Coming out fighting for “pioneering”
"Pioneer" has become a disputed word. But Rev Tina Hodgett, Pioneering Parishes project leader, can't think of a better term for initiators of new things.
To be: more curious, less furious
In the Gospels, Jesus asks dozens of questions. Do we have the courage to be curious, with Jesus?
How not to evangelise among Westerners
In this post, Dr Harvey Kwiyani, African Christianity Programme Lead at CMS Pioneer Mission Training, reflects on non-Western evangelists in the West and how not to evangelise!
Working on our posture
Activist and author Shane Claiborne paid a visit to Church Mission Society for a lively conversation about mission.
Lay Pioneering and Thriving in Mission – a New Grove Book
We need to listen more carefully to the experience and gifts of informal, grassroots pioneers, says James Butler, introducing his new Grove book on lay pioneers.
Video: Jay Mātenga interview
Jay Mātenga shares his personal backstory as well as the richness that comes from Indigenous perspectives on faith.
Trusting the upside-down
Can a young person be a disciple before they 'believe'?, wonder mission partners Anna and Chris Hembury
Voice of violence, or voice of hope?
Back from DR Congo, mission partner Berdine asks which voices will we listen to – the loud shout of fear or the quieter tones of faith and hope?
20 years at CMS: Jonny Baker’s Dozen
Thirteen nuggets from our Britain Hub director's two decades of pioneering with CMS
Imagining the possibilities in post-Christian Britain
Eighty-five per cent of people who don’t go to church are unlikely to do so. Jonny Baker, Britain mission hub director, urges us to see the potential beyond the percentages.
