Christian books in the Khmer language
Posted on: 14th December 2022
Wim and Maaike Prins served as CMS missionaries in Cambodia for 19 years. Wim, who worked on the translation of Christian books and resources into Khmer language, reflects with thankfulness on this strategic ministry. “It’s the written message of the cross that instructs us for salvation” Words matter. We serve a God who speaks—formerly through […]
Hearing the melody
Posted on: 12th December 2022
Norm and Janelle Gorrie are CMS missionaries in Marsabit, Kenya, where Janelle’s focus is on enabling people to read the Bible in the local Boran language. Here, she describes the deep joy of believers hearing God’s word resonating with the familiar notes of their mother tongue. I see people’s eyes light up with understanding when […]
Making friends through language blunders
Posted on: 9th December 2022
CMS missionaries David and Jenny Juniper are serving in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Here David describes a recent encounter where his beginner’s Swahili helped lighten the mood. A few months ago, we were waiting with our Congolese friend at the taxi rank for a taxi to come from his home village, so that he […]
Deep roots for a growing church
Posted on: 7th December 2022
CMS missionaries Adrian and Anita Lovell have been serving with MOCLAM, a theological training program for Spanish-speaking Christians, for over a decade. Anita explains the vision for MOCLAM and its significance in offering training in biblical theology in Spanish. Over the past four decades, MOCLAM has provided high quality theological training by distance learning to […]
Communicating ‘righteousness’
Posted on: 5th December 2022
CMS missionary Peter Blowes, serving with Terry in Argentina, takes us deep into an important challenge: to speak rightly about ‘righteousness’, in Spanish. How does he navigate the problem? Speaking naturally in a second language is not easy. For me, a ‘plodding’ Spanish speaker, my friends tell me it took six years—plus a community course […]
Five things you can do to encourage a missionary at Christmas
Posted on: 2nd December 2022
Christmas can be a challenging time for missionaries on location, away from family, friends, and familiar traditions. As the homesickness peaks, your support and encouragement is particularly valued. Not only will this uplift missionaries as they share the message of Christ, but it can also help you deepen your relationship with them. 1. Share […]
The end of the beginning
Posted on: 2nd December 2022
CMS missionary Rowan, serving in South East Asia, reflects on how the challenges of language learning have helped him grow in his relationship with God. I was doing some language school homework in a local food court, and I noticed out of the corner of my eye that one of the workers, Anton* , seemed […]
Disciple Making Movements Part 5: some conclusions.
Posted on: 1st December 2022
David Williams is the CMS Director of Training and Development at St Andrew’s Hall. In this fifth and final article in a series exploring ‘Disciple Making Movements’ or DMMs, David offers some assessments and conclusions about how to wisely weigh and apply DMM insights, considered biblically and historically. Part one in the series is […]
Reaching out with clarity
Posted on: 30th November 2022
Ben works with the CMS Mentac program, training people with a specific interest in outreach to Muslims. Here he gives a small insight into the value of learning Arabic in talking about the gospel with Muslim people. “Tell us a story!” My family and I had been in the Middle East for two years and […]
Language learning: a labour of love
Posted on: 28th November 2022
Chris and Kristy Galea are CMS missionaries serving in Malta, where they are working hard to learn the challenging Maltese language (even though most foreigners simply rely on English). Kristy explains why it’s well worth the effort. I’d never thought much about my own language, or language in general. I was a monolingual Aussie and […]
