Brigada Today
5 of January, 1996
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GETTING IN STEP VIDEO PREMIERS!
Last night (Thurs. eve.) in St. Louis,
MO, at the
Envision '96 PitStop Training Weekend, Good News Productions and
College Press premiered their
new Getting in Step with the God of the Nations video series.
The course features six lessons involving missions
researchers, plus an additional 7th "application case study". To order,
call College Press at 1-800-289-3300 in the USA. In other locations, you may
email to
firstlight@woodtech.com . Now here's the best part. You've seen
sets of teaching tapes like these sell for $295.. but the presenters of this
set agreed to forego payment of royalties and the producers and publishers
are working at break-even costs. Plus the Garden Park Church in Toledo, OH,
donated a handsome grant to offset production cost... so normal price is
only $69 plus $6 shipping for the 4 tape, 7 sessions series. In addition,
the director of College Press agreed to give Brigada Today readers an
additional $5 discount if they order before Feb. 1! Churches and orgs can
be invoiced. Don't forget to mention that you read about
it in Brigada Today for the immediate discount. The set comes with 6 study booklets and
a "how to use it" guidesheet. This is great stuff -- excellent for laying
the groundwork for a future Perspectives course, since the themes include
the Biblical, Theological, Historical, Strategic, and Cultural Perspectives.
Several of the tapes are loaded with graphics, with one 45-minute session
including well over 100 different teaching charts. The whole thing is
professionally produced and broadcast quality. College Press is at PO Box
1132, Joplin, MO 64802-1132. Top notch.
Good price.
Did I mention that it's good? 
BRIGADA GETS A NEW SET OF HANDS!
Welcome Revis Ann Massey
RevisAnnMassey@xc.org to the Brigada volunteer crew! As of next week,
she'll be assuming moderatorship of the "top level" Brigada conference
(which serves as the distribution list for these Brigada Today mailings).
Rev', thanks for pitching in!!! May God bless your ministry here and may
you be blessed with lots of speed, zeal and determination!
FROM THE GENERALLY INTERESTING WEB PAGE DEPARTMENT
Have you seen the web
page by Jochen Katz
jkatz@math.gatech.edu on Christian answers to Islam?
Catch it at
http://www.math.gatech.edu/~jkatz/Islam
ADVANCE!!!!
Thanks once more to
Mark Kelly for sharing his Advance with
Brigada Today readers! Here's the Executive Summary of his
January issue:
THE GOSPEL FOR EVERY PEOPLE -- The Jesus film in India and Sudan; Mongolian
believers number as many as 7,000; Dreams and visions leading Muslim mullahs
in Nigeria to Christ; 10,000 of India's Bhil people come to Christ; 13
congregations organized in two years among Thai Hmong; DAWN plans to train
Latin Americans as 10/40 missionaries; "North American missionary movement
well on its way to becoming secondary force in global evangelization."
THE PERSECUTED CHURCH -- Evangelist murdered in Cali, Colombia; Believer in
Bhopal, India, murdered by Hindu mob; Bivocational pastor of underground
church in China faces stiff opposition from family; Church in Ulan Bator,
Mongolia, forced to move five times in 17 months.
SPIRITUAL FORCES OF DARKNESS -- An unholy political alliance in Russia;
Intercede for people of Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka; 17 kidnapped
boys in China rescued; Street children in Guatemala City.
REJOICE! -- 4,000 new Kui believers in Orissa, India; Tajik believer in
Uzbekistan becomes bold witness; Kidnapped Nazarene missionary rescued;
17,000 make commitments to Christ in Bolivia.
NETWORKING -- Partnership for North India; CBI urban laboratory; "Speed the
Need" electronic prayer bulletin; MissionNet offers short- and long-term
missions information; Illustrated prayer journal for children; New book
helps believers share gospel with Muslims; Consultation on effective use of
electronic information technologies in church ministries; New publication
targets 10/40 Window; Free e-mail course in Ephesians; New Web sites.
FRONT LINES -- Who can know what's right?
As always, to get Advance, just send an email message to
hub@xc.org with
only the following line...
get brigada advance.9601
Thanks Mark!
JUMANJI REVISITED
Thanks to Roger Banner for
pointing out that Jumanji (the Robin Williams movie to which we referred
in the special New Years Eve message) is pretty nightmarish and frightening.
Probably not the greatest evening's entertainment for your 5-year-old!
So . . . let's shout something else... maybe, Bambi!!! 
(Deer me!)
GLOBAL GLIMPSE - MILLIONS PRAY
Up to five million Christians worldwide
are preparing for a month of prayer for Muslims. Around half a million
copies of the 30 Days Muslim Prayer Focus guide have been distributed for
this year's event, coinciding with the Islamic holy month of Ramadan,
beginning January 21. Published in more than 20 languages - including
Chinese, Arabic and Hindi - the handbook highlights different countries,
and people groups with a particular accent this year on families and
children. Participants will pray for breakthroughs among the world's
billion Muslims, and a new wave of missionary endeavor.
Source: YWAM-News Digest,
January, 1996
andybutcher@xc.org
John Hanna,
Caleb Project,
Littleton, CO
FOR "NRM WANNABEES"
Wanna' be an "Advocate church" or networking
church??? YWAM offers a course! The next training school will run five
weeks from May 27- July 3, 1995 located in England. The NRM training is
intensive covering all areas of NRM activity including opportunities for
networks and research experience.
For more information contact:
Jeff Neely at
jneely@xc.org
LET'S PLAY JEOPARDY!
Answer: 5,804,121,000
- Answer: 5,804,121,000
- Question: What is the current (1996) world population figure?
- Answer: 1,955,229,000
- Question: How many Christians are there?
- Answer: 1,121,842,000
- Question: How many unevangelized are there?
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BRIGADA TODAY IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE FOLLOWING TEAM OF REGULAR VOLUNTEERS:
Global Glimpses: John Hanna, Caleb Project, jhanna@cproject.com
People of the Week: Justin Long, GEM/Barrett Office, JDavidLong@aol.com- ADVANCE: Mark A. Kelley, Kainos Press, 70420.1057@compuserve.com
- Web Wizard: Bob Mayhew, Univ. of California, mayhew@xc.org
- Web Art: Patti Mayhew, pmayhew@discover.net
- Technical Development: Jonathan Marsden, MAFxc jonathan@xc.org
- Communications: Revis Ann Massey, rmassey@post.cis.smu.edu
- Compiler: Doug Lucas, Team Expansion & Brigada, DLucas@TeamExpansion.org
- and many other occasional contributors too numerous to mention! But
thanks for working together! That's the dream of Brigada!
5 of January, 1996
