CMS QNNSW Summer School 2022 Online
Posted on: 16th February 2022
Summer School is the culmination of months of planning, days of work, and hours of preparation. Its entire purpose is to bring God’s people together for fellowship, Bible teaching and sharing our collective hearts for cross-cultural mission. Always knowing that it was a possibility that COVID could thwart our plans, we pressed on and committed […]
Checkpoint Autumn 2022: Understanding culture
Posted on: 16th February 2022
In Tanzania, CMS missionary Judith Calf trains pastors and evangelists for the Diocese of Lweru, while fellow missionary Tamie Davis (married to Arthur) serves with Tanzanians who work with university students in Dar es Salaam. Here they give two different perspectives on what ‘discipling’ can mean in the Tanzanian context. Judith writes: How culturally bound […]
A new start: working with students in Belgium
Posted on: 15th February 2022
After a long history of service with CMS, including more than a decade in Tanzania, Howard and Trisha Spencer have returned to missionary work. They share how God has answered prayer and prepared their way for ministry to students in Belgium. In July 2021, amid complex COVID restrictions, God enabled us to leave Australia, move […]
Discipling takes time – even for Jesus: Checkpoint Autumn 2022
Posted on: 14th February 2022
CMS workers Andrew and Liz Glover serve at International Christian Fellowship (ICF), in Phnom Penh, Cambodia where Andrew is the senior pastor. In this article Andrew reflects on the centrality of Jesus and the Bible to the process of discipling. The example of Jesus By the time Peter makes his famous declaration that Jesus is […]
Responding to opportunity: making disciples in France – Checkpoint Autumn 2022
Posted on: 14th February 2022
CMS missionaries Josh and Susannah Apieczonek believe and model the truth that all Christians can be in a discipling relationship. Josh writes about how they live this out among French believers. What comes into your head when you hear the word ‘discipleship’? An intense three-hour weekly meeting of sanctification and edification? A Mr Miyagi mentor […]
Checkpoint Autumn 2022: MOCLAM discipleship in Spain
Posted on: 14th February 2022
CMS missionaries Jim and Tanja French, serving in Valencia, Spain, are passionate about discipling Spanish people to grow in maturity in Christ. Here Jim briefly discusses the why, what and how of their current ministry. We have been in Spain for just under three years working with the MOCLAM team. [1] Through the MOCLAM work […]
Checkpoint Autumn 2022: Shaped by small groups
Posted on: 12th February 2022
CMS missionaries Andrew Buchanan and Abi Tandiseru serve in a theological college in Indonesia, with long-term links to the student ministry, Perkantas. Here they explain that discipleship in their context works better in small groups. The Perkantas student ministry doesn’t usually use one-to-one discipling. If a small group gets down to just one member, it […]
Checkpoint Autumn 2022: Following Christ across cultures
Posted on: 10th February 2022
Wei-Han Kuan is the Executive Director of CMS Victoria. Here he explores the question of what it means to be a disciple of Christ across cultures—and the implications for every person in the CMS fellowship. ‘Disciple’ is a Christian word that occurs some 260 times in the New Testament. A disciple is a follower: the […]
The Psalms and Mission part 3: The Psalms, Praise, and Mission
Posted on: 1st February 2022
CMS missionary Nathan Lovell serves, with Diane, as a Bible lecturer at George Whitefield College in Capetown, South Africa. In this third in his series on the Psalms and mission, he encourages us to think of praising God as the essence of mission. Read part one and part two. Sing joyfully to the Lord, you […]
Eternity News: Missionary Diary with Kate Morris
Posted on: 24th January 2022
CMS missionaries Daniel and Kate Morris work with university students in France through the GBU. In this article for Eternity News Kate reflects on the hope for happiness in times of disappointment. Missionary Diary: Wishing you a Happy (?) New Year from France. (This link will take you to the Eternity News website) “Let us […]
