Reports of Christians working together for God’s Glory
Yesterday, 6 churches celebrated the launch of a ‘Family of Unity & Partnership’ for the glory of God and the transformation of their near-eastside neighborhoods.
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by Ashly McGlone
Religion News ServiceA partnership that includes several Christian organizations has reached an agreement with North Korea to deliver strictly monitored food aid to counter the communist country’s severe crop shortage.
The five non-governmental organizations forming the partnership — World Vision, Mercy Corps, Samaritan’s Purse, Global Resource Services and Christian Friends of Korea — have a decade or more experience working in North Korea.
The food assistance comes after an assessment of areas devastated by flooding last August. Ken Isaacs, vice president of program and government relations at Samaritan’s Purse, said the partnership has been allowed “unprecedented access.”
Sixteen representatives from the five NGOs will be living in North Korea to monitor food distribution.
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The International Orality Network(ION) training program will be held at Chandigarh from 14th to 16th July.
The International Orality Network connects people who are reaching oral communicators as well as unreached people groups (UPGs) to storying and storytelling resources and training. For more information visit http://www.oralbible.com/
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Last year, Business as Mission Network published their list of their “Most Admired” Kingdom minded businesses. This year, they’ve done it again. Read the article here: 25 Most Admired Business as Mission Companies-2008
Here’s a peek at the Top 10 for 2008
Compared to 2007’s list:
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POMPANO BEACH, Florida (May 27, 2008) - 55 leaders from 49 organizations met last week to “ignite a global movement of visual story for the sake of Christ’s kingdom.” This unique gathering of Christian leaders convened in response to the need for new ways to contextualize the gospel in an increasingly visual world.
The importance of these leaders, representing mission groups, bible agencies, creative networks, media producers, filmmakers, distributors, universities, churches and television broadcasters, all coming together in one place at one time was not lost on Clyde Taber, Executive Director of the Visual Story Network. “These participants are among the most innovative thinkers and visual story practitioners in the world. They understand the need to move beyond ‘preach’ and ‘print’ to ‘portray,’” said Taber.
Significant relationships were created among experts who care deeply about the kingdom and the power of visual story. Shane Sooter, of City on a Hill Productions, said, “I’m still buzzing with the possibilities. The networking and connections alone made it worth my time, but the potential for the future is the real prize.” The American Bible Society, Youth with a Mission, Highway Video, Asbury College, Sermonspice, SAT 7, Navigators, JESUS Film Project, Book of Hope, Northland Church, Igniter Media, Good News Productions, Hollywood Connect and Mission America were among the organizations involved.
Next steps for the Visual Story Network include a regional event in Dallas in the fall, developing an online networking platform and expanding partnerships with other innovative organizations. The Visual Story Network is a coalition of missional and creative leaders working together to help the body of Christ more effectively harness the power of story in visual media for the kingdom of God. The event was hosted by the Book of Hope at the Marie Green Forum for Global Missions in Pompano Beach, Florida.
Contact:
Visual Story Network
Shirin Taber
949.235.5148
shirin@visualstory.org.
www.visualstorynetwork.com
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PCUSA anti-hunger partner hopes partnership with Christian band will get more young people to join fight against poverty
by Evan Silverstein
Presbyterian News Service
LOUISVILLE — Hoping to get more young people to join the fight against hunger, Presbyterian Church U.S.A. partner Bread for the World announced a new partnership today June 3 with the Christian worship band, Evensong Rising.
Photo of Eveningsong Rising
PCUSA-partner Bread for the World has formed a partnership with worship band Evensong Rising in an effort to attract a new generation of anti-hunger advocates. Photo courtesy of Bread for the World
This is the first such partnership for Bread for the World with a Christian band and for Evensong Rising with an advocacy organization.
With a deep and abiding respect for the heritage of the early church, Evensong Rising fuses the energy and passion of diverse contemporary influences with revered, time-honored hymns of the historic church. Their music is a melting pot of sounds from rock to bluegrass to reggae to jazz to soul.
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LITITZ, Penn., May 20 /Christian Newswire/ — The Pocket Testament League, an evangelism ministry established in 1893, has developed a new web-based system to match people who want to share their faith using Scripture, with people who want to anonymously support their efforts.
