http://www.emisdirect.com Professional journal for the worldwide mission community en http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2634 Difficult, thoughtful questions can become tools to help us observe "the evidences of the grace of God." Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Craig Parro) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2634 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2647 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Miikka Ruokanen and Paulos Huang, eds.) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2647 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2641 The essence of Christianity does not lie in the religious structures that are so obvious, but in something deeper, which Kraft shares using three key characteristics. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Charles H. Kraft) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2641 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2638 Cultural anthropology can and should be harnessed as a necessary and practical aid for the task of knowing the soils of individual people within cultures and sub-cultures. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Anne Blythe) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2638 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2648 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Kitty Barnhouse Purgason, ed. ) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2648 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2649 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Craig Ott and Gene Wilson) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2649 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2643 Editor's note: With the merger of CrossGlobal Link and The Mission Exchange, beginning with the April 2012 issue, we will be running an ongoing column from the new mission entity. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Marvin J. Newell and Steve Moore) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2643 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2645 The author shares some common concerns among missionary women. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Lorrie Lindgren) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2645 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2656 In holistic discipleship, the ultimate God addresses intimate needs in ordinary areas of life; areas of "non-poor" poverty are exposed; and disciple-makers consider the community growth process from relief to sustainability. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Jay Moon) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2656 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2631 Corwin focuses on three things that impress him most about Stott's engagement with mission issues. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Gary Corwin) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2631 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2637 As the first of two articles on the dependency/ interdependency debate, Rickett presents the main views of Glenn Schwartz and John Rowell. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Daniel Rickett) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2637 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2640 Shipman gives an overview of why education consultants are vital to missionary families around the world. She includes key characteristics consultants must display. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Melissa Shipman) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2640 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2651 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Sahaja Carimokam) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2651 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2642 Point: A Muslim-born Pastor's Response to a 2009 Insider's Conference by Jonathan McNeil. Counterpoint: Asking Questions: A Response to Jonathan McNeil by Kevin Higgins Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Jonathan McNeil and Kevin Higgins) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2642 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2654 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (EMQ) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2654 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2636 After describing his own experience in teaching and mentoring in different contexts, Nichols shares ideas for developing the student-teacher relationship outside of the classroom. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Mike Nichols) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2636 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2646 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Werner Mischke, designer/editor) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2646 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2633 Being a cultural pilgrim may be the best way to live on this earth, since it reminds us that we belong to God, not to a particular culture. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Marcus Dean) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2633 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2644 We cannot pit church planters against theological educators. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Darren Carlson) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2644 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2635 Atkins shares how music can be used to confront issues within a believer's worldview. Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Wendy Atkins) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2635 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2652 Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (Irving Hexham) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2652 http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2632 Payne encourages everyone involved in missions to set a goal in 2012 to read Missionary Methods: St. Paul's or Ours? Sun, 01 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 customerservice@emisdirect.com (J. D. Payne) http://www.emisdirect.com/emq/issue-318/2632