I would like to challenge African ministers of Christ to think about the possibilities for self-reliance in our churches and ministries, and to immediately move to action.
This book intends to push conservative Christians into serious engagements with a pluralistic world as well as challenge the faulty presuppositions of liberal Christians who sacrifice the basic tenets of the Christian faith.
Involvement in and spending on mission trips is seeing an unprecedented increase, while recruitment for full-time mission service is flat. Could it be that Wormwood and Screwtape are up to something?
This book, built on lessons from Hebrews, will help Muslim Background Believers (MBBs) persevere in pilgrimage.
EMQ asked David Howard, veteran missionary and, for several years, director of Urbana, to share in a more personal way lessons he learned over his five decades of missionary service.
Even though Christians are only a small percentage of China’s 1.3 billion people, two Christian names are well recognized throughout the country.
I would like to propose a few important considerations that I have found helpful for long-term survival, that every thinking missionary should make a priority.
Where did we get the notion that literacy is a prerequisite to understanding the Bible?
The Western church and missions need to fully awaken to the church in Africa. Historically, the Western church seems like a teenager in contrast to the long and complex history of the African church.
One of the most challenging tasks for Western missionaries to Africa is fitting into the local rhythms of money management. At the core of the misunderstandings that often develop is the mutual obligation and interdependence that shapes African life but clashes with Western independence.
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