EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 85 of 160 · 3,835 in all.
Windows of Opportunity in China: New Program Trains Chinese for China
An exploration of some of the partnerships that already exist between churches inside and outside China, and an examination of how partnership between China and the West can be further intensified.
Boarding School Staff: How to Get the Best
In “The right stuff for boarding school staff” (October), psychologist David Wickstrom concluded, “It is time to recognize the vital role of missionary boarding schools and to staff them with the best staff possible.” The logical question is, How do mission agencies select “the best staff possible”?
Boarding School: It’s Time to Heed the Wake-up Call
This article is a response to the EMQ article “Boarding School Staff: How to Get the Best,” by Glenn Taylor and David Pollock, January 1995.
Managing the Super-motivated Missionary
Dr. Bradley (not a real person) never finished unpacking. Within a day of his arrival as a missionary in Bangladesh, poor, sick villagers began to line up at his door. He was the most competent physician within miles, charged nothing for his services, and treated his patients as if they mattered.
Lone Rangers Require Listening and Support
This article is a response to the EMQ article, “Manging the Super-Motivated Missionary,” by Meredith Long, January 1995.
Africans in Missions: The Possible Dream
As we approach the dawn of the 21st century, the church faces certain critical strategic questions: Who will be the missionaries of this era? What and where is the mission frontier? What models, patterns, and methods shall we use? What Christ shall we present? And, for us Africans, what is our place in all of this?
Anguish or Austria: Rising above Pragmatism
Spiritually speaking, Austria is a country living in the Dark Ages.
Women’s Bible Studies: Key to Church Growth
Case study from Mexico City shows how it was done.
Post Missionary Asia: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Throughout much of Asia, where the world’s least evangelized peoples dwell, the foreign missionary era has for all practical purposes ended. This is cause for our concern, reflection, and response.
Post-missionary Asia: We Need Love in Action
This article is a response to the EMQ article “Post-missionary Asia: One Size Doesn’t Fit All,” by Roger Hedlund, January 1995.
Looking under the Hood of the Non-Western Missions Movement
Reading current missions literature, you might get the idea that Asian, African, and Latin American missionaries have blown past their Western counterparts like an Indy car in a race with an Amish horse and buggy.
Producing an Effective Prayer Card
It’s one of those projects that often gets put off until furlough looms. Or it’s a requirement of new missionaries who have so many other new and confusing tasks to accomplish.
MK Nurture Is Just as Much a Part of the Ministry as Are Literacy Classes or Church Planting.
This article is a response to the EMQ article, “About Research with MKs,” by David Wickstrom,” October 1994.
Sundanese Migrants: Despised Minority or Urban Opportunity?
A case study shows how conditions in the chaotic Indonesian megacity of Bandung mitigated against a migrant Sundanese Christian family’s finding help during their daughter’s 18 month illness.
The Hard Road to Missions Vision in National Churches
Changes have to come not only in the churches, but among the missionaries as well.
Editorial: Boarding School’s Demise?
This morning’s paper carried a picture of a weather-beaten, dilapidated one-room school near here. It looked like it belonged in the Smithsonian. For years, no children have etched their names in the desks. For years, no teacher has cracked knuckles with a ruler. I know about such things, I started out in one of…
How to Build Prayer Support Groups
Church life in North America is changing and some of these changes are welcome. Less welcome is the tendency for prayer meetings to get dropped because few attend.
The Right Stuff in Boarding School Staff
Survey reveals essential qualities for various positions.
About Research with Mk’s
Missionary research is getting a bad name, especially as it relates to missionary kids (MKs).
The Honor of Listening: Indispensable for Mission
One-sided nationalistic vision hinders global perspective and partnership in mission.
Fiesta!
Do missionaries dance? Let me tell you about it. It was an unusual Sunday because Javier and Chelo Martinez had just finished building a new house.
Editorial: Boarding School’s Demise?
This morning’s paper carried a picture of a weather-beaten, dilapidated one-room school near here. It looked like it belonged in the Smithsonian. For years, no children have etched their names in the desks. For years, no teacher has cracked knuckles with a ruler. I know about such things, I started out in one of…
How to Build Prayer Support Groups
Church life in North America is changing and some of these changes are welcome. Less welcome is the tendency for prayer meetings to get dropped because few attend.
Producing an Effective Prayer Card
It’s one of those projects that often gets put off until furlough looms. Or it’s a requirement of new missionaries who have so many other new and confusing tasks to accomplish.