Like the thousands of Iraqi landmines strewn across the desert, potential booby traps can blow up in the faces of church-planting teams that take to the mission field with high enthusiasm but little knowledge of the territory.
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EMQ article Members onlyBy Joseph W. Handley Jr. and Mary Jo Wilson | Handley and Wilson present a framework of four overlapping dimensions for effective cross-cultural discipleship based on their decades-long experience of developing leaders. These four dimensions are abiding deeply in God, forming Christlike character, using simple…
EMQ article Members onlyBy Faustin Ntamushobora | This article explores how African diaspora churches in the United States can foster healthy and mutual enriching connections with non-African congregations. Drawing from my personal ministry and teaching experience, I describe three broad types of African diaspora churches—tribal…
EMQ article Members onlyBy Truong Tran | This article explores the unintended consequences of missionary-led evacuations of Vietnamese pastors on April 30, 1975. It argues that these actions weakened local churches and highlights the missiological imperative to build churches with lasting hope in Christ and indigenous leadership.
