Category: Perspectives: EMQ Guest Editorial

As a church planting missionary, I have made a remarkable observation. Lost people, without Christ and without hope in this world, have a much better …

We hear a lot of talk these days about the importance of indigenous churches, churches that are truly “home-grown” and reflect the values and cult…

At a recent conference of Christian organizations, my roommate told me of a donor retreat his agency had just sponsored where the two-day cost, includ…

Awhile ago I taught a modular class on spiritual warfare at a theological seminary in West Africa. Every time I return to such places I am reminded o…

We in the missions community think of ourselves as being in the church planting business. But somehow I often wonder if we are deceived. Jim Collins�…

“How can we sing the Lord’s Song in a strange land?” This plaintive question was asked by Israel in exile. Gone were the familiar rites and temp…

If missions are about bang for the buck, France is a bad deal.

In the midst of all the memorials of September 11, we would like to call at least four things to mind.

Issues of terminology for God are highly convoluted when working with Muslims in non-Arabic-speaking lands where Christians use alternate terms for Go…

“Take every thought to make it obedient to Christ ... Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry ... See to it that ... no bitter root gro…