Through a powerful new use of technology, sponsors can support the work of evangelism right from their computer. They partner with those who have a heart for reaching others with God’s Word, and in turn those who are sharing their faith encourage their sponsors by posting stories about how they are reaching the lost.
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ATLANTA, May 22 /Christian Newswire/ — Lightcast Networks announces a new broadcasting service specially designed to connect Atlanta churches with homebound members and their caregivers.
People can now listen to local church services live from their own homes without the complexity and expense of radio, TV or Internet streaming. The church simply subscribes to Lightcast’s telephone broadcasting services and specifies the number of displaced members they wish to connect. Members use a
simple home receiver kit to tap into services.
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Ministry and Marketplace Leaders from 39 Countries and 50 States Sign Shared Mission Covenant for the Global Glory of God Read More >>
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April 15, 2008
By Ted Stevenson
When we received a press release announcing the public release of Dimdim, a new open-source tool for online meetings, it caught our eye, since we’ve been testing some similar products of late.
In a move that will give you some idea of how disruptive this technology may turn out to be, the company scheduled a press conference for the announcement—to be transmitted using the product itself—and invited all interested parties to attend, which we did.
Unlike any other IP-based video conferencing and/or desktop-and-document sharing application, Dimdim does not require that users download and install a software client. You just drop a URL to a “meeting room” into your browser, and you’re in the meeting.
According to Dimdim cofounder and CEO DD Ganguly, since Dimdim was launched as a private beta offering at DEMO Fall, last September, it has been adopted—or at least tried out—by about 375,000 people all over the world. He attributes this rapid uptake to the simplicity (it works on any computer), reliability, and low cost of the service.
In fact, we viewed the audio/video/instant messaging/screen-sharing event using Dimdim Free, which, as the name suggests, costs nothing at all, while supporting up to 20 participants.
The audio quality was excellent in terms of quality and continuity, but audio volume balance between Mr. Ganguly (in Boston) and Chief Marketing Officer Steve Chazin, who chaired the session in San Francisco, was way out of whack. Video of Ganguly was crisp and almost real-time. The whiteboarding worked flawlessly, as we got Ganguly’s basic marketing slide show.
After the formal presentation, visitors were invited to IM questions to Mr. Chazin in SF, who relayed them, vocally, to Mr. Ganguly on the East Coast. Public and private IM are usually available to all participants during sessions.
The United Nations and Amnesty International are among the global organizations now using Dimdim, as is a major U.S. university, which has made the service available to the entire faculty and student body. There has also been extensive uptake in the distance learning community, including moodle.com.
Ganguly stressed two special deployments during the press conference. One, in Texas, involves lengthy (five-hour) online seminars in Christian homemaking, attended by what Ganguly characterized as “soccer moms” sitting in their living rooms. In the other, a financial services company has embedded Dimdim’s chat screen on their website, so customers can get direct, live input from tax advisors.
Dimdim Free is available for signup here. It provides desktop sharing, document sharing, video broadcasting, multi-way VoIP audio conferencing, instant messaging, and shared whiteboards with annotation tools. Dimdim pro is a more robust version of the service and can scale up to 100 participants per session. Pricing starts at $99 per year. Dimdim Enterprise can support up to 1,000 participants per session and enables multiple simultaneous meetings.
In addition to making the source code available to the open-source community, Dimdim is providing open APIs so encourage development of additional functionality and integration.
This article was first published on VoIPPlanet.com.
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Association Launches Multi-Media Resource Guide for Marriage and Family Ministry
AMFM(TM) (Association of Marriage & Family Ministries) - the leading association for people serving in marriage and family ministry including pastors, church lay leaders, relationship experts and professional therapists - has launched a unique Marriage and Family Resource Guide that features authors, educators and trainers widely considered as our nations’ leading experts. Offering a global reach, the guide is available online with a state- of-the-art interactive version, supported by a full-color, glossy publication for print distribution.
This comprehensive directory is uniquely indexed by AMFM’s key areas of marriage and family ministry, integrated with valuable and relevant content. Some of these core ministries include Marriage Education and Enrichment, Marriage Mentoring, Sexual Wholeness, Parenting, Family Ministry, Pre-Marital Education, Reconciling Troubled Marriages and Stepfamily. Participating industry experts include the likes of Dr. John Trent, H. Norman Wright and Dr. Gary & Barbara Rosberg, to name a few.
