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Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 32 of 160 · 3,822 in all.
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Discussions about Missions and Money
In this edition of Missions on the Web, we point you to some of the key documents and sites where you can catch up on discussions in an essential arena of missions—missions and money.
The Pros and Cons of Preaching with an Interpreter
Missionaries often find themselves in situations which necessitate an interpreter, regardless of their time on the field.
Introducing “CrossGlobal Link” and “The Mission Exchange”: IFMA and EFMA Change Names, Foci
Marvin Newell, executive director of CrossGlobal Link, and Steve Moore, president and CEO of The Mission Exchange, discuss the changes their associations are undergoing.
Clean and Dirty: Cross-cultural Misunderstandings in India
A veteran missionary and scholar challenges westerners to reexamine their beliefs of “clean” and “dirty” as viewed in the Indian context.
Event-speech as a Form of Missionary Education
A brief look at the teachings of Jesus and the early Church show that event-speech (responding to immediate events through Spirit-guided speeches) was the preferred method of evangelism.
Are National Schools a Viable Option?
A survey of 142 college-age MKs reveals the benefits and challenges of missionaries using national schools to educate their children.
The Trendy Giant Wounds: Some Lessons from the Church in Africa
Careful and adequate pre-mission training needs to be done in preparing westerners to engage the cultural context of Africa in short-term missions.
Contrasting Worldviews and Their Implications for Missions in Spain
Spanish and typical Western worldviews are quite different, thus creating challenges for effective long-term ministry.
Short-term Missions for Long-term Partnership
The author asks, “Are we tourists or are we God’s missionary people?” Rickett shares why many STMs are not working and how we can make them more effective.
Five Lies about Missions
Why do Christians so often reject their call to global missions? The answer to this is in the power of lies and our tendency to believe them.
Mentoring New Missionaries: A Neglected Ministry
The majority of newcomers on the mission field want direction and accountability. Veteran missionaries are the ones to provide it.
The Importance of Missionary Fit: Fleshing Out Giftedness and Calling
God gifts individuals in such a way that his purposes will be accomplished in a community. But this requires both the missionary and mission agency to find the individual’s true “missionary fit.”
Revered for All the Wrong Reasons
As the crowd pressed against the bus windows, I felt more like a rock star than a Christ-like servant. White people rarely taxied down the winding dirt roads to this Indian village. Certainly fewer had come with a sincere desire to serve.
Issues of Identity in a Muslim Context: Common Ground?
For the last decade there has been an ongoing debate in mission circles on appropriate limits to contextualization among various socio-religious groups—Muslim peoples in particular.
Our Readers Write
Korean-American Christians Esther Cho and Walter Chung’s article on outreach to North Korea and 1.5 generation Korean-American Christians (April 2007) was excellent. Cho and Chung did an excellent job in linking a very needy area of the world with a group of young people in the United States who can respond to that…
An Introduction to Blogging on the Internet
In this edition of Missions on the Web we provide links to numerous sources to help you enrich your experience with the blog world.
Church Planting Tracking and Analysis Tool
I’d like to introduce a tool that we have found helpful in enabling church planting teams (and their supervisors) to get a snapshot of the team’s progress in the church planting process.
Discovering the Joy of Tithing in Zimbabwe
The common assumption that churches in developing countries will continue to need outside help must increasingly be challenged.
Personal Contact: The sine qua non of Twenty-first Century Christian Mission
Statistics from the World Christian Encyclopedia appear to indicate that less than sixteen percent of non-Christians know a Christian; however, the Bible indicates that personal contact is crucial in evangelism.
Mission-Church Relations in Post-Soviet Central Asia: A Field Study
It is time to make “new mistakes” in church planting and in dealing with indigenous ministries.
Unlocking Worldview as a Means of Empowering Evangelistic Outreach
A veteran of the mission field in Latin America shares how he and others used death rituals to better understand the local people and culture.
Relationships between Native and Non-native English-speakers for Missions
Studying the value of NEST/NNEST relationships in schools that teach English as a foreign language.
The Effectiveness of Defectiveness
An indigenous perspective of how one faithful missionary impacted the lives of many through her obedience.