachurch in Lakeland, Florida. Opened in 1985, the church claimed 5,000 worshipers at its peak. The church closed amidst financial scandal and dwindling attendance. Check out one person’s testimony…
Bummer that we sometimes give the church a bad rap, but in reality, everything she says in her video is so true… It’s where we go for healing, for comfort, for friends, for service, for inspiration, for worship, etc. Of course, the flip side is we live in a fallen world and Satan wants to destroy. He sure has his way sometimes. Super sad story.
10) In Search of Collaborative Word Processing and Team Building
This past week, we needed a solution for collaboration in creating documents. We were so weary of the standard email threads copying 4 or 5 people every time. We first tried Quip, but alas, I don’t think SalesForce is going to give us a good enough price. And we can’t justify paying $10 per person (after the first 5, that is). So we kept looking — and found Etherpad. Yes, it’s a hassle to stage it. But there are several “free” solutions out there. And maybe you’ll have an I.T. guy who can stage it. Either way, Etherpad is a great product — and completely free! Worth a try. Learn more at…
11) Great input on the Fundraising Question
We asked recently which services seem best for helping folks to learn support-raising as quickly as possible. One recommended Causevox, a peer2peer fundraising platform. “They don’t charge fees for the first $5000 raised for an org and have a great blog.” Thanks Laurie, for that input. Laurie went on to add the Bloomerang blog, in part because it will introduce you to many thought leaders. She added *another* option — Tom Ahern who teaches about writing donor centered material. Her last suggestion was Simon Sinek’s Ted talk- on the subject of “Start with Why” although that’s not the title. Finally, she also threw in “People Raising,” an essential book on raising personal support. Again, thanks so much Laurie. So — the place to start is…
12) Don’t Forget this Disciple Making Practices Video
Don’t forget — if you’d like a 30-minute introduction to “What is DMM?” (DMM = Disciple Making Movement practices), catch it for free at…
Disciple Making Practices Video from Team Expansion on Vimeo.
It’s also on the landing page at…
More Disciples also has an active podcast channel (pretty much at any of the podcast source sites) and an active blogging presence.
13) We’re Grateful for…
…great Brigada partners, who sent $50 this past week to help empower Brigada out to disciple makers throughout the globe. Thank you!
Would you consider joining with them in empowering Brigada to the nations? It’s easy to give. Just click “Donate” at www.brigada.org, or mail a check payable to Team Expansion (Brigada), 13711 Willow Reed Drive, Louisville, KY 40299. Team Expansion is a 501(c)3 incorporation so, for USA citizens, your gift to Christ through Team Expansion is tax-deductible. Thank you, in advance, for your partnership!
14) Mission Frontiers Runs a Zume Edition
Wow. Look what Mission Frontiers ran for practically their entire edition:
http://www.missionfrontiers.org/issue/current
It’s all about “Zume,” the free course available at…
Zume, you’ll recall, helps you understand disciple making movements at your local level — if you’re in the USA (Phase 1). (Later phases will focus on other languages and locations.) Read the entire Mission Frontiers edition to learn more, or better yet, sign up today at the website above to start *experiencing* Zume first hand.
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2017/04/23 — Brigada Today
Compiled/Edited by Doug Lucas and Tina McCormick, Team Expansion
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In this issue…
1) Chinese Christian Resources
2) The Best Encryption: Not Carrying Any Digital Device
3) Virtual Book Table
4) Read, Watch, and Listen to a Love Letter in 100 Languages
5) Cuba is Still “Normalizing”: Homeschooling Hasn’t Arrived
6) Two “Lost” Books on Making Disciples
7) What’s the Best Platform for Finding a New Logo?
8) Here’s an Islamics Course at All Nations Christian College, UK
9) Would you Please Pray for North Korea?
10) Which App works Best to Report Expenses/Reimbursements
11) What are the best Resources for those Learning to Raise Funds?
12) Tentmaking Mobilization Org is Looking for a Director
13) We’re Grateful for…
14) Thank you Global Mapping — for over 30 Years of Service!!!
15) Closing Stuff
1) Chinese Christian Resources
Are you looking for Bibles, New Testaments, dvds, tracts, audio and other materials in Mandarin, Cantonese, Chinese and the other languages of China? If so, visit…
http://www.missionaryresources.com/chinese_christian_resources.php?alp=A
or go to
http://www.chinesechristianresources.org
Also, if you know of another Chinese Christian Resource to add, just email the info to
brianformissions@gmail.com .
2) The Best Encryption: Not Carrying Any Digital Device
It happens that I (Doug) will be traveling to a very sensitive land in a couple of weeks. During that visit, I had considered encrypting my hard drive. But after much consideration, it looks like the even better approach is — just not to take any device into the sensitive land – period. The thought was — even the presence of the device itself raises the profile of the traveler. So there will be a 4-day gap in which I’m not doing email at all. Yikes. Bring on the meds.
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