A great month for the gospel
Posted on: 20th June 2022
CMS missionary Gillian Law works with students in the Italian group Gruppi Biblici Universitari (GBU—the University Bible Group in Italy) to bring the gospel to other students. May 2022 was a great month for the gospel.
Blessed to bless others
Posted on: 25th May 2022
CMS missionary Chenny Thie works with the KGK (a Japanese university ministry affiliated with IFES) encouraging and training Japanese and international students. She shares how the ministry of KGK has been a blessing to many.
Embodying Faith
Posted on: 4th April 2022
CMS missionaries Arthur and Tamie Davis work in student ministry in Tanzania. In the lead up to Easter, they explain some of the different Christian practices they have encountered in Africa and how their family has adapted. How is your preparation for Easter? Do you set aside time to pray or fast? We have heard […]
A new start: working with students in Belgium
Posted on: 15th February 2022
After a long history of service with CMS, including more than a decade in Tanzania, Howard and Trisha Spencer have returned to missionary work. They share how God has answered prayer and prepared their way for ministry to students in Belgium. In July 2021, amid complex COVID restrictions, God enabled us to leave Australia, move […]
Responding to opportunity: making disciples in France – Checkpoint Autumn 2022
Posted on: 14th February 2022
CMS missionaries Josh and Susannah Apieczonek believe and model the truth that all Christians can be in a discipling relationship. Josh writes about how they live this out among French believers. What comes into your head when you hear the word ‘discipleship’? An intense three-hour weekly meeting of sanctification and edification? A Mr Miyagi mentor […]
Checkpoint Autumn 2022: Shaped by small groups
Posted on: 12th February 2022
CMS missionaries Andrew Buchanan and Abi Tandiseru serve in a theological college in Indonesia, with long-term links to the student ministry, Perkantas. Here they explain that discipleship in their context works better in small groups. The Perkantas student ministry doesn’t usually use one-to-one discipling. If a small group gets down to just one member, it […]
Discipling through training
Posted on: 24th January 2022
CMS missionary Kellie Nicholas has been working with university students in Japan since 2008. She works with the KGK (Kirisutosha Gakusei Kai), a Christian student movement affiliated with IFES (International Fellowship of Evangelical Students). Kellie shares how some of the most encouraging discipling relationships have happened almost unexpectedly through training students in leadership. In 2018, […]
The privilege and responsibility of discipleship
Posted on: 13th January 2022
CMS missionaries Martin and Julie Field have worked with university students in Australia and Argentina over the past two decades. In this article, Julie explains how discipleship in Argentina is like being part of a family. As two dear student friends put it to us, “You are our spiritual aunt and uncle”. To us, this […]
New hope for a new year
Posted on: 24th November 2021
CMS missionaries Daniel and Kate Morris work with the GBU (GroupesBibliquesUniversitaires de France), a group that evangelises, trains and disciples university students. They share how the new academic year has started for GBU in their region and the need for more workers to serve in France. A new beginning with new hope It’s the beginning of a new academic year in France, and […]
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 […]
