EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 71 of 160 · 3,835 in all.
Must All Muslims Leave Islam to Follow Jesus?
This article is a response to “Danger! New Directions in Contextualization” by Phil Parshall in the October 1998 issue of EMQ.
Keys to an Effective Furlough
Suggestions on providing your supporters with ample reason to trust you as a missionary worthy of their support once your furlough is complete.
Sri Lanka at 50
From the beginning of the 16th century to 1948, Sri Lanka was ruled by European colonial powers. For four and a half centuries, a political and military hegemony was formed by three successive powers: the Portuguese (1505-1658), the Dutch (1658-1790), and the British (1796-1948).
Think Differently
A medical missionary in the former Zaire, while teaching about preventing internal parasites, was interrupted by the poignant question of a village elder: “But, Doctor, why try to get rid of sickness? We have always been sick. It is the will of God.”
Preventing Dependency: Developmental Partnering
Developmental partnering can be summed up in one word: brotherhood.
Flawed Evangelism and Church Planting
To what extent does the Holy Spirit compensate for our faulty evangelism-church planting?
Y2K and AD2000: Problems and Possibilities
Like it or not, the new millennium marks a watershed moment that Is fast approaching.
Global Report: Economic Gloom
Asia’s pride now in ashes, financial crisis challenges promise of missions success.
Finding a Needle in a Haystack
While there’s no telling how many pieces of hay are in a haystack, with hundreds of millions of pages on the World Wide Web today, your “needle” is probably in there somewhere.
Editorial: The Dream Beyond 2000
In my dream I saw them marching gloriously down Pikes Peak Avenue in Colorado Springs on Ascension Day, 2000.
Danger! New Directions in Contextualization
Taking on a Muslim identity and praying in the mosque is not a new strategy. But legally becoming a Muslim definitely moves the missionary enterprise into uncharted territory.
Stability, Not Change, Is the New Status Quo
If ever there was a truism for the new millennium it is that change, not stability, is the new status quo. Those who think otherwise need only examine any modern field of endeavor, from aerospace to zambonis (the machines that sweep the ice at hockey games). Change is not only a given, it is relentless.
The Protestant Crisis in Russia
An unbiased and honest analysis of the Protestant church of all denominations in Russia not only allows for, but demands, the conclusion that a serious crisis is at hand in the development of this branch of Christianity in Russia.
Hong Kong Immigrants: When the Mission Field Comes to You
The many Chinese who have immigrated to the United States and other Western nations from Hong Kong in the past couple of years present a unique challenge to Christians desiring to share the gospel.
Shaking the Dust off Your Feet
In 1991 a missionary of long tenure and I entered into a dialogue centered on the work in Somalia. Some of his comments are branded in my soul.
Give Us This Day Our Daily News
Getting news from the Web.
Editorial: Trench Warfare at Home
The advance of the gospel has all the earmarks of trench warfare.
What’s Happening to Missions Mobilization?
World mission mobilizers are confronted by a bewildering array of opinions, facts, and new realities.
Thinking about MK Vulnerability
As an adult child of missionaries, and as the mother of four MK children, I am fascinated by literature on missionary kids. Discussions of change, separation and loss, MK schooling, and the formation of a “Third Culture” among MKs have helped me.
Behold the Ox of God?
In his books Peace Child and Eternity in Their Hearts , missionary writer Don Richardson proposed that God has placed within every culture certain concepts that find their fulfillment only in the gospel.
Controlling the Correspondence Monster
One of my seminary professors has jokingly said, “Missionaries are expected to ‘go into all the world and write prayer letters to every creature.’” The reality of that statement is not always so humorous.
Global Report: Medium (Not So) Rare
Several decades ago, Max Atienza, administrative director of the Far East Broadcasting Company’s work in the Philippines, hosted a program at 7 a.m. on Sundays in the Tagalog language. One day Max visited the island of Mindoro and heard about a village of uneducated Mangyan people who listened to his program. He was…
Editorial: Trench Warfare at Home
The advance of the gospel has all the earmarks of trench warfare.
Stability, Not Change, Is the New Status Quo
If ever there was a truism for the new millennium it is that change, not stability, is the new status quo. Those who think otherwise need only examine any modern field of endeavor, from aerospace to zambonis (the machines that sweep the ice at hockey games). Change is not only a given, it is relentless.