Brigada

Here’s a Masters degree in Leadership, taught in cohort format, starting in April. It’s designed especially for folks in Asia and the deadline for registration is March 15. Learn to… * Practice value-based servant leadership * Produce high morale and productive employees * Resolve conflict and create effective teams * Create high performance organizations * [...]

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LeaderLink has been known as the most comprehensive leadership training designed specifically for missions. For over 16 years CrossGlobal Link has been providing this specialized leadership training to field missionaries and home staff. Now, you can join a web workshop from anywhere in the world. These interactive 75-minute workshops are held once every Wednesday over [...]

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That’s what you get from these sites: https://trainandmultiply.com http://paul-timothy.net/ We’ve mentioned them before in Brigada, but it’s been a while. Allan, one of the guys in our Equipping Dept. at Team Expansion, sent out a note to our staff about them this past week and it reminded me it had been too long since we [...]

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It is not uncommon for the missions leadership in a church to turn over about every 3 years. Finding ways to train them quickly is key. ACMC conferences are a quick, easy, and accessible way to do that. Typically they deal with topics such as leading your church in missions well, mobilizing your congregation, choosing [...]

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Working in partnership in a cross-cultural context can be quite a challenge. Often different leadership styles can cause misunderstanding and friction. Here’s a new book by Ralph Schubert that features a dialogue between Western and Tanzanian Christian leaders on their leadership styles and their impact on cross-cultural partnerships. Entitled, ” Leadership and Partnership. A dialogue [...]

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Evangelism Resources focuses on four major themes. In summary, E.R…. *** Brings people to Christ*** Makes them into disciples*** Unites them in the body*** Sends them to the nations They raise the cost to train workers, create schools of evangelism for them, then send them out nationwide and worldwide. Indigenous leadership is a top priority. [...]

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What are cultural tendencies that sabotage Christian leadership? What about Christian followership? This past week, a Team Expansion team leader asked us for insights on this question in hopes of understanding these things and dealing with them more effectively. To get the ball rolling he nominated the idea of democracy. He wrote, “It’s a beautiful [...]

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In case you haven’t noticed, last Brigada’s question about leadership (and how you find it or forge it) brought out some great guidance. Examine it at: http://www.brigada.org/2008/06/backpage-how-does-one-recognize.html There you can find out how to discern leaders, read white papers, examine leadership paradigms, discover traits leaders need, along with a lot more. Just in time: Monday [...]

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In the Kingdom of God, there’s a place for everyone, but I suppose not all of us are comfortable in leadership positions. Lately I’ve been asking myself, how does one recognize leadership potential? This is coming up in my life this week because I have to oversee the process of appointing captains of the soccer [...]

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In this issue… CUTTING HEALTH INSURANCE COSTS ATTEND REGIONAL MOBILIZATION MEETINGS (SAMPLE IN PITTSBURGH) FREE WEBSITE OFFERS HELPFUL RESOURCES PRE-FIELD TRAINING IN ASIA FOR ASIA MINISTRY THE ‘EASY’ TANZANIAN LANGUAGES TEAM NOW HAVE THEIR OWN WEBSITE OMF BC EVENTS IN OCTOBER GLOBAL MISSIOLOGY “ISLAM AND CHRISTIANITY” EDITION THE COMING REVOLUTION OMF REACHING CHINA WHAT’S THE [...]

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In this issue… OPENING FOR A SENIOR DIRECTOR PALTALK MIGHT WORK FOR YOU? WHY ARE BRIGADAS SOMETIMES RELEASED IN JULY WITH JUNE DATES? BIBLE SOFTWARE: SPECIAL DISCOUNT FOR BRIGADA SUBSCRIBERS US POSTAL SERVICE RADICALLY CHANGES “M-BAG” RATE COULD YOU HELP GROW THE BRIGADA FAMILY? LEARN TO TALK WITH MUSLIMS ABOUT JESUS: PILLARS AND PROPHETS “SERVING [...]

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In this issue… MINISTER TO THE POOR WITHOUT CREATING DEPENDENCY THANKS TO THOSE WHO ARE TRYING GOODSEARCH! HOW TO DO SHORT-TERM MISSIONS WITHOUT DOING LONG-TERM HARM CHRISTIAN HIV/AIDS RESOURCES US POST OFFICE SENDS PRAYER LETTERS FREE SYNERGY NEWSLETTER MEMBER CARE SERVICES IN BUDAPEST EQUIPPING CONFERENCE FOR MINISTRY AMONG INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS TRAIN A NEW GENERATION OF [...]

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In this issue… SPECIALIZED MINISTRIES FOR SPECIAL TASKS CATCH TESOL IN SOUTHEAST ASIA GREAT INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC CALLING RATES FROM US PROFESSIONAL COACHING TRAINING TO MULTIPLY YOUR IMPACT PARTNERSHIP TRAINING THAT REALLY WORKS ANOTHER WAY TO GEAR UP FOR TEACHING ENGLISH CHRISTIAN DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE 2006 MISSION COMMISSION LEADERSHIP TO CHANGE AT CONFERENCE GREAT CALLING RATES [...]

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