Brigada Today
6 of October, 1995
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"PRAYING THROUGH THE WINDOW II" CONTINUES
Prayer warriors have walked
through North Africa and now to the Middle East in their spiritual journeys
lifting up the needs of 100 Gateway Cities of the 10/40 Window. The results
have been dramatic. Several churches have asked members to "adopt" a
particular city for prayer throughout the whole month. One example, the
Bachelor Creek Church of Christ, is situated in Wabash County, Indiana (home
of the "Wabash Cannonball"), where Senior Minister Tony Thomas has helped
lead the church to an Easter high of 1447 and an average attendance of 734
people. Bachelor Creek is hoping that by November, they'll be able to
discern where in the world God wants them to start a brand new congregation
among some "least reached" people or city, in conjunction with Envision '96.
With a 1.3 million dollar building to pay for, they don't know where they'll
get the money, nor do they know where the missionaries will arise. But
leaders there say not to worry. This past Sunday morning, Tony prayed,
"Father, what we have here is an Agatha Christie mystery unfolding. We
don't know where you will lead us, but we know you are powerful enough to do
so." Speaking of the 100 Gateway Cities Prayer emphasis, one church member
said, Sunday evening, "This morning meant so much to me. Just seeing those
pictures [in the video presentation, Light the Window], made me want to do
something. Always before, I thought only missionaries could be involved.
This morning helped me see that everyone can help because everyone can pray."
There is a two-page follow-up story about
Bachelor Creek. If you'd prefer to
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LIGHTING THE WINDOW... FROM THE PACIFIC RIM
Thanks to Gene Brooks
74114.440@compuserve.com for posting this update on "Praying Through the
Window!" "I wish you could have seen it yourself. You think Bev's prayer
on the 'Shine Your Light through the Window' music makes you cry, well, you
should have seen a room full of recovering drug addicts from the back alleys
of Singapore pouring out their hearts in prayer for Ouagadougou, Algiers,
Tunis, and Tripoli. They had never heard of these places, but they knew
what it is like to live without Christ. Their Cantonese and Mandarin voices
created a din of intercession in the back room of our halfway house run by
Community of Praise Baptist Church. These were only 17 of the least of the
thirty million who prayed that day, but I am sure that their fervency for
the unreached helped move mountainous strongholds in North Africa. These
guys who have wasted their lives on drugs preached me a sermon that day: If
these unknown recovering addicts and idolaters have the audacity to assault
boldly the throne room of the Most High and claim a hope and a future for
themselves and Muslim North Africans, then how much more should we commit
ourselves to the Task God has set before us?"
"SHINE YOUR LIGHT" THROUGH THE WINDOW
Want to feed your stereo or CD
player with something that will focus on a series of prayer sessions and
worship songs that will lead you right into the 10/40 Window? Try "Shine
Your Light Through the Window", a new cassette/CD from New Life Church
(sponsoring church for the Christian Information Network). To order, call
800-500-9804 (overseas callers can use 719-594-6602 or fax to 719-548-9000).
They ask $15 for the CD and $10 for the cassette. Worship leader is Ross
Parsley. Prayer leaders include Fred Markert, Doris Wagner, Luis Bush,
Appiana Arthur, Chris DeWer and Beverly Pegues.
EVERYTHING YOU ALWAYS WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT THE WORLD...MORMON-STYLE
That's right. One of the best little summaries about the countries of the
world is available from our friends in Provo..... Utah, that is. They're
called "Culturegrams" and there's one for just about every nation on the
planet. (PO Box 24538, Provo, UT 84602-4538 -- Tel: 800-528-6279 Fax:
801-378-7075) The whole set is $105 retail, but rumor has it that if you
can convince them you're educational, they'll let you have the set for $70.
The new set, just out, now includes Cuba, Ukraine, Eritrea, Georgia and a
bunch of other places never before written up. So... collect one and all
and read about the culture, the language, the politics, the geography, the
people, the works!
SEEKING SIKHS
Only one reader had the audacity to ask what "Matt. 5:33"
had to do with seeking sikhs... and he guessed right. It was supposed to be
Matt. chapter 6, verse 33. Sikh ye first. Then he went and pointed out
that "Sikh" is pronounced like "sick" which is what I then became when I
realized .... oh, you understand.
