EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 157 of 160 · 3,835 in all.
The Local Church and Missionary Conferences
After a week-long missionary conference in his home church, a missionary wrote to the chairman of the conference: “It was great to be back in the home church again, and to have the opportunity to tell what God has been doing in Indonesia. I do share your concern about the lethargy in the home church.
What Mcgavran’s Church Growth Thesis Means
0ne of the most provocative and stimulating attempts in recent years at appraising present-day missionary methods is that by Dr. Donald Anderson McGavran, former missionary to India and now dean of the new Fuller School of World Mission and Institute of Church Growth, Pasadena, Calif.
Professional Classes-New Lost Tribes
“Is this all that can be done?,” I wondered as I thought about the small, struggling group of evangelical university students, facing the onslaughts of dialectical materialism, aggressive communism, and renewed Catholicism.
A Critical Look at the Wheaton Congress from Five Perspectives
The Congress on the Church’s worldwide mission was convened in Wheaton, Ill., April 9-16, 1966. It represented the response of evangelicals to the tension and crisis precipitated throughout the world chiefly by theologians and ecclesiastics within the Ecumenical Movement.
The Wheaton Declaration
Subscribed by the Delegates to THE CONGRESS ON THE CHURCH’S WORLDWIDE MISSION Convened at Wheaton, Illinois April 9-16, 1966
Young People in Young Nations-Strategic Objective
Our mid-twentieth century world is one of emerging young nations and young nations are nations of young people. What significance does this have for missionaries and mission boards?
What Really Keeps Students from Volunteering for Missions?
Fact No. 1: For the first time in sixty years, missionary books are again on the best seller lists. Students are especially interested in them.
Too Many Missions?
There are simply too many foreign mission organizations. We may lack missionaries,’ preaching, and conversions, but there are too many separate missionary groups. The result: excessive overhead expense, duplication of effort, confusion in the minds of the Christian public.
My Recollections of J. O. Fraser
Tbe prayer meeting at Woosung Road was dismissed, and as the people began to leave, we finally clasped each other’s hands. I had heard of him, but now in the summer of 1927, in Shanghai, at China Inland Mission headquarters, we met. My wife Isobel had made his acquaintance previously in Vancouver, B.C.
What Really Keeps Students from Volunteering for Missions?
Fact No. 1: For the first time in sixty years, missionary books are again on the best seller lists. Students are especially interested in them.
The Wheaton Declaration
Subscribed by the Delegates to THE CONGRESS ON THE CHURCH’S WORLDWIDE MISSION Convened at Wheaton, Illinois April 9-16, 1966
Too Many Missions?
There are simply too many foreign mission organizations. We may lack missionaries,’ preaching, and conversions, but there are too many separate missionary groups. The result: excessive overhead expense, duplication of effort, confusion in the minds of the Christian public.
Young People in Young Nations-Strategic Objective
Our mid-twentieth century world is one of emerging young nations and young nations are nations of young people. What significance does this have for missionaries and mission boards?
My Recollections of J. O. Fraser
Tbe prayer meeting at Woosung Road was dismissed, and as the people began to leave, we finally clasped each other’s hands. I had heard of him, but now in the summer of 1927, in Shanghai, at China Inland Mission headquarters, we met. My wife Isobel had made his acquaintance previously in Vancouver, B.C.
Liberty Plus Responsibilty Means Mission Administration
Any mission organization by the very nature of its existence has certain spiritual responsibilities.
Emotional Storm Signals: The Shocks of Culture, Language, Self-Discovery
Culture shock has been described as that emotional disturbance which results from adjustment to new cultural, environment.’ Its cause is the loss of the familiar cues by which we interact in any society.
The Cost of Identification
Identification is a prerequisite for communication. Do we have something to give? Would we like to be open to what others might share with us? Then we must identify with them.
Should More Negro Missionaries Be Used?
Several years ago at the conclusion of a missionary meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, one of the speakers, a white lady missionary from Africa raised a common question:
Liberty Plus Responsibilty Means Mission Administration
Any mission organization by the very nature of its existence has certain spiritual responsibilities.
The Cost of Identification
Identification is a prerequisite for communication. Do we have something to give? Would we like to be open to what others might share with us? Then we must identify with them.
Emotional Storm Signals: The Shocks of Culture, Language, Self-Discovery
Culture shock has been described as that emotional disturbance which results from adjustment to new cultural, environment.’ Its cause is the loss of the familiar cues by which we interact in any society.
Should More Negro Missionaries Be Used?
Several years ago at the conclusion of a missionary meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, one of the speakers, a white lady missionary from Africa raised a common question:
Taking Away the Reproach of Barrenness
Can the barren produce? My wife and I have been compelled to ask ourselves this question again and again during the past year. Upon our return from furlough the field council asked us to staff a barren station.
Perspective on Missionary Loss
Time: July 1948. Place: a deserted street corner in Guatemala City. I could feel the heat of the rough cement sidewalk against my hands and body. In front of me a machine gun rattled and spat out hot empty cartridges that rolled down aimlessly and tumbled into the gutter. I lifted my, face in the acrid air and saw…