In this issue…
1) RAISE MORE MONEY FOR MINISTRY IN HALF THE TIME!
2) CATCH ALL THE LATEST INFO ON DISTANCE LEARNING
3) IN FACT, ALL BRIGADA AUTORESPONDERS ARE AUTORESPONDING AGAIN!
4) PDA TO PRAY
5) 4th TIE CONGRESS
6) MISSIONS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM
7) CHURCH PLANTING MATERIALS NEEDED
8) REACHING THE UNREACHED WITH THE GOSPEL
9) GREAT FREE BIBLE STUDY SOFTWARE
10) WEB-WATCH: REACH THE NATIONS
11) CLOSING STUFF
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1) RAISE MORE MONEY FOR MINISTRY IN HALF THE TIME! — Move beyond the fear factor and raise more funds in half the time. The People Raising Coaches Clinic shows you how. Implement 10-key habits for success. Network with other Christian leaders responsible for coaching their staff in support raising. Arm yourself with the tools for success. If you are searching for funds and personal support, you can’t afford to miss this breakthrough 2-day conference! For more information or to register on-line go to
http://www.PeopleRaising.com/conf_info.cfm or e-mail <bill@peopleraising.com>.
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2) CATCH ALL THE LATEST INFO ON DISTANCE LEARNING — Just send a note to: distance-learning@brigada.org and a 26K file will be emailed to your doorstep. Thanks to Justin for keeping his word! He’s prepared this material in answer to the Dec. 14th request, “Suppose you had a new recruit, eager to study, but kind of at a beginner level. Where could such a person receive training for evangelism, discipleship, and church-planting . . .especially via distance-learning curriculum (web- based preferred). Does it exist?” Thanks Justin!
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3) IN FACT, ALL BRIGADA AUTORESPONDERS ARE AUTORESPONDING AGAIN! — Okay… so it’s been a couple of months… but honest… I wasn’t just sitting around goofing off. :-) Tonight I finally got down to it and figured out how to activate all our autoresponders again. So now you can order up any of the following files by simply clicking on it then, if your email client is configured correctly, just hit “send” and the associated file will be emailed back to your inbox. For example, to get a copy of “9-11-tracts”, send an email to this address (click on the address):
9-11-tracts@brigada.org
Here are the some of the files we currently have in the autoresponder library (click on the file name to send an email that’ll automatically retrieve the file):
blind-resources (24K — to help you reach the blind)
brigada-submissions (3K — how to submit items for publication)
children (81K — how to best help the children of the world)
christmas-greetings (5K — Merry Christmas in over 100 languages)
conflict-resolution (27K — how to manage conflict, make peace)
cults-resources (46K — to learn about cults)
deafministry (5K — to help those who cannot hear)
distance-learning (26K — learning resources for new recruits)
email_traveling_tips (14K — travel and stay connected)
evaluating-missions (22K — accountability and missions)
file-list (3K — this file list)
family-missions (6K — resources for helping families in missions)
free-online (18K — free or nearly free Internet services)
housechurches (17 — how to start them)
indigenousmusic (5K — resources to help best bring it about)
brigada-info (2K — this file list, and instructions on how to use it)
interpersonal-skills (3K — learn them!)
jesus-films (3K — info. on how to apply for free copies of Jesus Film)
kosovoresources (43K — resources on how to help Kosovar Albanians)
leadership (7K — resources to learn how to do it)
missionary-care (5K — resources for those pastoring missionaries)
muslim-outreach (58K — understanding how to share hope with them)
muslim-training (15K — where can you receive live training)
opc (3K — read this before sending any forwarded emails!)
packing (36K — the best cartons, routes, routines, etc.)
