We Need a True Christian Worldview
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…
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Evaluating the Church Growth Movement: 5 Views
I wish this book had been written several years ago. Zondervan published this work as part of the Counterpoints Series on the fiftieth anniversary of …
Grounded for Good? Is the Era of Missionary Aviation Coming to an End?
The small red and white Cessna spirals down through the clouds and makes a perfect landing on the tiny grass runway carved out of the dense jungle.
House Church and Mission: the Importance of Household Structures in Early Christianity
Roger Gehring comes to the rescue of those in search of more than popular accounts of the rise of house churches.
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 …