EMQ articles
Evangelical Missions Quarterly, from 1964 to the current issue. Page 79 of 160 · 3,822 in all.
Causes of Stress and What to Do about Them
Some ideas about how to handle stressors common to missionaries: language study, culture shock, discouragement, loneliness, burnout, and depression.
Learning to Speak All over Again
The woman in the crowded market obviously wasn’t cooperating with me. I had simply pointed to her basket of tomatoes and asked how much they cost. I expected her to say something like, “Four for a quarter,” or “Seventy-five cents a dozen.” But she kept repeating a simple word I had never heard before.
Women and Culture Shock
Like most missionaries, I thought I was ready for culture shock, but my preparation didn’t help me at all.
Grudges: Missionary Killjoys
We had been in the States on furlough for over a year. Our last term on the field had been unusually grueling. Any tired missionary fresh home on furlough suffers some stresses of psychological readjustment. But, ordinarily, a year is ample time for one to be refreshed, restored, and highly motivated to return.
Global Report: Evangelicals Respond to Unabated Persecution
Hussein Qambar Ali, a citizen of Kuwait, wasn’t looking for trouble. Married, the father of two small children, and the owner of a successful construction business, he told Open Doors’ Compass Direct news service, “All I wanted was happiness, tranquility, and a peaceful life.”
How Do You Train Book Writers? With Love
While imported books sit on shelves, there’s a famine for hearing the word of the Lord in context.
Two Pair O Dimes
It’s a word I have come to hate—overused and commonly misused. But perched unmistakably over decision making in the mission enterprise are two “paradigms.”
When Your Audience is Clueless
The clueless are the informational have-nots, who, like the poor of the world, constitute the vast majority and often represent the more difficult challenge.
Why Are the Unreached, Unreached?
Going is often easy. Staying in a lost group with viable ministries and approaches is an awesome challenge with multiple obstacles.
Four Stages of Team Development
For more than 20 years, I’ve experienced “the agony and the ecstasy” of team life, both as a member and as a leader. Over that time, I’ve noticed that most teams go through four stages before they become productive.
Editorial: Why I Don’t Believe in Closure
Closure has crept into missionary thinking, but it doesn’t belong there.
Global Push or Grandiose Schemes?
Recently, I showed a Kenyan missions leader a copy of a magazine which focused on the AD2000 and Beyond Movement and asked his opinion.
The Pitfalls and Perils of Electronic Communications
As with all blessings, there are banes in cyberspace.
Why Africa’s Transformation Waits
The root of development failure in Africa is a faulty world view.
Two Pair O Dimes
It’s a word I have come to hate—overused and commonly misused. But perched unmistakably over decision making in the mission enterprise are two “paradigms.”
Editorial: Why I Don’t Believe in Closure
Closure has crept into missionary thinking, but it doesn’t belong there.
When Your Audience is Clueless
The clueless are the informational have-nots, who, like the poor of the world, constitute the vast majority and often represent the more difficult challenge.
Global Push or Grandiose Schemes?
Recently, I showed a Kenyan missions leader a copy of a magazine which focused on the AD2000 and Beyond Movement and asked his opinion.
Why Are the Unreached, Unreached?
Going is often easy. Staying in a lost group with viable ministries and approaches is an awesome challenge with multiple obstacles.
The Pitfalls and Perils of Electronic Communications
As with all blessings, there are banes in cyberspace.
Four Stages of Team Development
For more than 20 years, I’ve experienced “the agony and the ecstasy” of team life, both as a member and as a leader. Over that time, I’ve noticed that most teams go through four stages before they become productive.
Why Africa’s Transformation Waits
The root of development failure in Africa is a faulty world view.
Editorial: Our Most Overlooked Strategy
No, strategy isn’t the right word, because Jesus didn’t give us strategies for world evangelization. He gave us relationships between himself and his Father and between himself and us.
Approaches to the Evangelization of Muslims
For the past three years, cultural exchanges have placed English-speaking Christian students in Tunisian homes,” a ministry leader reports.