Ugly Americans or Ambassadors of Christ?
Missionaries are ambassadors representing Christ. They either present the ugly face of the home culture as a mask for the gospel or present the glorio…
Category: Volume 41 – Issue 3
Between the Dark and the Daylight
Almost all missionaries have been told to respect culture at one time or another. A veteran missionary introduced me to the idea in an anthropology co…
Building Teams, Building Walls
The modern mission compound is alive and well. Its walls aren’t of stone or mud brick, but they are just as real. The distance between missionary…
Dos and Don’ts in Speaking to ESL Audiences
“You’ve gotta take the bull by the horns,” I declared. The students looked puzzled. As an “English as a First Language&rdqu…
Improving Missions Websites
One of the earliest editions of “Missions on the Web” offered tips and techniques for those developing their agency’s first website. Surprisingl…
Camel Training Manual
Seldom have I been as enthused about a book as I am about this inside peek at one of the most extraordinary acts of the Holy Spirit among Muslims ever…
Letters from Readers
Toward a Relevant Theology
Ziya Meral’s article, “Toward a Relevant Theology for the Middle East,” in the April EMQ was suc…
Constants in Context: A Theology of Mission for Today
Steve Bevans and Roger Schroeder of the Catholic Theological Union have written a wonderful new overview of the history and theology of missions.
Ministry Idolatries
It was not long ago that ministry adultery and family idolatry received a lot of attention in mission personnel circles as the most common shortcoming…
Father of Missions: The Life and Times of Anthony Norris Groves (1795-1853)
Why should anyone read a biography of a man who believed that he lived a “worse than useless life”? There are no tales of heroic achievements, no …