CMS funds
CMS-Australia has four funds that you can donate to:
- CMS general fund to support CMS missionaries (non tax deductible)
The CMS general fund supports all of the missionaries sent out through CMS that are not covered by the OAF or Aboriginal Ministry fund. You may select for your donation to be assigned to a specific missionary or missionary unit, though in cases where any missionary or missionary unit has been over-funded, your money will be used to support other CMS missionaries as required.
- CMS Overseas Aid Fund (tax deductible)
CMS also has 50 development and relief workers in countries as approved by the Federal Government from time to time. Some of the areas in which CMS development workers are involved in working with local people include: health and medicine, education, water sanitation, teaching English, agriculture development programs, and refugee assistance.
These workers may be funded from the CMS Overseas Aid Fund (OAF) donations to which are tax deductible.
If you would like more information on the OAF scheme, please follow this link: http://www.ausaid.gov.au/ngos/
- Aboriginal Missionary Work in North Australia (tax deductible)
CMS missionaries in the Northern Territory serve in church ministry, children and youth work, education, urban ministry and Bible translation.
These missionaries are supported by the CMS Aboriginal missionary work in North Australia fund, donations to which are tax deductible.
- St Andrew's Hall Building Fund (tax deductible)
St Andrews Hall is the headquarters for the development and training strategy within CMS. Donations to this fund are used to maintain the property and cover property costs in order that more and more people may be equipped with skills to communicate the gospel across cultures.