EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 77 of 160 · 3,835 in all.
Sending and Receiving in Light of Equal Partnerships in Mission
The concept of partnership in mission is the focus of discussion and debate across a wide spectrum of mission agencies. This article looks at issues of partnership as expressed in the sending and receiving of personnel in cross-cultural mission.
Who Cares about Prayer?
Two perspectives from veteran missionaries that will provoke thinking—and, we hope, prayer.
How to Make Sure the Home and Away Teams Don’t Blow the Game
An influential group at Community Church was excited. They effectively mobilized their church to pray for the cities of the 10/40 Window, and were now emboldened for a bigger challenge.
Seven Phases of Church Planting and Activity List
This is a side bar to the article “Is Planting Churches in the Muslim World ‘Mission Impossible?'” in the April, 1997 issue of EMQ.
Editorial: Paul and Michael Jordan
In a sense, the apostle Paul played and planned like Michael Jordan.
Is Planting Churches in the Muslim World ‘Mission Impossible’?
Two half-truths: (1) Church planting among Muslims is an impossible task; and (2) God must intervene in a special way to reveal how to do it.
Applying Information Technology to the Developing World
Access to information is becoming increasingly synonymous with the world’s definition of success and power.
Recruiting Major League Missionaries
I find scouting and developing Major League ballplayers surprisingly analogous to recruiting and developing major league missionaries.
Global Report: Hong Kong’s Christians Are Cautiously Optimistic—at Least Those Who Remain
Visit Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and you’ll see an enormous digital clock. It proclaims to the world how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds are left until Hong Kong reverts to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997. While there is no corresponding clock in the prosperous, freewheeling British colony of 6.3 million…
Seven Phases of Church Planting and Activity List
This is a side bar to the article “Is Planting Churches in the Muslim World ‘Mission Impossible?'” in the April, 1997 issue of EMQ.
Here Come the Missiomega Churches!
One of the most significant developments in the missions enterprise from North America over the last decade has been the emergence of missiomega churches.
Editorial: Paul and Michael Jordan
In a sense, the apostle Paul played and planned like Michael Jordan.
How to Recruit Workers for the Frontiers
Many mission agencies, including my own (CBInternational), want to send more missionaries to the frontiers. But relatively few American missionaries are doing evangelistic, church-planting work among the world’s 3.8 billion non-Christians, followers of non-Christian religions, living in non-Christian lands.
Is Planting Churches in the Muslim World ‘Mission Impossible’?
Two half-truths: (1) Church planting among Muslims is an impossible task; and (2) God must intervene in a special way to reveal how to do it.
Keys to Effective Home Schooling of MKS
One of missionaries’ greatest concerns today is their children’s education, an issue to which mission agencies are becoming increasingly sensitive.
Applying Information Technology to the Developing World
Access to information is becoming increasingly synonymous with the world’s definition of success and power.
Sending and Receiving in Light of Equal Partnerships in Mission
The concept of partnership in mission is the focus of discussion and debate across a wide spectrum of mission agencies. This article looks at issues of partnership as expressed in the sending and receiving of personnel in cross-cultural mission.
Recruiting Major League Missionaries
I find scouting and developing Major League ballplayers surprisingly analogous to recruiting and developing major league missionaries.
Who Cares about Prayer?
Two perspectives from veteran missionaries that will provoke thinking—and, we hope, prayer.
Global Report: Hong Kong’s Christians Are Cautiously Optimistic—at Least Those Who Remain
Visit Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and you’ll see an enormous digital clock. It proclaims to the world how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds are left until Hong Kong reverts to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997. While there is no corresponding clock in the prosperous, freewheeling British colony of 6.3 million…
How to Make Sure the Home and Away Teams Don’t Blow the Game
An influential group at Community Church was excited. They effectively mobilized their church to pray for the cities of the 10/40 Window, and were now emboldened for a bigger challenge.
Boomers, Busters, and Missions: Things Are Different Now
The process of understanding the differences between missionary generations and identifying the changes that the Boomers and Busters have encouraged yields several recommendations for the missions community.
Editorial: Call to Prayer for the Persecuted Church
Hats off to the World Evangelical Fellowship for mobilizing evangelical churches the world over to pray for persecuted Christians. Last September 29, according to WEF estimates, Christians in some 150,000 churches from 117 countries rose up to pray for their persecuted brothers and sisters.
What the New Testament Taught Me about Models for Ministry
I am a third-generation missionary. My grandmother rode yaks in Tibet. And my mother rode jeeps in Indonesia. Missions is in my blood, a heritage I wish to pass on to my three daughters. Women did as much, went as far, and died on the fields as often as their male missionary peers.