Overwhelmed by Coronavirus
Posted on: 15th September 2021
South East Asia has suffered intensely from Coronavirus, especially the Delta variant. CMS workers who serve with university students and medical graduates in the region describe the impact of COVID-19 on their community. A community in crisis Overwhelmed. It’s a word we had rarely heard our friends use until this last year. South East Asian people are generally used to uncertainty, disasters and trauma. But recently, this term has been used […]
A morning in the life of an online Bible teacher
Posted on: 31st August 2021
CMS missionaries Dave and Leoni Painter teach at Phnom Penh Bible College. For the last year and a half their classes have been largely conducted online. Dave shares some of the challenges of teaching remotely. After 18 months of online teaching, I’ve asked myself, “Why not be a ‘Zoom-missionary’? Now much of our contact with students is online, should we continue […]
The cost of a new start: Checkpoint Spring 2021
Posted on: 30th August 2021
After several years serving in parish ministry in Sydney, CMS workers Morgan and Olivia are now working at a church in the Middle East. Morgan shares some of the highs and lows of being a sending church. We recently farewelled a fellow pastor from our church here on location. It’s hard to imagine how we […]
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 […]
Making the most of every opportunity
Posted on: 8th June 2021
CMS missionaries David and Jenny Juniper are waiting to begin their ministry in DR Congo. With their departure delayed due to the Coronavirus, they have found other opportunities to serve God’s people. They share how God has opened a door to serve on Christmas Island while they wait. “Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that […]
COVID in Cambodia’s shame culture
Posted on: 6th June 2021
CMS missionaries David and Leoni Painter live in Cambodia, where they serve at Phnom Penh Bible School. Here they consider the social and spiritual consequences of Coronavirus on their nation. We are now more than a year into the pandemic, and we continue to see people around the world suffering—but not always in the same way. As outsiders, God […]
When God brings change: Checkpoint Winter 2021
Posted on: 4th June 2021
CMS missionaries Dave and Beck McIntyre serve as part of Mondo Bible Church in Japan. Here they talk about the challenges, benefits and opportunities that COVID-19 has brought to their church. Planning has turned from a science into an art since COVID came to town. The nation known for trains that arrive on the minute, […]
Unseasonal blessings: Checkpoint Winter 2021
Posted on: 2nd June 2021
CMS missionaries Ian and Narelle Hadfield serve at St George’s, a large international church in Singapore. Ian describes how, despite COVID restrictions prohibiting many in-person ministries, God’s word continued to go out. Paul’s instruction to Timothy to “preach the word in season and out of season” was the foundation of our approach to the […]
Reasons to stay: Checkpoint Winter 2021
Posted on: 21st May 2021
CMS workers Derk and Susan made the deliberate decision to stay serving in South Asia where, alongside their fellow believers, they have continued to see God working in the midst of Coronavirus. Derk writes: “And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love him, who have been called […]
Student ministry under lockdown: Checkpoint Winter 2021
Posted on: 19th May 2021
CMS workers L and J minister to international students in a region that has undergone significant COVID lockdown. What challenges have they faced, and what opportunities have come? We minister alongside international students. Here is what one Nigerian student, Theophilus, said about his experience of the pandemic: When Coronavirus cases were reported in other […]
