CMS Magazine Summer 2023

All the stories from the Summer 2023 edition in one place

Neema and Jigsaw: 20 years at the edges

Two pioneering CMS ventures notch up their 20th anniversary in 2023

Learning to lay things down

Phil and Sylvie Good reflect on how Middle East mission meant laying aside not just home comforts but even the skills they had to offer

The open table

Johnny Sertin surveys a landscape of hope and healing across post-Christian Britain

Worldwide: climate crisis

Pray for the many people around the world experiencing the effects of the climate crisis. Where extreme weather and flooding is damaging infrastructure and putting lives at risk, where heatwaves are causing fires, where healthcare systems are strained because people aren’t coping with the heat, pray for God to intervene.

Britain: people in mission conference

Please pray for our people in mission conference next week – for a time of refreshment and restoration for all those attending, including our international visitors from around the world.

Britain: coming together to learn

Praise God that partners from Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa have been able to join CMS staff for a time of mutual sharing, learning and interchange in Oxford. Praise God for all those who have worked so hard to put together a programme and look after our international guests during this time. […]

Sudan: ongoing violence in Khartoum

Pray for the people of Khartoum, where the violent conflict which began in April this year continues to cause destruction, devastation, loss of life and tear families apart. Pray for peace and reconciliation to come to this broken nation and for God’s healing to be poured out.

Lebanon: ongoing financial crisis

Pray for Lebanon, where the financial crisis continues. Please pray for God-fearing leaders to come forward, for grace and mercy on the people, for economic and political change.

Brazil: social supermarket

Mission partners Rosie and Stu Bayford write that a change in staff at one of their suppliers has made it more difficult to consistently provide food for the local community. They have been able to continue to provide for customers through different suppliers, but this is only a week-to-week solution. Pray for Rosie and Stu […]

Argentina: mission work going forward

Having returned to the UK, Nick Drayson and Catherine Le Tissier ask for prayer for those who will take forward the mission work in the diocese of Northern Argentina and in the Province of South America, especially leaders adjusting to new roles in AMARE and other organisations.

Awe and wonder

The CMS Certificate reawakened Sarah Carney’s creativity and gave her a vision for an art exhibition.