Culture shock
Posted on: 10th March 2023
Malcolm and Ainsley are CMS missionaries serving in Chile, where they eventually hope to train and disciple future church leaders at the Centro de Estudios Pastorales (CEP, Centre for Pastoral Studies), a Bible college in Santiago. They have been focusing on building relationships and learning the Chilean language and culture, but even this is on […]
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 […]
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 […]
Gospel connections in unexpected places
Posted on: 19th March 2021
CMS workers seek to share God’s love wherever they are, whatever they are doing. One of our workers, C, reflects on some unexpected gospel connections she made when she visited her brother in Iceland in December 2020. What a strange 12 months it has been. I have faced many new challenges, and God has been teaching and growing me through them. Late last year I was notified of […]
Mission in humility: Revisiting our methods
Posted on: 29th June 2020
CMS missionaries Arthur & Tamie Davis support and encourage Fellowship of Evangelical Students (TAFES) staff, who help Tanzanian students meet Jesus and follow him beyond university. Here Tamie and Arthur share how approaching mission in humility means learning to think differently. Humility in mission is about revisiting our methods in cross-cultural ministry, and aspiring to use local languages, local resources, and local thinking styles. Sounds […]
A Picture of Strong Partnership
Posted on: 4th November 2019
Serving in partnership is at the core of the work of CMS. In this article International Director Peter Rodgers writes about the joy of partnership under God, highlighting our relationship with the growing church in Nepal. I recently visited our workers and partners in Nepal. It was a joyful time! The Nepali church is one […]
Head, heart and hands
Posted on: 22nd July 2019
CMS has had several decades worth of involvement in mission in French university ministry, with an ongoing focus through the Relais programme on training leaders who will train others. CMS missionary Caroline Evenden gives a sense of how gospel growth will continue through locals even after the departure of some of those long-term CMS workers. […]
Healing ministry
Posted on: 1st July 2019
Terry & Liz McCoy are just finishing their formal service with CMS. Here Liz looks back on one aspect of their work with trauma amongst the Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory. When Terry and I arrived in Angurugu on Groote Eylandt in January 2012, we were struck by the trauma that people regularly experience […]
Teaching theology in Indonesia
Posted on: 22nd May 2019
CMS missionary Andrew Buchanan explores the differences between Indonesian and Western culture, and how that shapes the way he teaches theology in a way his listeners can understand. I remember as a young adult doing Introduction to the Bible as I started the Moore College Preliminary Theological Certificate. At the time, I was familiar with […]
The many worries of training
Posted on: 26th April 2019
CMS missionaries Norm & Janelle Gorrie assist the Diocese of Marsabit in the Anglican Church of Kenya with Bible training at many levels. They served in Marsabit from 1989 to 1998 and returned two years ago. Janelle shares the many worries of the job and how Christ shines through the hardships. You could say Norm […]
