EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 136 of 160 · 3,822 in all.
Church Growth Strategies Plus . . .
Research in communications strategy has been a valuable asset to missionaries. This article is the fruit not only of theory but of application to the basics of missionary work. The author also grapples with the relationship of church growth theory to the principles of the spiritual decision-making process.
Guide Converts to Entire Books of the Bible
Here is a novel idea for follow-up training that perhaps many missionaries have overlooked. It has been used with success in inner city work and is applicable in a wide variety of cultural situations.
Church-to-field Missionary Teams: Here’s How
Can local churches send missionaries directly to the field? This team of missionaries shows how it was done with careful planning, thorough preparation, and sacrificial giving.
The W.C.C.’s Impact on the Future of Missions
Missionaries are caught in the swirl of fast-changing church and mission movements around the world, many of which were brought to the fore at the fifth Assembly of the World Council of Churches.
Global Report
Reports from around the world.
What the W.C.C.’s Assembly and the Loss of Byang Kato Mean
Last winter Africa was the scene of two events that in different ways are going to have a profound effect on missionaries.
The Adjustments Required of a Missionary in Japan
Here is a down-to-earth commentary on what the missionary faces in Japan. The insights shared will also be of help to others trying to adapt to new cultural situations.
My Crisis in Theological Education
Dear friend, This is an S.0.S.! I have tried so hard to communicate with my professor but…! I am about to explode with frustration. Can you advise me? Enclosed are all the items of correspondence that have gone between us.
Global Report
MANIPULATED MISSIONS Some foreign governments, especially anti-Western ones, for years have accused missionaries of being spies. Reports now coming to light substantiate these charges in some instances. Although the practice has virtually ceased, the implication of these reports may place the entire missionary effort…
The Conflict of the Gospel and Culture in China– W. A. P. Martin’s Answer
The pages of history reveal an intense struggle among early China missionaries over the ancestor cult, Confucianiam, and emperor worship. This author discusses one controversial approach, which is pertinent to efforts of missionaries today to make the gospel culturally relevant.
The Challenge to Make Extension Education Culturally Relevant
Is extension education more culturally relevant than residence education? This anthropologist exposes the “myth” that it necessarily is, while making observations that will serve to strengthen both extension and residence education.
The Bicentennial and Missions
This being our first issue of the bicentennial year, perhaps it is well to consider the bicentennial in the perspective of missions. What can a missionary do to celebrate 1776 in 1976?
The Adjustments Required of a Missionary in Japan
Here is a down-to-earth commentary on what the missionary faces in Japan. The insights shared will also be of help to others trying to adapt to new cultural situations.
The Conflict of the Gospel and Culture in China– W. A. P. Martin’s Answer
The pages of history reveal an intense struggle among early China missionaries over the ancestor cult, Confucianiam, and emperor worship. This author discusses one controversial approach, which is pertinent to efforts of missionaries today to make the gospel culturally relevant.
My Crisis in Theological Education
Dear friend, This is an S.0.S.! I have tried so hard to communicate with my professor but…! I am about to explode with frustration. Can you advise me? Enclosed are all the items of correspondence that have gone between us.
The Challenge to Make Extension Education Culturally Relevant
Is extension education more culturally relevant than residence education? This anthropologist exposes the “myth” that it necessarily is, while making observations that will serve to strengthen both extension and residence education.
Global Report
MANIPULATED MISSIONS Some foreign governments, especially anti-Western ones, for years have accused missionaries of being spies. Reports now coming to light substantiate these charges in some instances. Although the practice has virtually ceased, the implication of these reports may place the entire missionary effort…
The Bicentennial and Missions
This being our first issue of the bicentennial year, perhaps it is well to consider the bicentennial in the perspective of missions. What can a missionary do to celebrate 1776 in 1976?
Who Really Sent the First Missionaries?
Some time ago I read in the pages of a mission magazine that came to my desk an amazing statement. The writer was emphasizing his “conviction that the church, not the mission board, is the sending agency.”
Summer Missionaries — Are They Worth It?
With proper planning, even shirt assignments can be fruitful and young people can be recruited as career missionaries.
Pastoral Care Lacking in East African Churches
The pastoral ministry among East African churches is inadequate and misdirected, says this author. He examines the problem and proposes some solutions.
A Dropout Syndrome You Can Overcome
The word “dropout” can render service in any number of contexts. Most likely it will take you an additional three paragraphs to plug in, or should I say “drop in” to this writer’s use of the term.
How Much Should You Tell?
How much objective truth, so to speak, can you really tell your supporting constituency at home?
Who Really Sent the First Missionaries?
Some time ago I read in the pages of a mission magazine that came to my desk an amazing statement. The writer was emphasizing his “conviction that the church, not the mission board, is the sending agency.”