Brigada Today
28 Sep 2001
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Curious about what happened to all the AD2000 & Beyond unreached people data? Wonder no more. The legacy lives on . . . in the form of Joshua Project II. They continue to refine their already-completed comprehensive ethno-cultural list of all the world's peoples. Check it out (viewing and download) at: http://www.joshuaproject.net/datacomplete.html Now, during the next few months, they want to attach various Church Planting progress indicators to that list e.g. % Evangelicals, % Adherents and several others such as Operation World Progress Indicators, status of various ministries tools of Bible Translation progress, Christian Radio Broadcasting, Audio Recordings and Jesus Film. Then they'll try to establish criteria to identify the least reached (possibly something like less than 2% Evangelical) and then publish a global comprehensive least reached list. Next they'll tackle what might be the most important phase -- to begin promoting the comprehensive least-reached peoples list and gathering ministry commitments for networking purposes. They'll also expand the JPII website to be interactive to allow queries such as: "Show me the ten largest groups without a Jesus Film that are considered unreached? Show me all groups in the 10/40 Window that are below 5% Christian and have audio recordings available. Show me the 20 top most adoptable" peoples."
Let's all pray that God will bless their work. They are the "Nehemiahs" trudging through the city in the dark, hoping to gain for us a more accurate picture of the walls that most need rebuilding.
Email-based global news? Until recently, Infobeat provided an excellent email news service, but they recently changed their format and their range of content. Do you have any suggestions on a comprehensive, free (or inexpensive) email news service providing global coverage that does NOT require web access to read the articles? Send your comments to David davidg@cy.net including the URL to contact the news service. A summary report will be made available after a couple of weeks here on Brigada. (Thanks David!!! What a great idea. I feel your pain. My buddies and I went to CNN.com's email news. It's still no replacement for the old InfoBeat.) 
The "annual Great Commission Opportunities Handbook" is 132-pages long, brings you 34 excellent articles, and 11 Important "Mission Opportunities Comparison Charts". It carries DOUBLE the editorial content of the current edition. And, included are two Special Sections: "Working with Children in Crisis," and "Short-Term Missions: 2002." The cost for a single-copy is $5.00 (includes S&H). Multiple copies are available for just $2.00 each, plus our modest "out-of-pocket" S&H charges. But for Brigada subscribers, Bill will do this: Order 15 or more copies and he'll include a free copy of the new 21st Century Edition of Operation World (just published this fall; 798-pages; $18 cover price). (Order 25 and get 2 free copies, order 50 or more and get 5 free copies. To order a supply of the 2002 Edition send an e-mail to intomorecopies@aol.com indicating the number of copies you wish to receive. An invoice will be sent with the shipment to US and Canadian addresses. All overseas orders must send payment in advance to Bill Berry, Publisher, Into All The World, PO Box 40519, Pasadena, CA 91114, tel: 626-798-8582, fax: 626-798-2712. 
It's still not too late to make arrangements to attend the JEMA Church Planting Institute (CPI). Registrations for this year's conference November 6-9 in Kawaguchi-ko near Mt. Fuji are ahead of record attendances in previous years (260+). Participants will have to choose from among 4 training tracks, over 20 electives and dozens of regional groups. Registration remains open until October 23rd. For registration and information contact the JEMA office 03-3295-1949 jema@jema.org, the CPI web site http://www.jcpi.net or John JMehn@Compuserve.com. 
The Visualized Bible Series is a 78-volume series of flash card Bible-teaching lessons. Each volume contains four lessons and sixteen large, colorful illustrations (10" x 14") bound into the book. Each volume teaches one Bible doctrine or topic (i.e.: Faith, Prayer, Repentance, Forgiveness, The Nature of Man, etc.). The entire series is available in English from Bible Visuals International, PO Box 153, Akron, PA 17501-0153. BVI's web site: http://www.biblevisuals.org. BVI's email karenew@biblevisuals.org. The three volumes on the Crucifixion and Resurrection are printed in Arabic and are available from either Bible Visuals International or Clarion Publishing House, PO Box 165740, Beirut, Lebanon. Clarion's email is Clarion@cyberia.net.lb. Inquire about costs and missionary discounts. There's a free catalog available from BVI. 
An International Training Institute on Literacy and Evangelism will be held in Tulsa/USA from June 9 to July 12, 2002. This five week course prepares persons to start church-based outreach in literacy ministry by using Bible-content materials. For more information (cost etc.), email ort4lei@juno.com or write Literacy and Evangelism Int'l 1800 S. Jackson Ave. Tulsa, OK 74107 or visit LEI's Website at: http://www.LiteracyEvangelism.org. The following GET mission training schools are scheduled for 2002: One-month full time intensive from February 4th - March 5th in Irvine, California. Two-month summer full- time school from July 8th - September 3rd in Hampton, Virginia USA. Courses being taught include Cross-Cultural Communications; Church Planting; Urban Missions; Animism; Missions Strategy; Cultural Anthropology; Servant Evangelism and World Religions. Come and learn from experienced missionaries and leaders how to fulfill your cross- cultural call both around the block and around the world. Part-time are students welcome. Evening classes are available. For more details contact Greg gregbaust@hotmail.com at Global Ministry Teams or call 757-868-1268 or check out http://www.globalministryteams.org. TO SUBSCRIBE -- To subscribe to BRIGADA TODAY, send email to brigada-today-subscribe@egroups.com.
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