Helping students think biblically
Posted on: 26th August 2021
CMS missionaries Ian and Jenny Wood teach at Nungalinya College, a theological college for Aboriginal students in Darwin. They share here how they are teaching their students to differentiate between biblical, cultural and western approaches to understanding. “All Scripture is God-breathed and is useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness, so that the servant of God may be […]
Walking alongside leaders: Checkpoint Spring 2021
Posted on: 25th August 2021
CMS missionaries Matt and Kate Vinicombe are learning language and culture as they serve in North Australia. Here Kate writes about their reflections on what they have learned, and how they hope to support the growth of God’s church in that place. We have lived on Groote Eylandt for two years and still feel very […]
Growing the church through translation
Posted on: 26th July 2021
CMS missionaries Tavis and Kate Beer serve in Northern Territory supporting Aboriginal church leaders and developing ministry resources. Kate shares some of the joys in the process and outcome of producing a Prayer Book in Kriol. XXIV. Of Speaking in the Congregation in such a Tongue as the people understandeth. “It is a thing plainly repugnant to the Word […]
God changing hearts in the Northern Territory
Posted on: 16th July 2021
CMS missionaries Tavis and Kate Beer serve in the Northern Territory, supporting Aboriginal church leaders and developing ministry resources. Here they share stories of some of the ways God is at work in the NT. It is an enormous privilege to sit with Christian leaders, pastors and emerging church leaders and hear how God has been at work […]
Unexpected lessons: Checkpoint Winter 2021
Posted on: 26th May 2021
CMS missionaries Ian and Jenny Wood are teachers at Nungalinya College in Darwin, a theological college for Indigenous students. Their first year of ministry in North Australia coincided with the arrival of the Coronavirus. In February 2020, Jenny and I set out for Numbulwar on the Arnhem Land coast, to learn. We’d just arrived in […]
The long road north
Posted on: 25th November 2020
CMS missionaries Wayne Oldfield & Mandy Jones were seemingly settled in their jobs and lives in Sydney. But in 2011 they moved to the Northern Territory to minister alongside Indigenous Christians. Here Mandy explains why. Why would we become cross cultural workers with CMS? Wayne had worked for 31 years as an accountant at Sydney […]
A Privileged Position
Posted on: 12th May 2020
Former CMS missionary Greg Anderson is Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of the Northern Territory. Here he uses his personal experience to reflect on how and why CMS is so committed to approaching mission with humility. One of the obvious things about my ministry in the Northern Territory is that my skin colour is the same as that of a lot of […]
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 Student Teacher
Posted on: 25th November 2019
Although there are CMS partnerships all around the world, we have a special commitment to our brothers and sisters in North Australia. James Woods, an indigenous man training for Christian leadership, is interviewed here by CMS missionary Wayne Oldfield. Wayne: Barnga (cousin) thanks for coming in. It’s a Sunday afternoon in the office on a […]
