EMQ

How much objective truth, so to speak, can you really tell your supporting constituency at home?

The word “dropout” can render service in any number of contexts. Most likely it will take you an additional three paragraphs to plug in, or should I say “drop in” to this writer’s use of the term.

The pastoral ministry among East African churches is inadequate and misdirected, says this author. He examines the problem and proposes some solutions.

With proper planning, even shirt assignments can be fruitful and young people can be recruited as career missionaries.

Some time ago I read in the pages of a mission magazine that came to my desk an amazing statement. The writer was emphasizing his “conviction that the church, not the mission board, is the sending agency.”

The dreadful events of recent weeks in Cambodia and Vietnam hang heavy on our hearts as we prepare this issue. Somehow, the academic debates of missionary work pale into insignificance when we are faced with the stark reality of oppression, persecution and martyrdom on massive scales.

I hope that the following information will at least serve to stimulate those who intend to begin church-planting work first of all to investigate more thoroughly the situation in the respective countries.

In terms of policy development, there are certain areas that are more conspicuous by their absence than anything else.

An estimated 160 million people in Europe make no profession of religion. Among those who still claim allegiance to Christianity there are few who take their religion seriously.

Contemporary missiologists are transforming long-felt concerns for church growth and leadership training into systematic plans for action.