Pleasure, pain and the secular worldview Part 1: Emotions and the Fall
Posted on: 1st April 2020
In this, the first in a series of six on ‘pleasure and pain and the secular worldview’, CMS Director of Training and Development David Williams considers the subject of ‘Emotions and the Fall’. Part 2 is here. Watch for the third instalment in the near future. I recently visited a family who have a daughter […]
SAH redevelopment update: Construction continues on time and on track
Posted on: 1st April 2020
Construction continues on time and on track for St Andrews Hall. Thanks to God that construction can continue at this time, a large site means social distancing is possible while work continues. We are excited that excavation for the foundations is complete. Pray that construction will continue on time, on budget and safely. Continue to […]
From little things, big things grow
Posted on: 30th March 2020
What do you do when your two small children triple the size of your church Sunday school just by turning up? CMS missionary Kate Morris began in a small way to bring God’s word to the little people God was bringing to their church. Piercing notes of a child’s wails tore through parental chatter. A […]
COVID-19 Update from CMS Australia
Posted on: 24th March 2020
“God is our help and strength, an ever present help in trouble” (Psalm 46:1). The psalmist was facing a crisis very different from that which we are facing today, but the same assurance stands. Our God is our refuge and we must look confidently to him in times of trouble. In verse 10 of the […]
Children on Mission
Posted on: 23rd March 2020
CMS missionaries Matt and Jen Lim are working in Japan. They find having children brings special opportunities for mission in their local community. It’s 5:30am and two year old Theo has woken the rest of us up. He is already running around our apartment with footsteps that probably sound like elephant thuds to our downstairs […]
Children open doors
Posted on: 16th March 2020
CMS missionaries Howard and Michelle Newby are serving in the Philippines, and find having children brings special opportunities for mission in their local community. Being a family of five creates some terrific opportunities for the gospel in the Philippines. On leaving Australia we had a pretty clear direction for living in the Philippines. Home schooling […]
COVID-19 response from CMS
Posted on: 13th March 2020
The current spread of the Coronavirus COVID-19 is having a continuing global effect, as health authorities worldwide work to deal with existing cases and limit its further spread. CMS has taken a number of steps in response to the information obtained from the World Health Organisation and the Australian Government. CMS is regularly updating all […]
How I became a missionary
Posted on: 9th March 2020
Every CMS missionary has a different story of God at work in their life. CMS missionary M was surrounded by missionaries at church from an early age. She reflects on how childhood fascination grew into solid and long-term mission commitment. Growing up in a church filled with returned missionaries, it was foreseeable that I might […]
When difference gets me down
Posted on: 5th March 2020
Ex-CMS missionary Greg Anderson is now bishop of the Northern Territory. In this, the last of six articles on humility in mission, Greg writes about dealing well with the difficulties and tensions of coming to serve from a position of privilege. Article One is Skin-deep mission: how Western missionaries are perceived. Article Two is The Money Factor: […]
Teenage evangelists
Posted on: 2nd March 2020
CMS missionaries Mike and Tania Snowdon work with high school students in Valencia, Spain. Although many Spanish people are cynical about organised religion, God is at work, helping young people encounter Jesus through his Word. “We long to see this happen in Spain! Youth meeting Jesus, continuing in him, and sharing him with others. It […]
