Serving Europe (and beyond) through theological education
Posted on: 23rd June 2022
CMS missionaries David and Cathie Sandifer serve at Tyndale Theological Seminary in the Netherlands. They share some of the challenges and encouragements of ministering at Tyndale.
A great month for the gospel
Posted on: 20th June 2022
CMS missionary Gillian Law works with students in the Italian group Gruppi Biblici Universitari (GBU—the University Bible Group in Italy) to bring the gospel to other students. May 2022 was a great month for the gospel.
Lives transformed by God’s truth
Posted on: 17th June 2022
Writing and teaching the Biblical Counselling and Care (BCC) course at JBC has been a significant privilege for me. It’s been amazing to see students apply God’s truth into the mess and pain of their lives.
Singing God’s story
Posted on: 16th June 2022
CMS worker J is serving in the Middle East. Here she describes how the telling of Bible stories can open pathways to faith for women and their families. My teammate and I are sitting on mattresses that line the edge of the living room—four refugee women and us. There are five children jostling around me, […]
Engaging deeply
Posted on: 15th June 2022
In this highly literate context, telling the story (rather than simply reading it) is helping people engage with the gospel. Those who memorise the narrative dwell deeply on the story as they see the patterns and the way it fits together.
Learning through weakness
Posted on: 14th June 2022
Being in a new town with a new job has made me feel like a beginner again, and I’ve been daily aware of my complete dependence on God.
Re-enacting Ruth
Posted on: 13th June 2022
Ruth opens a unique door into Israelite family life in the time of Israel’s Judges. It makes it easy to think about the cultural life of the ancient Israelites and the life of our students—the things that seem similar and the things that seem different.
Unveiling the mystery
Posted on: 10th June 2022
All women who are planning to go into full-time ministry among Muslims anywhere in the world should study this book in preparation and keep it with them for continual reference.
Stories in the sand
Posted on: 9th June 2022
The most common way we use storytelling is as the initial way of engaging people with the Bible. Before we bring out written passages, we first story-tell and discuss the passage in Bislama, the national creole.
Faithful in translation
Posted on: 8th June 2022
Listening to stories has been a core element of our language-learning and it continues to be an important means of loving the Timorese people.
