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Welcome
to the Evangelical Missiological Society website!
We are a professional society with more than 350 members
comprised of missiologists, mission administrators, teachers,
pastors with strategic missiological interests, and students
of missiology. The Evangelical Missiological Society
(EMS) exists to advance the cause of world evangelization.
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2008 Annual Meeting of the EMS
The theme for this year is Mission Initiatives from the Majority World Churches.
The Evangelical Missiological Society will celebrate its National Meeting in conjunction with the Missions Exchange (formerly EFMA) and Cross Global Link (formerly IFMA) at the North American Mission Leaders Conference (Triennial 2008).
The meeting will be held September 24-27 in Broomfield, Colorado.
The EMS is pleased to continue the practice of meeting with the now Cross Global Link and Mission Exchange. The annual theme of EMS coincides precisely with that of Cross Global Link and The Mission Exchange. Program planning includes significant contributions from Majority World evangelical thinkers, and provides for interaction between agencies, churches and academics and reflective practitioners.
Click HERE for more information on papers for presentation at the EMS Regional National Meeting.
Registration will be through Cross Global Link at www.ifmamissions.org and the Mission Exchange, www.efma.gospel.net
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Now Available! Missions in the Contexts of Violence, vol. 15
It was a simple letter that Karen Watson wrote about a year before it was needed. She handed it to her pastor in Bakersfield, California just prior to departing for Iraq to serve as an international missionary for the Southern Baptist Convention. Karen was one of four SBC missionaries murdered following an ambush. The letter she left behind is profoundly illustrative of the motivations and convictions that many like her down through the centuries have possessed. They each have wished to follow Christ, even if it means paying the ultimate price. While terrorists strike the world with fear that others may die; Karen and her colleagues were willing to die that others might know Christ and through Him have life abundant. The letter described Karen’s understanding of the heart of a missionary, one that is resigned to God’s will whatever it may be:
The Missionary Heart
Cares more than some think is wise.
Risks more than some think is safe.
Dreams more than some think is practical.
Expects more than some think is possible.
This volume deals with the contexts of violence. In an age of increasing concern for this type of missionary work, the missions community needs to hear from those that have reflected on the multifaceted elements involved in understanding the phenomenon of martyrdom, persecution, violence as it relates to telling the age old Gospel story. The place to begin is with Biblical and theological analyses followed by the grounding provided by constructing consequent lifestyles, strategies, and practices in physically risky settings.
Click on the "Publications" link above to order this latest volume in the EMS series.
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Winter '08 Occasional Bulletin
In a sequel to his earlier
study on the “Paradigm of Relational Realism, Enoch Wan opens the OB with his thoughts on "Relational Theology and Relational Missiology." It's an issue you don't want to miss.
Click on the "Publications" link above to view current and past issues of the OB
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EMS Membership Information
Don't risk missing the next volume in the EMS publication series... Renew your membership today!
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