puppets (70K — how to start a ministry with them)
satphones (7K — resources and tips)
stripreturns (3K — macro for Microsoft Word; removes carriage returns)
tentmaking (2K — links to learn more about it)
teaching-missions-to-kids (99K — Resources for mobilizing children)
tesl (13K — programs to learn how to do it)
tesl_resources (41K — curriculum, guides and other helps)
top20upgs (11K — 20 high priority unreached groups as of early 1999)
transition (12K — transfer your mailing list from xc.org to yahoogroups)
travel (19K — saving money on airfare for international travel)
turkish-resources (11K — Turkish Christian resource directory)
unreached-directory (149K — ministries who provide info on unreached)
untargeted (12K — the least targeted groups as of Aug. 1999)
videos-english (145K — Great Christian videos/sources in English)
videos-spanish (61K — Great Christian videos/sources in Spanish)
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4) PDA TO PRAY — Does anyone know of a PDA (Palm Pilot, Pocket PC… a hand held computer) program which helps a person pray for unreached people groups? YWAM publishes a yearly calendar prayer journal that lists unreached people groups to pray for on a daily basis. If you are aware of a way to keep track of and pray for unreached people groups on one’s hand-held computer, please email the information to Wayne at <wdecosta@foursquare.org>. We’ll ask Wayne to let us know how his study comes out. (Okay Wayne?)
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5) 4th TIE CONGRESS — This one has the theme of “A New Workforce for Mission” a program of active tentmakers will cover the following subjects: Christian Witness without Confrontation, Tentmaking Among Muslims, Tentmaking Among the Chinese, Tentmaking Among Hindus, Tentmaking Through Relief and Development, and The Future of Tentmaking. The Congress starts at 2pm on 20 May and ends up at noon on 24 May. For further information contact: <tie@gati.wa.com> or
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6) MISSIONS INTERNSHIP PROGRAM — The Acts 13 Initiative in Manila, Philippines will host an eight-week missions experience for college-aged youth. The experience will include intense participant discipleship and outreach opportunities. 2002 dates are June 3 – July 28 and the cost is $2,000 US. Cost includes room, board, training materials, local transportation, and outreach costs. For more information, please visit their website at
http://www.acts13.tv or write <>.
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7) CHURCH PLANTING MATERIALS NEEDED — The Barnabas Ministry in Poland is looking for materials that would help them launch a national church planting movement. Do you know of any web sites, ministries or resources on the practical aspects of starting a new church? Please share it with them and us! What they want is the experienced planters sharing the details of how to give vision, train, send, start, oversee and support financially new plants. They will be organizing seminars and will also need experienced speakers to teach and answer tough questions. Also they can arrange short or long term mission trips with the goal of establishing new churches. If you can help, send Jerry an e-mail at <jerry@barnaba.and.pl>.
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8) REACHING THE UNREACHED WITH THE GOSPEL — The world is changing fast. New technologies and new mindsets require different and creative means to reach the unreached. In Youth With A Mission, a new kind of missionary is taking advantage of these trends. Strategy Coordinators. Study at the Y.W.A.M. Frontier Missions: Strategy Coordinators Short Course 2002, Monday 10th June To Friday 12th July 2002 in Nakuru, Kenya. For more information/application form, contact: Tel. + 44 1582 463629 Fax+ 44 1582 463305.
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9) GREAT FREE BIBLE STUDY SOFTWARE — This tool has 34 Bibles (13 in languages other than English – including Hebrew and Greek), 7 commentaries, 9 dictionaries, Atlas, charts, and 18 other books helpful for the study of God’s word. All for free! The program is a hefty download at almost 20 megs, but with a gift of $15 or more you can get all the resources currently available on CD. One useful feature is the KJV+ version: put your mouse over Strong’s number (superscripted after each word) and the Greek or Hebrew word appears with its definition as a tooltip! Go to
http://www.e-sword.net
or write Rick Meyers at Equipping Ministries Foundation, 5902 Parham Road, Franklin, TN, 37064.
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10) WEB-WATCH: REACH THE NATIONS — The site,
http://www.reachthenations.org became officially active as of 2/3/02. This site contains missions resources, research related material, contact information, internship opportunity information, and a photo gallery of portraits of unreached people groups (photos are not to be used without permission). The group is currently in the process of choosing a publisher for its catalog of artistic photographs of tribal groups. Reports will be published on the site as the network of investigators compiles research information regarding specific unreached people groups. This site is expected to be a hub for ethnologic information as it relates to missions. This organizations approach to “network investigation” and information sharing is helping to fill a need for practical and academic information in support of reaching the unreached for Christ. Applications for the NCMO internship program are currently being accepted. The director of New Covenant Missions Organization can be contacted for comments at (860) 250-4792.</jerry@barnaba.and.pl></mijohnny@yahoo.com></tie@gati.wa.com></wdecosta@foursquare.org></bill@peopleraising.com>
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