Mobilizing the Next Generaton
How can we get more of those under age thirty involved in and committed to global, cross-cultural missions?
Month: October 2003
Generation X
Welcome to the information age. As the baby-boomer generation ages, my generation, Generation X, is beginning to establish itself as the next generati…
Capturing the Next Generation: Missions Mobilization Resources on the Web
Mission agencies have discovered the Internet. In fact, many mobilization departments see the Web as their most effective recruitment venue.
Multi-cultural Teams in Church Planting
The evangelical world has become enamored with the idea of multicultural church planting teams in the last few years. This approach has yielded gre…
Towards Self-Reliance: A Challenge for African Churches and Ministries
I would like to challenge African ministers of Christ to think about the possibilities for self-reliance in our churches and ministries, and to imm…
Screwtape on Summer Missions
Involvement in and spending on mission trips is seeing an unprecedented increase, while recruitment for full-time mission service is flat. Could it be…
If I Could LIve My Career Over Again: Reflections of a Veteran Missionary
EMQ asked David Howard, veteran missionary and, for several years, director of Urbana, to share in a more personal way lessons he learned over his fiv…
Shadows of Doubt
I would like to propose a few important considerations that I have found helpful for long-term survival, that every thinking missionary should make a …
A Call to Missions: Is There Such a Thing?
The author discusses whether or not there is a calling to missions.
Support Raising 101
We would love to teach at an MK school,” the couple shared. “If it wasn’t for this support-raising thing. Why should we have to beg churches for…