The world of evangelists and missionaries is beset by golden keys of various shapes and sizes. They offer short cuts to success. This article attempts to put some of these keys into perspective.
As a missionary I often struggle with the task of writing prayer letters that creatively communicate the very real needs that my family and I face.
The “church in between cultures” must be more than just multiethnic or multicultural, as it must transcend cultural and ethnic identities.
Today, I am concerned for missionaries in service-type ministries who must satisfy supporting churches and justify their financial support by adding on a church planting activity to an already busy schedule.
Although narrative preaching and teaching seems highly effective in Africa (as it does in most of the world) some Africans consider it a mark of immaturity or lack of education.
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.
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?
Missions may not be in their vocabulary, but students are searching for their “mission in life.”
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.
How can we get more of those under age thirty involved in and committed to global, cross-cultural missions?
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