Brigada Today
28 of Feb., 1997
Now with 4962 participants - Incredible!!!! What are you all doing out there!!! Can we hit 5000 by March 21st (our 2-year-old birthday)???? Duh!!! You all grew by 110 in one week!
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Thanks for the power of working together as a family that's concerned about the welfare of the nations!
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in the text of the message. I think you'll be helped by these key resources... and if, after reading, you'd like to add others, just send away! Thanks again for taking time to contribute, everyone!
Don't forget to send these to
hub@xc.org
and not to brigada@brigada.org (i.e.,
don't just send those commands as a reply to this message). If you do
that, you get the "Wrath of Revis Ann!"
(Get this. He even apologized that he asked for the cost of the stamp! "I
have only my SS and what I earn at a part time job. Therefore we cannot
also cover the postage as we would like.") So what you'd have to do is send
the guy a check, so he's got some money on deposit, and then, "Have at it!"
As you use up your money on deposit, you'd just have to keep replenishing
it as you go. This is an incredible ministry for international folks who
would like to do small informative mailings to targeted individuals here in
the USA. And Bill even said that if you provide the names on diskette, he
would consider dropping the cost of the one-time 25 cent charge (I'd
suggest you avoid taking him up on that!
). What a guy. Thanks Bill!!!
There were a few other replies . . . but none that matched Mr. Bill's ministry. If Bill gets overworked, kyleharris@xc.org would do it... but couldn't afford to do it at Bill's price! Lewis Hudson lhudson@bellatlantic.net would also fall into that situation.
But the "Treasure Hunter's Award" actually goes to Les Tilka
clfcebu@cebu.weblinq.com, who went out on the web and searched for 90
minutes to find us a more, shall we say, automated approach.... at
http://www.mgl.ca/~estern/snailmail.html. This sounds like the way to go
if you want something really organized and long-lasting. Charge is $1.20
for a one page letter by using a First Virtual Account or $.90 if you
prepay your account. Cool.
Thanks Les!
So is Elizabeth B. Sharplin
75222.402@CompuServe.COM. Send her a tip if you know of a top
notch course somewhere and, Elizabeth, in a couple of weeks, please send us
a summary listing, okay? Thanks!
At the same time, Team Expansion is on the move from Cincinnati to Louisville this summer. Team Expansion http://www.teamexpansion.org exists "to partner with local churches to send and sustain teams of interdependent missionaries to plant indigenous churches among the unreached." If you can help them fulfill the vision of prayer, key office personnel or technology in the Louisville area, contact Personnel Coordinator Chris Bushnell ChrisBushnell@xc.org. Fax 513-244-8430. Thanks!
It's because we're trying to survive with a family,
an on-the-side soccer passion
, and a paying job with a mission
organization.
with only the words,
in the text of the message.
Or how 'bout the "CRIMEAN CONFERENCE/SYMPOSIUM (MAY 21-24) AND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY LECTURES (MAY 19-21)" in Simferopol, Ukraine. Apparently, some top Russian philosophers from Moscow and St Petersburg have agreed to come. One is Christian, two are prominent atheists. For more information, contact Georges Carillet carillet@wildwind.com.
]. If you've been thinking about getting an
email forwarding service (so that no matter how many changes you make to
your email carrier, your address will always be the same... like...
YourName@xc.org), may I suggest that you support the home team and pay up
the $52/year to MAF. Then you can open up these email conferences and send
out updates for your mission organization, your soccer team
your
basketball club, your bridge party, your... [list goes on]. For more
information or a free brochure, write
helpdesk@xc.org. Seek 'em Rex. By
the way... I don't work for MAF. But they sure make Brigada possible.
(By the way, the site is still going to be carried by MAFxc.
They're just registering the domain for us with Internic... another service
by your friendly folks at MAFxc. For more information... write Rex at
HelpDesk@xc.org. Start your own web site! )
SPEAK WITH YOUR HANDS (ASL) OR WISH YOU DID??? You could probably use HyperSign, a program with more than 2000 full motion videos of American Sign Language. Contact Inreach Ministries inreach@lr.net for more info.
Shaking my philosophical foundations of life.
with only
this line in the text of the message:
Here's a summary:
THE GOSPEL FOR EVERY PEOPLE -- India's 52 unreached people groups with populations of more than 1 million; hundreds of West African people groups with little or no access to the gospel; 1.6 million "Jesus" videos; third largest Muslim country in the world torn by strife; China at critical crossroads.
THE PERSECUTED CHURCH -- Believer imprisoned in Iran; Christian center near Cairo attacked; believer in Vietnam arrested; the Karen of Myanmar; Israel bill would affect believers.
SPIRITUAL FORCES OF DARKNESS -- Fetal cell transplants; Sudan working to eliminate female circumcision; bombing of lesbian nightclub; milestones in genetic research; marketing RU 486 in United States; unwanted pregnancy as "intrusion."
REJOICE! -- Churches in Madhya Pradesh than double; India evangelist invited into mosque; 500 students commit lives to Christ; record 3.3 million Scriptures printed in China; 15,000 decisions for Christ in Honduras.
NETWORKING -- Assistance for the family of murdered Iranian pastor; profiles of minority groups in China, Laos, Vietnam and Myanmar; children's materials for Praying Through the Window III; Operation Mobilization missions ship to visit four ports in the western United States; China '97 ... At the Crossroads; "God's Simple Plan for His Church;" Eastern Europe and CIS video and film directory.
FRONT LINES -- Our enemy.
- this past
weekend was great. We met in Dayton, Ohio, with a group of dedicated
church leaders representing differing parts of the Body of Christ who are
taking seriously the challenge to adopt a "piece of the least reached
world!" At "Pit-Stop Dayton", we presented new case studies in the
constantly evolving PACE model. There was Cary Christian Church of Cary,
NC, which has decided to adopt the Taimani, a church in North Carolina
adopting a group in Mongolia, and a church from Louisville adopting a
people group in Morocco and others who are so new, they haven't even picked
a group! This new surge of interest in local churches is an answered
prayer for folks like Luis Bush, who has been leading in a vision to see "A
church for every people and the gospel for every person by the year 2000."
While all the "nay-sayers" and arm-chair strategists sit around and debate
whether or not that dream could ever be possible, churches like Kenwood
Heights Christian Church in Louisville, KY, are setting about to make
progress. They aren't worrying about whether or not they themselves can
reach the whole world - they're just picking a piece of the world and
they're doing their part!!! I decided to motor on down to Louisville
Saturday night, after the conference finished up, just so I could sit in
the pews at Kenwood Heights and listen in on their spirit, and. . . . I
wasn't disappointed. They introduced their contingent (whom they had sent
to the Pit-Stop with a mandate of finding out "next steps") to the whole
congregation, featured them in prayer, and the Sr. Minister even gave up
his private column to them in this week's church newsletter just to report
on the event. Do you think the church is going to doubt his commitment to
this project??? Not a chance. Are they rich? Nope. Are they huge? Nope
(around 250, I'd guess). But are the committed??? You bet. And guess
what. I note that they subscribed to Brigada within a few hours of
arriving home from the conference!
Welcome Kenwood Heights!
[Churches and church leaders wanting to take part in the next Pit-Stop, set
to occur in Littleton (Denver), Colorado, Apr. 25-26, may contact Robert
Peterson
rpeterson@ccu.edu to be added to the list of prospective
delegates and receive more information.]
Next week - hear about the sharpest and greatest mobilization video yet... I've got to get a good price for you before featuring it....
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