EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 26 of 160 · 3,835 in all.
Orality in North America: Keys to Gospel Advance
A woman in the small group that I led couldn’t wait to tell her hyperactive four-year-old nephew about Samson’s strength. She had just learned the Bible story and began telling it before she remembered the ending. Her nephew was just recovering from a very serious eye injury, but the woman skidded right into the…
God’s Transforming Story: How the Metanarrative of Scripture Can Change Lives
W e all love a good story. In 2012, moviegoers worldwide spent the equivalent of US$62.4 billion at the box office. Something happens when a story is told. Stories move us emotionally and move us into action. There is power in a good story, and in the wake of post-modernism the power of storytelling is needed today…
The Role of Storytelling in Effective Leadership
One of the engaging features of the Global Leadership Summit lies in the ability of a diverse group of speakers to tell stories that capture the audience’s attention, convey the speakers’ understanding of their subject, and build rapport with audience members.
Chaos at Tahirir Square
C haos reigned at Cairo’s Tahirir Square first in January 2011 against President Mubarak then again on January 25, 2013, when demonstrators took to the streets demanding the government step down. Confronting them were those supporting the Muslim Brotherhood believing that Mr. Morsi had been elected democratically and…
Current Political and Missions Landscape in India: A Missiological Appraisal for Future Missions
It is obvious that the present contexts in India are different from that of a century, or even a few decades, ago. Despite the increasing magnitude of voluminous challenges, God’s mission continues to penetrate. The praxis of mission requires intelligent discernment of the signs of the times and a faithful reading of…
Church-planting Catalysts for Gospel Movements
M any pastors and missionaries are crossing the globe , teaching, encouraging, and resourcing with good intentions, but questionable effectiveness. Other church-planting catalysts, especially those who work within a denominational framework, manage systems like assessment, church-planter boot camp, financial support…
Introducing Post-postmodern Missiology
I n this article, I want to give a brief introduction to post-postmodern missiology by answering two questions: Why do we need a post-postmodern missiology? and What is it?
African-Americans, Missions, and a Chinese Teenager
A frican-American Christians have a significant role in the global spread of the gospel for many reasons. One unique contribution was clearly illustrated as I was leading a few seminary students on a trip to a Southeast Asian country where I had previously lived. While we were there, I witnessed one of my students…
From National School to U.S. College
In this article, I will focus specifically on seven issues that are important to address in the transition to tertiary education in the United States. I focus on the U.S. because the students in the research used for this article studied in the U.S. 1 Workers from other home countries may be able to apply these…
Adaptive Ad-Lib: Developing Disciples through Mozambican Music
W hy don’t you share some Christian songs in your language with me?” I asked some musicians on our way home from a worship event. As an ethnodoxologist, I thought the lack of enthusiasm during the event was due to the use of foreign songs. I naively assumed my friends would be thrilled to sing in their heart language.
The State of the American Church: When Numbers Point to a New Reality
The polls are in and the news is bad for the Church in America. Christianity is on the decline, Americans have given up on God, and the “Nones”—those who have no religious ties—are on the rise. It is indeed true that parts of the Christian Church in America are struggling, while a growing number of Americans are far…
Common Sense, Common Ground, and a Common Fallacy
by Gary Corwin Recent events have raised the public profile of a question as old as Islam: “Do Muslims and Christians worship the same God?”…
The Future of the Orality Movement and the International Orality Network
A STORYTELLING EVENT IS HAPPENING. The news of it has been shared from person to person and interest has multiplied. Now a crowd has gathered outside the shelter where the stories will be told.
The Need for Reciprocal Contextual Collaboration in Europe
WITH PROPHETIC IMAGINATION, Andrew Walls (2002, 202) claimed that the great new fact of our time is that mission is now in reverse: from the non-Western (or Majority World) to the Western world (see Catto 2012, 91-105).
Visible Means of Support: A Clarion Call from a Donor to a Missionary
Y EARS AGO, I MET A MISSIONARY who had just moved to town. “What brought you here?” I asked, trying to make conversation. “God brought me here,” he said without hesitation or further comment.
Missional Living on on a Global Scale: A Case for Sister Church Partnerships
C O MPARTMENTALIZING, categorization, and silo making. You may not realize it, but if you are a North American o r a church in North America, you are good at these.
What Kind of Leaders Reproduce Churches?
A RE THERE REPRODUCING churches in Japan? You must be talking about churches in the U.S.” This and other comments revea led skepticism after reporting my field research that uncovered the existence of dozens of Japanese reproducing churches in Japan.
Mobilizing New Missionaries
I D EAS ABOUT AND METHODS FOR mobilizing missionaries abound, but Western culture is changing rapidly, and these ideas and methods need to be re-evaluated and modified periodically. Paula Harris, acting director for the Urbana Missions Conference in the early 2000s, wrote, “United States culture is changing fast, and…
SYMPOSIUM: Has the Use of Orality Been Taken Too Far?
A S A TEACHER, privileged to work among indigenous people for almost forty years, I am uneasy with a recent trend in teaching curriculum for tribal people. I refer to the issue of orality, which welcomed in a fresh view for biblical training among traditional groups.
Unsung Heroes
In this section, we honor seventeen individuals for their faithfulness in ministry.
God, the Bible, Technology, and Missions
T HE WORLD IS OVERRUN with technology!” When it comes to missions, is that good or bad, helpful or harmful, God-ordained or devil-inspired? My goal in this article is to help us answer three important questions: What is technology? What do God and the Bible say about technology? and In the case of missions, is…
Four Qualities of a Good Translation and the Divine Familial Terms Controversy
M Y PURPOSE IN WRITING THIS ARTICLE is to assist both translators and non-translators in understanding the proper and traditional application of meaning-based translation principles to the translation of ‘Son of God’ and ‘God the Father.’
Doing Incarnational Business as Mission: A Case Study in India
SINCE THE MID-1990s when the term was fir st coined at a missions conference, “Business as Mission” (BAM) has gained wide acceptance in mission circles and generated much excitement as the new paradigm of missions for the twenty-first century.
Worthy Risk
by Gary Corwin EVERY UNDERTAKING IMAGINABLE entails risk. Risk is everywhere, but it’s not all the same: Some is avoidable; some is not. Some is necessary,…