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The IBMR is a professional academic journal devoted to a sympathetic yet objective analysis and critique of the Christian world mission. The journal wishes to be forthright about the failures and limitations of Christian mission, while at the same time advancing an appreciation of the contributions of Christian mission to the world and its peoples. Articles that do not relate significantly to mission will not be accepted. To be accepted articles should be presented with academic objectivity, rigor, and care. This means that in addition to the quality of the text itself, an article should include appropriately supportive endnotes (separate bibliographies are rarely included). Articles of a general, popular, and/or exhortatory character are not accepted. Article themes range from mission history to analysis of current events and trends, and from mission theory and practice to mission theology. Mission biography enjoys a special place in the profile of the IBMR, as does archival research. Contributors can familiarize themselves with the diversity and breadth of the IBMR’s content and approach by perusing articles online from across the full span of the journal’s publication. The more than 1,500 articles that have appeared in the IBMR can be accessed at www.internationalbulletin.org. The registration required to log in to the website is free. Book reviews, a vital feature of the IBMR, are usually assigned by the editors. Unsolicited book reviews are rarely accepted. Guidelines for reviews can be furnished upon request. Preparing and Submitting Article Manuscripts Length. Articles should be between 3,000 and 4,000 words in length, including endnotes. Longer articles appearing in the IBMR have usuallybeen assigned by the editor. Submission. Manuscripts should be submitted in digital form, if possible. Digital versions may be submitted as an e-mail attachment to bonk@omsc.org (preferred) or mailed on a diskette. A hard copy is not necessary. Author Identification, E-mail Address, and Photographs Author identification. Please include with your article a brief biographical note (1 or 2 sentences up to a maximum of 375 characters including spaces) indicating your present position (with full name and location of school or agency); missionary experience, if any (country, assignment, and years); and nationality (if non-U.S.A.). Please do not expect the editors to add your biographical note, even if you are famous or have written previously for the IBMR. E-mail address. Some authors desire to include their e-mail address with their article; some do not. Please state whether you wish to have yours included with your author identification. If you have multiple e-mail addresses, please indicate which one is to be used. Author photo. Please forward a recent, professional quality, color photograph of yourself in JPG or TIF format for inclusion with the author identification. Digital copies sent as e-mail attachments are preferable. Digital copies will need to be at least 300 dpi and can be expected to be several MBs in size. If a digital copy is not available, please mail a hard copy that we can scan and return to you. Photographs. The IBMR includes one or more photographs with many articles. Detailed information regarding photographs will be sent to authors during the copyediting process. Previous Publication The IBMR publishes original articles and reviews. Articles and reviews that have been previously published in print or online will not be accepted. In submitting manuscripts to be considered for publication in the IBMR, authors certify that they have not previously appeared in print, been published in online journals or books, or been posted online; that they are not under consideration by another publication; and that if accepted for publication they will not be posted online or submitted to another publication without permission from the editor of the IBMR. Unsolicited Articles Hard copies of unsolicited articles will not be returned unless accompanied by a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Authors of unsolicited articles should allow three to four weeks for a response from the editors. Complimentary Copies Remuneration. No remuneration is given for articles published in the IBMR, but authors will receive 25 complimentary copies of the issue in which their article appears. Address correspondence to: Jonathan J. Bonk, Editor Fax: (203) 865-2857
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