EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 33 of 160 · 3,822 in all.
Lessons from a Merger
Seven lessons learned from the successful merger of AEF and SIM.
Funding a Kingdom Business
Identifying different approaches mission agencies and churches are using to fund “kingdom businesses.”
Beware of Dhimmi Writers
Lessons to learn from the way Christian writers have reacted to Muslims and the Islamic faith.
Why Muslims Are Repelled by the Term Son of God
When witnessing to Muslims, it is crucial to take into account critical stumbling blocks, especially the use of the term “Son of God.”
The Ministry of Presence—Just Show Up!
We are an oral culture in Africa. This calls for face-to-face contact.
Letting Go and Hanging On
One of the hallmarks of missionary life is tenacity and perseverance in the task.
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Identity Theft With disappointment, we read Roger Dixon’s article, “Identity Theft” (April 2007), in which Dixon takes the Indonesian Bible Society (IBS) to task for producing an inaccurate translation of the New Testament.
Business as Mission Resources
The blending of business with mission is as old as Paul’s tentmaking work in New Testament times. However, over the past two hundred years many evangelical missions (and churches) have pushed business ventures to the sidelines.
Helping Alumni Advance: Designing a Continuing Education Program
Since Mutiso Mwema graduated from Bible college nine years ago, he has faithfully served as a pastor of local churches where he was assigned by his denominational leadership. Although a few of his former classmates have been given the opportunity to pursue further studies at other colleges or graduate schools, Mutiso…
Is Business as Mission Honest?
Tentmakers who embrace the idea of a Christian vocation can see themselves as Christian business people.
Shame in Spain
Recognition of shame in individualistic cultures such as Spain may be crucial to developing effective strategies for evangelism.
Reproducing Christians: A Missiological Look at Family Size
Christians who seek to grow churches and to disciple nations must recognize the necessity of reproducing spiritually and biologically.
Confronting the AIDS Crisis in Africa
How one African denomination, the African Inland Church of Kenya, assumed its God-given responsibility in confronting the AIDS crisis in Africa.
Profile of Students Today: Preparing for Missionary Service
What are students like today, and how do we help them consider full-time careers in missions? Ten characteristic of students going into missions today.
The Emerging College Generation and Missions: Issues, Attitudes, Postures and Passions
How do today’s students view missions and cross-cultural service? What do they value? How can we prepare them for global service?
From New Believer to Church Leader: The Value of Intermediate Steps
A disciple on the journey from new believer to leader is in need of the care of a mentor and some unhurried time to grow.
Going the Distance: Adapting Full-time Residential Curricula into Distance Format
How Namibia Evangelical Theological Seminary molded its residential programs and curricula into distance format.
Training Leaders: A Functioning Model for Missionaries
An example of how Church Based Training is being used in Austria, Germany and Switzerland to train local leaders.
Fruit Salad Anyone?
The problem with speaking about “mission” and “service” in the same breath is like the proverbial query of comparing apples and oranges.
Missiology—Good Medicine and a Fourth Leg
I have sometimes joked that like a bowl of fruit, a missiologist is a missionary that has gone bad from spending too much time sitting around tables.
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Assessing Intercultural Sensitivity I read with interest Dan Sheffield’s article in the January 2007 EMQ (“Assessing Intercultural Sensitivity in Mission Candidates and Personnel”).
Missions-related News on the Web
One of the distinctive strengths of the Internet is its ability to provide immediate access to current news around the world. This issue of Missions on the Web highlights a variety of websites providing missions-related news, as well as broader international news of evangelical church and ministry events of interest…
Seeking that Missing Person
How mission leaders can take the emerging generations and short-term missions and create a “missions ethos” for long-term missions.
The Ultimate Need—The Infinite Christ
Three reasons why we are constrained theologically and missiologically to teach the truths of a Trinitarian God and Christ as the preexistent Son of God.