Brigada – 2024-04-14

Imagine sharing the Gospel by putting up a book table. Soon you have to pack up and go. Think of your last outreach, or church/evangelism website. Wouldn’t it be great if you had a 24/7, real time, Christian presence on there? The Virtual Book Table meets those needs. It’s a free Internet chat room to interact with seekers via video, voice or text on any device,. Find out more:

http://www.aboutabc.org/virtualbooktable

Did we mention it’s a love letter from God? Soak this in…

http://www.fathersloveletter.com/

Then head over to the media center….

http://www.fathersloveletter.com/media-center.html

and print for free!

Parents in the USA and other free countries, please don’t take your privileges and freedoms for granted. Here’s a story in Cuba that seems legitimate (verified from multiple sources; not exposed as fake news) regarding a family who had hoped to home school in Cuba. Unfortunately, the government wouldn’t allow it.

http://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2017/02/28/parents-arrested-cuba-homeschooling-children/

So next time you become weary in well-doing (giving your kids a great education), just remember there are people in other countries who couldn’t do it legally if they tried. Keep up the great work.

The “Lost Art of Disciple Making” Shouldn’t be a Lost Book.
Never mind that it was published in 2009. It’s more relevant today than ever. Leroy Eims believes we “neglect the young Christian in our whirl of programs, church services, and fellowship groups. And we neglect to raise up workers and leaders who can disciple young believers into mature and fruitful Christians.” He explains how the early church discipled new Christians, how to meet the basic needs of a growing Christian, how to spot and train potential workers, and, in short, how to develop mature, godly leaders. See it at…

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000SEU7YW/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

There’s another such book: “Disciples Are Made Not Born: Helping Others Grow to Maturity in Christ.” It’s even older — 2002. But there are timeless lessons here, and much of what is being taught in current disciple making movement (DMM) trainings seems clearly based on these foundational concepts. Worth the read.

https://www.amazon.com/Disciples-Are-Made-Not-Born/dp/0781438837

This past week, Christian wrote, asking to be reminded of the “Submission-review-voting” website we used to come up with the Brigada logo. We used 99Designs…

https://99designs.com/

and it worked great. But there might be others. What’s YOUR favorite site to come up with a new graphic? Maybe there are other deals like 99 Designs? If so, please click “Comment” after the web version of this item. Thanks!

Want to learn Islam in the UK? The course is “Islam – Getting to the Heart,” and it’s going to run 3rd – 9th December 2017. If you are currently involved in or preparing to work in Muslim countries or among ethnic minorities in the West, or if you are simply interested in studying Islam, then you will find this course invaluable. The cost is £490 (incl. tuition, accommodation and meals). For more details visit…

https://www.allnations.ac.uk/courses/short-courses/islam-getting-heart

Pray for peace. Ask God to bring healing where there is strife. Pray for wisdom for leaders on both sides. And ask for the *people* — because the *people* are the ones who seem stuck in the middle. Here’s inspiration…

http://www.prayercast.com/north-korea.html

If you and your ministry were going to use an app to capture expenses, then request reimbursements, which one would you use? The one to which people keep pointing us, it seems, is Expensify…

https://www.expensify.com

It integrates with several nice accounting programs, including Quickbooks Online, but even if one is just using it solo, it still seems amazing. And the free package lets you process several “smartscan” receipts per month. Looks like there’s no limit on recording expenses without smartscanning. So an org *could* operate with this … and not pay a dime, right? Seems like a great option. Do you use it? …like it? … detest it? : ) Haters gotta hate, after all. That’s what Taylor says. What’s YOUR opinion. Please tell us if you’ve found a better option by clicking “Comment” after the web version of this item. And thanks in advance for your help.

We revisit this question now and then when we discover new pools of resources for those raising funds for mission. One of those is…

https://www.causevox.com/learning-center/

Other such training and resource pages include…

http://supportraisingsolutions.org/bootcamp/

https://kingdomcometraining.weebly.com/

Which stacks of resources do *you* prefer??? Just click “Comment” after the web version of this item. Thanks in advance for sharing your ideas and resources.

The folks at Global Opportunities are looking for a new Executive Director. The applicant must be a US citizen. Just about everything else, however, is up for grabs. We don’t know much about this opportunity, other than — you can learn more at…

http://globalopps.org/executive-director-search/