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Why the Poor Harvest? Assessing All the Factors in Seeing People Turn to Jesus
Seeing many people come into the Kingdom of God requires more than just a look at the soil. It requires hard work and carefully evaluating the sun and rain, the sower, the seed, and our method of sowing.
The Engage! Study Executive Summary
A study of current and former field staff looks at factors related to retention issues among North American cross-cultural workers. Recommendations for agencies are included.
Trauma and Traumatic Stress in Cross-cultural Missions: How to Promote Resilience
Results from a research study explores the relationship between traumatic events and psychological symptoms.
After the Funeral: Helping Mission Leaders Care for Those under Their Care
Based on personal experience, Veldt shares how mission agencies can care for missionaries who are dealing with the loss of a loved one.
Written by the Hand of Paul: Church Planting Naturally
We sat down with local leaders to discuss lessons learned and some of the shortcomings in multiplicative strategies. As for what we learned through the successes, we found that these principles were already written plainly by the hand of Paul.
Justice and Mission: Some Initial Reflections
The essential flaw in most campaigns for social justice has its origin in a mistaken assumption that there is no justice unless there is equality of outcomes.
Letters to the Editor
Westerners and Middle Easterners Perry Shaw’s “Westerners and Middle Easterners Serving Together” (January 2010) was excellent.
Other Books Received
by EMQ editor Balisky, E. Paul. 2009. Wolaitta Evangelists: A Study of Religious Innovation in Southern Ethiopia, 1937-1975. American Society of Missiology Monograph Series. Eugene,…
Challenges for a Constantly Changing Mission Context
Impressions gleaned from interaction with mission leadership across the country.
Deleadered: Reflections on the Removal or Reassignment of Leaders in Mission Organizations
Nine principles for creating more healthy leadership transitions.
Prayer Letters to the Home Team
The following letter was written to a missionary with whom I have a long-term friendship.
Missions and the Arts
In 2002 we first developed a MisLinks page connecting to missionally-focused arts resources. Eight years is a lifetime on the Web, so we have returned to our Arts page to update it with new resources.
World Mission in the Wesleyan Spirit
The vital role of prevenient grace in world mission, the catholic spirit of John Wesley, and “being with” as a Wesleyan incarnational impulse are but a few of the bracing topics unpacked in World Mission in the Wesleyan Spirit.
When Helping Hurts: How to Alleviate Poverty without Hurting the Poor and Yourself
Steve Corbett and Brian Fikkert have sought to help North American congregations—and their missionaries—to constructively participate in poverty-alleviating strategies.
Teaching in a Distant Classroom: Crossing Borders for Global Transformation
Drawing upon their personal teaching experiences in nearly a dozen countries, Michael Romanowski and Teri McCarthy provide a highly useful and practical guide for three groups of evangelical Christians who teach overseas.
Missions from the Majority World: Progress, Challenges, and Case Studies
by Enoch Wan and Michael Pocock, eds. Evangelical Missiological Society Series 17. William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 2009, 411 pages,…
Kingdom without Borders: The Untold Story of Global Christianity
Kingdom without Borders: The Untold Story of Global Christianity is a sweeping appraisal of the global advance of Christianity and the state of the Church around the world.
Forgotten Girls: Stories of Hope and Courage
Forgotten Girls is a collection of brief, yet poignantly written, vignettes depicting the often harrowing lives of girls in the Majority World.
Evangelism Today: Effectively Sharing the Gospel in a Rapidly Changing World
Dawson interviewed “as many people as we could from all walks of life” to read the vital signs of life for doing evangelism.
Christianity Encountering World Religions: The Practice of Mission in the Twenty-first Century
Terry Muck and Frances Adeney have written a rich and stimulating work which proposes a new way of thinking about and practicing Christian mission among adherents of other religions.
Apostolic Function in 21st Century Missions
Alan R. Johnson seeks to respond to the increasingly fuzzy definitions of missions and missionary identity.
Discipling Nations: A Kenyan’s Perspective
Informal and formal groups are fertile grounds for disciple-making in Africa if utilized well. Discipleship, clearly defined, must find its home in groups.
Conversion Research: The Future of Church Growth Research
A conversion research project on the growth of the Thai Protestant Church addressed what kind of people become Christians and what types of churches attract non-believers.
What Happens When Apostles Disagree?
A comparison of the missiology of four men—Donald A. McGavran, Carl F. H. Henry, John R. W. Stott, and Ralph D. Winter.