EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 135 of 160 · 3,835 in all.
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.
Editorial: Who Is the Enemy?
Many missionaries are on the field today because they have wanted to get into the battle for men’s souls.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Editorial: Who Is the Enemy?
Many missionaries are on the field today because they have wanted to get into the battle for men’s souls.
Global Report
Reports from around the world.
How to Multiply Churches by Film Evangelism
Too often the one-night film showing draws crowds, and perhaps results in decisions, but not the establishment of new churches. In this article some better goals are enunciated and practical steps are given about how to reach them.
Twenty to Fifty Percent Fail to Make It— Why?
J. Richard Arndt interview with Stanley E. Lindquist.
Editorial: The Hottest Issue in Missions?
Are the thinkers at home addressing themselves to the real problems of missionaries?
The Sources of Motivation for Witness and Church Growth
Why are some churches able to mobilize their members for witness and consequent growth? This author, a veteran of many years experience and study in evangelistic outreach, examines four relationships that must interact effectively in the believer’s life.