Making a joyful noise – celebrating Easter in South Asia
Posted on: 7th April 2022
CMS workers D and S serve in education in a Muslim-majority country in South Asia. They share how local Christians celebrate Easter. In some ways we were surprised how Easter is celebrated in this country, because it is done with such fervour. We had assumed that, given this is a majority Muslim country, local churches […]
The Psalms and Mission part 3: The Psalms, Praise, and Mission
Posted on: 1st February 2022
CMS missionary Nathan Lovell serves, with Diane, as a Bible lecturer at George Whitefield College in Capetown, South Africa. In this third in his series on the Psalms and mission, he encourages us to think of praising God as the essence of mission. Read part one and part two. Sing joyfully to the Lord, you […]
Equipping leaders to serve the nations
Posted on: 3rd December 2021
CMS missionaries John and Deb serve at a large international church. Deb shares how training and equipping men and women for gospel ministry is an essential part of their church’s work. Despite international delays and restrictions due to COVID-19, our church now has apprentices for the 2021/22 ministry year. Two women and five men from […]
The Psalms and Mission Part 2: The Psalms, Creation, and Mission
Posted on: 2nd December 2021
In this second part of a series on the Psalms and mission, CMS missionary Nathan Lovell, lecturer at George Whitfield College in South Africa, reminds us that ultimately, all political power rests with God the King—and this has consequences for mission. Read part one. The nobles of the nations assemble as the people of the God of […]
Pray without ceasing
Posted on: 18th November 2021
In the Middle East, a number of CMS workers serve in various projects and programs—caring for refugees, sharing life with Muslim families and reading the Bible with local people. These are ministries suffused with prayer. One worker shares a story about her relationship with a refugee family and how the prayers of CMS supporters have […]
Checkpoint Summer 2021: Grace – from beginning to end
Posted on: 7th November 2021
CMS missionaries Howard and Michelle Newby have had a long-term connection with the Philippines and notice that the role of ‘obedience’ can often cause confusion in relation to grace. Howard speaks of how he is learning to teach God’s grace to people with long-held animist beliefs. When we first arrived in the Philippines, we were confronted with teaching that promoted obedience as […]
Checkpoint Summer 2021: Grace: the heart of mission
Posted on: 6th November 2021
Can you remember when God first opened your eyes to grace? CMS QNNSW Branch Director Mark Fairhurst describes such a moment, explains it from the Bible, and explores why this insight matters in the vision for a world that knows Jesus. Can you remember when God first opened your eyes to his saving grace in the Lord Jesus Christ? For me, I was 18 years […]
Checkpoint Summer 2021: Too good to be true?
Posted on: 4th November 2021
CMS missionaries Chris and Grace Adams serve in Timor-Leste, a country where following rules is deeply ingrained and the reality of grace is almost too shocking to comprehend. Chris shares how is helping people understand grace. Religious context “People of Timor Leste I see that in every way you are very religious.” I can imagine the Apostle Paul saying this if he walked around in 21st century Timor Leste, just as he spoke […]
The Psalms and Mission Part 1: The Psalms, Authority, and Mission
Posted on: 1st November 2021
In this first part of a series on the Psalms and mission, CMS missionary Nathan Lovell, lecturer at George Whitfield College in South Africa, reminds us that ultimately, all political power rests with God the King—and this has consequences for mission. This is the first in a short series of reflections on the Psalms and Christian mission, […]
Can any good come from COVID?
Posted on: 29th October 2021
CMS missionaries Andrew and Margie Newman work at Canon Ndimbirwe Bible College in Uganda. As life changed and ministry opportunities seemed to dry up, they asked, “Can any good come from the Coronavirus?” Last year during lockdown we connected well with the two families on either side of our house. There was no COVID in our […]
