Brigada Today
23 of June, 1996
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TALK AROUND THE WORLD
Thanks to John Redman for his urging that we try
out Microsoft's new NetMeeting software. Designed for Windows '95,
NetMeeting is the latest offering in a series of programs that allow you to
use the Internet as a telephone! The difference is that this time, it's
pretty much real-time -- and the program is free! I went to
http://www.microsoft.com/ie/download/MSNETMTG.exe
and grabbed a copy. It configured itself in moments to my Samsung Sens 810
laptop, but I'm told that it'll do the same for anything with speakers and a
microphone. Within 60 seconds of the end of the install, I was talking with a guy
named Paul in Denmark (from Cincinnati, USA). John's right. It's pretty
cool.
As long as your access on the Internet is affordable, it's a cool
tool to try. Disadvantages? The party you want to call has to be on at the
same time as you. (Kind of like our old ham radio calls back to the USA
from Uruguay in 1982.) You also have to have the right equipment -- a
computer with a microphone. and speakers. But given the disadvantages, it's still
pretty cool. PLUS, some of these programs come with security built in
from the ground up . . . so your conversations are supposedly free of the
fears built into Internet email.... ie., monitoring stations between you and
your friend supposedly can't intercept and decode your message. [I say
supposedly because eventually just about any security can break down
somehow.] So . . . if you've got time, it's worth a try. As John said,
"I've spoken with pastors, among others with startling clarity, just as
though I were speaking on a regular phone. Not only so, it is possible to
have many people on at once. Can you imagine a conference being conducted on
the Internet? This is absolutely amazing. I spoke with a professor at a
university in Scotland and he said they were absolutely stunned at what is
now possibly and the rapid advance of the technology. THIS CAN
REVOLUTIONIZE MISSIONS, EVANGELISM & CHURCH PLANTING."
(Note that my own
experience suggests that, at least in the current version, once you add a
third person to the conference, the microphones shut down and you go to
only writing and the built-in white board. So those 'conferences' that John
mentions would, in my opinion, be pretty much like a classic IRC chat.)
DID YOU KNOW... (FUN FACTS TO KNOW AND TELL)
Thanks to those who
answered last week's "UNDER-WEB" item . . . Andy Lyons responded, "Any
rumors that you have heard about water going in the opposite direction in
the southern hemisphere down plug holes etc, are entirely correct!"
But Dwayne Rainwater countered, "Concerning your experiments as to which way
the water goes down the drains South of the equator, when in [Papua] New
Guinea I noticed that... the cold water knob is on the left and hot is on
the right, opposite of in the US; the light switch is up for off and down
for on; and the water goes straight down the toilet (I don't know if this
was due to the design of the toilet or if it was because we were only 300
miles from the equator)
Again thanks to you and your staff for the
great information and the good humor. God bless to you, your family, the
staff and their families. Grace and peace, Dwayne"
DEATH SENTENCE FOR ROBERT HUSSEIN
Open Doors is reporting that Kuwaiti
convert Robert Hussein has been sentenced to death by an Islamic court.
David Benley wrote, "The verdict was published in a Kuwaiti newspaper on
June 9. He has 30 days in which to appeal, but he cannot be tried in the
Constitutional Court. 'The constitution respects freedom of religion...but
it does not mean that a Muslim should be allowed to convert from his
religion to another.' Robert has not been able to obtain a lawyer, and as
far as we know, is still in hiding." Better bow and pray on this one.
GLOBAL GLIMPSE FROM CHAD
"If you want to win the world for Christ, you
have to win every continent..., every country..., [and] every village," said
Rev. Daidanso, Associate General of the 'Association of
Evangelicals for Africa' (AEA). Based on this reasoning, the Protestant
denominations in Chad, one of Africa's poorest nations, made an evangelistic
plan in 1993 to plant a church in every Chad village without one by the year
2000. That's 6.3 million mostly Moslem and Animist inhabitants! 1993 saw 35
villages get their first church. In 1994, 67, and in 1995, 211!
(Source:
DAWN Europe, Friday Fax, 23-96
http://www.tecc.co.uk/jesusa/dawnindx.html
, quoting AEA, Rev. Daidanso;
reported
by Steven Downey, in "World Evangelization, magazine for the Lausanne
Committee for World Evangelization" Tel/Fax (47)-22-200358.)
Global Glimpses
are compiled by John Hanna, Caleb Project, Littleton, CO.
KINAPPED MISSIONARY FREE
SIL (The Summer Institute of Linguistics)
just announced that Raymond Rising, 54, has been released after being held
hostage for more than two years in Colombia. Rising was released June 17 in
Meta, Colombia. SIL reported that, "He is now resting comfortably in
Colombia and undergoing medical checks." Chalk one up for our team. Thanks
to those who worked for endless months trying to secure this day! We
appreciate your determination and your dream! It has now paid off for
Raymond and all those who know him!
BRIGADA-PUBS-MISSIONFRONTIERS APPROACHES 1000 PARTICIPANTS
Congratulations to Mission Frontiers, just inches away from achieving the
1K mark -- 1000 participants in its on-line forum. To join, send email to
hub@xc.org with only this line in the body of the message text:
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ENVISION '96 MOBILIZERS' LUNCHEON NEARS FULL HOUSE
If you're wanting
to attend the Envision '96 Mobilizers' Luncheon at noon on July 2 in Dallas,
TX, you'd better call or email right away. Convention Coordinator Walter
Birney reports that available seating is rapidly disappearing. Envision '96
is a conference and celebration scheduled for Nov. 1-3 in Lexington, KY's
Rupp Arena (home of the national NCAA champion University of Kentucky
Wildcats). 10 plenary sessions will focus on celebrating what God is doing
around the world, church planting among the world's last remaining least
evangelized peoples, prayer, repentance, finishing the task, and dozens of
other globally relevant topics. The luncheon in Dallas will preview
additional tools, including the newly composed Envision '96 theme song. On
that day, the first 100 participants will have the option of purchasing (I
think it's for $6) the first release of the performance track of "We've Come
to Envision." For luncheon tickets or Envision '96 registration
information, call 800-972-1137 or email
. For more
information on Envision '96, check out:
http://www.xc.org/brigada/e96
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THANKS TO THE MODERATORS!
Without the help of dozens of moderators,
the Brigada dream of working together would be impossible! Today we begin
a series featuring that army of volunteers, scattered across the world.
Thanks for pitching in! Here are the first dozen conferences, together with
the moderators, and the total number of participants.
| prayer-mobilizers | dave2000ad | 139 |
| peoples-jews | michaelhewitt | 84 |
| china | China@xc.org | 26 |
tr>india | vberge@calvin.edu | 100
| | peoples-kazak | jheard | 176 |
| pubs-globalprayerdigest | elise@wciu.edu | 430 |
orgs-antioch
(for Antioch Network churches) | EdMattson@xc.org | 44 |
| prayer-requests | dave2000ad | 98 |
| strategy-tv-film | danhenrich@xc.org | 54 |
| us-ethnics | DavidHousholder@xc.org | 46 |
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ADVANCE: Mark A. Kelly, Kainos Press,
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23 of June, 1996
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