I see a significant trend in Christian activities toward relieving the suffering of the poor in the underdeveloped counties. My concern is not with the desire to relieve suffering, but how does this square with the Great Commission?
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EMQ article Members onlyBy Eliza Kettering | Many church planting strategies suggest the importance of the familial web of relationships for the spread of the gospel. These strategies emphasize the speed in evangelizing within a family after coming to faith.
EMQ article Members onlyBy Manuel Becker | What if the church’s greatest obstacle to mission is church life itself? This article introduces “Church-Gravity Syndrome,” the tendency of Christian communities to pull believers away from the very people they hope to reach. Drawing on Jesus’ ministry and movements in Thailand, it shows how…
EMQ article Members onlyBy Soo Min (James) Park | The US, like many nations, is not a mono-cultural mission field. Beneath the surface, immigrant, refugee, minority, and younger generations live with shame-honor, fear–power, marginalization–belonging, and brokenness–wholeness (healing) dynamics that shape how they perceive sin, redemption…
