Brigada Today
16 of June, 1995
News and Notes about Brigada, Your Gateway to Missions Networking!
Compiled byDLucas@TeamExpansion.org
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In this issue....
BRIGADA'S TOP LEVEL -- 457!
Currently we are 457 in the "top level"! If
you're new to Brigada, check out the Brigada www homepage:
http://www.xc.org/brigada/brigada.html
HAVE YOU SEEN AIMS' "100 GATEWAY CITIES" WWW PAGE?
If you've got a WWW
browser (and if you're 100% INTERNET, or a compuserver or an aol-er or
prodigy-er you do), visit AIMS' answer to "Praying through the Window II"
http://www.regent.edu/AIMS/The10-40WindowProject/SubMain.html
You'll be glad you did! At this point, the AIMS webmasters have finished
phase I, which consisted basically of transferring the book
(Praying through the 100 Gateway Cities of the 10/40 Window) to
the web. But we can
now see how that, with such a framework already in place, the AIMS staff
could now arrange for links to information, resources, and networking for
each of the cities. This is the kind of platform we've needed for
interacting about the cities before, during and after the October prayer
emphasis. Thanks to the visionaries at AIMS (e.g., Lawrence Shrank at
Lawrsch@beacon.regent.edu) for the energy, time and money invested into this
project!!! Now, let's pray we can move forward together into the next phase
and that God will continue to bless!
ICCM '95 NOW HISTORY
They came from near and far, some even flying in
from international destinations specifically for the conference. They
invested long hours in praying, planning, and preparing for the future.
They discussed mapping, tracking, and following world evangelism globally.
"They" are the people of The International Conference on Computing and
Missions, held this past weekend in Upland, IN, at Taylor University. In
one session, a futurist described the culture of the web. Back to back with
that, a CPA would be found describing auditing procedures (you guessed it --
from Capin Crouse, LLP). In one breath, they'd be trying to describe how to
recruit volunteers for your latest computer project, while just down the
stairs, a dozen ICCMers would be walking the web itself in the Taylor
University computer lab. Got an impossible project you hope to pull off in
the year 2001? Don't be surprised if, this past weekend, they were trying
to piece together the technology that will make it possible! For example,
one speaker recounted the fact that years ago, a group of ICCMers began
dreaming up the idea of a Christian cooperation that would make possible
interactive email conferences and distribution lists via the INTERNET. Out
of that all night brainstorming session came CrossConnect... and as we've
said before, it's CrossConnect that makes possible the Brigada conferences.
(For more information on that, see the "
CROSSCONNECT READY TO CONNECT YOU WITH THE WORLD
Perhaps it's true...
that most people are still waiting for tomorrow's "information
superhighway." And maybe they're right... that others are already
accelerating down their individual roads. Unfortunately, many of those
roads are full of potholes and some Christian ministries are having a
difficult time finding each other ... and whatever else is "out there" in
"cyberspace." Enter "CrossConnect." CrossConnect is a actually a small
network of professionals who have joined together to provide valuable
services such as email conferencing, forwarding and consulting. At ICCM,
they also announced that they are immediately offering sites for worldwide
web homepages, as well as the consulting to create them. Obviously,
technology doesn't always come without a price. But thanks to visionaries
from the past, most of the necessary equipment is already in place... and
thanks to the courtesy of Morning Star Technologies (see blip below), links
to the INTERNET are being provided to CrossConnect at virtually no charge...
for the time being. So really the only cost is the consulting time for the
professionals who make possible CrossConnect's services. Fortunately for us
(and possibly fortunately for them too, if you have a very long look at
retirement plans that just might be out of this world), those professionals
have been willing to take serious salary cuts to make their skills available
to Christian communities. Take Pete Holzmann, for instance. At ICCM, we
learned that Pete actually helped write the mapping program that all of us
used in the late 80s, "PCGlobe". He was then hired by Strategic Mapping,
which makes the mapping program of the 90s! He's given up six-figure
salaries so that he can help connect your agency, church or organization
with the world... and in the process, as a part of the CrossConnect staff,
he's helping make possible Brigada!!! (If you haven't considered it before,
you might consider it now more than ever.... become a CrossConnect "member".
You'll be joining an ever-expanding community of Christians and you'll be
helping extend Brigada's future. CrossConnect asks for a donation of $52
per year in exchange for providing a members directory, a monthly newsletter
(Connections, scheduled to start next month), public and private
conferences on the topic of your choice, networking opportunities galore,
your own "xc.org" address (to simplify having to remember long strings of
numbers or complex initials), a collection of experts to help solve your
computer networking questions, and more. For more information, write to
Cathleen@xc.org and speak to Cathleen Sward,
charged with "Member services"
and the "help desk". (Note that neither Doug Lucas nor any other Brigada
moderator receives any direct financial help from CrossConnect, but all of
us in the Brigada network are profiting from their vision and their service,
every time we send or receive a Brigada conference message.)
GLOBAL PRAYER DIGEST APPROACHES THE CENTURY CLUB!
Only 3 Brigada
conferences have exceeded 100 members so far -- the top level Brigada
(carrying this weekly Brigada Today update, 457 members),
Brigada-orgs-teamex (which carries distribution for Team Expansion's
HeartBeat Online to the mission's members and friends, 124 members), and the
news channel created especially for GCOWE in Seoul (brigada-pubs-gcowenews,
151 members). But another list is just about to break the 100 mark. As of
yesterday afternoon, the US Center's Global Prayer Digest, published by
Frontier Fellowship, stood at 97 subscriptions! If you would like to boost
them "over the top" (while receiving a daily reminder to pray for an
unreached people group somewhere in the world), simply send email to
hub@xc.org with only the following (one) line in the text of the message:
subscribe brigada-pubs-globalprayerdigest
Best of all, Frontier Fellowship is sharing this significant prayer tool at
no cost! Join me in thanking the Lord for the Kingdom perspective that they
are modeling!!! Ask Him to bless them richly many times over!
WANT "THE ULTIMATE BIBLE"?
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with the ability to compare different Bible versions, words, topics, and
commentaries from 25 reference books and Bibles. There's a version for
Windows, MAC and DOS.
(Source: Pulse, June 9 -- to
subscribe to Pulse,
call 708-653-2158 or fax 708-653-0520. Note that they do not have email
at this time. When you subscribe, put in a word for it, won't you? We need
Brigada-pubs-pulse on-line now!
WELCOME "THE PRAYER COMMAND POST!"
She's one of southern California's
sharpest leaders in the prayer movement. If you say, "Lynn, would you pray
for me?"... she takes you seriously and stops you there in the street and
prays for you!!! She is Lynn Heatly of the Prayer Command Post
prayercntn@aol.com or Fax: 909-395-9130 or, if you want, old-fashioned
telephone requires her to be there when you call but gives you a chance to
hear her cheery voice: 909-395-8990). Lynn is now fully plugged into
Brigada-prayer-mobilizers, which by the way, a conference which has recently
grown to well over 30 members! Her Prayer Command Post is a model for
prayer warriors worldwide. From her office, she networks with needs and
opportunities around the world. To her, prayer is a serious ministry. With
her help and the help of others, we hope it will grow all the more
significantly for all of us!
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GOD BLESS YOUR WEEK!
BRIGADA TODAY -- 16 of June, 1995
