The benefits of long-term
Posted on: 1st March 2021
CMS missionary Andrew Buchanan, married to Abi, has taught in Indonesia for two decades. It has been continual learning. A few months ago, I taught a Masters’ level class on the New Testament in Toraja. We looked at a number of issues such as honour-shame, rituals and taboos, even literacy, to highlight the areas where local Toraja culture connects with the world of the Bible in ways that Western interpreters are not that interested in. For […]
Bible teaching in Cambodia: Challenges from Coronavirus and the rest of life
Posted on: 12th February 2021
CMS missionaries Dave & Leoni Painter have served in Cambodia for more than 20 years. Here Dave describes a general challenge of ministry, and the specific challenges that have arisen at the Phnom Penh Bible School that have come about during the pandemic. In the Khmer language, the word romkan is most closely translated by the verb ‘to disturb’, however, it is generally used with a greater […]
The pain of genocide continues in Cambodia
Posted on: 10th February 2021
CMS missionary Maggie Crewes has worked at the coal face of injustice and exploitation for decades. After many years in Africa, she is now working with vulnerable young women in a Cambodia still haunted by the Khmer Rouge. When I visited the local town of Kampot recently I saw AK47s, which were used during the war of […]
Lasting hope lasts during COVID
Posted on: 9th June 2020
CMS workers M & L, located in SE Asia, provided this brief but inspiring message about one of the people they are ministering to in their location. It is a reminder that while the world may be in pandemic lockdown, the gospel is unchained. We wanted to share with you this wonderful testimony from our brother Dan […]
By God’s grace: partnerships around the world
Posted on: 18th November 2019
Partnership and humility go hand in hand. Out of that humility and mutual grace, CMS missionaries (and those they work with) can report wonderful stories of gospel growth and spiritual progress. These are just a few of those stories from some of the places where we work: J in the Middle East: learning to listen […]
