Brigada Today
6 of March, 1998
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Compiled by Doug Lucas <DLucas@teamexpansion.org>, Louisville, KY
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One final word -- please be sure to thank Don Dearing and all the folks at The Jesus Film project. They have truly made this Brigada birthday a very happy one . . . and it's totally because of their heart for the unreached.
If you retrieved the "Mother of all Bookmark Files" (Doug Lucas' bookmarks), perhaps
you noticed one called "The Palace" and wondered exactly what Doug Lucas had
been doing there! 
Needless to say, you might want to remove this site from
your collection! We imported web sites from several sources to compile the
collection (including two wholesale imports from PC Magazine "favorites," so
please don't hold us accountable for the content at every site. The "Palace"
has been removed from the bookmark file posted for retrieval from the web and
we would encourage you to remove it from your own if you haven't already.
(Some users would also fine "The Onion" in bad taste -- again, we've never
even been there [even to date] so we can't verify that personally, but you
might also remove it, . . . and we've removed it from the list on the web.)
Thanks to David (who has his own collection at http://www.aims.edu/~dmarvin/bookmark.htm, in case you want to check out
additional options)! Looking for help with your upcoming sermon?
Here's a site that features a wealth of information and links for pastors.
Includes a Pastor's Forum, Sermon Prep Center, a listing of Ministry
Opportunities, Worldwide Prayer Link, and more. http://www.pastornet.com/ (IFC, January 26, 1998). The handbook is available for downloading in Spanish, Portuguese and English at the Comibam web site: http://www.comibam.org
Also available at that site are sets of transparencies in Spanish and Portuguese for missions mobilization which can also be downloaded.
This is exactly what we were searching for - - - and it stands as proof that the Brigada concept is indeed working! Remember Dan Johnson djohnson@c.net.gt, a missions mobilizer trying to assemble a list of just
such agencies?? Ted Limpic just saved him about a month of work! Way to go
Ted and Comibam organizers! Way to go Brigada family! Thanks especially for making it available for all on the web!!! Yahoooo! 
Thanks again to the folks at
Central Pres. in Baltimore for helping the Brigada cause go forward! Check out
their web page at http://www.centralpc.org for more information! Recently
when we mentioned them (Feb. 6 issue), one of their missionaries immediately
wrote them to express his appreciation to them for helping us with
expenses! Thanks to Jerry Cooper jcooper@centralpc.org, the Assoc. Pastor
for Missions and Discipleship, a long-time subscriber of the Brigada family
for his part in making it happen! And more good news . . . It looks like a
donor from last year is going to repeat this year as well!!! Yahoooo! THE GOSPEL FOR EVERY PEOPLE -- Indonesians on the brink of panic; 10 million people at India's Kumbh Mela festival; the Mandinka of The Gambia; the Hazara of Afghanistan; new gospel radio programs in the Middle East; the Bozo of Mali
THE PERSECUTED CHURCH -- Sudanese believer imprisoned; Uzbek pastor sentenced; Pakistani schoolteacher persecuted; Malay believer kidnapped; Sri Lanka congregations attacked
SPIRITUAL FORCES OF DARKNESS -- Ramadan massacres in Algeria; abortion clinic bombed; test tube baby declared legal orphan; scientist plans human cloning; Cambodians sold into slavery; prayer assault targets Turkey
REJOICE! -- 47 baptized in Mali; Myanmar Bible school reopens; decisions among the Mien Yao of Thailand; Jesus film records 1 billionth viewer; wife of martyred Kurdish believer gives birth; Honduras crusade registers 10,000 decisions; Colombia recognizes evangelicals; Russian lawmakers restrict pornography; pandering ad banned in Brazil
NETWORKING -- Unreached people group prayer profiles now available; community development school; "writing partners" for Turkish Muslims; training program helps churches develop missions strategy; Voice of the Martyrs missions conference; ministering in the former Soviet Union; sharing the gospel with international students; mobilizing children to reach the world; new book explains joy of missions; booklet focuses on morally irresponsible TV programming
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