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I’m loving my study of the book by Stan Nussbaum, entitled, “Breakthrough: Prayerful Productive Field Research in Your Place of Ministry” (published by GMI). In this 2nd edition, Nussbaum outlines how to get into position for insight, frame your concern, brainstorm and guess, get strategy right, prepare great questions, hunt & gather, draws insights from [...]

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I’d learn all I could about how to stage them, then try to replicate what I learned (for all the other projects for which I’m praying and working). Unfortunately, it comes at a time when I can’t attend. Would someone participate in it, then write up a 5-page or so report on how they stage [...]

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Hats off to Catalyst Services for producing their new 3-ring notebook, “Your Focus on the World.” Learn more at… http://www.catalystservices.org/resources/what-is-focus-all-about.shtml Using this guide, you’ll be able to Launch/Join powerful, strategic global initiatives that will achieve exponentially more because they connect churches to expanding efforts around the world, avoid some costly mistakes—such as choosing the wrong [...]

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You can now access for free on the web all the materials you need to help a church develop or rethink their missions strategy. This may be especially timely if the church is changing or moving toward becoming more missional or outreach oriented. A Leader’s Guide, Participant Workbook, Strategy Template, PowerPoint Presentation, and 60-minute webinar [...]

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John is teaching a two credit hour class called Strategic Missions. He hopes to teach students how to have a John 4:35 mindset. He is looking for good source material. What would you recommend? Please comment or ask questions about this item at…

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One of our core human needs is to be connected. For this reason, FollowOne International is hosting a gathering February 5-7, 2010 in Orlando, FL. Connection2010 will provide an interactive, worshipful, grace-filled environment where Christ followers, worship leaders and church leaders can more intimately connect with Jesus, His body and His mission. http://www.connection2010.info Some of [...]

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The AVM (Alliance for Vulnerable Mission), that in early 2009 held eight regional conferences in the USA and Europe, wrote recently to express its opinion that, whenever possible, outreach should be conducted in the local national language whenever possible. It ensures that people being reached remain free to use familiar categories in important debates, forcing [...]

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Have you noticed that Justin Long has moved his content from Momentum Magazine over to Strategic Network? (Thanks Wilma!) See the site at: http://www.strategicnetwork.org/ The model here seems to be that there is much free content, while other content is shared as “premium content,” available only after sponsoring Strategic Network for $20/year. If you have [...]

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This is a two-week course suitable for anyone focusing on unreached people groups or cities. Become equipped to answer the question: “What actually needs to be done for ALL of this people group or city to have access to the Gospel and have multiple Church Planting Movements (CPMs) among them?” Interact in response to case [...]

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Another term you could use is “Strategy Coordinator Training.” It’s a two-week course suitable for anyone focusing on unreached people groups and cities. Train and become equipped to answer the question: “What actually needs to be done for *all* of this people group or city to have access to the Gospel and have multiple Church [...]

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It’s slated for 6-17 October, ’08, in Chiang Mai, Thailand. The Harvest Multiplication Training course, also known as Strategy Coordinator course, will train you to look at a whole people group, 4K zone or city and equip you to answer the question: “What actually needs to be done for *all* of this people group, 4K [...]

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Is God calling you to invest your life in reaching an unreached group within this region of S.W. China, or S.E. Asia? There are beckoning opportunities in the Mekong Region of Laos, Myanmar, China and Thailand. Check out http://www.mekongministries.com/ or contact info(at) mekongministries.com (Replace “at” with @, “dot” with ., then reassemble the email address [...]

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It’s not too late to register for a 4-week Strategy Coordinator Training in Singapore from 1-25 July, brought to you by Asia Pacific Mission (APM) together with Singapore Centre for Evangelism and Missions (SCEM). The cost is US$600 per single person or married couple. Accommodations can be arranged on request. This year, all SC trainees [...]

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