EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 134 of 160 · 3,822 in all.
Types of TEE
Here are some warnings and guidelines from one of the early boosters of theological education by extension, who still believes in its potential for development of the church.
Global Report
Reports from around the world.
What Missionaries Say in Their Prayer Letters
A few of my students worked through 24 missionary prayer letters. We were searching for attitudes of all kinds that might show up in such letters. Our research was limited to one letter per missionary.
Your Prayer Letter Can Be an Effective Communications Tool
Believe it or not, surveys of mission organizations and their publications show that the most vital link between a mission and Christians in the sending church is the individual missionary’s prayer letter.
Voting for Field Leaders a Better Way
The sense of God’s leading can be achieved in field elections. Conflicting human appeals can be resolved by spiritual preparation before and during the balloting.
How to Reach U. S. Ethnic Groups
“The mission field” at home is becoming increasingly responsive to evangelism and church-planting. This article tells how the Southern Baptists have carried out an effective ministry among U.S. ethnic groups.
Types of TEE
Here are some warnings and guidelines from one of the early boosters of theological education by extension, who still believes in its potential for development of the church.
Editorial: Paul, the Non Professional
“Nonprofessional missionary” scares more than a few professional missionaries. Public appeals for students to consider working in business, education, government or industry overseas – while being a “missionary” on the side – are met with red caution flags by the full-time professional missionaries.
Taking the Confusion out of the Media Bag
Most missionaries are aware of the increasing array of communications media equipment available. They are in the business of communicating the gospel by any and all means available.
Self- Support: The Missing Leg in the Development of Indigenous Churches
Missionaries have long defined the indigenous church as one that is self-propagating, self-governing, and self-supporting. Envision the indigenous church as a three-legged stool, with the three “selfs” forming the legs.
Editorial: Are Satellites the Answer?
A lot of Christians — missionaries and missions executives among them — are getting satellite fever, not from UFO’s but from globe-circling communications satellites that promise instant communication to any part of the world. What better way to fill the world with the gospel! But is it a better way?
Why and How to Start a Ministry among Students
The investment of men and women to fulfill the church’s world-wide commission in the great university centers of Latin America remains one of her most crucial needs. An effective penetration of the university scene with the message of life in Jesus Christ has yet to be realized.
What’s Wrong with Foreign Money for National Pastors?
The author claims “indigenous” is a bad word if it prevents Christians in one country from sharing with fellow believers in another country. Writing from the perspective of India, he says traditional self-support policies hurt and hinder the churches there.
Global Report
Reports from around the world.
Why and How to Start a Ministry among Students
The investment of men and women to fulfill the church’s world-wide commission in the great university centers of Latin America remains one of her most crucial needs. An effective penetration of the university scene with the message of life in Jesus Christ has yet to be realized.
Taking the Confusion out of the Media Bag
Most missionaries are aware of the increasing array of communications media equipment available. They are in the business of communicating the gospel by any and all means available.
What’s Wrong with Foreign Money for National Pastors?
The author claims “indigenous” is a bad word if it prevents Christians in one country from sharing with fellow believers in another country. Writing from the perspective of India, he says traditional self-support policies hurt and hinder the churches there.
Self- Support: The Missing Leg in the Development of Indigenous Churches
Missionaries have long defined the indigenous church as one that is self-propagating, self-governing, and self-supporting. Envision the indigenous church as a three-legged stool, with the three “selfs” forming the legs.
Global Report
Reports from around the world.
Editorial: Are Satellites the Answer?
A lot of Christians — missionaries and missions executives among them — are getting satellite fever, not from UFO’s but from globe-circling communications satellites that promise instant communication to any part of the world. What better way to fill the world with the gospel! But is it a better way?
Europe’s Moravians— a Pioneer Missionary Church
Spontaneous obedience, a passion for Jesus himself, courage and perseverance were the hallmarks of the early Moravian missionaries. This author wonders how modern missionaries can emulate these pioneers who reached across the world long before Carey and Hudson Taylor.
Don Quixote De La Mission: Or What to Do about Those New Missionary Frustrations
The first-termer’s problems of adjustment are very real, but this article puts them in some perspective so the new missionary will not find himself tilting at windmills as Don Quixote did. In addition, the author’s experience helps him give sound practical advice about how to rise above first-term doldrums.
The Why and How of Reaching Jehovah’s Witnesses
Jehovah’s Witnesses are a fast-growing cult. Shall we avoid them, slam the door in their faces, or what? This author says that with the right approach they can be reached for the Lord. His steps are applicable to missionaries in any part of the world.
Time for Faith Boards to Change Goals and Strategies?
Faith mission boards’ traditional purpose of establishing autonomous churches may be self-defeating, says this author. He calls for new goals and methods in the light of national church development, so that the churches become the instruments of outreach.