Living theology
Posted on: 27th February 2023
CMS missionaries Mike and Karen Roe serve in Cape Town, South Africa, where Mike teaches systematic theology at George Whitefield College to students from across Sub-Saharan Africa. Mike reflects on the place of discipleship in theological education. “I have been watching you these two years. To see what kind of man you are.” My west […]
Teamwork in Bible translation
Posted on: 24th February 2023
CMS missionary Diane Lovell, together with Nathan, serves in training and working with Christians from all over Africa in communicating the gospel of grace. Here Diane speaks of the great value of teamwork in translation. God is a speaking God—most clearly through the Bible. Therefore, working to share God’s Bible with people around the world […]
Gospel witness during civil war
Posted on: 22nd February 2023
CMS Co-Mission Partners (CoMPs) Anwar Berhe and his wife Tsigereda Atankir are involved in church planting in Ethiopia. They have attempted to show the grace of Christ during recent times of civil war. In the past two years,[1] my country of Ethiopia has experienced war between its government and the Tigrean rebel forces (TPLF). […]
Partners in truth
Posted on: 20th February 2023
CMS missionaries Dan and Olivia Webster serve in Namibia, where Dan helps to train local gospel workers at the Namibia Evangelical Theological Seminary (NETS).[1] Dan reflects on how the Lord has worked through the long-standing partnership between CMS and NETS to declare the good news of Jesus Christ, the serpent-crusher. “Mamba. Big one.” The […]
A glimpse of growth
Posted on: 17th February 2023
CMS Australia Regional Mission Director Glen Turner served as a missionary with his wife Dominique, teaching at Mara Anglican Primary School in Musoma, Tanzania for ten years. He reflects on an unexpected insight into God’s fruit in people’s lives. As missionaries go out and serve, faithfully planting and watering gospel seeds, there is no […]
Persevering in hope
Posted on: 15th February 2023
CMS missionary M works in a part of Africa where most people have never met someone who knows Jesus, and many are hostile to his message. Here she gives a picture of how she attempts to speak of God’s grace. In the north of this great continent there are very few people who follow Jesus. […]
Prosperity theology in Tanzania
Posted on: 13th February 2023
CMS missionary Tamie Davis, soon to return to Australia after ten years serving in campus ministry with Arthur in Tanzania, helps us to see how ‘prosperity theology’ can be about Bible application, not just greed. Michael Oh, Global Executive Director of the Lausanne Movement, recently said that as Christianity in Africa grows at an astonishing […]
Standing together with the church in Africa
Posted on: 10th February 2023
CMS Australia Regional Mission Director Elizabeth Richards served in DR Congo for many years with her husband Malcolm and family. Here, she encourages and challenges the CMS fellowship to play our part in the ongoing commitment to both long-term partnerships and new opportunities, so that the church in Africa continues to grow and thrive for […]
Teaching trainers, reaching children
Posted on: 9th February 2023
CMS missionary Katie Taylor, ministering together with Mike at Munguishi Bible College, would love to equip every Sunday school teacher in their Diocese of Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, with gospel resources and training. Could you help? Children cheering, keyboards blaring, branches waving, voices lifted in tribal and gospel singing! The Cathedral in Arusha teemed with eager […]
The name that calms our fears
Posted on: 9th February 2023
CMS missionary Mike Taylor serves with Katie in Tanzania, training local church leaders. Here, he reflects on the power of the gospel of grace to release people from slavery to fear. “’I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! […]