EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 96 of 160 · 3,822 in all.
Phasing out Your Work: Make it a Plan, Not a Crisis
Finding a balance between staying too long and leaving too early.
Another Training Seminar? Ugh!
Adult learning research shows that too often highly trained, highly motivated people, like the missionaries and church leaders we serve, are not highly motivated when it comes to sitting through training seminars.
What Hath Our Western Money and Our Western Gospel Wrought?
Increasing financial paternalism and the accompanying westernization of the gospel are the two most critical issues facing us in world missions today.
From Dependency to Fulfillment
The Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA, Kenya), which grew out of the pioneering missionary zeal of the Church of Scotland in 1891, will be celebrating its centenary this September. For many years the church depended on financial and personnel assistance from Scotland. In 1956, however, the Kenyans formed their…
Reflections of a Maturing MK: Grappling with Tough Latin Realities
In the first of this two-part series (April, 1991), I described what I call the “double bubble syndrome” that missionary kids grow up in. The first bubble is their idealized perception of their local culture and church. The second is their imported evangelical ghetto and world view.
Chile’s Pentecostals Face Problems Due to Isolation
According to the Jesuit-sponsored Bellarmino Center and the Chilean Department of Sociological Research, Protestantism has exploded in Chile. In 1970, the “evangelicos” (synonym for Protestants) comprised 5.1 percent of Chile’s people; in 1980, 7.5 percent, and in 1985, 9.6 percent.
What Kind of Encounters Do We Need in Our Christian Witness?
We’re hearing more about power encounter these days among non-charismatics. We are more open and less afraid of spiritual power than we used to be.
If Paul Got Organized, So Can You
After visiting missionaries on a number of fields over the past few years, I’ve come away dismayed because far too many of them have only a vague idea about what they’re supposed to be doing.
House Church Movement Catches on among Sri Lanka’s Urban and Rural Poor
Joachim Hettiarachi, principal of the Ibbagamuwa high school, arrived home one afternoon to find a mother and her teenage daughter waiting for him. The girl was ill. The village doctor could not help her; neither could the witchdoctor. Someone had suggested that she take her daughter to Pastor Hettiarachi.
Phasing out Your Work: Make it a Plan, Not a Crisis
Finding a balance between staying too long and leaving too early.
Your Church-Planting Team Can Be Booby-Trapped
Like the thousands of Iraqi landmines strewn across the desert, potential booby traps can blow up in the faces of church-planting teams that take to the mission field with high enthusiasm but little knowledge of the territory.
Another Training Seminar? Ugh!
Adult learning research shows that too often highly trained, highly motivated people, like the missionaries and church leaders we serve, are not highly motivated when it comes to sitting through training seminars.
How to Avoid Ethical Traps in Treating Hurting Staff
How boards provide member care is as significant as the service.
Spiritual Power in Urban Evangelism: Dynamic Lessons from Argentina
The success of Carlos Armacondia requires our close scrutiny.
Global Report
Important news stories from the world of missions.
The Numbers Game in World Evangelization
Not only are our statistics confusing, they can be used to arouse false hopes.
Alone on Your Field? Here’s What to Do.
Before you bum out, consider these helpful ways to lighten your load.
Primary Health Care: Words versus Deeds
A wide discrepancy between stated ideals and commitment.
Mission Hospitals in Africa: What’s Their Future?
They are still essential, but changing circumstances require some tough decisions.
Soften Your Media to Put Community in Communication
Five principles will help us to do a better job.
What it Takes to Reach People in Oral Cultures
Participation in oral communication opens the way for wide acceptance of our message.
Reflections of an MK: Breaking out of Tricky Bubbles
MKs are often shielded from stark realities and meaningful relationships.
In Print
A selection of significant articles about missions.
The Evangelical Missiological Society: Its Time Has Come
The EMS will provide a unique forum for discussing critical missiological issues.