Culture shock
Posted on: 10th March 2023
Malcolm and Ainsley are CMS missionaries serving in Chile, where they eventually hope to train and disciple future church leaders at the Centro de Estudios Pastorales (CEP, Centre for Pastoral Studies), a Bible college in Santiago. They have been focusing on building relationships and learning the Chilean language and culture, but even this is on […]
Prayer matters 2: The Father’s care at the school gate
Posted on: 9th March 2023
The first day at school in a new culture can be a daunting experience for children (and their parents!). Being part of a family serving the Lord overseas is a rich experience, but also comes with challenges. Education is just one of the many aspects of family life for which CMS missionaries need your prayers. […]
Checkpoint Summer 2021: With God all things are possible
Posted on: 11th November 2021
CMS missionaries Peter and Terry Blowes have been ministering in Argentina for many years. Frequently in their university work they encounter the challenge of students who believe in God’s sternness and judgement, but not in his mercy and grace. Terry gives a recent example. I was sitting in the loft area of the Economics Faculty […]
Accepting Correction
Posted on: 15th June 2020
CMS missionary Julie Field, serving with Martin in Asociación Bíblica Universitaria Argentina (ABUA) in Argentina, has had a difficult year in ministry. Here she reflects on the humbling joys and challenges of being a ‘parent’ to those she serves. We have been serving Argentine uni students for the past 12 years. In 2007 I arrived in Argentina as an energetic 35 year old woman, and my dealings with our twenty-something student friends felt like […]
Big plan, small part
Posted on: 8th June 2020
CMS missionary Terry Blowes, serving with Peter, works in local student ministry in Buenos Aires, Argentina, encouraging and mentoring leaders and others. Here Terry shares about how God called her to accept a tiny part in his big plan. When we returned to Argentina in 2015 for a second tour of service, I was asked to work with the Asociación Bíblica Universitaria Argentina (ABUA) Buenos Aires student group. […]
A week in our shoes
Posted on: 23rd September 2019
CMS missionaries Chris and Stef Overhall and their family, serving in Chile, are coming to terms with a very different shape to their week. A year and a half ago our family of five moved to Santiago, Chile. We serve here as part of the MOCLAM[1] team, making Jesus known through Bible training. Our first […]
Big Picture People
Posted on: 5th August 2019
CMS missionaries Adrian and Anita Lovell taught Nataly and Noemy, Peruvian Christians, a Bible overview course. Nataly and Noemy taught what they had learned to others in their church in Bolivia, with exciting results. Peruvians Nataly and Noemy knew their Bible stories well. They’d been reading and teaching those Bible stories for years. But in […]
Training together in Chile
Posted on: 21st May 2019
CMS Missionary Frances Cook teaches Introductory Greek and Church History at the Chilean Anglican Seminary in Santiago. Here she describes an exciting story of CMS’s support of a theological seminary that makes well-rounded, self-replicating disciples. The Chilean Anglican Seminary, CEP, began in 2003. Since then, around 60 people have graduated, half of whom are now […]
Seven ways doctrine shapes training
Posted on: 23rd April 2019
CMS missionaries Martin & Julie Field train students in Córdoba, Argentina, to understand the Bible for themselves and live enthusiastically for Christ. Read on to find out how their student movement’s doctrine influences how they train these students for the work of the gospel. Over the past five or six years I [Martin] have had […]
