ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION: Missiographic: 50 Years of EMQ: A Decade by Decade Overview
Just how versatile is the gospel? Does it have to change in order to stay ‘the same’ in a new context?
Contextualisation and Mission Training: Engaging Asia’s Religious Worlds
by Jonathan Ingleby, Tan Kang San, and Tan Loun Ling, eds. Regnum Books International, 6HR, UK, 109 pages, 2013, $16.00. —Reviewed by Dennis J. Horton, associate professor of religion and associate director of ministry guidance, Baylor University. From the beginning of Christian missions, Christians have struggled with the challenge of contextualizing the gospel appropriately. The […]
Bridging the Diversity Gap, Leading toward God’s Multi-Ethnic Kingdom
by Alvin Sanders Wesleyan Publishing House, P.O. Box 50434, Indianapolis, IN 46250, 240 pages, 2013, $15.99. —Reviewed by Jeffrey Fussner, who had twenty-six years of ministry in Indonesia and the South Pacific; now pastor of a multiethnic church in Alexandria, Virginia. Change is difficult, whether for an individual or an organization. Leading an organization to […]
A Missional Orthodoxy: Theology and Ministry in a Post-Christian Context
by Gary Tyra IVP Academics, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515, 393 pages, 2013, $30.00. Reviewed by Daniel Shinjong Baeq, adjunct professor and director, Paul G. Hiebert Global Center for Intercultural Studies, Trinity International University. Attempts to evangelize the liberal and unchurched generations, who are more open toward liberal politics and tolerant of the […]
50 Years of EMQ: Looking Back and Forward
The Evangelical Missions Quarterly was conceived in an ice cream bar called the Eskimo Inn at Winona Lake, Indiana. After the day’s evening session at the first joint meeting of the Evangelical Foreign Missions Association (EFMA) and the Interdenominational Foreign Mission Association (IFMA) in October 1963, a small group of us sat around the table talking about what we would like to see as lasting outcomes of this historic gathering.
Every Member on Mission through Churches Everywhere
EVERY MEMBER ON MISSION! Every member on mission!” These words by Pastor Rick Warren captured the hearts of three thousand Saddleback Church members attending the first offering of the famous first Class 401 in 1999. That day and event began a new era of church-to-church missions that would transform not only Saddleback, but countless other churches around the world. Saddleback would ultimately commission hundreds of career missionaries and church workers, plant thousands of churches, and send out over 23,800 of its congregation on PEACE plan missions to 197 nations.
A Vision for Partnership: Radio as a Case Study
For agencies to thrive in the future, partnerships must be more and more at the core of strategy, and those partnerships must focus on deeper involvement with local churches.
The Importance of Communication in Establishing a Hispanic Ministry
Just as a building is only as strong as its foundation, a ministry is only as strong as the vision and resources behind it.
ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION: Navigating Post-Christendom Cultures: The Future of Mission in North America
In large parts of North America, there is not only a new public ignorance or casual disregard of Christianity, but there is a disdain for Christianity and its perceived record of judgementalism and divisiveness within the culture. Christianity is no longer the consensus religion it once was in the West.
Practicing the Welcoming Gospel: Hospitality in Cross-cultural Ministries
Hospitable cross-cultural ministries go beyond simply providing a warm and inviting atmosphere.