EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 124 of 160 · 3,835 in all.
The Five-way Plan: A Cure for Money-centered Support
Increasingly, people all over America are spelling missions with dollar signs. Missions means money. Missions means more dollars and less sense. Missions means anxious young candidates with price tags in their ears and all too few bargains.
The Quest for God in African Ways
The church has expanded so rapidly in recent decades that the center of gravity of Christianity has shifted from Europe and America to the Third World.
Why Renewal Is Needed in Theological Education
Every day, through many means and in all parts of the world, God’s people are being equipped for ministry. At least 55,000 theological education by extension (TEE) students are studying in 360 programs in 80 countries.
Missiological Pitfalls in Mcgavran’s Theology
I have learned much from the writings of Donald McGavran and from those of his colleagues in the church growth school of missiology. Surely few evangelicals will quarrel with the gospel’s insistence that the obedient church can expect to grow.
Faith Missions: Do They Have a Future?
Let’s find out what God wants for the future, then do it even if our obedience means radical changes.
Muslim Misconceptions about Missionary
A study on the distinctives of how Muslim priests and Christian missionaries are perceived in society.
Editor’s Analysis: If We Don’t Shake off the Dust What Do We Do?
One of the great risks missionaries take is to walk blindly into another culture, among Christians who for the most part are too charitable to tell us what we really are like.
Ten Commandments for Missionaries from the Standpoint of National Church Leaders
I. Thou shalt not have any other objectives than the glory of God in building his church overseas. To evangelize is the first step, discipling the next, but the work of the church as described in the New Testament is much greater and requires much more than these final steps.
Following up Youth’s Interest in Missions
Here is the problem. A few of the members of the youth group or the college group return from a short-term or summer missions experience. They are on fire about world missions, and they think that God may be leading them into a career in missions.
Relief and Development Work Is Not Part of the Great Commission
I see a significant trend in Christian activities toward relieving the suffering of the poor in the underdeveloped counties. My concern is not with the desire to relieve suffering, but how does this square with the Great Commission?
A Flawed Attempt to Merge Hindu and Christian Theology
A number of attempts have been made in recent years to shape a Christian theology for the Asian experience. Efforts in this direction have tended toward the accommodation of the Christian faith to Hindu and Buddhist beliefs.
African Literature: Needed but Hard to Get
Christianity is the oldest of the great literary and universal religions that have been in Africa for centuries. Presently, it is believed that the church in Africa is growing at a faster rate than in any other part of the world. Coupled with this comes increasing enrollment figures for the educated section of the…
Contextualization of the Gospel in Taiwan: My Agony
Two months after I graduated from a distinguished theological seminary in the United States in May, 1965, I returned to Taiwan, the Republic of China, with great expectations. I was elated because I had learned solid, conservative, biblical theology under scholarly professors.
Phantom Fathers: Committed to Their Work but Not to Their Families
Q: How extensive is the damage to missionary families because of the husband’s attitude to his work? A: The word “damage” is rather forceful, but it is accurate. The husband who has unbalanced perceptions of his family and ministry responsibilities does damage his family extensively. The damage does not become…
Muslim Misconceptions about Missionary
A study on the distinctives of how Muslim priests and Christian missionaries are perceived in society.
Editor’s Analysis: If We Don’t Shake off the Dust What Do We Do?
One of the great risks missionaries take is to walk blindly into another culture, among Christians who for the most part are too charitable to tell us what we really are like.
Ten Commandments for Missionaries from the Standpoint of National Church Leaders
I. Thou shalt not have any other objectives than the glory of God in building his church overseas. To evangelize is the first step, discipling the next, but the work of the church as described in the New Testament is much greater and requires much more than these final steps.
Following up Youth’s Interest in Missions
Here is the problem. A few of the members of the youth group or the college group return from a short-term or summer missions experience. They are on fire about world missions, and they think that God may be leading them into a career in missions.
Relief and Development Work Is Not Part of the Great Commission
I see a significant trend in Christian activities toward relieving the suffering of the poor in the underdeveloped counties. My concern is not with the desire to relieve suffering, but how does this square with the Great Commission?
A Flawed Attempt to Merge Hindu and Christian Theology
A number of attempts have been made in recent years to shape a Christian theology for the Asian experience. Efforts in this direction have tended toward the accommodation of the Christian faith to Hindu and Buddhist beliefs.
African Literature: Needed but Hard to Get
Christianity is the oldest of the great literary and universal religions that have been in Africa for centuries. Presently, it is believed that the church in Africa is growing at a faster rate than in any other part of the world. Coupled with this comes increasing enrollment figures for the educated section of the…
Contextualization of the Gospel in Taiwan: My Agony
Two months after I graduated from a distinguished theological seminary in the United States in May, 1965, I returned to Taiwan, the Republic of China, with great expectations. I was elated because I had learned solid, conservative, biblical theology under scholarly professors.
Phantom Fathers: Committed to Their Work but Not to Their Families
Q: How extensive is the damage to missionary families because of the husband’s attitude to his work? A: The word “damage” is rather forceful, but it is accurate. The husband who has unbalanced perceptions of his family and ministry responsibilities does damage his family extensively. The damage does not become…
The Homogeneous Unit Principle: Another Perspective
As one follows the debate on the subject of the homogeneous unit principle, one cannot help but wonder if it is more academic than real. That is, are missionaries doing anything differently from what they did 25 to 40 years ago, before the term came into vogue?