God’s unchanging plans for mission. Part 4: God’s plan for followers of Christ
Posted on: 28th April 2021
Simon Gillham concludes his four-part series on God’s unchanging mission, asking how our identity in Christ will be reflected in our mission in this world. Today many insist on the right to be identified as whoever or whatever they want to be. They may choose to be identified by by some or many elements: their achievements, their abilities, their sexual preferences, their personal decisions, their […]
God’s unchanging plans for mission. Part 3: Sent into the world
Posted on: 1st April 2021
Former CMS missionary Simon Gillham is now vice-principal of Moore College, where he lectures in the Missions department. In this third in a series of four articles* on God’s unchanging plan for mission, he focuses on John’s gospel and talks about why Jesus is ‘the sent one’, and how he now sends us. In this four–part series […]
God’s unchanging plans for mission. Part 2: Salvation to the nations
Posted on: 2nd March 2021
Former CMS missionary Simon Gillham now heads the Department of Mission at Moore Theological College in Sydney. In his first of four articles*, he wrote of God’s plans for the nations, beginning with Abraham. Now he turns to the book of the prophet Isaiah to help us see more clearly how God intends to bring […]
God’s unchanging plans for mission. Part 1: God’s plan for every tribe and nation
Posted on: 29th January 2021
Former CMS missionary Simon Gillham is now vice-principal of Moore College, where he lectures in the Missions department. In this first in a series of four articles* on God’s unchanging plan for mission, he talks about God’s promises and plans beginning with Abraham and his descendants, the people of Israel. It is tough making plans and sticking […]
NSW & ACT CMS Summer School 2021: Corona affected but mission-minded
Posted on: 13th January 2021
The 2021 CMS NSW & ACT Summer School has just ended. In this interview for The Pastor’s Heart, CMS NSW & ACT Executive Director John Lovell talk about the challenges and highlights of the week. Listen here at www.thepastorsheart.net PRAY Thank God for CMS Summer Conferences happening right around Australia in 2021, and pray that mutual encouragement in mission […]
Review: Ministering Cross-Culturally
Posted on: 10th September 2018
Book recommendation: Ministering Cross-Culturally by Sherwood G. Lingenfelter and Marvin K. Mayers. 3rd edition. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2016. This brief, easy-to-read book is subtitled ‘A model for effective personal relationships’ and draws heavily on the mission experience of Lingenfelter (the primary author) and others. The aim of this book, which is both liberally illustrated […]
Bible-based: Sword of the Spirit
Posted on: 26th March 2018
Hundreds if not thousands of Christian organisations claim to be Bible-based, including CMS. Does the term have any real meaning? Former CMS missionary Simon Gillham is now head of the Department of Mission at Moore Theological College. Here he gives an emphatic ‘yes’. In a world of fake news, I found a new imposter in […]
