Crossing cultures with the gospel
Posted on: 17th August 2020
How do we share the gospel in a culture where the people believe, think, act and feel in ways that are completely unexpected or different? CMS Director of Training and Development David Williams believes that the answer is both simple and complex. When I was serving in Kenya, a group of friends from the Proclamation […]
SAH redevelopment update: The roof is now complete!
Posted on: 7th August 2020
At the time of writing, construction at SAH is running slightly ahead of schedule with the roof nearing completion. However, stage 4 lockdown has just started in Melbourne and is impacting all construction. We wait to hear what the impact will be at St Andrew’s Hall, as we move to the interior fit out of […]
Suffering and Glory
Posted on: 4th August 2020
Here is the fifth in a series of six on ‘pleasure, pain, and the secular worldview’, CMS Director of Training and Development David Williams talks about how ‘pain pleasure culture is the world of expressive individualism’. Part one, Emotions and the Fall’, is here. Part two, ‘Life under the dome’, is here. Part three ‘Shrink-wrapped minds’ is here. […]
SAH redevelopment update: Roof coming soon
Posted on: 23rd July 2020
The construction at SAH continues and is on track for the roof completion in August. Here is a comment from David Williams, Director of Training at SAH: “The team at St Andrew’s Hall, both staff and trainees, have shown great resilience through 2020, adapting to many changes. We have learned new skills in online learning […]
How has being vulnerable opened doors?
Posted on: 6th July 2020
CMS missionaries answer the question: “How has being vulnerable opened doors?” Getting your car window smashed may sound traumatic but we rate this as one of the best things that has happened to us in our first 12 months on Groote. One Sunday night the rear window of our 4wd has been smashed, presumably by young kids […]
The Age of Authenticity
Posted on: 1st July 2020
Here is the fourth in a series of six on ‘pleasure, pain, and the secular worldview’, CMS Director of Training and Development David Williams talks about how ‘pain pleasure culture is the world of expressive individualism’. Part one, Emotions and the Fall’, is here. Part two, ‘Life under the dome’, is here. Part three ‘Shrink-wrapped minds’ is […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
