Discipling requires humility
Posted on: 11th January 2022
CMS missionaries Craig and Samantha (Sam) McCorkindale serve in Cambodia, where Craig lectures in theology at Phnom Penh Bible College. Here he speaks of a lesson he learned about the importance of humility in teaching. Teaching online during the pandemic has been tough. At times I have felt that my ability to disciple has been […]
Humble teaching in a hierarchy
Posted on: 22nd June 2020
CMS missionaries Dave and Leoni Painter have worked in Cambodia for nearly 20 years. Here Dave explains that the path of humility is not easy to navigate, but Christians have an example in Jesus. I teach at the Phnom Penh Bible school. Most students there are committed Christians from lower to middle class backgrounds in their early 20s. They wear official Bible […]
Who decides what is humble?
Posted on: 27th April 2020
CMS missionary Peter Blowes (serving with Terry in Argentina) encourages university students and graduates to build God’s kingdom. In 2015, Peter and Terry returned to Argentina for a second term of service after ten years away. Here Peter reflects on many new questions they faced on reentry to a rapidly changing culture, and reminds himself and us that God’s word is the key to answering […]
Relearning humility again
Posted on: 21st April 2020
CMS missionaries Ian and Jenny Wood are new to their location in Arnhem Land, and once again learning what it is to be learners. Ian describes the experience. Ministry is full of lessons in humility. Life is full of lessons in humility. Jenny and I have arrived at Numbulwar, on the Arnhem Coast of North […]
The diversity factor: relating to a range of people
Posted on: 7th February 2020
Ex-CMS missionary Greg Anderson is now bishop of the Northern Territory. In this, the fifth of six articles on humility in mission, Greg writes about some of the difficulties associated with politeness and cultural norms, and dealing with these as a Christian and as a missionary. Article One is Skin-deep mission: how Western missionaries are […]
The politeness factor: relatively rude mission agents
Posted on: 31st October 2019
Ex-CMS missionary Greg Anderson is now bishop of the Northern Territory. In this, the third of six articles on humility in mission, Greg writes about some of the difficulties associated with politeness and cultural norms, and dealing with these as a Christian and as a missionary. Article One is Skin-deep mission: how Western missionaries are […]
Skin-deep mission: how Western missionaries are perceived.
Posted on: 3rd September 2019
Ex-CMS missionary Greg Anderson is now bishop of the Northern Territory. In this, the first of six articles on humility in mission, he writes about the difference that skin colour makes to mission, and how to deal with that difference as a Christian and as a missionary. Article One is Skin-deep mission: how Western missionaries […]
Review: We are not the Hero: a Missionary’s Guide for Sharing Christ, not a Culture of Dependency
Posted on: 10th April 2019
‘We are not the hero: a missionary’s guide for sharing Christ, not a culture of dependency,’ Jean Johnson, Deep River Books, Sisters, Oregon 2012. Review by former CMS Mission Personnel Secretary Peter Blowes ‘We are not the hero’ encourages mission practitioners and supporters to think before they act in cross-cultural contexts, so as to avoid […]
