Reflections on Missionary Malaise
Missionaries returning home for visits to North America find a changing landscape. During coffee breaks at church meetings and conferences many lament…
Category: Volume 33 – Issue 4
Lessons on Rwanda for the Church in Africa
10 specific things the church learned from the devastation.
Three Types of Ministry
This article is a response to "Some Thoughts on the Meaning of 'All Nations,'" by Frank Severn in the October 1977 EMQ.
Some Thoughts on the Meaning of All Nations
I was at a conference on frontier missions where a key speaker began his presentation with the question, “Which is more strategic and important—to…
The Missionary’s Role in Developing Indigenous Christian Theology
"I don’t like the doctrine of the Trinity,” one of our students confessed. “It gives us all kinds of trouble with the Muslims, is impossible to …
Editorial: Missionary, Go Home
The tranquil cornfields of central Illinois stretched on mile after mile along Route 150 west of Peoria. Suddenly, a bizarre black-and-white sign MURP…
Global Report: Ministries Now Aim to Reach Hindu Heads as Well as Hearts
C. Kaushal remembered the bloody partition of India in 1947 as if it happened last week. Kaushal was 9 years old when the British withdrew from India,…
Crisis Intervention for Missionaries
When someone commits his or her life to the Lord to serve as a missionary, there is an understanding and acceptance that this choice may involve suffe…
Parallel Training on the Paths in Bangladesh
I learned that the best kind of leading is by dependent example, as Jesus did with his disciples.
Expanding the Argument
This article is in response to "Reflections on the Meaning of 'All Nations,'" by Frank Severn in the October 1977 issue of EMQ.