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God provides in Rome

Posted on: 30th August 2023

CMS missionary Gillian Law works in Rome with Christian university students and their friends as part of the GBU (Gruppi Biblici Universitari, an Italian university Christian group). Recently they saw God answering prayer through a dramatic presentation of Mark’s Gospel, as Gillian tells here. GBU Rome has seen God answer prayers, especially for The Mark […]

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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. 

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Pandemic fatigue: Checkpoint Winter 2021

Posted on: 2nd June 2021

CMS missionary Gillian Law works alongside university students in Italy. As one of the countries hit early and hard by COVID, Gillian and others have encountered both opportunity and fatigue.  Italy was one of the first countries to be severely hit by the pandemic. What started as isolation of a few towns in the north […]

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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 […]

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Italian gospel growth during COVID lockdown. Part 1

Posted on: 25th June 2020

CMS missionary Gillian Law works with the Italian student group Gruppi Biblici Universitari (GBU, the University Bible Group). Here Gillian speaks of what ministry before COVID-19 was like, and what it has now become.  There’s no typical week in university ministry here in Rome. But during the academic year, which is short and sharp, it’s […]

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In-depth training: Run with endurance

Posted on: 9th April 2018

CMS Director of Training and Development David Williams (with his wife, Rachel) works with the teaching team at the CMS training facility, St Andrew’s Hall, to prepare potential missionaries for service in many locations. He explains why solid preparation is necessary for new missionaries starting out in cross-cultural ministry. Some people think being a missionary […]

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Missionary Spotlight: Who has God placed in your life?

Posted on: 31st July 2017

As part of thinking about our ministry to half the world’s population, Checkpoint asked two female missionaries to tell us about someone who has influenced them in their walk as a Christian and missionary.

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Why student ministry?

Posted on: 29th April 2015

CMS missionary Gillian Law is serving in Italy and reflects here on why she became involved in student ministry.

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