Stories to remember
Posted on: 17th May 2022
New CMS missionary J will be serving among Muslim women and families in the Middle East. In this article she shares some of her experience of sharing the gospel through stories.
Storytelling effective across cultures
Posted on: 16th May 2022
After decades of parish ministry in Australia, CMS workers Warwick and Caroline have been serving for over eight years in a multicultural city overseas. Caroline writes about the role of storytelling in their current ministry context.
Learning to tell Bible stories
Posted on: 13th May 2022
CMS missionary Tanja French serves with her husband Jim in Valencia, Spain where she teaches adults through MOCLAM and children through Sunday school and Kids Clubs. She explains part of her challenge in adapting from a culture of written expression to one based on oral communication.
Not forgetting to remember the Saviour
Posted on: 14th April 2022
CMS missionaries Keith and Marion Birchley serve in Papua New Guinea (PNG) with the Tertiary Students Christian Fellowship. They share some of their experience with celebrating Easter in PNG. We have lived in Port Moresby since 2015, but there are aspects of church and community life that we are still learning. Easter is one of […]
Easter in Uganda: focus on fasting
Posted on: 14th April 2022
CMS missionaries Andrew and Margie Newman work at Canon Ndimbirwe Bible College in Uganda. They have experienced three Easters in Uganda, two affected by COVID. Nevertheless, they are starting to get a sense of the usual Easter pattern. Allowing for the fact that two of our three Easters in Uganda have been ‘Corona-ised’, we have […]
Celebrating redemption with the Easter people
Posted on: 14th April 2022
Last night I went for a walk with a friend in the early evening. The dusty streets of this small Middle Eastern town were uncharacteristically quiet, with hardly a person in sight. Most of the shops were boarded up and the sound of car horns was strangely absent. As we walked, we enjoyed the festive lights hung up across the windows and watched the stray cats dart across the road.
Celebrating the uniqueness of Christ – Easter in Toraja
Posted on: 13th April 2022
CMS missionaries Andrew Buchanan and Abi Tandiseru serve in theological education and church-based ministries in Toraja, Indonesia. They share what Easter is like in their location. The Easter season celebrates the turning point in God’s plan of salvation, as Jesus takes on himself the sin of the world and then conquers the great enemy, death. […]
Making a joyful noise – celebrating Easter in South Asia
Posted on: 7th April 2022
CMS workers D and S serve in education in a Muslim-majority country in South Asia. They share how local Christians celebrate Easter. In some ways we were surprised how Easter is celebrated in this country, because it is done with such fervour. We had assumed that, given this is a majority Muslim country, local churches […]
Embodying Faith
Posted on: 4th April 2022
CMS missionaries Arthur and Tamie Davis work in student ministry in Tanzania. In the lead up to Easter, they explain some of the different Christian practices they have encountered in Africa and how their family has adapted. How is your preparation for Easter? Do you set aside time to pray or fast? We have heard […]
Challenged to change: Applying truth in Tanzania
Posted on: 29th March 2022
CMS missionaries Mike and Katie Taylor teach at Munguishi Bible College in Tanzania. Here Katie tells of how God’s word is shaping and challenging the presuppositions of all who read it. Mike has been using a simple Discovery Bible Study Method with many classes: Read the passage; think about what is important; see what it […]
