- 11/29 ~ SHORT-TERM ~ Short-Term Team Safety Preparation by Steve Vereb (Catalyst Services)
"Many short-termers travel with the idea that every country has the same level of professionalism in police, fire, and emergency services that they depend on back home. They assume that their protection and the resolution of any problem they might encounter there are primary concerns in host countries to which they travel. Not only is their wellbeing often not a priority, but they are easy targets."
- 11/28 ~ RESOURCES ~ by Steve Vereb (Catalyst Services)
"Many short-termers travel with the idea that every country has the same level of professionalism in police, fire, and emergency services that they depend on back home. They assume that their protection and the resolution of any problem they might encounter there are primary concerns in host countries to which they travel. Not only is their wellbeing often not a priority, but they are easy targets."
- 11/27 ~ MONGOLIA ~ Church Planting in Mongolia ~ Three Stories by Dea Davidson (IMB/SBC)
» ARTICLE - Answering the 700-Year-Old Call of Kublai Khan in Mongolia
» ARTICLE - Southern Baptists Pitch Their Tent in Mongolia's Countryside to Work among Nomads
» ARTICLE - Mongolian Believers Catch Vision for Home Churches
- 11/26 ~ SHORT-TERM ~ Short-Term Team Safety Preparation by Steve Vereb (Catalyst Services)
"Many short-termers travel with the idea that every country has the same level of professionalism in police, fire, and emergency services that they depend on back home. They assume that their protection and the resolution of any problem they might encounter there are primary concerns in host countries to which they travel. Not only is their wellbeing often not a priority, but they are easy targets."
- 11/25 ~ MISSIOLOGY ~ All Monotheisms Are Not Alike by Stan Guthrie (Christianity Today)
Stan Guthrie walks us through the Apostles' Creed as a means of "sharpening our dialogue with Muslims."
- 11/24 ~ CHILDREN AT RISK ~ Conflict Makes Congo "Worst Place to Be a Child" from: Reuters (alertnet.org)
"Packed into squalid refugee camps or roaming in the bush, hundreds of thousands of Congolese children face hunger, disease, sexual abuse or recruitment by marauding armed factions, aid workers said on Tuesday. "North Kivu is quite possibly the worst place to be a child. There is no question that children have been the most severely affected by the recent conflict," said George Graham, spokesman for Save the Children in the provincial capital, Goma." Note: for ongoing news on DR Congo, click here. For Go Connect's Children at Risk links, click here.
- 11/22 ~ LOCAL OUTREACH ~ Going Door-to-Door: A Look at the Numbers by Ed Stetzer (edstetzer.com)
"I did an interview this morning with a national secular magazine about the efficacy of "door-to-door outreach" and will link to the story as soon as it's available. Much of what I shared came from some research we did at the Center for Missional Research on whether or not door-to-door is an effective tool ... By partnering with a polling firm to ask 1,200 random Americans we discovered that the answer just might be--"both."
- 11/21 ~ WORTHY IS THE LAMB! ~ Are You a Lion Chaser Who Embraces Risk as the Theme of Your Life?
by The List Guy (Brown Like Coffee)
"I'm reading a couple of good books right now: "Dare to Desire" by John Eldredge and 'In a Pit With A Lion On a Snowy Day" by Mark Batterson. Batterson shares, "As I look back on my life...part of me has wanted to play it safe, but I've learned that taking no risk is the greatest risk of all." When he did step out in faith and chase his lions those were "the moments I came alive" he said. "Those were the moments when God set the stage and changed the trajectory of my life." Note: Click here to read David Mays' "In a Pit" Booknotes, and click here to find the book at Amazon.
- 11/20 ~ FEAR NOT, LITTLE FLOCK ~ London, End of 'Christian Civilization'? by Erich Bridges (Baptist Press)
"So has the "Christian civilization" the late, great Winston Churchill courageously called Britons to defend against Nazi barbarism finally succumbed to the quiet onset of senility, secularism and shariah? ... If "Christian civilization" means a civic religion to which government and society pay lip service, yes, it's dead in England -- or on life support. If it means the Kingdom of God on earth, however, reports of its demise are greatly exaggerated."
- 11/19 ~ BIBLE TRANSLATION ~ Anonymous Donor Gives $50 Million to Translate Bible
by Jennifer Riley (The Christian Post)
"An anonymous donor gave a huge sum of $50 million to Wycliffe Bible Translators this week making it possible to translate Scripture for the last people groups still without the Bible in their native tongue more quickly." ~ Found on Missions Catalyst News Briefs
- 11/18 ~ BUSINESS AS MISSION ~ WorldCrafts (found in On Mission magazine)
"When you purchase WorldCrafts, you join with other caring people to provide income, improved self-esteem, and hope to artisans living in poverty." Note: This is a great idea that could be replicated many times over. To learn more about WorldCrafts click here.
