Previous prayer news items
Brazil: community market
Rosie and Stu Bayford have spent seven years in Recife, where they have been supporting girls at risk through local ministry ReVive, and established a community market which repurposes surplus food to benefit local families. Rosie and Stu and their daughter have now returned to the UK and are finishing service as mission partners. Praise […]
Cambodia, Thailand: border dispute
Please pray for a resolution to the ongoing border dispute between Cambodia and Thailand. This week, Cambodia failed to open the Khlong Luek checkpoint as agreed, leaving 600 Thai nationals stranded on the Cambodian side of the border. Pray for an agreement to be reached so that these Thai nationals and others can return home […]
Honduras: taking forward new ideas
Lindsey and Steve Poulson, who mentor young people at risk, write that Steve recently travelled to Peru to visit and learn from CMS partners in Lima. Pray for Steve and colleagues as they adapt ideas for their own context and take them forward.
North Africa: creating space to explore faith
H and M support followers of Jesus in minority contexts through discipleship and sharing God’s love through their everyday lives. H is also doing some coaching alongside this and has recently been able to organise some ladies’ events, which have been great fun. As she is hoping to put on a few more events for […]
South Sudan: training amid instability
Give thanks with local partner Joseph Noel Sati for God’s provision and protection amid the unstable economic and security situation in South Sudan. Pray for Joseph’s work of building the capacity of local churches through CMS-Africa’s courses; for participants to be empowered to fulfil their potential and for new trainers to be equipped to teach […]
Brazil: forever homes
We give thanks that CMS short-termer Katharine has extended her stay in Recife to continue serving at ReVive’s safe house, supporting at-risk girls with education and to flourish as they grow in understanding their God-given value. Katharine asks for prayer for each of the girls in the safe house to find a forever home, and […]
Latin America: new mission manager
Give thanks for CMS’s new mission manager in Latin America, Alonso Silva. Based in Santiago, Chile, Alonso will be drawing on his 20 years of experience as a missional leader and pioneer practitioner to help lead CMS’s work and support CMS people in mission in the region. Pray for God to use Alonso powerfully in […]
Spain/North Africa: quiz night fundraiser
Give thanks for a quiz night taking place this Friday evening in the Cotswolds to raise money for mission partners Miranda and Tim Heathcote’s ministry of providing essential debriefing, spiritual direction and more for mission workers. P ray for all guests to feel welcome and at ease, especially those who may be less comfortable in […]
South Africa: teaching amid myriad stressors
Caroline and Dick Seed are based in Cape Town, and train and resource theological educators both in person and online. Caroline and Dick ask for prayer as they co-teach a PG Dip module on learning and teaching this week and next. Pray for two students in northern Nigeria, who are doing their best to study […]
South East Asia: a particularly stressful time
Pray for peace that passes all understanding (Philippians 4:7) for A and L, CMS partners supporting people to live in freedom from addiction (A) and working with and for children with special educational needs (L). As L does her best to provide inclusive practices for a neurodivergent student amid hostility from other class parents and […]
Tanzania: upcoming training
Local partner Paul Kibona asks for prayer for upcoming Islamic worldview training and trauma healing training for CMS partners and church leaders working in Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam. Pray for the training to help participants see how God is at work in their context and equip them to join in and be even more […]
Thailand: coming to the end of service with CMS
Please pray for Jason and Tracy Day as they prepare to return to the UK from Chiang Mai and finish serving as CMS mission partners. Pray for good handover of jobs and ministries, for them to end well after many years working in Thailand and for them as they settle into life in the UK […]
