More than a Prophet: An Insider’s Response to Muslim Beliefs about Jesus and Christianity
This book is a useful handbook to help Christians examine and defend the faith with intellectual honesty in a pluralistic society, and with their Muslim friends.
And So the Story Goes…Web Resources on Storytelling, Myths, and Proverbs
No doubt many EMQ readers learned their missiology the academic, propositional way—from books and lectures. It’s only natural for us to teach the way we have been taught, but as the Turkish proverb says, “You can proclaim the truth also in a friendly way.”
How to Be a Motivating Teacher
As a missionary teacher in a Bible college in Kenya, one of my greatest concerns is “How can God use me to make a lasting difference in my students’ lives?”
Where Are Pioneer Missionaries Needed? The N-Formula
As a missiologist in the European-continental tradition, qualitative research has always come more naturally to me than quantitative. This bias was reinforced through my anthropological studies that emphasized participant observation over statistics.
God Can Even Speak through Meetings
Mercy, when you work in Zambia, 2002, you sometimes wonder if there aren’t better ways to spend your time.
Could Poverty Be a Blessing?
The idea surfaced while we listened to one of our Zambian students preach in chapel: maybe poverty is one strange way in which this part of the world is blessed.
Educational Options for Missionary Kids
Cross-cultural workers today are blessed with many options for children’s education. Each choice has its own advantages and challenges, and there is not one right option.
Adult Education Principles for Pre-field Missionary Orientation
I would like to suggest that as we work to improve the quality of our training, we must address an additional important aspect: the qualities and qualifications of the people who are going through this training process.
Theological Education in the 21st Century
By the second half of the twentieth century, missiologists had recognized the inaccuracy of the colonialist assumption, “West is best” and replaced it with the culturally sensitive assumption that “Indigenous is best.” In a culturally complex and changing twenty-first century world, isn’t it time to challenge the simplicity of both?
Can a WASP Really Identify with Another Culture?
There’s no getting around it—I am a WASP (White, Anglo-Saxon, Protestant). No matter how hard I might try to identify myself with another culture, which all missionaries are supposed to do, I am still a WASP.