EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 50 of 160 · 3,822 in all.
Letters to the Editor
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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.
Letters to the Editor
Highest kudos to EMQ for featuring a less popular “mission field,” i.e. Latin America (LA) (July 2003 issue).
Student Heroes: Do It Again Lord
Much has been made through the years of the impact and power of student movements in world evangelization. And well it should, as students have again and again been on the cutting edge of the new outreach that God has initiated around the world.
Things Just Happened
Influenced by the times, mission agencies have come of age and require that their missionaries develop strategic plans.
The World’s Students Find a Mission in Life
Missions may not be in their vocabulary, but students are searching for their “mission in life.”
Mobilizing the Next Generaton
How can we get more of those under age thirty involved in and committed to global, cross-cultural missions?
Generation X
Welcome to the information age. As the baby-boomer generation ages, my generation, Generation X, is beginning to establish itself as the next generation. So far this has not been a particularly comfortable passing of the baton.
Support Raising 101
We would love to teach at an MK school,” the couple shared. “If it wasn’t for this support-raising thing. Why should we have to beg churches for money? It’s humiliating!”
A Call to Missions: Is There Such a Thing?
The author discusses whether or not there is a calling to missions.
Shadows of Doubt
I would like to propose a few important considerations that I have found helpful for long-term survival, that every thinking missionary should make a priority.
If I Could LIve My Career Over Again: Reflections of a Veteran Missionary
EMQ asked David Howard, veteran missionary and, for several years, director of Urbana, to share in a more personal way lessons he learned over his five decades of missionary service.
Screwtape on Summer Missions
Involvement in and spending on mission trips is seeing an unprecedented increase, while recruitment for full-time mission service is flat. Could it be that Wormwood and Screwtape are up to something?
Towards Self-Reliance: A Challenge for African Churches and Ministries
I would like to challenge African ministers of Christ to think about the possibilities for self-reliance in our churches and ministries, and to immediately move to action.