NEED A JOB? LOOK IN THE NEWEST BRIGADA CONFERENCE!
That's right! It's
up and running. To join, just send email to
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Moderators Rick Garza
rgarza@xc.org and Midge Crossman
workshops@caprica.com are
eager to help publicize your mission
opportunities. The job-shop is a moderated forum, meaning that your
postings go first to the conference-owner, then get passed along to everyone
else. But they've worked hard getting it up and running, so we suspicion
that they'll scramble to help match mission options with people willing to
fill them. So if you have a need in a particular country or city, and
especially if you have the means to pay for it, post it! Likewise, if
you're in the mood to switch vocations, "job-shop!" This conference was
born through a real live situation where a Brigada participant offered work
to a person written up in a previous Brigada Today. Check it out!
They're ready to serve!
MISSION GRAPHICS CONNECTION
Thanks to Nate Wilson
NateWilson@XC.Org who
found an additional source for missions graphics. They're TIFF format
graphics from New Tribes Mission in Florida 1-800-862-3686. In addition, he
pointed out that the Corel program has several drawings of nationals in
traditional dress and that Caleb Project kept picture files on a number of
unreached cities. Thanks Nate!
OCTOBER ADVANCE
Thanks to Mark Kelly
70420.1057@compuserve.com for
sharing the
October Advance with us! To get it send email to
hub@xc.org with only the
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Summary of October 1995 issue of Advance
THE GOSPEL FOR EVERY PEOPLE --
Uplifting reports from Mongolia; Madras,
India; Iraq; Korea; prayer requested for the World by 2000 project
THE PERSECUTED CHURCH-- Serious
concerns about persecution of believers in
Hyderabad, Pakistan; Nepal; Colombia; People's Republic of China; Sicily
SPIRITUAL FORCES OF DARKNESS --
Resist evil! Reports from Algeria; Uganda;
Burundi; Mindanao, Philippines; Central America and South America. Also
witchcraft-related deaths in South Africa; 100,000 children in Philippines
trapped in child prostitution; spirit of tolerance in American
denominations, urgent prayer to fight scourge of abortion
REJOICE! -- Chinese Communist Party members turning to Christ; 30,000
nationals and Rwandan refugees in Zaire accept Christ; new believers and
congregations in Chad; 170 new churches in Mozambique; 88-year-old believer,
three others released in Morocco; Fourth U.N. Conference on Women in Beijing
PROFILES --
NETWORKING -- Gardner Webb University; Caleb Project; GOSHEN; Youth With A
Mission; Voice of the Martyrs; International Christian Concern; human rights
researcher seeks information; International Adopt-A-People Campaign
FRONT LINES -- What are you hungry for? Does your heart yearn like the
Father's for our lost brothers and sisters? Or is the Kingdom just one part
of your busy, busy life?
ALL 100 CITIES COVERED BY PRAYER JOURNEYS, AFTER ALL!
Thanks to Mark
Wilson, co-Coordinator of the Praying Through the Window II "Praying for the
100 Gateway Cities of the 10/40 Window" emphasis, who wrote this past week
to inform us of a 100% response: "CIN just reported to me that Friday
evening a team signed up to go to Tripoli, Libya. Although this particular
team did not sign up as a direct result of Brigada, I believe the combined
conference prayers of those who saw this need caused this team to respond to
God's call. PTL for His faithfulness. I expect other teams will be mobilized
as well." "Praise the Lord for his faithfulness" is right! Thanks for
writing, Mark!
GLOBAL GLIMPSE
"Middle East Christians are attending a training school
to prepare them for their key role in missions. This month students from
Egypt, Iraq, Syria, and Jordan will gather by the Red Sea for an Arabic /
English Discipleship Training School run by Youth With A Mission. The
three-month classroom phase, emphasizing ministry to Muslims, will be
followed by a ten-week outreach for students to work alongside local
churches."
Source: YWAM International News Digest: October 1995,
John Hanna,
Caleb Project, Littleton, CO
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6 of October, 1995
