Brigada Today
05 Nov 1999
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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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Brigada, pronounced "bree-GAH-dah" (rhymes with armada), is the rough equivalent of a "brigade" -- in Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Albanian and even Filipino! The idea is to stand side by side to pass buckets of hope for those most in need of Christ's eternal message! Check out nearly 5 years of weekly back issues at http://www.brigada.org. See recent back issues and links at http://www.eGroups.com/list/brigada-today. Brigada Today is compiled by Doug Lucas DLucas@teamexpansion.org, Louisville, KY. Register online right now for BrigadaFest, Feb. 3-5 in Louisville, KY. This very focused get-together will serve as a venue for uniting those who have a vision for reaching specific people groups. We're providing meeting rooms for tracks focused on various people group outreaches, along with logistics for meals, housing, secure registrations by web, security, audio-visual equipment, etc. The works! The cost is $60 (if you register before Dec. 20). Register online by going to: http://www.teamexpansion.org then clicking on "Register for BrigadaFest". For more information - or if you don't have web access to register online - write the Registrar, Angela, at akeeran@TeamExpansion.org. The event is being jointly sponsored by: 
) After registering, send a message to brigadafest-subscribe@egroups.com to receive occasional updates starting this week. And if you're interested in interceding especially for the event, send a message to brigadafest-prayer-subscribe@egroups.com where the prayer meeting has already begun! Thanks to Terry BorkTerry@aol.com for serving as a prayer coordinator for the event.
According to one
supplier of the Jesus Film (Keith), in the last 10 months he's sent
out about $250,000 worth of Jesus videos, about 2/3 of which came as a
result of the Brigada family jumping on board with requests and
follow- up. 92% have gone to the 10/40 window or 10/40 peoples. Keith
wrote yesterday, "So, thanks for the chance. Many many
conversions have resulted and literally hundreds of thousands have
been exposed to the gospel. Amazing, huh?" I'd say. Thanks to
Keith and his team for making the outreaches possible! Unfortunately,
at least until Jan. 2000, his funding grants have dried up. Maybe
after January we'll be able to jump on board again! 3 cheers for Keith and his
group! 
Looking for great prices in the USA on Bibles and other Bible resources? Leslie's found a spot for you to try. Check out Bibles At Cost, http://www.biblesatcost.com, or email them at biblesatcost@sprintmail.com. In the USA or via Net2Phone, call 800-778-8865. According to Leslie, "These folks want to get the Word out! Their prices on Life Application Bibles, New Living Translation, Student and Kids Bibles are the best I've found anywhere! They also carry WordSearch and interactive Bible software for kids." 
The 30 Days Muslim Prayer Focus continues to receive amazing testimonies from around the world. It was reported in a Reuters article that the last Ramadan was the most compassionate in 7 years. Many hundreds of prisoners were released from prisons in Palestine and Morocco as an act of forgiveness. "God has finally bestowed His mercy on us," said Zeinab, a housewife from central Algiers. The dates for Ramadan are from 8 December 1999 to 6 January 2000. Will you too join millions of Christians in prayer for the Muslim world? The 30 Days booklets are available in a variety of languages from some 40 offices around the world as both Adult and Kids version. And, taken from the original booklets, an e-mail version is also available. Designed to be easy to read and prayed through each day, the 30 Days Muslim Prayer Focus is truly one of the greatest global prayer movements of our time.
To receive the e-mail edition (especially designed for those who don't have access to booklets), send any e-mail to join-30-days@XC.Org.
To get a list of the nearest 30-Days distribution centre near you, check http://www.hfe.org/news/30dlist You can also click on "30 days" at http://ramadan.everypeople.net for more information. (Thanks Mike!)
Please pass this info. along to your friends, newsgroups, newsletters or add it to your web-site. Let us believe God for mighty things as we join together to focus on Him during this prayer time for the Muslim world, Dec. 8 - Jan. 6, 2000. (Thanks Ron, for all the info!)
We continue to see long distance services duke it out for the lowest rates per minute in long distance and calling card time. Maybe the lowest I've seen so far comes from a company called ATN. 13.9 cents a minute, with 6 second billing. NO service charge or monthly fee. The card is free. Pay only for usage. Not a debit card or prepaid card. A true calling card. All calls to and from your home or office (including 800 numbers) only 6.9 cents a minute. You can sign up in the USA by calling 888-487-4732 toll-free. If you tell them EC Code 10689, the guy who tipped us off to this service (Dennis) probably gets a bit of credit. 
Millions of believers will be praying for the persecuted church on November 14 as part of the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. China continues to be one of the countries with the largest number of persecuted Christians. House church leaders there interviewed in August and September confirmed that the situation for unregistered Christians is extremely tight and increasingly difficult. Reasons include the recent crackdown on the Falun Gong cult, tight security surrounding the 50th anniversary celebrations of October 1, and the government's renewed emphasis on spreading atheism. In Shanghai, many house churches have temporarily ceased meeting, or have sub-divided into even smaller cell groups and confirm that many Christians in the country's interior have been arrested. In spite of arbitrary persecution, the house churches continue to grow. "A Lump of Coal" is a lie, there's no free trip to Disney world, and, as far as we know, nobody's liver has actually been harvested from an iced-down body in a bathtub. Whew! Who thinks these things up?! 
The SIL Ethnomusicology Department is teaching their Applied Ethnomusicology course (MUMIN 590) during the short winter term at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, January 10-14, 2000. This course provides the philosophy and tools for cross-cultural music ministry and can be taken by missionaries without formal musical training. Areas covered include teaching other missionaries about music and missions, music ministry program planning and strategies, music workshops, project management styles, working within the context of a mission and strategies for dissemination of indigenous Christian music. Cost is $374 plus a $30 one-time application fee. Class books and materials cost $30. If you'd rather shoot for summer courses, all three of the SIL ethnomusicology courses will be taught this summer at SWBTS in Ft Worth, TX: Applied Ethnomusicology - June 19-23, 2000, Analysis of Non- Western Music - July 10 - August 9, 2000, Field of Ethnomusicology/Anthropology of Music - July 10 - August 9, 2000 For more information contact: SIL Ethnomusicology Dept, ethnomusicology@sil.org.
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