1) International Day for the Unreached – June 8, 2025
Did you know that June 8, 2025 is the International Day for the Unreached?
On June 8, 2025, believers and churches are invited to unite in prayer, awareness, and action for those who have yet to hear the Gospel. Read on for a set of bullet points and resources. read more…
2) From Pew to Pixel: Online Outreach Training
In today’s digitally connected world, people across continents are more reachable than ever before. Innovations in technology have made it possible to cross cultural and national boundaries from a laptop or smartphone. One-hour trainings are free this summer. Learn more and register: https://www.everywhere2everywhere.org/online-outreach-training.html. read more…
3) Free Workshop: How Coaching Can Multiply Training Results
Mission leaders, discover how to combine structured training with personalized coaching to bridge the gap between knowledge and application. Learn a practical coaching framework that increases training implementation rates and creates lasting behavior change. The training will take place on July 18, 9AM, Pacific / 12PM, Eastern. Register here: https://link.brandyoufunnels.com/widget/form/3zol0DgDNhFkUSEcDziJ read more…
4) Hope for Hurting Missionary Marriages
Do you know a missionary marriage under pressure? Marriage experts Danny & Stephanie Leigh Gutierrez get raw about the real challenges missionaries face in marriage—and how to move toward healing. Watch here: https://www.modernday.org/podcast/is-my-missionary-marriage-going-to-make-it-danny-stephanie-leigh-gutierrez-encore-episode/ —and share with someone who needs it! read more…
5) Summer: A Kairos Time for Missional Impact
This summer, mission starts right where you are. From refugee support to disaster response, discover how your community can live out the gospel in practical ways. Check out the newsletter here https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Summer-in-the-City–Missional-Impact.html?soid=1101634946551&aid=AqpfyZp7QuI which provides articles such as:
- A Template to Impact Your Community/City
- I Love My City!
- Church. Bless Your City/Community…Together a “5 C’s Template”
6) Video Series, Resource Suggestions, and Free Books
Alopen Song (pseudonym) has updated his website to include an expanding video series discussing common mission questions for the average Christian. His aim is to provide FREE missions content for all to use. In addition to his 3 books, he has added a missions resource page and his recently published videos. Check it out here: https://turningsoil2turninghearts.weebly.com. read more…
7) An Underground Railroad
One Brigada reader wrote: “I think that Pilgrim At The Crossroads of Human Trafficking; releasing captives on today’s underground railroad by Abdiya Wesab is one of the most inspiring of missional books.” Have you read it? Check it out https://a.co/d/efkjT9q. (Thanks, Mike). read more…
8) Books That Build Us: Brigada Readers’ Corner
The recently published book, From Conflict to Hope, emerges from a consultation of BMB (Believers from a Muslim Background) church leaders from North Africa, the Middle East, and Iran. It captures their honest reflections on conflict, shaped by cultural patterns of miscommunication, shame, leadership struggles, and mediation. These leaders share what it means to follow Christ in contexts where doing so often leads to misunderstanding or persecution. The book invites the global Church to listen and learn from these voices as they navigate the complexities of faith, identity, and transformation in post-Islamic cultural settings. It aims to foster healthy, vibrant fellowships by breaking free from religious and cultural strongholds. Check it out at https://a.co/d/9jUqhQx. Have you read it? Please comment. read more…
9) Your Best Resource on Systems-based Planning?
We have to teach a grad course this fall in a seminary on project management and strategic planning. This abstract — https://www.researchgate.net/publication/379833454_A_Systemic_Approach_to_Strategic_Planning_Navigating_Complexity_with_Clarity — really helped us broaden our thinking about strategic planning — to more of a systems-based approach (as opposed to linear-thinking for ‘traditional goalsetting’). If you were to desire to focus more on systems-based and scenario-focused strategic planning, are there other resources you’ve come across might help us — books, videos, courses, papers? Scholarly articles and abstracts are helpful – but so are practical, action-focused curricula too. Thanks for any recommendations you can make. read more…
10) Cool Tools: A Functional Solar-powered AC Power Supply In a Carry-on
I (Doug) recently worked with two friends to present several days of training workshops in a land where rolling blackouts are common, resulting in entire 24-hour periods without electricity. Because my work doesn’t stop when I travel, I decided to take along a power inverter and solar charger. This Anker power pack (which included the battery to store the power, along with AC receptacles and USB ports) and solar panels worked great: https://a.co/d/hDnUaIQ . Honestly, my laptop never ran it down once – even though I sometimes would work for 5 and 6 hours on it each night. (My laptop is a workstation with a 140-watt power supply. It happened that that’s *exactly* what the solar panels generate when oriented correctly.) This unit is a bit pricey – currently $319 – but that includes everything you need in one bundle. This case — https://a.co/d/hDnUaIQ — was the perfect solution for carrying it. Have you used any similar units? Which are your favorites? read more…
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