Churches that pray
Posted on: 26th August 2023
Prayerful supporting and sending churches are at the heart of CMS. Here we give a snapshot of four churches from around Australia, each with a deep and unique commitment to prayer for gospel mission. Are there ideas here that could help your church pray for mission more effectively? Hunter Bible Church Newcastle and Lake Macquarie, […]
Committed to prayer
Posted on: 21st August 2023
The stories of individual CMS supporters who pray are usually private in nature (see Matthew 6:6). For this article we invited CMS pray-ers from around Australia to open up and give us an insight into how, what and why they pray for CMS missionaries around the world. Meet Margaret Crooks Margaret writes: I pray for […]
Making the most of every opportunity
Posted on: 8th June 2021
CMS missionaries David and Jenny Juniper are waiting to begin their ministry in DR Congo. With their departure delayed due to the Coronavirus, they have found other opportunities to serve God’s people. They share how God has opened a door to serve on Christmas Island while they wait. “Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that […]
It’s easy to find reasons not to go
Posted on: 20th April 2021
For these CMS workers*, keen to return to their location, COVID has been a season of thwarted plans and interruptions. There are good reasons to remain in Australia, but they are convinced of the need to go. On the subject of overseas cross-cultural mission, I keep hearing in my mind the words of a Christian leader who once said to me, “It’s easy […]
Mutual respect the key to long-term in Tanzania
Posted on: 26th February 2021
Godfrey Mbelwa is Anglican bishop of the Diocese of Lweru in Tanzania. Here he speaks to CMS missionary Judith Calf of the long-term relationship between CMS and the Church in Tanzania. I first met Godfrey Mbelwa in 1998, when I was at St Andrew’s Hall , where he had just arrived to commence his theological studies in Melbourne. Little could I imagine that more than 20 years later I would have the privilege of serving in […]
Love for the long haul: Checkpoint Autumn 2021
Posted on: 16th February 2021
CMS worker J has served in Africa, Central Asia and South East Asia for over three decades. What three factors have sustained her in gospel ministry during this time? Why serve long-term in another culture, or in another place? Let me suggest three considerations: God’s love, God’s call, and our response. God’s love for the […]
Beyond the facade
Posted on: 18th November 2020
CMS missionaries Daniel & Kate Morris, are serving in Lille, France. Kate challenges us to remember that Europe is not Christian, and explains why there is a great need for more gospel workers. What comes to mind when you picture Europe? Perhaps the spectacular beauty of the Notre Dame Cathedral in France, the glistening waters […]
Every church member as a missionary
Posted on: 5th April 2018
CMS Development and Training Director David Williams talks about the need for cross-cultural training in churches. Why should every member be equipped for this type of ministry and what are the barriers to successful cross-cultural ministry? I’ve been reading the Bible with a man who’s become a Christian after 60 years as a devout Buddhist. […]
CMS vision: Engage churches in cross-cultural mission
Posted on: 19th March 2018
CMS Tasmania State Director Scott Sargent wants individuals in churches everywhere to have confidence in the role they play in God’s mission. Here, he gives biblical foundation to the CMS vision to engage churches in cross-cultural mission. I’ve spent time in uniform: first as a Tasmanian police officer, then as an army reserve officer—a chaplain. […]
Jannali Anglican Church goes to Mexico
Posted on: 29th May 2017
In April 2017, Peter and Sarah Sholl were visited by a team from one of their supporting churches in Australia, Jannali Anglican Church. The team came to partner with the Sholls in a 2.5-week mission trip aiming to train and encourage leaders in Mexico in reading and teaching the Bible faithfully. Cameron Hyslop, one of the team members and youth minister at Jannali Anglican, writes about the mission trip with an introduction by Sarah.
