FOLLOW http://plantingbrazil.wordpress.com THIS WEEK

Follow: http://plantingbrazil.wordpress.com to get a play by play of 40+ college ministers in Brazil getting hands on training in Missional Ministry under Michael Frost & learn about IMB opportunities for leaders and ministries.

• The team is having Michael Frost train us in Missional Ministry while we're down there (he's one of THE international experts on the subject, if you're unfamiliar).
• The 40+ college ministers will spend time actually connecting and ministering to "postmoderns," as well as participating in collegiate church plants down there.
• As you can imagine, the hope for the IMB is that the ministers will consider partnering in the future. But there's also an emphasis on us learning transferable methods for missional ministry back home.

So... that means our blog is going to be a lot more than just a "testimony" blog, though there will be some of that. Benson Hines plans to blog full-time down there, and he will share lots of experiences, lots of transferable learnings, and a few IMB opportunities for leaders / ministries. It's also kinda fun that they've hired a college ministry researcher & blogger to do the writing; hopefully he'll be able to bring some particularly helpful ideas and perspectives to the blog.

The blog is at http://plantingbrazil.wordpress.com.

Brazil Host's Description of the Week:

Our time in Brazil will be instructional, educational, practical, and experiential.

LUKE 10, is the basis of our training. We will follow that model as we divide into small groups each day and hit the campuses, cafes, and neighborhoods looking for persons of peace. We will look evidence of Gods working in the lives of students and young adults. We will seek to connect with those who are open to hearing the Good News. We will try to build relationships with those who are open to connecting with ZOE or the Christian community in Sao Paulo. There will also be opportunities for us to join ZOE activities (possibly with some of our persons of peace) in many places throughout the city.

Every morning, we will meet for a debrief of the previous days experience. Michael Frost will challenge us and inspire us to new ways of thinking, and effective ways of reaching young adults in a post modern environment.

Benson Hines

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