EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 155 of 160 · 3,835 in all.
Proper Distinctions in Church-Mission Policies
The pendulum of missionary strategy with regard to mission-church relationships is swinging from one extreme toward another. There was a time when mission boards held control of churches that they had established for so long that they stifled and stunted initiative and growth in the churches.
We Need Seminaries!
The need for higher theological education overseas presses upon us. Can we train the future leaders of the younger churches beyond the Bible school level? They want seminaries on the graduate level.
Why Syncretism Won’t Work
Webster says religious syncretism is the “combination of or reconciliation of differing beliefs in religions.” Scholars say syncretism shows a religion is weakening.
Who Will Penetrate Asian Universities for Christ?
With the rapid growth of the student population in the great cities of Asia, churches and missionary societies are increasingly eager to find new ways of reaching the university campus with the Gospel. Four million Asian students are on the march; among them, a small minority of Christians.
Bridging the Gap from Stone Age to Space Age
The Jesuits had called them Zamucans; to the Bolivian farmers and villagers living on the edge of the jungle they were Barbaros or Yanaiguas. In great fear the Paraguayans spoke of them as the Moros. They called themselves Ayore, one of the nomadic hunting and gathering tribes of South America.
We Need Seminaries!
The need for higher theological education overseas presses upon us. Can we train the future leaders of the younger churches beyond the Bible school level? They want seminaries on the graduate level.
How We Can Lick the Language Problem
There’s and a truism everybody would accept: missionary success and language skills go hand in hand. Why then the swelling tide of despair about the language problem?
Why Syncretism Won’t Work
Webster says religious syncretism is the “combination of or reconciliation of differing beliefs in religions.” Scholars say syncretism shows a religion is weakening.
Proper Distinctions in Church-Mission Policies
The pendulum of missionary strategy with regard to mission-church relationships is swinging from one extreme toward another. There was a time when mission boards held control of churches that they had established for so long that they stifled and stunted initiative and growth in the churches.
Who Will Penetrate Asian Universities for Christ?
With the rapid growth of the student population in the great cities of Asia, churches and missionary societies are increasingly eager to find new ways of reaching the university campus with the Gospel. Four million Asian students are on the march; among them, a small minority of Christians.
Missions Must Evaluate
At the Congress on the Church’s Worldwide Mission at Wheaton, April, 1966, it was declared: “we will engage in periodic self-criticism in the light of the Scriptures and contemporary insights and seek more effective ways to obtain our objectives.”
First-term Objectives
In an interview with a missionary candidate I asked, “Specifically, what do you expect to be doing when you get to the field, and how do you believe you will go about it?”
Luther and Missions
0n October 31 of this year Christendom celebrates the 450th anniversary of an event that decisively altered the religious climate of the Western world: Luther’s posting of the ninety-five theses on the castle church door at Wittenberg.
A New ‘Graven Image’?
As soon as I saw the title of Betty Elliot’s first novel, No Graven Image , I prepared myself for a good dose of iconoclasm. This is a favorite disposition for many of us who have spent our adult lives on the mission field and who have shared Mrs. Elliot’s urge to smash the golden calves around which we at times have…
Down with ‘Heroes’
That many missionaries are heroic and do make sacrifices is undeniable, but it is not for Christian propagandists, surely, to make too much of this in the lifetime of those concerned.
Attack Syncretism with Dialogue
DELEGATES at the Congress on the Church’s Worldwide Mission (April, 1966) came down solidly against syncretism in their “Wheaton Declaration,” insisting that the uniqueness and finality of Jesus Christ be maintained. At the same time they urged missionaries to seek greater effectiveness in communicating the Christian…
A New ‘Graven Image’?
As soon as I saw the title of Betty Elliot’s first novel, No Graven Image , I prepared myself for a good dose of iconoclasm. This is a favorite disposition for many of us who have spent our adult lives on the mission field and who have shared Mrs. Elliot’s urge to smash the golden calves around which we at times have…
Missions Must Evaluate
At the Congress on the Church’s Worldwide Mission at Wheaton, April, 1966, it was declared: “we will engage in periodic self-criticism in the light of the Scriptures and contemporary insights and seek more effective ways to obtain our objectives.”
Down with ‘Heroes’
That many missionaries are heroic and do make sacrifices is undeniable, but it is not for Christian propagandists, surely, to make too much of this in the lifetime of those concerned.
First-term Objectives
In an interview with a missionary candidate I asked, “Specifically, what do you expect to be doing when you get to the field, and how do you believe you will go about it?”
Attack Syncretism with Dialogue
DELEGATES at the Congress on the Church’s Worldwide Mission (April, 1966) came down solidly against syncretism in their “Wheaton Declaration,” insisting that the uniqueness and finality of Jesus Christ be maintained. At the same time they urged missionaries to seek greater effectiveness in communicating the Christian…
Luther and Missions
0n October 31 of this year Christendom celebrates the 450th anniversary of an event that decisively altered the religious climate of the Western world: Luther’s posting of the ninety-five theses on the castle church door at Wittenberg.
Whither the Short-termer?
What kind of challenge to overseas Christian work can prompt inquiries from 700 volunteers from within a small denomination during a four-month period? Such a response came when the Free Methodist Church established a program known as Volunteers in Service Aboard (VISA), and called on young people to go for a short…
Man’s Lost Condition
Man’s lost condition starts with the Fall. Subsequent to the Fall, Adam hid himself from the presence of the Lord God among the trees of the garden. The precious fellowship between man and God was broken. With the break of fellowship, man became lost. Adam’s lost condition, which implied both spiritual and physical…