Pioneer blog
The latest news, mission thinking and personal reflections from the CMS pioneer community
Greenbelt 2026: Finding fellow Fringe Dwellers
We had a great time connecting with friends old and new this August bank holiday, for the last time at Boughton.
Mission on the Margins: Multiply Pioneer Mission
Gather with other pioneers to celebrate stories of hope, explore theology that sustains, and share practical wisdom
Be You: finding your way as God calls
Gain practical tools to understand God’s plan for you right now and become more confidently, authentically you.
Meet our new undergrad programme coordinator
At the start of the academic year, Helen Harwood talks to Natalie Burfitt, who longs to help students find treasure in the course.
Rethinking partnership in an age of migration
The Acts 11 Project is convening in September to address essential questions for the church in mission today.
Rethink what it means to be church, here
Helen Harwood talks to Jez Drury, pioneering in Southampton, one year into his MA course.
Church Mission Society’s summer reading list
From books co-authored by CMS staff to anticipated inspiration from (other!) brilliant minds, here’s this year’s list of tantalising titles…
Hopeful in Jamaica
Harvey Kwiyani reports from a unique conference representing the global African church
Anvil is out now
The latest issue of Anvil, our journal of theology and mission, is on movements, communities and sodalities.
“God is always at work”
Meet first year undergraduate student Adam Robson who has discovered life-changing theology and radical honesty at CMS
The Assembly 2026
Reimagining Spirituality in a Post-Colonial World – two vibrant days of listening, sharing, celebrating, ideating, exploring.
