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Brigada Today
22 Jun 2007
In this issue...
- JOHN WILL TELL YOUR STORY
- HOW DO WE CAST A MISSIONS VISION TO KIDS?
- PARTICIPATE IN THIS SURVEY; HELP UNDERSTAND CRISIS IN MINISTRY
- DOWNLOAD BIBLE PORTIONS IN HARD-TO-FIND LANGUAGES
- GLORY STORY NOW OFFERING MULTI-SKIN-COLOR PHOTOS
- WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT CHRIST?
- LEGAL AND TAX UPDATES
- JOINT CHRISTIAN SERVICES MONGOLIA SEEKS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
- MISSION:EQUIP ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEW ONLINE MISSIONS PORTAL
- BLUEWATER DTS READY TO SET SAIL
- THE BACKPAGE: "START TEN MISTAKES HIGH"
- CLOSING STUFF
- JOHN WILL TELL YOUR STORY -- John Lindner sends out a weekly
newsletter featuring some aspect of ministry by and among majority-world
missions today. He especially is desirous of telling the struggle,
victory, and passion of national men and women of God who have overcome
difficulties to plant a church or do a work for God. If you know of a
third-world missionary or leader who has such a story that you can vouch
for, send it to him and he will consider publishing it in his
newsletter. Submitting a story does not guarantee it will be published.
He can be reached at
John(at)WorldChristianMinistries(dot)org [As a means of preventing spam
for our contributors, in the preceding email address(es), please replace
(at) with @ and (dot) with .]
Glimpses of his previous newsletters can be found at
http://www.WorldChristianMinistries.org
Click on "Books by John Lindner" to get a sample of his biographical
writing. Here is a chance to lift up a majority-world national partner.
Please advise if names of persons or places need to remain confidential.
(John and his ministry have also helped Brigada and its ministries, too.
Thanks John!)
- HOW DO WE CAST A MISSIONS VISION TO KIDS? -- Do you know of some
resource, lesson materials, videos, or other curricula that might help
spawn a missions understanding among children? If so, please drop by:
http://brigada.org/brigade/?p=22
Leave a comment about your favorite resource, making sure you provide
contact information or a URL. This item originated directly as a result
of a children's minister in a local church, asking for help... so your
resources will go to work immediately! Thanks for any referrals or
resources you can provide.
- PARTICIPATE IN THIS SURVEY; HELP UNDERSTAND CRISIS IN MINISTRY --
Andrew, from IL, is completing a doctoral research project in an area
related to crisis in ministry. He and he colleague, Dr. Mills, are
seeking to help organizations and churches better prepare their
ministers. Here is the link to the survey:
http://www.eiu.edu/~cats/robinsonMillsSurvey/survey.php
Anyone who has served in any type of international or home missions work
(fulltime or part-time) can take the survey, including one-time, part-
time, or fulltime missionaries, pastors, evangelists, teachers, doctors,
dentists, construction workers, etc. He's wrapping up the survey in
early November, so there's time to jump in. Thanks.
- DOWNLOAD BIBLE PORTIONS IN HARD-TO-FIND LANGUAGES -- You can do that
and a whole lot more at the World Bible Translation Center's homepage at
http://www.wbtc.com/site/PageServer?pagename=downloads_main
Chris wrote this past week to bring the site to our attention and,
indeed, if you'd like to download the entire Ukrainian NT as a PDF, WBTC
is the place to go. While you're there, check out their work among 50 of
the world's most spoken languages. (Thanks Chris!)
- GLORY STORY NOW OFFERING MULTI-SKIN-COLOR PHOTOS -- When Glory to God
(International) launched their online gallery of pictures, they hoped to
equip missionaries to tell the whole Bible story from Genesis to
Revelation. They received an overwhelming response of mail, some of
which called them "White supremacists" and "Nazi's". A spokesman for The
Glory Story said, "Whilst these comments were unnecessary they were
valid to a degree, due to the fair skin colour of a lot of the Bible
characters."
The artists at The Glory Story, have spent the last 8 weeks making the
skin colour of the Bible characters more culturally relevant for
missionaries. Check out the whole of the Bible in pictures on this link.
http://www.theglorystory.com/html/glory_picture_gallery.htm
For more information, write Aleshia(at)Mission316(dot)com [As a means of
preventing spam for our contributors, in the preceding email
address(es), please replace (at) with @ and (dot) with .]
- WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT CHRIST? -- An embarrassing question, but so
important. Our whole future depends on it. So why not find some help
from a new item on the EasyEnglish website? Go to
http://www.easyenglish.info
Click on "What's New?" then download "What do you think about Christ?"
You will discover a series of questions (and answers) based on an
EasyEnglish translation of Matthew's gospel.
- LEGAL AND TAX UPDATES -- This month's Legal Trends Memo is online,
with stories that include, "If you're changing your bylaws, don't forget
to let the IRS and your state regulatory agency know; Age discrimination
laws don't apply to clergy; If you have donors making contributions by
payroll deductions, there are special record-keeping and substantiation
requirements; Tax Court issues a new ruling on how to account for your
ministry-related cell phone expenses; Volunteer board members are immune
from liability if acting within the scope of their duties; If your
employment policies require mediation and arbitration first, then even
lawsuits under the Americans with Disabilities Act can't proceed until
the arbitration is complete; Extensions to file for the foreign earned
income exclusion can be granted under certain circumstances. Check out
the Nonprofit and Church Legal Trends Memo at
http://www.nonprofitchurchlaw.org
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- JOINT CHRISTIAN SERVICES MONGOLIA SEEKS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR -- Joint
Christian Services International, Mongolia, is seeking an executive
director. The executive director will provide strong spiritual and team-
building leadership for employees and an administrative team that
oversees ministries and projects performed with, through and alongside
the Mongolian churches by 70 personnel from 14 member bodies and local
staff. The position requires a mature Christian with cross-cultural
mission and/or development experience, the ability to implement
strategic vision, and good relational and administrative skills. Send
inquiries, a letter of application and CV to Sheldon at
sheldons(at)mennonitemission(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 visit the JCS web site at
http://www.jcsintl.org/oppUrgent.html
- MISSION:EQUIP ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEW ONLINE MISSIONS PORTAL --
Mission:Equip, a new company specializing in online productivity tools
and content sharing for the missions community, recently launched its
new website. The new online missions portal, which offers a virtual
toolkit of services to assist in preparation for missions trips (both
short-term and long-term), is located at
http://www.missionequip.com
There, you can find links to various resources which will be helpful to
long-term missionaries and short-term mission team members as they
prepare to travel overseas, a trip planning module, a helpful travel
checklist, a printable emergency contact card, links to several
communications resources (including 228 country-specific blogs and 228
country-specific wikis). For more information, contact
info(at)missionequip(dot)com [As a means of preventing spam for our
contributors, in the preceding email address(es), please replace (at)
with @ and (dot) with .]
- BLUEWATER DTS READY TO SET SAIL -- The Bluewater Discipleship
Training School (DTS) is a 7-month programme designed for you to know
God deeper and to learn how to live out His message of reconciliation
and justice in the midst of a hurting world. Participants live aboard
the "s/y Next Wave", a 41-metre sailing vessel, for 4 months of
discipleship training, followed by 3 months of outreach in the Middle
East or Africa. The next school begins Sept. 8th, so better contact them
today. Learn more at
http://www.marinereach.info
September 8, 2007 - March15, 2008
- THE BACKPAGE: "START TEN MISTAKES HIGH" -- This past Sunday, I was
talking to a good friend who pilots his own biplane. We were talking
about some recent tragedies at nearby air shows and I asked him if he
was ever scared when flying "loop the loops" and other stunts. His
answer? He quoted a highly-respected flying instructor who once told him
to start every trick '10 mistakes high.' I'm sure I looked confused,
because he went on to explain that if the trick required 100' vertical
feet, the instructor wanted him to start it at 1000'. I thought about
that for a long time afterward. I've concluded that missionaries are
more like stunt pilots than trapeze artists. We don't really have the
luxury of a safety net. But we *do* have a band of prayer warriors and
supporters that can help us survive a long nose dive. For every
difficult task we tackle, we need 10 supporters and prayer partners to
make sure we can survive. It's up to each worker, individually, to
gather enough supporters and friends to thereby construct an adequate
"safety net." Only then can we be assured of surviving every mistake. So
'start ten mistakes high' and gather your prayer safety net today.
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