Ukraine update 4 March
In the last 24 hours we have heard from Pastor Valery that the team are all well. They managed to buy some food as a local shop was briefly open. They are still surrounded by fighting and essential services such as water and electricity are unreliable. Some good news is that some money from supporters in the UK was successfully received by Valery. We are told that only one mobile network is functioning. Please keep praying.
Latest prayer news
Asia: missions training programme
Christians from across the region are gathering in Malaysia for Asia-CMS’s month-long residential missions training programme, which begins on 29 June. Pray for participants to be encouraged through spending time with others who share their passion and dedication for mission and come away with fresh energy for the task ahead.
Brazil: discipleship course in women’s prisons
In Florianópolis, prison ministry among men has had a huge impact. Mission partner Andy Walsh, together with a small team, has run a 12-week discipleship course again and again among male inmates over the past couple of years, and seen hundreds of men accept Jesus and be baptised. Andy and Kati Walsh and Kati’s sister,…
Spain: impactful internship
Miranda and Tim Heathcote, mission partners based in Spain and the UK, support mission workers in the Middle East and North Africa through leadership development, debriefing, spiritual direction and retreats. They recently hosted a team of university students from the US at Place of Springs, their home and ministry house in Spain. During their three-week…
South Asia: training seminar
F, a former mission partner involved in theological education, asks for prayer for an expository preaching training seminar taking place 25–30 June for around 70 people. Pray for a productive time for both lecturers and participants, for new relationships to be built and for the teaching to contribute to building up Christians and making new…
Tanzania: CMS-Africa financial stewardship course
We give thanks with CMS-Africa and Tanzania country coordinator Paul Kibona for a successful Financial Freedom for Families course held recently in Tanzania’s coast region. Christians and Muslims came together to learn biblical principles of stewardship and even read from the Bible together. At the end of the course, participants formed five follow-up groups and…
DR Congo: ongoing critical situation
“It is now more than four months since M23 rebels took the city of Goma with the help of the Rwandan army,” writes mission partner and Bishop of Goma, Martin Gordon. We give thanks for CMS supporters’ generous response to our emergency appeal for DR Congo, which has made it possible to reach 10,000 victims…
