EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 71 of 160 · 3,822 in all.
Hong Kong Immigrants: When the Mission Field Comes to You
The many Chinese who have immigrated to the United States and other Western nations from Hong Kong in the past couple of years present a unique challenge to Christians desiring to share the gospel.
Shaking the Dust off Your Feet
In 1991 a missionary of long tenure and I entered into a dialogue centered on the work in Somalia. Some of his comments are branded in my soul.
Give Us This Day Our Daily News
Getting news from the Web.
Editorial: Trench Warfare at Home
The advance of the gospel has all the earmarks of trench warfare.
What’s Happening to Missions Mobilization?
World mission mobilizers are confronted by a bewildering array of opinions, facts, and new realities.
Thinking about MK Vulnerability
As an adult child of missionaries, and as the mother of four MK children, I am fascinated by literature on missionary kids. Discussions of change, separation and loss, MK schooling, and the formation of a “Third Culture” among MKs have helped me.
Behold the Ox of God?
In his books Peace Child and Eternity in Their Hearts , missionary writer Don Richardson proposed that God has placed within every culture certain concepts that find their fulfillment only in the gospel.
Controlling the Correspondence Monster
One of my seminary professors has jokingly said, “Missionaries are expected to ‘go into all the world and write prayer letters to every creature.’” The reality of that statement is not always so humorous.
Global Report: Medium (Not So) Rare
Several decades ago, Max Atienza, administrative director of the Far East Broadcasting Company’s work in the Philippines, hosted a program at 7 a.m. on Sundays in the Tagalog language. One day Max visited the island of Mindoro and heard about a village of uneducated Mangyan people who listened to his program. He was…
Editorial: Trench Warfare at Home
The advance of the gospel has all the earmarks of trench warfare.
Stability, Not Change, Is the New Status Quo
If ever there was a truism for the new millennium it is that change, not stability, is the new status quo. Those who think otherwise need only examine any modern field of endeavor, from aerospace to zambonis (the machines that sweep the ice at hockey games). Change is not only a given, it is relentless.
What’s Happening to Missions Mobilization?
World mission mobilizers are confronted by a bewildering array of opinions, facts, and new realities.
The Protestant Crisis in Russia
An unbiased and honest analysis of the Protestant church of all denominations in Russia not only allows for, but demands, the conclusion that a serious crisis is at hand in the development of this branch of Christianity in Russia.
Thinking about MK Vulnerability
As an adult child of missionaries, and as the mother of four MK children, I am fascinated by literature on missionary kids. Discussions of change, separation and loss, MK schooling, and the formation of a “Third Culture” among MKs have helped me.
Hong Kong Immigrants: When the Mission Field Comes to You
The many Chinese who have immigrated to the United States and other Western nations from Hong Kong in the past couple of years present a unique challenge to Christians desiring to share the gospel.
Behold the Ox of God?
In his books Peace Child and Eternity in Their Hearts , missionary writer Don Richardson proposed that God has placed within every culture certain concepts that find their fulfillment only in the gospel.
Shaking the Dust off Your Feet
In 1991 a missionary of long tenure and I entered into a dialogue centered on the work in Somalia. Some of his comments are branded in my soul.
Controlling the Correspondence Monster
One of my seminary professors has jokingly said, “Missionaries are expected to ‘go into all the world and write prayer letters to every creature.’” The reality of that statement is not always so humorous.
Give Us This Day Our Daily News
Getting news from the Web.
Global Report: Medium (Not So) Rare
Several decades ago, Max Atienza, administrative director of the Far East Broadcasting Company’s work in the Philippines, hosted a program at 7 a.m. on Sundays in the Tagalog language. One day Max visited the island of Mindoro and heard about a village of uneducated Mangyan people who listened to his program. He was…
Down with Financial Paternalism
This article is a response to the article “When the Mission Pays the Pastor,” by Wayne Allen, April 1998 EMQ.
Preaching What We Practice: Not Always the Answer
This article is a response to “When the Mission Pays the Pastor” by Wayne Allen, April 1998 EMQ.
When the Mission Pays the Pastor
The wisdom of supporting national pastors with mission funds has been debated for many years.
Valentine’s Day Comes to Africa
Clashes between modern and traditional ways of life are occurring all across Africa today.