I was making my way across Cuba in a Tico, which has the interior space the size somewhere in between a toaster and a VW beetle. My companion was Otoniel Martinez and we were headed to Camaguey to train thirty-five leaders to begin new churches. Otoniel had planted twenty-seven churches despite the resistance of persecution.
by Patrick W. T. Johnson IVP Academic, 2015. —Reviewed by Dennis J. Horton, associate professor, Religion; associate director, Ministry Guidance, Baylor University, Waco, Texas. The significant shift in Western
Iraq is suffering, Assyria is in pain. Biblically, the Assyrian Empire was stretching all over the Middle East, including Turkey, Cyprus, Lebanon, Syria, Iraq and parts of Iran, and some other regions. As the Bible talks about doom in Assyria and Iraq, we can sense strongly that the children there are resurrecting hope, peace, and forgiving those who trespass against them. They are Christ-like.
by Ruth Meyers Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 2014. —Reviewed by Michael Jordan, dean of the chapel, Houghton College. Ruth Meyers’ Missional Worship, Worshipful Mission attempts to reconcile the
by Gary Corwin PAIN AND SUFFERING are part of the human condition that we all seek to avoid if we can—that is, unless we are seeking something we esteem
by Todd M. Johnson and Cindy M. Wu Baker Academic, 2015. —Reviewed by Edward L. Smither, dean, Intercultural Studies, Columbia International University. In this new work, Todd Johnson
A line up of the articles in the October 2015 issue of EMQ.
McGavran was a prolific writer of letters, articles, and books, as well as a world traveler. No one, to my knowledge, has visited as many mission fields, conducted as many interviews, or researched the growth and decline of Christian churches as widely as McGavran. He influenced mission theory and practice internationally and the movement he started continues to move forward, empowered by appreciative followers.
Retaining historical awareness of the church’s mission is especially important in moving forward. Some churches are stuck in the past, or at least attempt to move forward while engrossed with what is behind.
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