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Back issues available in Microfilm from NA Publishers, 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Arbor, MI 48103. y g ea n r ti s a r b e 1964-2014 l e c Evangelical Missions Quarterly servants for the hard places INTERSERVEUSA WWW.INTERSERVEUSA.ORG table of contents REGULAR FEATURES 6 Perspectives: The Not-So-Good Method of Church Planting By Roland Muller 10 A Second Look: What Are We to Do? A Question of Self-defense By Gary Corwin 92 In the 20/30 Gap: Closing the Rift: Addressing Common Mission Misconceptions By Daniel J. Lim 98 Voices in the Local Church: A Passion for Souls: Our Continued Journey Global Missions By Verdell Goulding 104 Excellence in Missions: How Big is Our Bible? Confidence in the Bible for Missional Leadership By Grant McClung 110 Book Reviews ARTICLES 12 Memorization and Maturation: An Experiment in Leadership Formation in Mozambique By Alan Howell Memorization may very well provide a significant tool for dis- cipleship; one that missionaries have not utilized very well. 18 Good Decisions Need a Godly Process: Acts 15 as Our Guide By Daniel Bacon Six principles for discerning God’s direction drawn from Acts 15. 26 A Japanese Gospel Message By Paul Sadler Framing the gospel message in a way that makes sense to a Japanese audience is critical in communicating Christ in Japan. 36 Suffering and the Widows of Kitula Village (Kenya) By Michèle Miller Sigg Suffering can play a significant role in the development of faith despite the pain that sufferers must endure seen in the way that the widows of Kitula (Kenya) look to Jesus as their kinsman-defender. 44 The Priority of Leadership Training in Global Mission By Jeffrey P. Greenman and Gene L. Green The Western church can contribute to the health of the whole body of Christ through the wise support of theological education in the Majority World. 52 Resourcing Majority World Seminaries: A Case Study from Indonesia By Michael Chung, with Harry Sudarma There are many ways to help seminaries in the Majority World develop, including providing academic expertise, appropriate literature resources, and financial support. 58 Powerful Influences and Dangers of Money in Missions By Marv Newell Money is both influential and powerful; it can be used strategically for the benefit of God’s kingdom or detrimentally through creating paternalistic dependence. 66 For Those Involved in the Insider Movement Debate Perspective from Church History and Scripture By Tom Hale Perspectives from history offer potential ways forward in the ongoing debate about Insider Movements. 72 Missionaries and Deployed Military: A Match Made in Heaven? By S. Daniel Smith Perspectives from one serving in the military on ways that missions might benefit from taking advantage of the opportunities military volunteers can provide. 78 “He Really Cares about Us” A Personal Type of Leadership By Lew Rinard George Verwer cared deeply about those serving under his leadership; a lasting impact from his leadership style was the enablement of those he led to grow and develop their gifts as leaders following Christ. 84 The Trust Factor in Multicultural Teams By Eric Plantenga Building and maintaining trust is an essential—though often difficult—component of building healthy international teams. perspectives The Not-So-Good Method of Church Planting Roland Muller ver the years, I have tried to describe the church- planting method that I and many others use, but have failed to come up with a good description Ountil now. I have called it the Not-So-Good method because it does not require an outstanding missionary, outstanding local leaders, or wonderful converts. Rather, anyone, even not-so- good missionaries, can use this. This method was developed because not-so-good missionary asks the not- I was a not-so-good missionary. I strug- so-good local if he or she could teach gled with the language, the culture, him or her some lessons, and then the and personal issues in my life, such as local will be available to teach others. timidity and uncertainty. But God kept I call this person the teacher, but for pressing me that I should be involved goodness sake, don’t tell him or her in planting churches. So as a not-so- that he or she is a teacher, because the good missionary, I looked around for person may get a swelled head, espe- a local person with whom to work. In cially if he or she is the not-so-good his infinite wisdom, God has never had kind to which God always directs me. a perfect local leader for me to work In this method, the missionary with, so I have always ended up work- teaches the local teacher the lesson ing with not-so-good people. and then the local teacher teaches I have never had wonderful tools the lesson back to the missionary to and materials to use either, so I have ensure that he or she knows it well had to settle for some not-so-good and can teach others. If the person tools. I now recommend the Discov- really is a not-so-good teacher, get him ery Lessons and the Discipleship Lessons or her to teach other missionaries as by Abdallah Hawatmeh, but there are well. Then, start looking for people other tools out there as well. to teach. God has typically led me to not-so-good people. Most have strug- How It Works gles and problems, sometimes really In the Not-So-Good method, the terrible issues, with which they have 6 EMQ January 2014 had to deal. But I am a not-so-good Back to the Method… missionary, with a not-so-good teach- After suggesting this several times, er, so I accept not-so-good contacts.