9) Returning to the USA from Overseas Service? Want Debriefing?
Catch it with Barnabas International at one of their upcoming four-day “Interlude” retreats in Indiana or Colorado. Reflect, share, participate, Integrate, and Look toward next steps. Learn more at…
http://www.barnabas.org/member-care/events/interlude-debriefing-retreat
(Thanks Jenny)
10) Free Software to Track Your Disciple Groups
Are you multiplying disciples and groups? If so, you might appreciate this free online software, developed by an implementer in Czech Republic:
https://dvopalecky.github.io/gen-mapper/
The software includes an “About” page for instructions, but if you’re familiar with the “Four Fields” model, it should be fairly easy to grasp. Thanks to Curtis Sergeant for inspiring this disciple maker to design it, and to the disciple maker for making it available to the world as a gesture of, “Freely I have received, and freely I give.”
11) 3D Gospel Clarifies Honor, Shame, Guilt and Fear
Thanks to the folks at Antioch Journey for writing this past week to ask, “Have you ever considered that the Western church usually presents the Gospel in terms of forgiveness through the removal of guilt, but people in the Majority World tend to seek honor or spiritual power? If we are to be effective Kingdom ambassadors in today’s globalized world, Christians need to understand and communicate a three-dimensional gospel that speaks to all of these perspectives.” They are spot-on. The Antioch Journey folks also told us about some friends of theirs at Eternity Bible College who will be hosting a special evening conference with keynote speaker Jayson Georges. Jayson is the founding editor of
and has also authored a solid resource on this subject, “The 3D Gospel: Ministering in Guilt, Shame and Fear Cultures”. The conference will be held on May 13, 2017, from 5-9 pm in Simi Valley, CA. For more information or to register, check out
http://www.eternitybiblecollege.com/3Dgospel
(Thanks again to the Antioch Journey, for bubbling this up to us. Learn more about them immediately below.)
12) Develop your Personal Posture toward Marketplace Ministry
Sure you could attend a business as mission conference — but maybe it’s months down the road, and several hundred dollars in travel costs. Why not get started today at Antioch Journey, which helps people better understand business as mission, while improving their discernment of marketplace ministries in Jesus’ name. Learn more about their work at
http://www.AntiochJourney.com
and take their 31-Day Challenge to developing a business as missions personal approach. Interact with a coach along the way and kick-start your career in business as missions.
13) “Stubborn Perseverance” Book Puts CPM in Novel Form
Are you not the type to sit down and read a college textbook, but you enjoy novels like crazy? Then Stubborn Perseverance, the book, might be just for you. It features characters Faisal and wife Fatima, who, along with their friends Yusuf & Nur and Nasrudin & Amina, seek God’s blessing for their Muslim people group in making disciples of Jesus. Through stubborn perseverance they overcome spiritual opposition and internal inhibitions to see God transform Abdullah the radical, Haji Ishmael the imam, Umar the drunk, Sharif the schoolmaster and a variety of others. Meanwhile, you’ll learn the Camel method of sharing the Good News AND be exposed to all kinds of principles of church planting movements. Order at…
https://www.amazon.com/Stubborn-Perseverance-James-Nyman/dp/0996965289
It’s written by James Nyman, Edited by Robby Butler, and features forwards by David Watson and Jerry Trousdale.
14) The Last Bit: Remember that Trojan and Virus Emails are Many
Even if you have a great antivirus program (like Norton), you’ll still have to deal with SOME scams and problem emails. Example: Someone might write you saying your email account is about to expire. Or you might get an email that appears to originate from the laptop of a friend, telling you that he or she is overseas and has been robbed. Typically, the email will ask you to wire money to a particular place. In fact, another email scam might tell you your email account is about to expire. To deal with these and other scams/problems, it’s a shame — but we almost have to develop a level of skepticism about ANY and ALL emails that ask for personal information or that ask us to click a link. We should ALWAYS a) analyze the header for the ‘real’ “from address” and b) hover our mouse over the link before clicking on it (to discern the target of the click). In addition, before we participate in ANY response prompted by an email, we should always follow the “OPC” protocol: a) Does this email have a clear origin, b) is my Purpose clear and valid, and c) is there a clear closure date for this campaign (if it’s a campaign). Learn more about these concepts at…
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In this issue…
1) Resource to Encourage Missionaries
2) What in the World is LibriVox? How Can it Help your Christian Life?
3) Join Leaders and Innovators in Mobile Ministry in Holland
4) Questions regarding ACA Health Insurance
5) Looking for Just the Right Bible for Prisoners? Look No Further
6) Twenty Things for 20 Years
7) Here’s a Solution for Internet Anonymity
8) Honor-Shame Conference
9) Understanding And Impacting The Muslim World
10) Learning Arabic? Like Arabic Music?
11) Love Indian Music? Then you’ll love Gaana
12) Tap into the Knowledge at CrossWired
13) We’re Grateful…
14) The Last Bit: What’s it Like to Embrace Unengaged Peoples?
15) Closing Stuff
1) Resource to Encourage Missionaries
A Bible study guide called, Finding Strength for the Journey, provides a boost for the challenges of ministry. Mission experiences inspired this tool for member care or personal encouragement. One mission worker writes, “I have been able to relate to it more than any ‘stateside’ Bible study.” It applies scripture to real life and is useful for individuals or group-study. For more info go to
http://purposepress.net/finding-strength.html or info@purposepress.net
2) What in the World is LibriVox? How Can it Help your Christian Life?
LibriVox is a service which provides open AIP hooks for apps that can read their public domain audio books for free. Zero. Zilch. Nada. You can check out their catalogue at…
and find an app for your phone at pages like…
https://librivox.org/2011/11/09/iphone-apps-for-librivox/ (for iPhone)
or
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=biz.bookdesign.librivox&hl=en
Either way, you’ll find zillions of free books, including “The Deeper Christian life,” by Andrew Murray.
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