EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 129 of 160 · 3,835 in all.
Steps to Nationalizing Literature Ministries
When the Overseas Missionary Fellowship came to the Philippines in 1951 to help meet hitherto “unmet needs” one of those needs was the production and distribution of Christian literature.
How Many ‘Dropouts’ Really Are ‘Pushouts’?
The “missionary dropout” syndrome has been around for many years and has been used to “cover a multitude of sins.”
China— Past Mistakes and Present Dangers
Two years ago I asked a group of twenty-seven Chinese graduate students to specify three obstacles that had prevented them from becoming Christians, and to identify three reasons that prevented their fathers from becoming Christians.
The next Great Advance in Missions
As the church enters the last quarter of this century, there is a new sense of reality and urgency about the missionary task.
What it Costs to Prepare
There is a need for a different understanding of “missionary” than what many people have.
God’s Communicator in the 80’s
It is a great calling and privilege to be a missionary. It is my joy to have rubbed shoulders with hundreds of foreign missionaries over the past two decades. By and large, they impress me very positively.
Editorial: Missionary Numbers Vs. Missionary Attitudes
Does the world need 120,000 North American missionaries by the year 2000? All along it’s been assumed by missions strategists, recruiters and promoters that the way to reach the unreached is to pump more North Americans into the realms of the unevangelized.
Confusion Concerning the Great Commission
From Reformation times reference to the missionary mandate of the Great Commission has raised serious questions.
The next Great Advance in Missions
As the church enters the last quarter of this century, there is a new sense of reality and urgency about the missionary task.
What it Costs to Prepare
There is a need for a different understanding of “missionary” than what many people have.
God’s Communicator in the 80’s
It is a great calling and privilege to be a missionary. It is my joy to have rubbed shoulders with hundreds of foreign missionaries over the past two decades. By and large, they impress me very positively.
Editorial: Missionary Numbers Vs. Missionary Attitudes
Does the world need 120,000 North American missionaries by the year 2000? All along it’s been assumed by missions strategists, recruiters and promoters that the way to reach the unreached is to pump more North Americans into the realms of the unevangelized.
Confusion Concerning the Great Commission
From Reformation times reference to the missionary mandate of the Great Commission has raised serious questions.
Predicting Missionary Drop-Out
Is it possible to predict missionary drop-outs and save ourselves considerable loss?
Missions and U. S. Foreign Policy—a Case Study from the 1920s
More than fifty years ago, when Harry and Susan Strachan founded the Latin America Mission, the continent was wracked by political turbulence.
Psychological Obstacles to Evangelism in Belgium
With this religious heritage, and two foreign occupations in this century, the following generalizations are quite understandable.
Editorial: Prefield Screening
A year ago we published an article on the necessity of evaluating the work of missionaries after they get to the field. Some of our readers applauded and some booed. It remains difficult for some to put a “spiritual” activity under the microscope of objective scrutiny.
1 Corinthians 13 (Missionary Version)
I may be able to speak fluently the language of my chosen field and even understand its culture, but if I have no love, the impact of my speech is no more for Christ than that of a businessman who comes to exploit the people.
Roadblocks to Missionary Creativity and How to Overcome Them
To discuss creativity on the mission field we must first define creativity.
What about People-Movement Conversion?
Although the “church growth” school of thought has made substantial inroads into missionary thinking, there is a continuing reluctance on the part of many evangelicals to accept “church growth” concepts.
Predicting Missionary Drop-Out
Is it possible to predict missionary drop-outs and save ourselves considerable loss?
Missions and U. S. Foreign Policy—a Case Study from the 1920s
More than fifty years ago, when Harry and Susan Strachan founded the Latin America Mission, the continent was wracked by political turbulence.
Psychological Obstacles to Evangelism in Belgium
With this religious heritage, and two foreign occupations in this century, the following generalizations are quite understandable.
Editorial: Prefield Screening
A year ago we published an article on the necessity of evaluating the work of missionaries after they get to the field. Some of our readers applauded and some booed. It remains difficult for some to put a “spiritual” activity under the microscope of objective scrutiny.