Our Vision
CMS PURPOSE
As a fellowship of Christian people, CMS (the Church Missionary Society) exists to glorify God through the proclamation of the gospel of Jesus Christ in all the world.
CMS VISION
Our vision is to see God’s Church growing in all the world as lives and communities are transformed by Christ.
CMS VALUES
a) God’s Word, the foundation of all we are and do.
b) Our history, which gives us identity and guidelines for service.
c) Ownership by the members of CMS.
d) Working in fellowship with all our partners.
e) Sending and supporting long-term missionaries.
f) Faithful stewardship in the ministries to which God calls us.
CMS STRATEGIES
a) We educate and enable for world mission.
b) We find, prepare and send people.
c) We develop partnerships with churches and Christian organisations around the world.
CMS OBJECTIVES
a) In order to make best use of our strengths and resources, we are placing people into mission partnerships, emphasising five strategic areas of ministry:
- Mission in Muslim areas
- Student ministry
- Church-based ministry
- Leadership training
- Development and caring
b) We pray and plan that by the year 2012, we will have increased our overall missionary numbers by 100 to 275, of whom 65 will be working in the Muslim world; and grow our membership base by 5000.
c) We are refining our governance structures to guarantee faithfulness to our Purpose, Vision and Values; and developing the management of CMS, striving for excellence in the delivery of Strategies and Objectives.
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