Volume 60 Issue 2
EMQ (Evangelical Missions Quarterly)
April–June 2024 | Volume 60 Issue 2
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Editorial
Walking Alongside Our Indigenous Siblings
By Heather Pubols | Across the Americas, God is calling foreign, national, and Indigenous believers to find a place alongside
Articles
We Are Still Here
By Jenn Brown | I am a Christian and a Native American from the Yuchi tribe. My family’s story reflects
Navigating Uncharted Territories
By Chondeug Joseph Jang | In mission history with First Nations in Canada, relationships were broken and Christianity often meant
The Creator’s Community: A Vision for Truth and Reconciliation
By Monique Ransom | Throughout the Scriptures, the Creator has written a story about a reality in which gentiles and
Carrying Gospel Light to the Ends of the Earth
By Derek Ross | Despite immense challenges and forces of evil that worked to destroy our culture, my family stands
Rethinking Missions in Native America
By Patrick Lennox | The mission to Native America is not complete. We need more Native pastors to plant new
God’s Grace Abounds Among the Quechua
By Pío Víctor Campos Barco | Nearly half of Bolivia’s population come from its Indigenous communities of which the Quechua
Uniting Waves, Transforming Lives: The Three Waves Movement
By Enoque Ozório de Faria and Javier Mayorga Ramirez | Across the Amazon region and lowlands of South America, God
An Indigenous Perspective on Unity and Collaboration
By Henrique Dias Terena and César Rodríguez Sáenz | Indigenous Christians are realizing that the church does not belong to
Stay in the Game: The Role of the North American Church in the Amazon
By Chris and Tina Ferry | Foreign missionaries arriving to serve in the Amazon and lowland region of South America
Strengthening the Indigenous Church
By Trudy Seng, Meiry Yakawa, and Vera Bergson | In the heart of South America, the Ammi Training Center brings
Extras
Developing Culturally Intelligent Mission Organizations
By Luke Lundstedt | The world is changing as people from around the world work together side-by-side. Mission organizations must
Navigating Between Worlds
By David R. Dunaetz | Understanding acculturation strategies helps missionaries know what they personally experience and what members of a
Web Exclusives
Contextualization and Amazonian Indigenous Peoples
By Irma Espinoza | For the gospel to be most effectively received, it must be oriented to the receiver. This
Book Reviews
Zúme Training: Multiplying Disciples
Disciple-making is a lost art. In many churches discipleship is largely dependent on programs organized by local churches
World Religions: A Guide to the Essentials
The market for textbooks for courses in world religions might be crowded, but Thomas A. Robinson’s and Hillary P. Rodrigues’
Reading the Bible Around the World: A Student’s Guide to Global Hermeneutics
Reviewed by Nathaniel (Than) Veltman who currently serves as mission scholar in missiology and community development with United World mission’s
Multiplying Leaders in Intercultural Contexts
Reviewed by Bob Bagley who is now semi-retired after almost four decades of service with Global Partners in various leadership
Ambassadors of Reconciliation: God’s Mission through Missions for All
Reviewed by Kyle D. Frohock, PhD student, Center for Missiological Research, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California, and development and intercultural
Hybridizing Mission: Intercultural Social Dynamics among Christian Workers on Multicultural Teams in North Africa
Reviewed by Mark D. Wood, PhD, director of the Kingdom Leadership Training Center, Darhan, Mongolia.
Contextualization and the Old Testament: Between Asian and Western Perspectives
Reviewed by Justin Wheaton who is pursuing a master’s degree in Old Testament and semitic languages from Trinity Evangelical Divinity
Grit to Stay Grace to Go: Staying Well in Cross-Cultural Ministry
Reviewed by L. Lynn Thigpen, PhD, adjunct professor, Liberty University, Lynchburg, Virginia, and emeritus IMB missionary to Southeast Asia.
Humble Confidence: A Model for Interfaith Apologetics
As a young Christian, I was introduced to Christian apologetics through the book Evidence that Demands a Verdict, by the