EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 49 of 160 · 3,822 in all.
Could Poverty Be a Blessing?
The idea surfaced while we listened to one of our Zambian students preach in chapel: maybe poverty is one strange way in which this part of the world is blessed.
Educational Options for Missionary Kids
Cross-cultural workers today are blessed with many options for children’s education. Each choice has its own advantages and challenges, and there is not one right option.
Adult Education Principles for Pre-field Missionary Orientation
I would like to suggest that as we work to improve the quality of our training, we must address an additional important aspect: the qualities and qualifications of the people who are going through this training process.
Theological Education in the 21st Century
By the second half of the twentieth century, missiologists had recognized the inaccuracy of the colonialist assumption, “West is best” and replaced it with the culturally sensitive assumption that “Indigenous is best.” In a culturally complex and changing twenty-first century world, isn’t it time to challenge the…
Can a WASP Really Identify with Another Culture?
There’s no getting around it—I am a WASP (White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant). No matter how hard I might try to identify myself with another culture, which all missionaries are supposed to do, I am still a WASP.
Narratives and Questions: Exploring the Scriptures with Muslims
The Mulla was walking down the village street deep in thought, when some urchins began to throw stones at him. He was taken by surprise, and besides he was not a big man.
Sweet Talk in Africa, Using Proverbs in Ministry
Three reasons that missionaries (both expatriates and nationals) in predominantly oral cultures should actively incorporate the use of traditional proverbs in their ministry.
Making It Stick
One of the major roles of a cross-cultural evangelist is to experiment enough to find ways to make the gospel message stick to the hearts and minds of the audience.
Weeding the Heart
“Take every thought to make it obedient to Christ … Do not let the sun go down while you are still angry … See to it that … no bitter root grows up” (2 Cor. 10:5, Eph. 4:26, Heb. 12:15).
What if….A Reflection on Prayer
Wade Byrum is a forty-something businessman and a fellow elder at our church. A short time ago he led our session in a devotional that I will not soon forget.
Business as Mission
Honest business is rooted in God. Consider God’s character, activities and the objects of God’s actions. God is the Creator. God creates for himself and for others (Gen. 1:14). We are created in God’s image so the stamp of God’s character is in us.
Letters to the Editor
EMQ Readers write…
All You Ever Wanted on Short Term Missions
We focus our attention on short-term-related Web pages in this installment of Missions on the Web.
Becoming the Boss: How to Unravel Tangled Roles and Relationships
You are pioneering the growth of an exciting ministry. You have dreams and plans and a commitment to do things right. But your partner doesn’t share your way of doing things. It has reached the point where you are frustrated and unclear about where it is all going.
Testing Narrative Theory
Although narrative preaching and teaching seems highly effective in Africa (as it does in most of the world) some Africans consider it a mark of immaturity or lack of education.
What Language to Learn First
The ultimate purpose of cross-cultural missions is to communicate the gospel of Jesus Christ to the people in a culturally appropriate and contextually acceptable way.
The Church in Between Cultures
The “church in between cultures” must be more than just multiethnic or multicultural, as it must transcend cultural and ethnic identities.
African Psychology: Established Counseling Techniques and Practices
Africa has always had a built-in system that provides for the health and well-being of her people.
Paul’s Missionary Prayer Requests
As a missionary I often struggle with the task of writing prayer letters that creatively communicate the very real needs that my family and I face.
Is Medicine Not Enough?
Today, I am concerned for missionaries in service-type ministries who must satisfy supporting churches and justify their financial support by adding on a church planting activity to an already busy schedule.
Strategic Issues in Missions—An Asian Perspective
Asia, with some 3.7 billion people and less than nine percent of whom are Christians, clearly needs the gospel. But we cannot go on doing things in the same old manner. What then is the way forward? For what it is worth, here are some thoughts on the matter.
The Search for the Golden Key
The world of evangelists and missionaries is beset by golden keys of various shapes and sizes. They offer short cuts to success. This article attempts to put some of these keys into perspective.
Changes at Home
The state of missions engagement among evangelical churches in North America is changing.
Business as Mission
Honest business is rooted in God. Consider God’s character, activities and the objects of God’s actions. God is the Creator. God creates for himself and for others (Gen. 1:14). We are created in God’s image so the stamp of God’s character is in us.