Brigada – 2024-03-17

13) We’re Grateful…

… to the enduring community of faith at Asbury United Methodist Church in Tulsa, OK, who just sent $200 and a thank-you note for Brigada’s ministry for the sake of Jesus Christ and the hope he offers unreached peoples. Thank you Asbury!!!
… to the sister in California who gave $30 this past week, because she loves Brigada in conjunction with her ministries of prayer and church planting in Indonesia.
… to the brother in Foster City, CA, who sent $100 to Brigada this past week because he loves our emphasis on reaching unreached peoples in Christ’s name. He said, “Please just keep doing what you do.”
… to the anonymous Brigada booster who sent $50 to help send Brigada ou to thousands of screens around the world every week, giving motivation, resources, and trends for the fulfillment of the Great Commission.
… to the sister who sent $20 because she cares about unreached peoples.
… to the brother from St. Paul, MN, who sent $60 because he just wanted to encourage Brigada on its way. Thank you and God bless you!!!

At the end of Each year, we ask Brigada participants to chip in on the costs we incur to provide resources, motivation, information, and trends to Great Commission workers all over the world. We hold our requests to a reasonable amount. We’ve worked off of a budget of $17,120 annually for over a decade. This covers the costs associated with domains, email-sending services, light marketing costs, and a part-time assistant to help with compiling and publishing. Everything we do is associated with reaching unreached peoples. If your church, family, or business would consider chipping in, we’d be very grateful.
So far in 2015, Brigada fans have given $4761, including the most recent gifts above. This means we have $12,359 to go. That’s just 124 “True Fans” of Brigada who would each give $100 to make the year end well. Might you be one of the 124?

To help, just 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. If you’d rather give online, just click “Donate” in the upper right corner at brigada.org .

14) Backpage: On Religious Fanatacism

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Read more about the religious fanatics who took Aqsa’s life here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Aqsa_Parvez . They were her father and brother, who were convicted of the so-called “honor killing,” and are serving a life sentence without the possibility of parole until 2028. (She wouldn’t wear the head-covering supposedly required by her religion.)

We were thinking this past week… When is it ok to be a religious fanatic? One Brigada reader wrote, “I love Muslim people but not their culture. … My culture loves and respects women, and children; affirms love and forgiveness of even enemies; affirms tolerance; believes in democracy; is generous to all in need, even when not returned. Significantly, the Countries of my culture are the ones our Muslim cousins flee to, Countries of their culture are largely or completely closed. May we not be found wanting in love, as we seek to do the right, which is often not the easy or comfortable thing, may all we do and think bring joy to our King….”

We’re thinking that several people must be giving thanks this week for the fact that they have peace in their family. It is, after all, Thanksgiving season for those living in the USA. But for others, this week is not so peaceful. Others have lost loved ones even though they didn’t pick a fight. They’ve lost arms, legs, and futures. They’ve lost education, food, and clean water. They’ve lost homes, cities, and entire COUNTRIES to a struggle they don’t even understand.

Here in Louisville where I (Doug) live, we’ve befriended several Iraqi refugees. They fled Iraq when war flared up there, taking up a new in, of all places, Syria. I’m sure it looked like a good idea at the time. Looking back, not so much. Five years later, they were put on the ruyn again by yet another war they didn’t start. I recently visited a mosque with my son. We spoke with the lead imam there for 2 hours about global problems such as Iraq, Syria, and the Islamic State.

So we’re thinking today — when is it ok to be a religious fanatic? What might be a principle that would work for everyone? There’s only one dictum we’ve been able to conclude so far:

Religious fanatacism is always ok if it doesn’t cause hurt or harm to another. The only time it’s ok to harm another, is in self-defense, or taking the part of one who is unable to defend herself/himself.

What do you think of that principle? Is it one by which you could live? If so, how might we engage the world with this question and this answer?
Please click “comment” after the web version of this item. And, if you’re in a country celebrating Thanksgiving this week, may you have a most blessed and happy Thanksgiving, and may God be glorified in your life.

15) Closing Stuff

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2015/11/15 — Brigada Today

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In this issue…
1) Here’s a Thanksgiving Gift from the Folks Behind “Hastening”
2) GNPI: Here’s a Christmas gift to all ministry partners
3) Why in the World would Anyone Ever Try 24-7 Prayer
4) No one Nearby With Whom to Start a Ladies Bible Study? Try this:
5) Eric is Looking for Stats on Missions Giving
6) Suppose you’re a missionary in the Philippines, trying to find
7) From the Authors of War Room, Get This Kids Book
8) Teach Kids the Power of Prayer
9) Get the Prayer Warriors Ultimate Handbook
10) “Spent Matches” Will Spark a Disciple-making Fire Within You
11) Take a “Faith Dare Christmas Online Bible Study” Dec. 1st
12) Get “Oriented” at TRAIN
13) Would You Help Send Brigada into 2016?
14) The BackPage: What’s Your Take on “The True Furqan?”
15) Closing Stuff

1) Here’s a Thanksgiving Gift from the Folks Behind “Hastening”

Hastening_FrontCover_FINALBut you better act fast. This deal is only good through Nov. 30th.
Hastening is the new book that builds on T4T by including Disciple-making movement practices, then presenting them in the form of a gripping novel. Based on hot initial pre-sales, our friends Steve Smith and Robby Butler ordered a bunch of extra cases so they can extend the deadline for those who missed the first round of 69% discount on cases of Hastening. Through November 30th, save 69% on cases (32 books)!
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These will ship out nearly immediately and the offer includes direct FREE shipping from the printer to U.S. addresses. (Limited quantity available, get yours before they are gone.)

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2) GNPI: Here’s a Christmas gift to all ministry partners

christmas presentIt’s the hap-, happiest time of the year. And now you know why. Good News Productions International (GNPI) has just shared with you free Christmas reading plans in Russian, Hindi, and Spanish available on YouVersion, the world’s most popular Bible app. Videos from The Global Gospel are included in these discipleship plans.
Please share this ministry tool with anyone who can use it. See…

https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/2015-ru-gnpi-christmas

https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/2011-hi-gnpi-christmas

https://www.bible.com/reading-plans/2005-la-historia-navidena

depending on your favorite 2nd language. For more information, call 417-782-0060 or email:
info@theglobalgospel.org.

3) Why in the World would Anyone Ever Try 24-7 Prayer

Perhaps you’ve heard about the Moravians? The whole 24/7 prayer thing worked out ok for them. Red Moon Rising suggests we might want to try that again. This video makes a strong case for it in 2 minutes…

Of course, nobody said it was easy to get up in the middle of the night to pray. But… we could take a lesson from thousands who are somehow making it happen (and growing) in spite of the challenges. If you don’t believe it, see all the animation (and investment of paint!) in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjCHzkoog1I

Need a manual? They’ve got you covered there too…

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002G1ZP9C/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?ie=UTF8&btkr=1

What would it look like at YOUR church or group?

4) No one Nearby With Whom to Start a Ladies Bible Study? Try this:

Are you running out of options, running on empty, running around trying to find other ladies in your area with whom you can open the Bible? Try signing up for…

http://blog.lifeway.com/womenallaccess/2015/11/17/open-your-bible-online-bible-study-sign-up/?emid=women-OYBOBSeblast-OYBOBSsignup-20151118

It just might be a great way to help you start 2016 off well. Join Raechel Myers and Amanda Bible Williams, the women behind “She Reads Truth,” in this 7-session Bible study. Using powerful storytelling, real-life examples, and Scripture itself, Open Your Bible will quench a thirst you might not even know you have-one that can only be satisfied by God’s Word.

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