South Asia: training in schools

Mission associate Mary Fairfield recently travelled to South Asia to help train teachers and students at six different schools as they experimented with new approaches to activity-based learning. Pray that these new approaches will improve learning and help both teachers and students enjoy their school experience more.

Uganda: training for young people

Judith Murungi, CMS-Africa’s country coordinator for Uganda, asks for prayer for upcoming 3D (Discover, Develop, Deploy) training for young people in Nakasongola from 2–7 December. Pray for the participants to be motivated to discover their gifting and step into new opportunities.

UK: pioneer students

Lift up CMS pioneer students who are graduating on 4 December – may they be able to have a joyous celebration in the midst of the busy pre-Christmas season. Please also pray for fresh energy in the last few weeks before Christmas for those students who have not yet finished their studies.

Israel-Palestine and Lebanon: how to pray?

Mission partners Fiona and Joel, who are usually based in Jordan, help to guide our prayers

Africa: training leaders

Mission partners in different areas of Africa report that teaching terms are coming to a close. In Uganda, Sarah and Simon Cawdell give thanks for training for lay readers trained this term at Archbishop Janani Luwum Theological College in Gulu, Uganda. Pray for these leaders as they return to their churches equipped with more biblical […]

Poverty, hospitality and dignity

Pioneer MA graduate Rosie Hopley tells of her own experiences of poverty from childhood to being a social entrepreneur.

Ukraine: 1,000 days of war

A video message for you from local partners Valery Alymov and Anya Manchuliak

New chair of trustees appointed

Rev Jeremy Moodey, former CEO of Embrace the Middle East, will be the next CMS chair

Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation

In the wake of the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who has been our patron since taking office in 2013, we join in prayer for the victims and survivors of abuse everywhere, especially in church settings.

Why pioneering youth and children’s work matters

Innovative and contextual approaches to ministry with children and young people have never been more urgent, says John Wheatley.

Do pioneers only plant churches?

Pioneers often enable new communities but is that all they do?

Approachable, seen, known, and available

Graduating with an MA this December is Alan Griggs, lead agricultural chaplain in the Diocese of Derby. He combined research on Jewish-Christian dialogue with his daily pioneering presence in the countryside.