- 11/17 ~ STRATEGIC MISSION ~ Reaching Muslims in Europe: Six Stories by Don Graham (Baptist Press)
» ARTICLE - Northern Lights Pierces Islam's Iron Curtain
» ARTICLE - Planting a Church Half a World Away
» ARTICLE - What a Man Set for Evil, God Used for Good
» ARTICLE - From Cross to Crescent: Islam Triples in Europe
» ARTICLE - Missionaries Reach West Africans Lost in Paris
» ARTICLE - Gospel Has Reached Imam at Sahara's Edge
- 11/15 ~ LEADERSHIP ~ From Invention to Innovation: How Inno-Friendly is Your Organization?
by Steve Moore (Learning @ the Speed of Life / The Mission Exchange)
Steve Moore, President and CEO of The Mission Exchange, recently began a monthly video blog. This month, Steve exposes a number of common blindspots that may be preventing your ministry from reaching its full potential. While you're at this site, why don't you become familiar with the various services The Mission Exchange has to offer churches and mission agencies.
- 11/14 ~ BAM / VIDEO ~ The Top Business as Mission Video (Business As Mission Network)
"Our video production team went to China a few years ago to capture the story of Bill Job and his company. It's exciting to see such a powerful story of a business meeting the needs of people in their local community and making a difference where they are."
- 11/13 ~ GLOBAL CONFERENCE ~ World Evangelical Alliance General Assembly Closes with Major Statements and Commitment to World Evangelization by Michael Ireland (Assist News Service)
"More than 500 senior evangelical leaders gathering in Pattaya, Thailand from October 25-30, 2008, have wrapped up their General Assembly, after five days of intensive discussion to plan the way forward in world evangelization." Click here to learn more about the WEA, a global alliance of ministries encompassing 420 million evangelicals within 128 countries.
- 11/12 ~ E-MAGAZINE ~ Practical Mobilization: Shoe Sales, Sheep on Fire, & Subversive Mobilization by Shane Bennett (Missions Catalyst)
» ARTICLE - Setting the Sheep on Fire
» ARTICLE - What Shoe Salesmen Know that You Don't
» EVENTS - Additions to the Missions Catalyst Calendar
» Subversive Mobilization - The Mobilizer's Christmas List
- 11/11 ~ COMMUNICATIONS ~ Cell Phone & Skype Security Issues (Brigada Today)
Two postings from Brigada Today expose considerable risks inherent in today's communications technology. Pass the word, it may help preserve the work of God in highly vulnerable places.
» Is Cell Phone Security Even Worse Than We Thought?
» Skip Skype?
- 11/05 ~ COMMUNICATIONS REVOLUTION ~ Internet—The Transition of Everything from Atoms to Bits by Walt Wilson (Lausanne World Pulse)
"We are the first generation in all of human history to hold in our hands the technology to reach every man, woman, and child on earth. Although the product price points are not yet in place, this is not a distant dream. It is a current reality. Market forces in technology are driving us forward."
- 11/04 ~ STAND IN THE GAP ~ A Prayer for the Election by John Piper (desiringod.com)
John Piper provides six key prayer points for today's election.
- 11/03 ~ MALARIA ~ World Vision Launches Bold Initiative for Worldwide Elimination of Mosquitoes by Success Kanayo Uchime (Assist News Service)
"World Vision, in an effort to reduce infant mortality, has taken a bold initiative for a worldwide elimination of mosquitoes. This was made known by its President, Rich Stearns in a statement, adding that the good news is that the elimination of malaria is possible as was done in the United States in 1951. He pointed out that now it's time for the rest of the world to benefit from the U.S experience and that by God's mercy and in partnership with other humanitarian organizations and individuals, World Vision is determined to end malaria in the entire world."
- 11/01 ~ WHITE HARVEST FIELDS ~ Central Asia Today by Krista Wells (Global Prayer Digest)
"Oil wealth, the silk road, Islamic extremists and war; these all sound familiar when we think of Central Asia. There is much more going on beneath the surface than the nightly news would lead one to believe." Note: This is the Global Prayer Digest's lead article for an entire month of prayer devoted to the peoples of Central Asia. Click here for the current day's topic.
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