Brigada Today
3 of Oct., 1997
-- SPECIAL EDITION!!!!!!!!
News and Notes about Brigada, Your Gateway to Missions Networking!
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Compiled by Doug Lucas <DLucas@TeamExpansion.org>, Louisville, KY
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We told you in previous issues that something special was in the wings for October. Well, it's October!!! The day is here!!! The "something special" is ready!!! And it's free and ready to use! You've got all the software you need (nothing to buy, nothing to download, nothing to install) -- and all the hardware you need. All you have to do is put it to use!
Over the last four years a great momentum has been building around the world to begin or strengthen ministry to the least reached people groups. More and more churches are focusing their missions efforts around adopting a people group. ... As a result there are more and more people who want up-to-date information about specific ethnic groups. ... At the same time many of the field workers in pioneer fields are organizing themselves into field-based ministry partnerships. ... The problem, though, is that the field partnerships and advocacy teams need a level of security for them to be able to continue their ministry. ... The Brigada Connections family of e-mail addresses seeks to help solve this problem. Caleb Project, in close partnership with Interdev and other major international missions initiatives, has been working to assemble MINISTRY KEY CONTACT TEAMS who are able and willing to assist a broad base of Christians to link up with pioneer ministry among specific peoples. This ongoing process has resulted in the formation of more than 40 teams of ministry leaders, people group advocates, partnership facilitators, and missions researchers who are committed to help the Body of Christ worldwide develop strategic ministry relationships for these strategic people groups. These are qualified, experienced, informed people with a good understanding of all aspects of ministry in their areas of focus, including the security issues.
Please look through the attached list and consider contacting one or more of these key contact teams. This is NOT an automated data retrieval system. Rather, it is a means by which you can begin a caring relationship with those involved in pioneer missions work. If you are involved or want to be involved with one of the groups listed below, please write them and let them know: who you are (they need to know they can trust you), what your current interest, activity, or commitment is, how you might like to be involved in the future in what ways you hope to assist in their area of expertise.
The Brigada Connections project is a WORK IN PROGRESS! If you are part of a ministry key contact team for an unreached group, city, or area, please let us know connections@cproject.com and we'll contact you with more information about what is involved in this project.
Note: this program is made available entirely on a volunteer basis. If you
would like to know how you can volunteer, or would like to support this
project financially, please contact us.
So spread the word! Let's put these teams to work!
Thanks to John Hanna, Advocacy Director with Caleb Project, Littleton, CO, for a job well done!!! (You can contact John via (303) 730-4170 (voice), or (303) 730-4177 (fax), or just write Connections@cproject.com.
For the most current list of Brigada Connections groups, send the
following message to
hub@xc.org 
conferences brigada-connections
Then you can write a particular "connections" -- e.g., send an email to <brigada-connections-acehnese@xc.org>. Note that through a special configuration of Brigada email conferencing, you don't have to "join" this group for your email to land in their "in-basket." The "connections team" for the group you want to contact will remain the only "members" -- and they'll all get a copy of your inquiry. As time goes on, John wants to launch additional connections forums as they are needed and as additional workers become available.
Do these "Brigada-connections" conferences do away with the existing "Brigada-peoples" conferences? Nope. The new "connections" conferences aren't designed for press releases or free exchange. They're only for referrals and inquiries. That's the beauty of the system!
So -- try it. Pick out a people that you'd like to know more about. Let's
test these connections conferences with all 6000+ Brigada participants!!!
These guys want to grow a movement!!! And... thanks John and all the
connections teams!!!!
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You'll receive daily reminders... along with about 1000 other people! Literally!
Gerry is very much a lady!
Sorry Gerry!
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This is a one-way conference where messages about MFJ will be posted a maximum of once a week.
New Life Fellowship (NLF) is spreading
Gospel fire across India! From its small beginnings back in the 1960s in
Bombay, now NLF has sent thousands of missionaries into hundreds of pioneer
regions across India. Each day roughly 2500 missionaries take the Gospel
to an average audience of 20,000 -- souls that are witnessed to
face-to-face in personal evangelism. On an average they see 270 people come
to Christ daily. NLF has a goal to recruit, train and send 30,000
missionaries to cover every unreached region in India.
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Intercessors and those interested in the Jewish
people will be interested to learn that the Eternity's Edge web site
http://www.frontiermissions.org is hosting a special site for prayer for
the Jewish people during the Ten Days of Awe. This site has been created by
the folks at YWAM Jewish World Outreach and contains a sign-up calendar for
those who wish to join us in prayer for the Jewish people during this
special period, which begins with the Jewish New Year and ends 10 days later.
Vineyard Christian Fellowship will be having a conference
in Manila in November.
http://www.skyinet.net/users/vineyard gives all
the details.
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