Women and Culture Shock
Like most missionaries, I thought I was ready for culture shock, but my preparation didn’t help me at all.
Category: Volume 32 – Issue 4
Causes of Stress and What to Do about Them
Some ideas about how to handle stressors common to missionaries: language study, culture shock, discouragement, loneliness, burnout, and depression.
Making Tents or Building Churches?
An EMQ interview with Mans Ramstad (pseudonym), veteran tentmaker in China. He works with an organization providing professional services to various a…
Missiological Correctness
Much has been said in recent years about “political correctness.” The PC movement asserts that certain ideas and practices are beyond questioning,…
How Do You Train Book Writers? With Love
While imported books sit on shelves, there’s a famine for hearing the word of the Lord in context.
Grudges: Missionary Killjoys
We had been in the States on furlough for over a year. Our last term on the field had been unusually grueling. Any tired missionary fresh home on furl…
Learning to Speak All over Again
The woman in the crowded market obviously wasn’t cooperating with me. I had simply pointed to her basket of tomatoes and asked how much they cost. I…
Seeing the Big Picture: A Unified Theory of Our Task
Missionaries need a unified theory of the task of world missions to determine how to make the best use of their lives. Mission agencies need it to pla…
Short Term Youth Teams: Are They Worth It?
As a new Christian, 17 years old, teaching Bible school in southeastern Kentucky changed my life. Working with the children of poor families changed m…
Editorial: Our Collapsing Foundation
Years ago, the first time I shoved my way through the crowds to Speaker’s Corner in London’s Hyde Park, the speakers lived up to my anticipation. …