Brigada

Starting Thursday evening, some 7,000 students, church members, mobilizers, college reps, missionaries, and aid workers from all over the world will gather in Lexington, Kentucky’s Rupp Arena (where the famed UK Wildcats play). Learn more about the program by checking out the website… http://nationalmissionaryconvention.org and even peruse the program book at… http://nationalmissionaryconvention.org/downloads/2010NMC_ProgramBook.pdf [That URL might [...]

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Just attend the “Interchange 2010″ workshop! It’s scheduled for December 1-2, 2010, at Brandywine Valley Baptist Church, Wilmington, DE, easily accessible from the Philadelphia airport. It’s designed for anyone with a passion to see the church of Jesus Christ mobilized to reach the ends of the earth, with a goal of helping you maximize the [...]

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It has been interesting to note recent Brigada dialogue regarding Unreached People Group focus. Barb recently wrote to remind us of two articles that may be of interest. One article written in 2007 by Dr. Kent Parks, is still relevant in answering misconceptions about people-group thinking. Even the statistics seemed to have changed little in [...]

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Create International (a YWAM vision in Chiang Mai, Thailand) produces evangelistic, mobilization, and church-planting media resources for unreached peoples. They’re on the web at…. http://www.createthailand.com The School of Cartooning and Animation for Missions is a school designed to train missionary cartoonists. It’ll take place again in 2011.

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Emily wrote recently to familiarize us with this conference. “This is designed for those of us who work in missions home offices. This year, it’s in Rockville, VA (just outside Richmond) at an IMB base and is from December 1-3.  There are lots of breakout type sessions–6 of them in each area of Mobilization, HR, [...]

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Angela wrote this past week, recalling, “Ralph D. Winter once mused that you can go, send or mobilize, but if you have a choice then choose mobilization because it’s a strategic contribution to missions if you can mobilize ten people to go in place of you as one.” She went on to remind us that [...]

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Because it portrays a story in one man’s childhood, it really isn’t showing much age, even though it’s been around for awhile. At 17 minutes, it’s a bit on the long side, but it’s also extremely engaging. It’s the true story from the early childhood experience of a Campus Crusade Student Venture director. It’s a [...]

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“The Journey Deepens” is a weekend retreat to help prospects explore what it is like to be a missionary, discover whether a missionary or sender role is God’s fit, and connect with mission agencies. This is for high school seniors, college students, young adults, mid-lifers, baby boomers – anyone willing to explore becoming a missionary. [...]

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Are you a mission organization seeking to recruit on college campuses? Southern Nazarene University’s Fall 2009 “mission week” (www.snu.edu/missions) will be September 28 to October 2. Thursday, Oct. 1, will be a “missions fair” day with organizations invited to set up a recruiting table in the university Commons (at no charge!).  For more info, contact [...]

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Catch this conference in Villa Park, IL, USA. It promises a set of unique interactive learning experiences that should give participants hands-on training from field practitioners experienced in holistic and indigenous church planting in some of the world’s most difficult places for ministry. For more information, contact To Comment on this item, just click “Comment” [...]

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This good question was raised in North Africa this past week. I guess I’m not the only one needing good help. My friend in North Africa listed these sample ideas:  When considering whether someone would make a great teammate carefully examine his/her fruitfulness in the past.  If someone has great character and fruitfulness in another [...]

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This morning I spoke in a church in northeastern Ohio. I used the missions video, “A Thousand Questions.” Whoa. It had a huge impact on this church of 220. After the video, you could have heard a pin drop… except for some lingering tears people were choking back… Someone was sobbing over at the side. [...]

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“Red Card: Standing Against Oppression, Providing Hope” is a dynamic, new curriculum from Caleb Resources that raises awareness of six different types of children at risk: children in poverty, orphans, street kids, child laborers, children of war, and children affected by HIV/AIDS. Designed for a cross-generational audience, this 8-week class builds family unity and empowers [...]

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