The Two Sides of Pentecost
Acts records many instances of persecution among early believing communities. However, the record is clear. Believing communities existed.
Category: Volume 39 – Issue 2
Letters to the Editor
Conforming to a Culture. The October 2002 issue of EMQ included the article, “A Testimony for Missions,†by Richard Smith. The article included th…
The Poor: A Case of Mistaken Identity?
Currently, article after article and book after book refer to the poor? But seldom is the word poor carefully defined.
Globalization and the Support of Nationals
Globalization is a term that evokes passionate feelings. Conflicting convictions about the effect of globalization have surfaced in missions too, part…
Missionary Training and the Gospel of Mark
When journalist Lee Strobel first met a shy and soft-spoken Leo Carter, he was a seventeen-year-old veteran of Chicago’s grittiest neighborbood. His…
A Biblical Look at C5 Muslim Evangelism
With the dawn of the new millennium missionaries from all over the globe have set their sights on the sons of Ishmael. Islam is Christianity’s on…
Aviation: A Centripetal Force in Missions
It was July—winter in the African country of Lesotho. My pilot guided the red and white turbocharged Cessna into a valley for an approach to the mou…
Church Multiplication: Guidelines and Dangers
In this article George Patterson and Galen Currah address frequently-asked questions about guidelines and dangers related to church reproduction. 
Problems Hindering North American Church Planting Movements
This article offers some necessary theological and missiological shifts to help facilitate church planting movements.
Designing an English for Bible and Theology Course
As I sat down to reflect on my experience as an English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teacher at an overseas Bible institute, I realized that I had s…