By God’s grace: partnerships around the world
Posted on: 18th November 2019
Partnership and humility go hand in hand. Out of that humility and mutual grace, CMS missionaries (and those they work with) can report wonderful stories of gospel growth and spiritual progress. These are just a few of those stories from some of the places where we work: J in the Middle East: learning to listen […]
A picture of a church in Nepal
Posted on: 15th November 2019
Nepali pastor Grishma Parajuli will be sharing at CMS Summer Conferences in January 2020. Several CMS workers serve alongside Pastor Grishma, at Nayagaun Church in Pokhara Checkpoint interviewed Grishma about his church and how we can partner with God’s work in Nepal. Checkpoint: What is your church doing? Grishma Parajuli: Nayagaun Church is a vibrant […]
Pictures of Nepali Partnership
Posted on: 11th November 2019
The story of how the church in Nepal has grown—from no known Christians in 1952 to over a million today—is a story of joyful gospel partnership. That partnership is multifaceted in character, ranging from those in CMS branches around Australia who pray, care, give and go, to local believers in Nepal who both learn from […]
A Picture of Strong Partnership
Posted on: 4th November 2019
Serving in partnership is at the core of the work of CMS. In this article International Director Peter Rodgers writes about the joy of partnership under God, highlighting our relationship with the growing church in Nepal. I recently visited our workers and partners in Nepal. It was a joyful time! The Nepali church is one […]
The politeness factor: relatively rude mission agents
Posted on: 31st October 2019
Ex-CMS missionary Greg Anderson is now bishop of the Northern Territory. In this, the third of six articles on humility in mission, Greg writes about some of the difficulties associated with politeness and cultural norms, and dealing with these as a Christian and as a missionary. (The first of Greg’s articles is here. The second article […]
One plants, another waters—Maggie Crewes on partnership
Posted on: 28th October 2019
CMS missionary Maggie Crewes supports Hope For Justice country directors and teams who rescue child victims of exploitation and seek to restore lives. Her main focus is on programs in Africa and Cambodia. Here she writes about the global partnership that supports her work, and the deep joy that it brings her. Many years ago, […]
L & T—a glimpse into trust
Posted on: 21st October 2019
CMS worker T shares a story that highlights the significance of partnership with local believers in her location. S, one of the women from our ladies’ fellowship group, had moved to a village with her husband N (a pastor) and two-year-old son, to support a daughter church of N Church. She called me to share […]
Review: The Gospel in Human Contexts
Posted on: 14th October 2019
Hiebert, Paul. The Gospel in Human Contexts: Anthropological Explorations for Contemporary Missions. 2009. Reviewed by Evangeline Hester, Communications Assistant at CMS Australia What is the gospel’s solution to post-modernism? If our own understanding of God is influenced by our own culture, how do we describe him to other cultures? What can we learn from […]
Meet Grishma Parajuli – International Speaker for Summer School Conferences
Posted on: 7th October 2019
Grishma Parajuli has a remarkable story of God’s grace in his life. Here, CMS missionaries G & R share some of the highlights. “You can pray for me, but I challenge you: I will never become a Christian!” This was the reply Grishma gave to a senior Nepali nurse who had offered to pray for […]
The money factor: relatively rich mission agents
Posted on: 2nd October 2019
In this, the second of six articles on humility in mission, former CMS missionary Bishop Greg Anderson considers how missionaries might deal wisely with the gap between those materially rich, and those living in poverty. (The first article is here. The third article is here. The other links will appear as the series continues.) I […]
