EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 125 of 160 · 3,822 in all.
The Missionary’s Need of Family Life Training
Missionaries taking their children with them to a foreign country will experience unique demands on their coping ability. Skill will be needed, to survey the options available to supplement their own resources, for child training and family living.
Mission-motivating Factors: Then and Now
Those involved in motivating young people for missionary service need on occasion to evaluate their methodology in terms of effectiveness and appropriateness.
China’s Present Religious Policy
An authoritative statement concerning China’s policy on religious freedom was published on March first in the Chinese Communist Party’s highest organ, Red Flag. This statement is of vital importance on Christians in China, and also has great significance for all Christians outside China.
Editor’s Analysis: Warm Bodies and Slots to Fill, or How Not to Recruit
The question of why young people choose a missionary vocation ranks near the top of our concerns.
Schools for Missionaries’ Children: How Good Are They?
Since World War II schools for missionaries’ children have sprung up all over the world. There are now at least 100 of them educating thousands of children in 57 countries.
The Challenge of Liberation Theology
Liberation theology is a good example of the tremendous influence exercised by the social sciences on contemporary theological thinking.
A Fallacy in Church Planting: A Fable
Once upon a time an experienced missionary established two strong churches in a capital city. Each church called a national pastor and maintained several preaching points under lay leadership.
The Missionary’s Need of Family Life Training
Missionaries taking their children with them to a foreign country will experience unique demands on their coping ability. Skill will be needed, to survey the options available to supplement their own resources, for child training and family living.
Mission-motivating Factors: Then and Now
Those involved in motivating young people for missionary service need on occasion to evaluate their methodology in terms of effectiveness and appropriateness.
China’s Present Religious Policy
An authoritative statement concerning China’s policy on religious freedom was published on March first in the Chinese Communist Party’s highest organ, Red Flag. This statement is of vital importance on Christians in China, and also has great significance for all Christians outside China.
Editor’s Analysis: Warm Bodies and Slots to Fill, or How Not to Recruit
The question of why young people choose a missionary vocation ranks near the top of our concerns.
Schools for Missionaries’ Children: How Good Are They?
Since World War II schools for missionaries’ children have sprung up all over the world. There are now at least 100 of them educating thousands of children in 57 countries.
The Challenge of Liberation Theology
Liberation theology is a good example of the tremendous influence exercised by the social sciences on contemporary theological thinking.
A Fallacy in Church Planting: A Fable
Once upon a time an experienced missionary established two strong churches in a capital city. Each church called a national pastor and maintained several preaching points under lay leadership.
Theological Education: Are We Doing the Right Things?
It is easy for any organization, including theological education programs, to “press on redundant,” or “when you lose sight of your goals, just double your pace.” This is an ever-present danger that must be addressed.
The Concept of a Third Era in Missions
When I was asked to give the opening address at the 1979 Executives Retreat of the Evangelical Foreign Missions Association, the theme had already been chosen.
Toward Recruiting Church Planters by Defining the Term
As an instructor in missions at a Bible college I have as one of my responsibilities the task of encouraging my students to consider the possibility that God may desire them to become church planters. In speaking with students of this possibility I find that the term “church planting” or “church planter” is one that…
Identity Crisis in the African Church
Statistics show that Africa will become a Christian continent by A.D. 2000. To some people this may sound unbelievable, but it is true.
Motivating Youth Toward World Missions
How do we stimulate our youth to be concerned, aware, and active in reaching the world with the good news of Jesus? We must work to apply three principles in our churches: example, exposure, and experience.
Theological Education: Are We Doing the Right Things?
It is easy for any organization, including theological education programs, to “press on redundant,” or “when you lose sight of your goals, just double your pace.” This is an ever-present danger that must be addressed.
The Concept of a Third Era in Missions
When I was asked to give the opening address at the 1979 Executives Retreat of the Evangelical Foreign Missions Association, the theme had already been chosen.
Toward Recruiting Church Planters by Defining the Term
As an instructor in missions at a Bible college I have as one of my responsibilities the task of encouraging my students to consider the possibility that God may desire them to become church planters. In speaking with students of this possibility I find that the term “church planting” or “church planter” is one that…
Identity Crisis in the African Church
Statistics show that Africa will become a Christian continent by A.D. 2000. To some people this may sound unbelievable, but it is true.
Motivating Youth Toward World Missions
How do we stimulate our youth to be concerned, aware, and active in reaching the world with the good news of Jesus? We must work to apply three principles in our churches: example, exposure, and experience.