EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 142 of 160 · 3,822 in all.
What Is ‘Making Disciples’?
The objective of the Great Commission is thoughtfully analyzed, with narrow and broad definitions. The author holds that disciples in the New Testament sense are simply people won to Christ.
Forms of Spiritual Isolationism
The cooling off of the church in regard to missions is apparent to observers both within and without.
The Incarnation, Cross-cultural Communication and Communication Theory
As pointed out in my preceding article on this subject, the unreflective missionary may easily find himself assigned by the people to whom he goes to a role and status that is quite damaging to the task of communicating Christ crossculturally.
Black Man’s Burden
At the InterVarsity Urbana 70 missionary conference, George Taylor chided missions because “very, very few” black Christians are represented on mission fields.
What Do the Gospels Have to Say about Church Growth
When one sets out to write about church growth from the perspective of the four Gospels, he discovers himself confronted by a discomfiting fact: the Gospels have nothing specific to say about church growth.
Worldview: 2014
Reports from around the world.
Editorial: Missions Must Commit Themselves to Graduate Training in Africa
If degree-level training is needed in Africa, how can it be developed?
The Incarnation, Cross-cultural Communication and Communication Theory
As pointed out in my preceding article on this subject, the unreflective missionary may easily find himself assigned by the people to whom he goes to a role and status that is quite damaging to the task of communicating Christ crossculturally.
What Is ‘Making Disciples’?
The objective of the Great Commission is thoughtfully analyzed, with narrow and broad definitions. The author holds that disciples in the New Testament sense are simply people won to Christ.
Black Man’s Burden
At the InterVarsity Urbana 70 missionary conference, George Taylor chided missions because “very, very few” black Christians are represented on mission fields.
Forms of Spiritual Isolationism
The cooling off of the church in regard to missions is apparent to observers both within and without.
What Do the Gospels Have to Say about Church Growth
When one sets out to write about church growth from the perspective of the four Gospels, he discovers himself confronted by a discomfiting fact: the Gospels have nothing specific to say about church growth.
Worldview: 2014
Reports from around the world.
Editorial: Missions Must Commit Themselves to Graduate Training in Africa
If degree-level training is needed in Africa, how can it be developed?
Jesus Christ – Still the Hope of the World
The history of missions has seen many changes – in the culture of those ministered to, the strategy of missions, the methods and techniques of communication of the gospel. The one factor that has remained constant in all of this, however, is the message: salvation as by faith in Jesus Christ.
Using Filipino Culture to Enhance Christian Education
American Christianity has long been identified with an institutionalized and democratic church structure. What happens when such institutions are superimposed upon a quasi-Western cultural mold operating in a basically oriental society?
God’s Model for Cross-cultural Communication – the Incarnation
What is your communications batting average? If you act the way the nationals thank you would act, then you can be pretty sure your average is about zero.
Worldview: 2010
ISRAEL: CONFLICTING TREND Two significant and somewhat conflicting trends concerning Jesus Christ are emerging in Israel. Jews are showing more open interest and less animosity toward the historical Galilean than in centuries past. At the same time opposition to Christian missions within Israel is growing.
The Silent Language Every Missionary Must Learn
If you are shocked by the opening sentence of the article below, then read on , because many of us without realizing it have offended nationals to the point of no return.
Identification – Key to Effective Communication
Is “going native” the answer to the missionary’s quest for identification? David Hesselgrave shows that this is a superficial, and not completely biblical, solution to the problem of identification.
Looking at Missions from an Anthropological Point of View
An anthropological view of missions relates to values, ethnocentricity and missionary ghettos, says William Kornfield. This article, which sets the stage for the next four, shows the practical issues in a missionary’s life and work that care affected by his attitudes toward national culture. He gives five guidelines…
Editorial: WASP and Thankful for It
I am a WASP and thankful for it! “A WASP? You mean White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant? And you’re glad of it? You’ve got to be kidding!”
Jesus Christ – Still the Hope of the World
The history of missions has seen many changes – in the culture of those ministered to, the strategy of missions, the methods and techniques of communication of the gospel. The one factor that has remained constant in all of this, however, is the message: salvation as by faith in Jesus Christ.
The Silent Language Every Missionary Must Learn
If you are shocked by the opening sentence of the article below, then read on , because many of us without realizing it have offended nationals to the point of no return.