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The Daniel Rickett Group now trains churches and agencies in starting, strengthening, and evaluating cross-cultural ministry partnerships. For those new-to-ministry alliances, classes teach fundamentals of partnership, how to choose the right partner, how to discover common ground, and how to establish a covenant relationship. Existing alliances are strengthened as they learn the tools to repair [...]

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Learn more about the Beauty of Partnership. Browse to… http://beautyofpartnership.org/endorsements And although we didn’t ask them to do so, if you order, check out the drop-down at their purchase site… http://beautyofpartnership.org/purchase You can make note that you heard about it on Brigada (and the author says he’ll send a 10% gift to Brigada in your [...]

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Now you’ll see why we sometimes (*all* the time?) run behind on Brigada, as I explain my experience with “The Beauty of Partnership Study Guide” in living color. Here’s your chance to catch a glimpse of what I do in my “real job” (for whatever it’s worth), while at the same time hear a real-life [...]

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We hear a lot of talk these days about “finishing well.” We hear about the fact that people want to move from a life seeking success to a life seeking significance. We hear that people want to be their own bosses. Daniel Rickett writes in his book, “Making Your Partnership Work,” that a key difference-maker [...]

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An international partnership working to advance the Kingdom among an unreached people group of Central Asia will hold a conference this spring near a major U.S. city. Come learn how the Spirit is moving in this Muslim people group! For security reasons, the details of the conference are privileged information, so first time attendees will [...]

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[It's not often we write the BackPage on a single resource, rather than a theme, but track with me for a sec' -- writing about this single resource *is* writing about a theme. You'll see.] This past week, Werner Mischke dropped us a copy of his new yet-to-be-published study guide, “The Beauty of Partnership Study [...]

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The 2009 COSIM Conference is June 15-17, 2009 at The Prince Center, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan. The theme is: “Sailing Together Through Changing Winds: Surviving and Thriving in Cross-Cultural Partnerships.” Participate in excellent plenary sessions and workshops that will deepen your understanding and equip you for healthy cross-cultural partnership. The conference is reasonably priced. [...]

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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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The vision of the Issachar Network is to encourage congregations around the world to operate as one cohesive force to understand God’s current plans and desires without sacrificing their God-given diversity and become equipped with all the necessary tools to operate in the modern world. They like to say that they are setting up an [...]

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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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Most of us love it when heavenly bodies get together. There’s just something special about rendezvous. Take for instance… the evening sky… just after sunset on December 1st (2008). You’ll see Jupiter, Venus, and the crescent moon low in the southwest (assuming you’re not too far north in your vantage point) and that close triangle [...]

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That’s what they say this world map does:http://partners.worldmap.org/ is the latest from the World Missions Atlas Project. It allows you to track all your ministry anywhere in the world. It provides a database for your location’s (ministry offices, etc.) ministry activity, and contacts and maps them for you. You can then download to Google Earth [...]

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I’ve been struck lately by what a powerful tool we have here now, in the form of the Internet in general and these “Comments” on Brigada in particular. In the old days, someone would volunteer to act as a compiler for a special subject. We’d all send our emails to him/her and, with any luck, [...]

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