Five things you can do to encourage a missionary at Christmas
Posted on: 2nd December 2022
Christmas can be a challenging time for missionaries on location, away from family, friends, and familiar traditions. As the homesickness peaks, your support and encouragement is particularly valued. Not only will this uplift missionaries as they share the message of Christ, but it can also help you deepen your relationship with them. 1. Share […]
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 […]
Ready to return: the Boyds back in DR Congo
Posted on: 22nd July 2021
CMS missionaries David and Prue Boyd have served in DR Congo over several decades. They have lived through the refugee crisis following the Rwandan genocide, outbreaks of Ebola and cholera and natural disasters. Despite the unknown status of Coronavirus in DRC, they were eager to return and continue their ministry. When David and Prue Boyd returned […]
It’s easy to find reasons not to go
Posted on: 20th April 2021
For these CMS workers*, keen to return to their location, COVID has been a season of thwarted plans and interruptions. There are good reasons to remain in Australia, but they are convinced of the need to go. On the subject of overseas cross-cultural mission, I keep hearing in my mind the words of a Christian leader who once said to me, “It’s easy […]
Reaching out during lockdown
Posted on: 17th March 2021
CMS missionaries Colin & Cath Puffett are serving in Nantes, France with a view to establishing a new church. Part of engaging with the community has involved caring for university students. Cath describes this part of the ministry here. When COVID-19 initially hit France in mid-March 2020, the country went into a strict lockdown. The announcement was […]
God provides in Amsterdam
Posted on: 1st February 2021
CMS missionaries David and Cathie Sandifer–recently arrived in Europe–were looking for housing in the midst of the Coronavirus crisis in 2020. They needed to find somewhere before David began his new work teaching at Tyndale Theological Seminary in Amsterdam. Read on to see how God provided for them at just the right time. …how much more will your Father […]
Creating community at a distance
Posted on: 6th January 2021
CMS missionary Amy Stephens, working in Argentina, writing in September 2020 reflected on how Coronavirus has impacted university ministry in Cordoba. Normally at this time of the year, the city would be bustling with university students; sadly, due to the virus, that is not happening, and we are in quarantine. Here, in this province, we have around 300-400 new cases each day. […]
Italian gospel growth during lockdown. Part 2: some personal stories
Posted on: 25th June 2020
CMS missionary Gillian Law works with the Italian student group Gruppi Biblici Universitari (GBU, the University Bible Group. Here in part 2 of her account of gospel growth under lockdown (part 1 is here) she shares encouraging personal stories of how gospel work continues. What has ministry in Italy looked like during COVID-19 lockdown? In […]
Learning patience
Posted on: 26th May 2020
CMS missionary Grace Adams, serving with Chris in Timor-Leste, was hoping for quick results when she embarked on a translation project. But sometimes God seems to work slowly in his gospel mission. We had been well-trained by CMS to have realistic expectations about what we might achieve, and how soon. When we were missionaries-in-training, experienced missionaries told us that we would do well in our first […]
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 […]
