- HEALTH INSURANCE RATE INCREASES -- Is your organization experiencing
health insurance rate increases? Do you want to help support Brigada?
If so, be sure to contact Insurance Services of America. They are a
Christian organization that specializes in helping individuals and
groups find affordable health insurance options. They can put together a
"tailor-made" plan to fit your group's needs. Their group plan allows
for takeover of existing claims & conditions and will provide your
people with quality medical insurance worldwide - and they won't charge
you more when your people are in the US on furlough!
Check out some of their plans online at
http://www.missionaryhealth.net/brigada
OR email them at
brigada(at)missionaryhealth
(dot)net [As a means of preventing spam for our contributors, in the
preceding email address(es), please replace (at) with @ and (dot) with .
and reassemble the address onto one line] or call them at 1-800-647-4589
(1-480-821-9052 outside of North America) and ask for Mark. ISA has a
wide range of plans for missionaries, mission groups and churches, so be
sure to contact them to see how they can "shop around" for you to help
you save money on your health insurance needs. Plus they have agreed to
help support Brigada from sales that are made on this link, so when you
purchase on this site you will be helping to support Brigada and you
will be protecting yourself and your ministry from financial loss!
- VIDEO SERVICES IN SE ASIA -- Serving in SE Asia or supporting workers
there? Need a documentary piece to take back on furlough, an update of
your building project, a documentary of the aid your organization is
providing? Acts Multimedia has recently launched a full
plan/shoot/edit/package service for missionaries, supporting churches or
organizations. Based in Chiang Mai, Thailand their focus is providing
services throughout SE Asia. For more information view their video here
http://actsmultimedia.vox.com/
or send them an email
multimedia(at)actsco
(dot)org [As a means of preventing spam for our contributors, in the
preceding email address(es), please replace (at) with @ and (dot) with .
and reassemble the address onto one line.]
- VIDEO RESOURCES FOR PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIC SPEAKING -- Check out
Wing Clips. They offer a digital download service of feature film clips
for pastors and teachers. They have a premium service ($14.95/mo) and a
free service. Check them out.
- LEARN TO RAISE SUPPORT -- Here's a comment from a recent participant
in the Kingdom Come Training course in missionary partnership
development: "...The course allowed us the opportunity to craft our
ministry presentation under expert guidance. But more importantly, it
helped us anchor our efforts in Biblical principles with proven
results." All you need is high speed internet. KCT will send you the
webcam equipped laptop with professional video conferencing software and
you join a live, interactive course with two other locations. Give Jerry
a call at (503)314-7211 or browse
http://www.kingdomcometraining.com
or email
jerry(at)kingdomcometraining
(dot)com [As a means of preventing spam for our contributors, in the
preceding email address(es), please replace (at) with @ and (dot) with .
and reassemble the address onto one line.]
- COULD "HONOR" OPEN UP CULTURES TO THE GOSPEL? -- After 5 years of
being out of print, "The Power of Honor," by Fawn Parish, is back!
Conversations Press will give a $1.00 for every book ordered by Brigada
readers. If you order before Christmas, they'll offer a discount, but
better act immediately. You may go to
http://www.powerofhonor.com to order
or email fawn(at)reignbridge
(dot)com [As a means of preventing spam for our contributors, in the
preceding email address(es), please replace (at) with @ and (dot) with .
and reassemble the address onto one line.] If you think of it, please
mention Brigada.
- BRINGING ATTENTION TO THE DIMILI KURDS -- Tim is working on his
Masters Thesis which is taking the form of a website focused on the
unreached Dimili Kurds of Turkey. The website will focus on directing
prayer for this people group as well as mobilization. He is seeking any
information related to work being done with them (feel free to withhold
sensitive information, but regardless, all sensitive information will of
course be kept confidential), progress of any bible translation etc or a
recommendation of resources that would be helpful in his research. Once
the website is completed he will send the Brigada family a link so we
can all pray together for this people group. He can be contacted with
information or questions at
dimilikurds(at)allpeoples
(dot)info [As a means of preventing spam for our contributors, in the
preceding email address, please replace (at) with @ and (dot) with . and
reassemble the address onto one line.]
- LOOKING FOR MORAL BEHAVIOR RESOURCES -- Here's a Brigada participant
that is charged with teaching behavioral expectations to her
organization's new candidates. The resources her group has for helping
new members understand these behavior parameters are seriously out of
date. Before they start a major project they would like to know if any
of your groups have some materials that would be instructional, using
updated technology and Bible based. If you have any resources that can
be shared or know of materials available please log on and share all you
can at:
http://brigada.org/brigade/?p=49
- THANKS TO THE DIFFERENCE-MAKERS! -- This past week, we rec'd
$15.13 from Blessed Hope in the name of those using their phone services
during June & July; See
http://www.lowermyphonebill.com/brigada/
for ideas on how to lower your
bill!
$50 from an anonymous long-term participant in Budapest, Hungary
$50 from a partner on the East Coast
$100 from a great friend in Sweden
$300 from YWAM in Lebanon, PA
Thank you to these partners and those hooking up with them!
This, added to last edition's total of 8,452.77, brings our 2007 total
to $8,967.90. This is still quite a ways from our goal of $17,150. Gifts
in 2006 added up to $15,096. :-( Is there anyone out there that could
step up to the plate with a larger one-time gift from an inheritance or
some other fund? If you could even get us *closer* to the ball park,
we'd greatly appreciate it.
- WOULD YOU MAKE A GIFT WHEN OTHERS CAN'T? -- Some live in
circumstances that essentially do not permit them to give to help make Brigada
tick. Would you be able to give something on their behalf? If so, just click on
the "Donate" page. We've made progress, but still need the following gifts to meet our
needs...
1 of 1 1000 (1 gift of $1000)
3 of 5 500 (3 more gifts of $500)
9 of 250 2500 (9 more gifts of $250)
10 of 13 100 (11 more gifts of $100)
23 of 27 50 (26 more gifts of $50)
60 of 70 25 (60 more gifts of $25)
You can pull the money from your PayPal account or from any major credit
card. Or if you prefer, send a check payable to Team Expansion to: Team
Expansion (Brigada secretary), 11327 Jefferson Trace Blvd., Louisville,
KY 40291. (Team Expansion is a 501(c)3 incorporation so for USA
citizens, your checks made out to Team Expansion are tax-deductible.) As
always, be sure to let us know if you'd like us to promote any
particular service or ministry, or if you'd prefer your gift be
anonymous. And thank you in advance for helping.
- THE BACKPAGE: HOW DO YOU RECONCILE THESE 2 SCRIPTURES? -- My boys
asked me a pretty tough question today. Frankly, I need your input. They
pointed to Paul's admonition in Romans 13:1, stating that "Everyone must
submit himself to the governing authorities, for there is no authority
except that which God has established. ... He who rebels against the
authority is rebelling against what God has instituted..." Add to that I
Pet. 2:13: "Submit yourselves for the Lord's sake to every authority
instituted among men: whether to the king, as the supreme authority, or
to governors, who are sent by him to punish those who do wrong and to
commend those who do right."
They then asked how to reconcile that passage with a nation's
willingness to intervene when another government was committing
genocide, whether in the Balkans, with Hitler, or in Darfur. They felt
pretty strongly that Hitler had to be stopped. So they couldn't
understand (or 'explain away') the verse in Romans 13:1. Can you help me
explain these verses to them? If so, please log on at...
http://brigada.org/brigade/?p=50
Click on the "Comment" line below the item to give your view. Hopefully,
we can find the answers. Thanks.
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