Between two worlds
Posted on: 17th September 2022
CMS missionaries Malcolm and Leanne serve in a Bible college where the students often find themselves living between two worlds: the world of spirits, and the world of materialism. Here they speak of this experience. Our city is a rapidly developing centre that has become a technological, industrial, cultural, and educational hub for the north […]
God’s grace in the Solomons
Posted on: 14th September 2022
CMS short-term worker David Pettett has had a long and varied ministry career—serving in city and regional Australian parishes, church planting in Japan, and working in prison and hospital chaplaincies. He is currently lecturing at Bishop Patteson Theological College in the Solomon Islands. Here he speaks of the need for supporting and continuing this ministry […]
A question of confidence
Posted on: 10th September 2022
CMS missionaries Jon and Deb serve in South East Asia with Bible college students and other believers. Here Jon outlines the contribution Australian Christians can make to helping South East Asians read, learn and teach the Bible’s message. Australia has been called the ‘lucky country’. While luck doesn’t account for God’s sovereignty, it is fair […]
Living in the tension
Posted on: 7th September 2022
CMS missionaries Keith and Marion Birchley have found that our geographically close Papua New Guinean (PNG) neighbours also share some painful struggles—the tension between this world and the claims of the gospel. Keith writes: Ministry here in Papua New Guinea (PNG), whether to students or others, is very much a ministry within our region. As […]
Hope in the Philippines
Posted on: 3rd September 2022
CMS missionaries Howard and Michelle Newby have deep family connections with the Philippines. Here Michelle explains how reading the Bible can completely change the lives of Filipino believers, and of the opportunity for CMS to make an ongoing contribution. Look at this place!” said my father, gazing out at our poor Filipino village. “There is […]
Loving our neighbour
Posted on: 31st August 2022
CMS missionary Maggie Crewes serves with Hope for Justice in Cambodia, helping girls who are victims of exploitation. Here she reflects on the needs and opportunities in locations in our region. When we consider mission in locations close to Australia (or even in it, like Northern Australia), do we assume this nearness could make […]
God’s word in our own language
Posted on: 27th August 2022
CMS missionaries Matt and Lisa Pearson have been living and ministering in Kunbarlanja, among the Kunwinjku people, since 2018. Here Matt speaks of the impact of having God’s word in their own language. When the Kunwinjku Shorter Bible [1] (KSB) arrived in Kunbarlanja, in the north of Australia, in 2018, it marked several changes in […]
Starting small in Singapore
Posted on: 24th August 2022
CMS missionaries Marty and Jenny Foord serve in Singapore, where Marty is the principal of the Evangelical Theological College of Asia (ETCAsia), and Jenny is Dean of Women. Here Jenny describes the exciting growth and impact of this Singaporean initiative. When we were first approached by a group of Singaporean pastors to join a start-up […]
Serving Timor-Leste
Posted on: 20th August 2022
CMS missionaries Chris and Julie Dean have served in Timor-Leste since 2021. Checkpoint asked Chris to talk about their journey to serving in cross-cultural mission. Julie and I have always had an interest in cross-cultural mission. We have loved to hear the stories of missionaries on Home Assignment, especially of how God was at work […]
Reaching the lost
Posted on: 17th August 2022
CMS has made a deliberate decision to focus on mission in locations close to Australia for many years, while not losing sight of other places where CMS missionaries continue to serve. Here CMS International Director Peter Rodgers explores why mission in our region is strategic. The gospel radiates out, beginning close at hand Following the […]
