Accepting Correction
Posted on: 15th June 2020
CMS missionary Julie Field, serving with Martin in Asociación Bíblica Universitaria Argentina (ABUA) in Argentina, has had a difficult year in ministry. Here she reflects on the humbling joys and challenges of being a ‘parent’ to those she serves. We have been serving Argentine uni students for the past 12 years. In 2007 I arrived in Argentina as an energetic 35 year old woman, and my dealings with our twenty-something student friends felt like […]
Peru in lockdown: an update, and what the churches are doing.
Posted on: 12th June 2020
CMS missionaries Nick & Kysha Davies report the latest on how the Coronavirus has affected life for people in Peru, and how local churches are helping. Peru is still in lockdown, 85 days at the time of writing. We are very safe. We’ve got plenty of food in our fridge and freezer to last us […]
Lasting hope lasts during COVID
Posted on: 9th June 2020
CMS workers M & L, located in SE Asia, provided this brief but inspiring message about one of the people they are ministering to in their location. It is a reminder that while the world may be in pandemic lockdown, the gospel is unchained. We wanted to share with you this wonderful testimony from our brother Dan […]
Big plan, small part
Posted on: 8th June 2020
CMS missionary Terry Blowes, serving with Peter, works in local student ministry in Buenos Aires, Argentina, encouraging and mentoring leaders and others. Here Terry shares about how God called her to accept a tiny part in his big plan. When we returned to Argentina in 2015 for a second tour of service, I was asked to work with the Asociación Bíblica Universitaria Argentina (ABUA) Buenos Aires student group. […]
Pleasure, Pain and the Secular Worldview. Part 3: Shrink-wrapped Minds
Posted on: 3rd June 2020
In this, the third in a series of six on ‘pleasure, pain, and the secular worldview’, CMS Director of Training and Development David Williams talks about ‘shrink-wrapped minds’; that is, a mind that confines all thought of meaning and purpose to itself. Part one, Emotions and the Fall’, is here. Part two, ‘Life under the […]
Being Christ’s servant
Posted on: 2nd June 2020
CMS missionary Judith Calf served in Tanzania for many years, returned to Australia and is now back in Tanzania. Judith reflects on the daily challenges of serving in mission with humility, and how she seeks to follow the example of Jesus. When I was asked to write about humility in mission, my first thought was ‘I am not comfortable with doing that!’ Writing about how I live out humility in my life and ministry […]
Trapped in Japan, but ministering in the Middle East
Posted on: 2nd June 2020
K is a Japanese-speaking CMS worker in the Middle East who focuses on working with the Japanese diaspora community. The COVID-19 crisis has seen her caught in Japan, where she previously worked for many years. Here is a wide-ranging reflection on how God is using this time to both test her, and to give gospel opportunities online. This includes continuing to […]
Learning patience
Posted on: 26th May 2020
CMS missionary Grace Adams, serving with Chris in Timor-Leste, was hoping for quick results when she embarked on a translation project. But sometimes God seems to work slowly in his gospel mission. We had been well-trained by CMS to have realistic expectations about what we might achieve, and how soon. When we were missionaries-in-training, experienced missionaries told us that we would do well in our first […]
Giving thanks – Maurice Betteridge
Posted on: 26th May 2020
We praise the Lord for the life of Maurice Betteridge, who died 25 May, aged 92. Maurice was well cared for by the staff in Hedley Sutton aged care facility and supported by his daughter Joanna and son Peter, and also by Jill Wilson (she and her late husband Bp John had been with the […]
Zooming in: our last letter to, or from, Japan
Posted on: 26th May 2020
CMS missionaries Brad & Michelle Jackson have been serving in Japan for over 13 years and have returned to Australia for their final Home Assignment. Here they speak about leaving Japan at short notice with both sadness and gospel joy. At the time of this posting, they are in quarantine in Sydney, before returning to Melbourne. Good news! COVID-19 has not stopped the ministry of the gospel. […]
