EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 52 of 160 · 3,835 in all.
If I Could LIve My Career Over Again: Reflections of a Veteran Missionary
EMQ asked David Howard, veteran missionary and, for several years, director of Urbana, to share in a more personal way lessons he learned over his five decades of missionary service.
Screwtape on Summer Missions
Involvement in and spending on mission trips is seeing an unprecedented increase, while recruitment for full-time mission service is flat. Could it be that Wormwood and Screwtape are up to something?
Towards Self-Reliance: A Challenge for African Churches and Ministries
I would like to challenge African ministers of Christ to think about the possibilities for self-reliance in our churches and ministries, and to immediately move to action.
Multi-cultural Teams in Church Planting
The evangelical world has become enamored with the idea of multicultural church planting teams in the last few years. This approach has yielded great promise but also many problems (Roembke 2000, ix), particularly in the area of relationships.
Capturing the Next Generation: Missions Mobilization Resources on the Web
Mission agencies have discovered the Internet. In fact, many mobilization departments see the Web as their most effective recruitment venue.
Latin America and Missions on the Web
With the missions rush into the former Soviet Union a decade ago, followed by the focus on the 10/40 Window, Latin America seems to have been overlooked in recent missions excitement. It’s almost as though missions have a “been there, done that” attitude.
A Floating or Focused Missions Program at Your Church?
If you were to ask pastors and informed lay persons of most churches if they have a missions program, most would answer in the affirmative.
Issues for Women in Church Planting
You’ve been in church planting for twenty-one years and you’re still alive (and smiling) to talk about it?” I chuckled inside. “This is one informed mission’s chairman,” I thought. “I not only survived, I’m living my missionary dream come true.”
The Other Side of Ministry
As a young pastor, I spent an afternoon with an elder of our local church who meant to encourage me after a particularly difficult season of ministry. “The Lord wants us to be faithful,” he said, “not successful.”
My Athiest Students
The Czech Republic is considered one of the most secular nations on earth. Most Czechs view God as pragmatically and psychologically irrelevant, while taking pride in the fact that they are unencumbered by any ideology, religious or otherwise.
The Age of the Sage in Missions
A new and exciting trend is developing in missions today. Many Christians, in retirement, are fanning out across the world as short-term missionaries.
As Goes Costa Rica, So Goes the World?
Costa Rica’s church is big on outreach but small on discipleship, and that has led to a “backdoor phenomenon” with as many as half of new believers deserting evangelism. A quarter of Costa Rican evangelicals believe they aren’t called to share Christ because that’s the leader’s job.
Mission Mobilization: The Radical Project
Three hours outside of São Paulo, Brazil in the small town of Monte Verde, sixty Brazilians and other Latin Americans are training to become the next wave of missionaries to the 10/40 Window from “The Radical Project.”
Guatemala Research: The Joshua Project
Some mission boards and sending agencies have questioned the need to continue sending missionaries and/or finances to Guatemala.
Evangelicals in Latin America
In this article I am going to focus on the situation of the evangelical churches.
Neither Here Nor There
The world has changed a lot since I first “went” to the mission field. Traditionally world missions has been viewed geographically from a “here and there” view point.
Gospel Additions
More” is not always better. Neither is “new.” And nowhere is this more true than with regard to the gospel.
Latin America and Missions on the Web
With the missions rush into the former Soviet Union a decade ago, followed by the focus on the 10/40 Window, Latin America seems to have been overlooked in recent missions excitement. It’s almost as though missions have a “been there, done that” attitude.
A Floating or Focused Missions Program at Your Church?
If you were to ask pastors and informed lay persons of most churches if they have a missions program, most would answer in the affirmative.
Issues for Women in Church Planting
You’ve been in church planting for twenty-one years and you’re still alive (and smiling) to talk about it?” I chuckled inside. “This is one informed mission’s chairman,” I thought. “I not only survived, I’m living my missionary dream come true.”
The Other Side of Ministry
As a young pastor, I spent an afternoon with an elder of our local church who meant to encourage me after a particularly difficult season of ministry. “The Lord wants us to be faithful,” he said, “not successful.”
My Athiest Students
The Czech Republic is considered one of the most secular nations on earth. Most Czechs view God as pragmatically and psychologically irrelevant, while taking pride in the fact that they are unencumbered by any ideology, religious or otherwise.
The Age of the Sage in Missions
A new and exciting trend is developing in missions today. Many Christians, in retirement, are fanning out across the world as short-term missionaries.
As Goes Costa Rica, So Goes the World?
Costa Rica’s church is big on outreach but small on discipleship, and that has led to a “backdoor phenomenon” with as many as half of new believers deserting evangelism. A quarter of Costa Rican evangelicals believe they aren’t called to share Christ because that’s the leader’s job.