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Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 24 of 160 · 3,822 in all.
Members onlyPros, professionalism, and periodicals
I n Christian ministry circles the terms professional and professionalism have a long history of producing contrary emotions. While everyone celebrates those who do their job like a ‘pro,’ few get excited about people in ministry who go about their duties with professional detachment. The coin of the realm is…
The Local Church and Mission to the Diaspora: Examples in the Christian & Missionary Alliance in Canada
D iaspora is not a new phenomenon, and missiology is not a novel field of study. Human migration is in fact a reality of the human experience, and missions and evangelism a mandate from the initial commissioning of Jesus Christ’s disciples. Thus, it is inaccurate to propose that the idea of diaspora missiology was…
My Journey in Oral Bible Storytelling: A Tale from an Administrator
I caught the vision for oral Bible storytelling on a bicycle. My good friend, Janet Stahl, and I often ride together, and in 2012 I was Janet’s willing audience as she honed her storytelling skills. I quickly realized that listening to her tell Bible stories drew me into a refreshing new way of engaging with scripture.
Members onlyManaging Complex Kingdom Partnerships
Partnering is something we all do, but many of us know little about. Partnering in a cross-cultural setting can get very complicated, particularly when multiple organizations are involved. What can we do to help such partnerships work more friction-free? Through interviewing nearly thirty leaders involved in…
Members onlyBuilding Unity among First and Second-Generation Chinese Churches and Leaders
T here is a concern among Canadian and American Chinese churches about the growing disunity within their congregations. For years, these churches were in a state of growth as first-generation Chinese immigrants filled the churches. Over time, however, these churches started to create two new groups.
Effective Partnering: The Church and Cross-cultural Worker On-Task Together
Everyone agrees that we must work together to accomplish the task of Matthew 28:19-20 so that we may move closer to the end goal found in Matthew 24:14. Furthermore, we all know God did not give this task solely to missionaries or pastors.
Teams in Mission: Are They Worth It?
D o teams work? What does it take to develop and maintain a healthy team? Is it worth the effort? Does a healthy team really produce better results than a dysfunctional team?
Members onlyMissionaries, Middle Age, and the Generative Life
B y the time missionaries reach middle age, quite a few things can go wrong. Their kids may be struggling in the host culture. Their ministry might be advancing far more slowly than they thought possible. Because of limited opportunities for career advancement, they may be jealous or in competition with other…
The Right Stuff and the Future Mission Aviator
When I was a boy, my dream was to one day become an astronaut. I lived and breathed everything NASA—from monitoring the orbit patterns of the first satellites to actually building a full-scale mockup of the Gemini spacecraft and flying multi-day simulated ‘missions’ in my basement.
Members onlyDon’t George Muller Me: A Missionary’s Plea for Understanding
George Muller (1805-1898) is a model of faith for many. Moving from Prussia to Bristol, England, in 1832, Muller ministered as a pastor, started schools and orphanages, and sacrificed unceasingly for others. Many of the sins of his early life were associated with money. After conversion, however, a marked change…
Members onlyBusiness as Mission 101
J ust as Gutenberg changed the world forever when the printed word challenged the spoken word , so globalization and the Zuckerberg generation are doing the same in this millennium. One of those changes has been in business as mission (BAM).
Members onlyExploring the Appropriate Contextualization of Salat
The primary reason for this article is that it seems to me that something very important about the contextualization of prayer has been lost in the larger debate about appropriateness of certain kinds of contextualization in the Muslim world.
Members onlyMissionS: Why the “S” is still important
T h e vocabulary that dominates the theology of mission today features a hierarchy of status describing its very essence. All the terms are derived from the Latin word missio (roughly translated “sent”) and used to convey the concept rooted in the biblical Greek term apostello . At the top is Missio Dei. This is…
Members onlyCollegial Leadership among 1st and 2nd Generation Chinese Leaders
Over the last thirty years, the Western world has experienced a huge influx of immigrants from mainland China and Hong Kong. This diaspora of Chinese immigrants found fertile soil in Western countries, which is reflected in the plethora of churches scattered throughout. These churches are comprised of first, second…
Members onlyA Diaspora Mission Strategy for Local Churches
In the last decade, research on and response to migration has become a priority for nations and communities. More recently, mission organizations, denominations, and congregations have rallied to locally address migrants.
Applications of the Orality Discussion
The ongoing Evangelical discussion of orality relates to engaging all peoples with the word, especially those with a high orality reliance (HOR). It is first a discussion—an interaction of scholars and practitioners trying to unlock doors that reveal ways and means of communication and learning.
Members onlyThe Fallacy of World Religions: A View from Africa
Teaching world religions to African students in Kenya gradually became a strange experience. I say gradually, because in my earlier years of teaching I did not seem to realize what was happening.
Songs of Life: Music, Mission, and Medicine
In this article, I want to take medical ethnomusicology a step beyond, addressing missiological issues that arise from diverse kingdom practices in Mozambique. I demonstrate how music and the creative arts can constructively engage society, supporting and nurturing a vital way of life and health that bears public…
Hermeneutics for Healthy Churches
As one who is involved in theological education in a missions context, I am encouraged by many young missionaries who recognize that the task of missions is not complete when a few are converted, or when an initial church or even a group of churches are planted among a people group.
Members onlyThe Untapped Training Potential of Support-Raising
For over seventeen years my husband and I had raised support and had seen both the victories and defeats. However, no matter how short or long it took, or how many struggles we faced along the way, God always provided what we needed in order for us to serve him in the places he led us.
Members onlyTheological Education in Nepal
The Church in Nepal is the fastest-growing Church in the world today (Mitchell 2013). Officially, there were no Christians and Protestant missionaries living in Nepal until 1951.
Members onlyA South-to-South Mission Force
Missiologists have already observed that the center of the Christian faith has shifted to the Majority World (Latin America, Africa, and Asia), what most of the current literature in missiology calls the “Global South.”
Can We Measure Dependency?
How can we analyze the level of dependency in a church or ministry that has support from overseas? Can we monitor the effectiveness of measures that are implemented in order to increase local sustainability over time?
Members onlyThe Integrity Challenge
Every Christian with a heart to please Christ faces a daily challenge to maintain and even grow in integrity—to be as good on the inside as we may seem to others on the outside. The measure of character, as has been wisely observed, is what we do and think when nobody is looking.