EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 76 of 160 · 3,822 in all.
Are You Using Your Gospel Credits Wisely?
One of my teammates in the Philippines, anticipating his first furlough, worried that if some of his supporters really knew how we did ministry, they might drop him.
Reaching All the Nations: Lessons for the Next Stage of World Evangelism
Moody magazine recently devoted much of an issue to the subject “What’s Ahead for Missions?” The series of articles, which presented a mixed picture at best, addressed some serious concerns plaguing world missions today:
Evangelism Explosion and Communication: A Response
Much of missionary methodology has been subject to a type of faddish cycle. The cycle begins when missionaries are exposed to a new technique that has captured the fascination of the Western missiological world.
The Pros and Cons of Islamicized Contextualization
Church planting within Muslim societies presents a major challenge for Christian missions. As the year 2000 approaches, mission agencies are scrambling for strategies suitable for reaching Islam with the gospel.
Introducing Social Change through Community Health
By intelligently transcending cultural barriers rather than being shut out by them, Christian health care workers can introduce basic changes in non-Christian belief systems and practices.
Paul’s Short-term Church Planting: Can it Happen Again?
Roland Allen, in Missionary Methods: St. Paul’s or Ours? looks over the panorama of churches established by Paul with wonder and incredulity: wonder that so many growing indigenous churches over such a broad territory could be established in just 10 years; and incredulity that so many in missions today consider the…
In the Balance: Secularism and Islam Compete for Allegiance Behind Turkey’s Veil
When Mustafa Kemal Ata-turk founded Turkey’s modern republic 74 years ago, the jury was out on whether a secular democracy could long survive in a predominantly Muslim nation. It still is.
Evangelism Explosion: “Reaching All the Nations”
In a March morning last year, colorful flags streamed down the center aisle of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church carried by delegates celebrating the establishment of Evangelism Explosion International (EE) ministries in all 211 nations of the world.
Here Come the Missiomega Churches!
One of the most significant developments in the missions enterprise from North America over the last decade has been the emergence of missiomega churches.
How to Recruit Workers for the Frontiers
Many mission agencies, including my own (CBInternational), want to send more missionaries to the frontiers. But relatively few American missionaries are doing evangelistic, church-planting work among the world’s 3.8 billion non-Christians, followers of non-Christian religions, living in non-Christian lands.
Keys to Effective Home Schooling of MKS
One of missionaries’ greatest concerns today is their children’s education, an issue to which mission agencies are becoming increasingly sensitive.
Sending and Receiving in Light of Equal Partnerships in Mission
The concept of partnership in mission is the focus of discussion and debate across a wide spectrum of mission agencies. This article looks at issues of partnership as expressed in the sending and receiving of personnel in cross-cultural mission.
Who Cares about Prayer?
Two perspectives from veteran missionaries that will provoke thinking—and, we hope, prayer.
How to Make Sure the Home and Away Teams Don’t Blow the Game
An influential group at Community Church was excited. They effectively mobilized their church to pray for the cities of the 10/40 Window, and were now emboldened for a bigger challenge.
Seven Phases of Church Planting and Activity List
This is a side bar to the article “Is Planting Churches in the Muslim World ‘Mission Impossible?'” in the April, 1997 issue of EMQ.
Editorial: Paul and Michael Jordan
In a sense, the apostle Paul played and planned like Michael Jordan.
Is Planting Churches in the Muslim World ‘Mission Impossible’?
Two half-truths: (1) Church planting among Muslims is an impossible task; and (2) God must intervene in a special way to reveal how to do it.
Applying Information Technology to the Developing World
Access to information is becoming increasingly synonymous with the world’s definition of success and power.
Recruiting Major League Missionaries
I find scouting and developing Major League ballplayers surprisingly analogous to recruiting and developing major league missionaries.
Global Report: Hong Kong’s Christians Are Cautiously Optimistic—at Least Those Who Remain
Visit Beijing’s Tiananmen Square and you’ll see an enormous digital clock. It proclaims to the world how many days, hours, minutes, and seconds are left until Hong Kong reverts to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997. While there is no corresponding clock in the prosperous, freewheeling British colony of 6.3 million…
Seven Phases of Church Planting and Activity List
This is a side bar to the article “Is Planting Churches in the Muslim World ‘Mission Impossible?'” in the April, 1997 issue of EMQ.
Here Come the Missiomega Churches!
One of the most significant developments in the missions enterprise from North America over the last decade has been the emergence of missiomega churches.
Editorial: Paul and Michael Jordan
In a sense, the apostle Paul played and planned like Michael Jordan.
How to Recruit Workers for the Frontiers
Many mission agencies, including my own (CBInternational), want to send more missionaries to the frontiers. But relatively few American missionaries are doing evangelistic, church-planting work among the world’s 3.8 billion non-Christians, followers of non-Christian religions, living in non-Christian lands.