EMQ (Evangelical Missions Quarterly)

January–April 2024 | Volume 60 Issue 1

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Editorial

As You Go, Make Disciples Everywhere

By Heather Pubols | Around the world more and more people from Majority World nations are diligently working as missionaries

Articles

What is Polycentric Mission?

By Allen Yeh | The term polycentric mission has become popular. While the term has a more recent origin, the

Missions in the Network Society

By Eldon Porter and Joseph Handley | The world is more interconnected than ever before, and the way we do

Building God’s Kingdom Together: Partnering with People on the Move

By Joy and Jaewoo Kim | For 30 years, Clarkston, Georgia has welcomed so many immigrants and refugees from around

Missionary Sending: Keeping Christ at the Centre

By Jon Fuller | What does it mean to send and be sent? Understanding sending as deeply rooted in the

Mission Doesn’t Have a Reverse Gear

By Harvey Kwiyani | Reverse mission is often used to describe Majority World mission movements, particularly ones to Western countries.

Training for Polycentric Mission

By Mark Hedinger and Kate Wiseman | Polycentric mission brings the joy of multiplied expansion, and at the same time,

A Framework for a New Era of Missions

By Craig Greenfield | When every geopolitical nation has a gospel presence, what is the role of an outsider in

Building Bridges Between Local Churches and New Neighbors

By Sara Miller* | Church leaders and organizations are grappling with the changing dynamics of the American church. However, the

The Nigerian Church and Global Missions

By Adeoluwa Felix Olanrewaju | The Nigerian church has been engaged in cross-border and cross-cultural missions for more than 150

Polycentric Missions Should Include the Church

By Ellen Livingood, Matthew Philip, and Scott White | Immense global changes are affecting every aspect of missions. Missions models

Extras

Loren Cunningham’s Legacy: Transforming Missions

By Charis Jackson and Lynn Green | To say Loren Cunningham reshaped missions is not an overstatement. It’s a fact.

Leading with Beauty

By Grant Klinefelter | Do we know the story of what God is doing today? Often, we know how God

Missionaries as Needy Patrons

By Tamie Davis and Moyra Dale | Patronage relationships are common in many cultures. Western missionaries in these environments are

God’s Mission Story Centers on Fellowship

By Collin Cornell | Does God’s faithfulness end when our usefulness runs out? While most Christians would deny this, the

Web Exclusives

The Afghan Initiative: A New Model for Mission in an Age of Migration?

By Scott Brock | In August 2021, many people fled Afghanistan when US troops withdrew. Afghan believers were a vulnerable

Adapting Our Approaches for a Mobile World

By Daniel Råsberg | Traditional insider-outsider categories in missions fail to address the complexities of migrant ministry. Relationships, consistency over

On the Refugee Highway: Extending the Embrace of Christ

By Kaisa Golding and Jim Olang | The refugee crisis presents an urgent opportunity for the church to embody the

Rethinking Indian Missions for a Changing World

By Isac Soundararaja | India is poised to play a significant role in global missions beyond its borders, and India’s

Book Reviews

Seeking God’s Face: Practical Reflections on Honor and Shame in Scripture

Reviewed by L. Lynn Thigpen, PhD, adjunct professor, Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA, and emeritus IMB missionary to Southeast Asia.

Christ-Followers in Other Religions: The Global Witness of Insider Movements

Reviewed by Alan Howell who served in Mozambique among the Makua-Metto people (2003–2018) and as visiting professor of missions at

All That Jesus Commanded: The Christian Life according to the Gospels

Reviewed by Randy L. Jackson, PhD, who served 18 years with the International Mission Board. Currently, he is the associate

Elisabeth Elliot: A Life

Rarely does a biography make the book review list for Evangelical Missions Quarterly. Lucy Austen’s biography of Elisabeth Elliot, however

Faithful Disobedience: Writings on Church and State from a Chinese House Church Movement

Reviewed by Richard Cook, professor of church history and missions at Logos Evangelical Seminary in El Monte, California, and a

New and Old Horizons in the Orality Movement: Expanding the Firm Foundations

Reviewed by Jerome S. Cepeda, PhD student in Orality Studies, Asia Graduate School of Theology, Philippines.

New Funding Models for Global Mission: Learning from the Majority World

Reviewed by Jerome S. Cepeda, PhD student in Orality Studies, Asia Graduate School of Theology, Philippines.

Supracultural Gospel: Bridging East and West

Because cross-cultural servants may be ethnocentric as they share the gospel, there is a need to be more supracultural as

Reaching Your Muslim Neighbor with the Gospel

A.S. Ibrahim has two aims in this book. He seeks first to help his readers understand the Muslim mindset and

Movement Catalysts: Profile of an Apostolic Leader

Reviewed by David Greenlee, PhD, missiologist for Operation Mobilization based in Tyrone, Georgia.

Jesus and the Nations: Discipleship and Mission in the Gospel of Matthew

Reviewed by David Greenlee, PhD, missiologist for Operation Mobilization based in Tyrone, Georgia.

Centered-Set Church: Discipleship and Community Without Judgmentalism

An International Review with a decade of pastoral and church-planting experience in East Asia and the Northeastern United States.

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