Research Is the Key to Church Development
A few years ago at a student missionary rally an earnest young American Christian rose to his feet to ask several very searching questions of the miss…
Category: Volume 4 – Issue 1
The Scope of Strategy Planning for Latin America
The letter that follows is not a journalistic gimmick; it is an actual letter written by the author, a missionary under The Presbyterian Church U.S.A.…
Fellowships and Mergers as Demonstrations of Evangelical Unity
The Apostle Paul told the Christians in Galatia: "Ye are all one in Christ Jesus" (3:29). Since he addressed them as individuals ("Ye"), he was referr…
Mission-Church Relations: Integrate or Cooperate?
How can we work both with indigenous churches in other lands and (with) our own missionaries there, preserving the proper freedom and initiative of bo…
The Why and How of Mission Amalgamation
Principles of missionary strategy and tactics remain unchanged from the days of the apostles. We do well to remind ourselves of these by diligent revi…
The Abolition of Heroes
Douglas Webster, missions professor at Selly Oaks College, Birmingham, England, in his article, "Down With Heroes" (Evangelical Missions Quarterly, Su…