The 21st Century Mission: Discipling Nations
Much focus in the last two decades has been on the AD2000 and Beyond Movement. The question we must ask now is, “What kind of mission and what kind …
Category: Volume 34 – Issue 1
Second Look: Leadership as Pain-Bearing
Evangelical books and seminars make much of the concept of servant leadership. And well they should. It’s biblical.
History Reveals Questions about This Approach
This article is a response to "Courage in Our Convictions: The Case for Debate in Islamic Outreach" by Jay Smith, January 1998, EMQ.
MKs and Second Language Issues
Few missionaries forget the day they arrive on the field. It generally ranks right up there with The First Kiss, The Day Kennedy Was Shot or The Truth…
Ministering to Jesus
When I went to the emergency room of the Vanga Evangelical Hospital in the Congo one morning in 1996, I saw a strange looking man lying on one of the …
Global Report: Children at Risk: The Biggest Little Mission Field in the World?
Not long ago at a city park in Central America, Patrick McDonald spotted a group of 30 street children. Then he saw workers with a Christian ministry …
Missionaries’ Temptations
I thought I had prepared myself adequately for my first term on the mission field. I was willing to humble myself to the level of a child to learn a n…
A Defense for Not Knowing the Language?
This article is a response to the article "Using an Interpreter: Less than Idea, but Not All Bad," by Roger Chapman in the January, 1998 issue of EMQ.
Courage in Our Convictions: The Case for Debate in Islamic Outreach
Many have questioned the method that I and others are using in England to evangelize Muslims. They say it is wrong, perhaps even dangerous.
Editorial: Research and the Ginger Ale Syndrome
I wonder if in our approach to missiological research we may have missed a few crucial steps in the process.