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Latest prayer news

  • Magnify Advent devotional free download

    Download a free four week Advent devotional inspired by women in the Middle East

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  • Egypt: Refugees living in the country

    Please pray for the Together Network as they minister to refugees now living in Egypt. Refugees from South Sudan, Syria, Palestine and Yemen, and other nationalities, are experiencing displacement and trauma. Please pray that the Together Network will be equipped with all the resources they need to extend their trauma healing training to every person…

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  • Egypt: Youth ministry initiatives

    Together Network, in partnership with CMS, run sports and discipleship programmes for young people. Pray for partnerships to be formed with other churches and organisations to address the issues faced by the young people attending these programmes. Please pray for God’s emotional, spiritual and physical healing for families and youth who are suffering the wounds…

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Prayer resources

The Ways We Pray: what we are learning

Ian Adams reflects on a milestone in a CMS prayer project

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Open hands

A CMS Presence resource to assist in nurturing prayerful presence

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The spirituality of fundraising

Spirituality. Fundraising. In the same sentence? Really? Why should we ask for money? Why do we give, as a response to the asking?

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The sharing of Christ’s sufferings

A CMS Presence reflection for Lent 2024 by Ian Adams

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Praying from the edges

Jonny Baker writes of the new life and vision to be found when seeking to pray with the most marginalised people.

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A new psalm of lament

Join us in offering this psalm of lament for the nations of North Africa, written by one of our mission partners.

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Stay with us: stability and momentum through change

Ian Adams explores the Emmaus story as a guide for living through constantly changing times

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Prayer and mission: entering into the ways of God

Adrian Chatfield draws on ancient traditions and mysticism to consider the relationship between prayer and mission.

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Creation Care: a biblical reflection

At a key moment in the story of humanity’s engagement with the earth and her creatures, Ian Adams reflects on Genesis.

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Video: Grounded in not knowing

Mining ancient apophatic traditions, finding energy and wisdom for pioneering sacred terrain.

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Audio: Prayer exercises by Ian Adams

Now with added series of prayers exploring movement, sound and paradox in prayer. Also includes praying with the parables and the seasons.

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Magnify Advent devotional free download

Download a free four week Advent devotional inspired by women in the Middle East

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Praying power and staying power

A humble prayer group has been supporting people in mission week in, week out, through more than two years of war

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Presence

An invitation to nurture prayerful presence

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Treasure seeking

Caroline Kennedy offers practices that sustain her own personal spirituality and reflects on how to “find the gold”.

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The empty pool

What truths are revealed when we prayerfully engage with a particular place? Ian Adams explores how art and theological reflection collide in persistent presence.

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