Brigada – 2024-04-14

Chiang Rai International Christian School needs Elementary, Middle School, and High School teachers. CRICS is serving the servants of the Golden Triangle area of N. Thailand. They believe in serving the whole community by serving children of missionaries and community builders, as well as Thai families. No Thai language training is required. Volunteers must have a college degree. For more information contact
recruiter@crics.asia and visit

http://www.crics.asia

Once again Morton Security Solutions is discounted offering training for Faith Based Organizations on how to work efficiently regarding safety and security while traveling to and in a foreign location. Learn how to maximize your effectiveness while acting in a responsible manner abroad. Early bird pricing available until January 1, 2017. Go to:

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Check it out at…

https://jesus.net/

Get involved there as a ministry, church, or individual — to make a difference among those who are asking for help.

Some would say, “Baptizing new believers in the name of the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit, then teaching them to obey all things that Jesus commanded. Others would try to establish a missiological foundation. Check out Warrick Farah’s perspective, for example:

http://muslimministry.blogspot.com/2015/11/towards-missiology-of-disciple-making.html

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…the Asbury United Methodist Church in Tulsa, OK, who sent, this past week, $200, along with a note that said, “Thanks for the great work on Brigada throughout the year. May the Name of Jesus be proclaimed!” Asbury, may God bless your church and all its members!!!
…the gift of $40 at just the right time.
…the $100 gift raised from a source in Joplin, MO. God bless you!
…the anonymous Brigada participant in Fort Washington, PA, who sent $250 this past week, along with a note saying, “God bless you Brigada!” We appreciate you!!!
…the anonymous gmail user giving $200 toward unreached peoples worldwide. God bless you!
…for the $25 donor from Arlington — we appreciate you!!!
…the anonymous donor from Holt, MI, who sent $150 in the name of getting the Good News of Jesus out to unreached peoples everywhere. Thank you!
…for the three anonymous gifts of $50 each, given in His name. We thank you.
…for the $100 anonymous donation from Anandale, California.
…for $150 from a donor in Santa Ana, Cali, and yet another one who writes books! God bless you!
…the Mission Network, which sent $100 this past week in an attempt to inspire others to give toward finishing the task so that there is no place left where unreached peoples are without witness. Thank you Mission Network!!!
…the $100 gift from a long-time friend. God bless you!
…the $100 donation from a New Zealander and a second friend. Thank you!
…to the anonymous donor who gave $25, we say, May God bless your week!
…to Shelby, NC, for the gift of $25. Thank you!
…the gift from Insurance Services of America for $26.25 as a result of trip cancellation insurance purchased by Monte Vista Chapel. Thank you! To purchase DayTripper and other kinds of coverage, just go to
http://www.missionaryhealth.net/brigada/

All together, that makes $1741.25 which came in this past week. God be praised. That puts us at $6483.15 for the year. At this point, we would only need 105 partners to send in $100 each. So here’s the burning question: Are you in a position to give $100 on behalf of unreached peoples? If so, please 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!

Brigada doesn’t have a fundraising specialist. We don’t have a percentage given toward this work from some central fund. In fact, because Doug volunteers his time, all we have to do is pay internet fees, some light advertising costs, and a part-time salary of a publisher/editor. The sum of all our expenses for an entire year add up to just $17,000. We already have well over $6000 in hand. But there are just found weeks left in the year. Would you or your church consider a $generous gift to empower the global distribution of motivation and resources to finish the task? If so, please 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!

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In this issue…
1) Thousands of Brigada Readers Can’t Help with Costs: Can you?
2) Could Meetup.com Provide the Tools for Evangelistic Presentations?
3) Discover, Obey, Share: Is it that simple?
4) Checking out Online Learning? Try these 45 Classes for Free
5) See Real Uptime Reviews for Web Hosting Services
6) Why have I Never Heard of Wistia Before?
7) Gaining by Losing: Another Case of Upside Down Thinking
8) Book: Missions Abandoned — Re-establishing the priority
9) When you Need that next Logo…
10) Looking for Debriefing Evaluation Tool
11) History of Islamic Theology & Movements: A Christian Investigation
12) What are the best Alternatives for Dropbox?
13) We’re Grateful for…
14) The Last Bit: Want to Change the World? Consider These 18 Elements
15) Closing Stuff

There are literally thousands of Brigada participants who aren’t positioned to help with the costs of our part-time publishing help, server and domain costs, and the light marketing we do. The good news is, for the entire year of weekly editions, our budget is just $17,000. Total. That’s it. The whole thing is less than the cost of one preschool teacher’s annual salary. Yet — many of our readers (maybe half?) live in economic conditions that make it impossible to get dollars out of the country. But if you CAN, the only question that remains is — WILL you? Will you consider an offering of $100 to underwrite the cost of Brigada for an entire year? The great news is — we won’t ACCEPT more than $17,000 for the year. You know EXACTLY how much has come in already: $4,741.90 . And if we ever reach the budget for a particular year, any additional funds that come in will be applied to the NEXT year. Our goal is simple: Accelerate the fulfillment of the Great Commission by sharing resources, motivation, and trends through Brigada.com. Our focus is unreached peoples. Our ultimate aim is glorifying Christ. Your gift keeps on giving throughout the entire year. By sending one gift of $100, you inspire and illuminate the ministries of thousands of Great Commission Christians in countries all around the globe. Many Brigada readers tell us they forward items to their entire agency. Many pull an item and feature it in their own publications (we’re sure they always tell their folks where they learned about it : ) ).  Would you consider celebrating Thanksgiving by sending a gift that will keep on stirring up Great Commission fervor for an entire year? Mobilize — today — by making a gift. It’s easy. Just head on over to www.brigada.org and click “Donate.” If you’re in the position of giving $2000, $1000, or $500, please do so to make up for the many who can’t help. And thank you, in advance, for your partnership in the Gospel from the first day (1995) until now. Can’t afford $100? Then please don’t let that stop you. Give $1 for each year Brigada has been working — that would be a $21 gift. We only mention giving in the last few weeks of each year. In fact, if you can give the entire remaining budget in one week ($12,258.10), we can stop asking — for the next YEAR! Please be generous — and please click now.

https://brigada.org

Thank you.

This past week, I (Doug) was in a planning meeting with missions mobilizers and one of them referred to meetup.com. I’ll have to admit, I hadn’t heard of the service before, nor would I have put 2 and 2 together to think of it as a possible tool for finding “persons of peace” who might be in the mood to hear the gospel. But it does indeed have some of the right stuff: People who visit the service are already seeking to form new relationships, they’re looking for something, and they’re expecting their life is about to change. They are even willing to pay a fee to find out about some new community that might bring them excitement or fulfillment. So let’s check out the possibilities there. And who knows what God will do. Your thoughts?

http://www.Meetup.com