“This Guide is a unique opportunity for the publishing community to organize around this vital need of marriage and family. This guide allows all of us to get our resources directly into the hands of those who need them; churches, community groups and individuals. This is the perfect tool to get us in front of those multipliers who most need our books, workbooks, DVDs and other tools.” - Rod Jantzen, Special Markets, Baker Publishing
AMFM exists to lead a marriage and family movement with its resource partners and members, to transform marriage and family relationships all across America by year 2020, in the church and the communities they serve. We are achieving this by training, equipping and resourcing all those called to serve in marriage and family ministry.
AMFM is the leading non-profit organization to host and facilitate world class training conferences, convene and publish best practices educational materials and is a pioneer in developing innovative training curriculum for marriage and family ministries. AMFM was co-founded in 2003 by Eric and Jennifer Garcia, authors of Couple2Couple Marriage Mentoring (TM) For review and more information visit us at www.AMFMResources.com.
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(Source: Christian Newswire)
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By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON (CNS) — Competitive and territorial barriers that once kept Catholic agencies from working too closely together are slowly breaking down in communities across the country in favor of stronger collaboration to better serve clients in need, according to a national organization that promotes the benefits of cooperation among church-based ministries.
Cleveland-based Ministering Together has embarked on a new campaign to promote collaboration among Catholic Charities systems, Catholic hospitals, parishes and Catholic social service agencies as well as public entities in serving and advocating for families and sick, homeless, mentally ill and elderly people in need of multiple services.
“The whole premise is built on the fact that we cannot do alone as well as what we can do together, and that we can serve God’s people to a greater degree if you break down silos and look at the person as a whole person,” said Sister Judith Ann Karam, president of the Cleveland-based Sisters of Charity Health System and a member of Ministering Together’s executive committee.
“It’s all about the people we’re serving,” she told Catholic News Service.
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Individuals, churches, institutions and agencies are demonstrating new passion to collaborate and partner for the cause of Christ. The framework of working together covers a broad spectrum. Some form official partnerships in which participants make specific commitments to each other. Others collaborate around specific tasks or projects so that volunteer contributions can strengthen each other. Others form loose networks that nurture communication and relationships out of which partnering initiatives can emerge.
Partnering relationships sometimes form between individuals. Paul and Titus are two such individuals. Paul refers to Titus as his “partner” (koinonos) and “fellow worker” (sunergos). The term Paul chose for Titus is perhaps the best for understanding the partner relationship. It is the root word for koinonia, that unique bond of heart relationship experienced among fellow believers.
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NPPS with Dennis Fuqua, Daniel Henderson, & Phil Miglioratti
If you are on the East Coast, you should not miss this opportunity to participate in the National Pastors Prayer Summit in your area Early Bird Registration is available until May 5th. More information. To register.
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This came up in my RSS feed from Forbes.com. It was listed as “SPONSORED CONTENT” which means that Microsoft probably paid to them post the article. Could they be developing a wiki to battle Google Sites?
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Missions Catalyst e-Magazine - April 23, 2008 - Resource Reviews | Take It Global
Basic Networking Tips
Some of the most interesting events are not publicly advertised, including those that provide the chance to network and discuss strategies with others who share your interest in ministry in a specific country or area. Attending such a gathering may help you identify great ministry opportunities and keep you from making costly mistakes. So how are you going to find these events and make the most of them?
1. Explore. If theres a country or people group on your heart, ask the most knowledgeable people you know if there is a time and place when those who share your interest get together. Ask them how to get an invitation.
2. Prepare. Similarly, if you plan to attend a missions event and want to make the most of it, try to learn in advance who else may be attending. Consider contacting several of these folks before or at the beginning of the event to see if you can schedule some time together, perhaps for coffee or a meal. Your treat, of course
3. Pay attention. Bring a notebook and be prepared to write down ideas and information you want to remember or pass along to others.
4. Be available. Rather than arriving late, leaving early, or trying to keep up with other responsibilities during the event, make the most of it by being available to pursue the divine opportunities God brings your way And of course, pray and ask him to do just that.
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A group of charismatic pastors has teamed up to launch a church-planting movement whose goal is to expand God’s kingdom through evangelism and prayer.
The International Center for Evangelism, Church-Planting and Prayer (ICE-CAP) launched last summer i