DR Congo: violent conflict

Please continue to pray for people in DR Congo, where conflict is raging on and more people are losing their lives. In addition to Goma, rebels have now taken the town of Bukavu, leading to more people being displaced and more deaths. Further north, in Ituri province, a different rebel group have killed more than […]

Uganda: college registration

Mission partners Sarah and Simon Cawdell ask for prayer for the registration of Archbishop Janani Luwum Theological College, of which Sarah is principal. Pray for a breakthrough in this situation, which has been at a standstill for close to two years. Simon is also working with diocesan staff to produce a budget for the first […]

DR Congo: violent conflict

Please pray for the people of DR Congo, where recent violent conflict has engulfed the area of Goma. Thousands of people have been displaced, women have been brutally attacked and basic supplies are running out. Pray for comfort and hope for all those suffering and living in fear, for provision of basic supplies and for […]

North Africa: residency permits and trauma counselling

Please pray for favour with administrators and officials for mission partners H and M as they renew their residency permits over the next few weeks, and for their permits to come through quickly. Pray for God to provide another woman to join H in her work of trauma counselling with local women so that they […]

South Africa: Genesis teaching

Please pray for mission partner Alison Giblett, usually based in Ukraine, as she trains others to run the Genesis programme in Pretoria next week. Pray for those she is teaching to connect well with her material as she unpacks the principles and methods of the programme and how to walk alongside those who are working […]

DR Congo: ceasefire

Please keep praying for eastern DRC, where a unilateral ceasefire started this past week. Pray for the ceasefire to hold and for humanitarian organisations to be able to safely provide food, medical supplies and other basic items to people on the ground. Pray for lines of communication to open up in order to find a […]

Malawi: relieving poverty and stopping the spread of HIV

Mission associate Sue Bird works with Mbedza, a charity working to prevent and relieve poverty in Malawi. Sue asks for prayer for the sustainability of poverty reduction projects, and for an HIV testing centre in Songani to continue to contribute to people’s well-being. Pray for a Christian witness to shine through all Mbedza’s work.

Tanzania: practical love for people with disabilities

“There’s so much need in every corner of our town for those living with disabilities,” write Ben and Katy Ray, mission partners in Usa River. Please pray for Ben and Katy to be able to meet the needs of as many people as possible through providing wheelchairs and prostheses, building adaptive chairs and offering hope […]

Uganda: college registration

Mission partners Sarah and Simon Cawdell are based in Gulu, northern Uganda, where Sarah is principal of Archbishop Janani Luwum Theological College. Sarah and Simon have been working to register the college with Uganda’s National Board for Higher Education since they arrived in the country almost two years ago. Pray for the board as they […]

Hope from the Edges February 2025

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Urgent: pray for peace in Goma

A call to pray for “a miracle of peace” in DR Congo from CMS mission partner Martin Gordon, Bishop of Goma

DR Congo: national synod

Mission partner Martin Gordon, Bishop of Congo, writes that the National Synod of the Anglican Church of Congo took place last week. Two of the big decisions made were: to mobilise the necessary resources for a massive evangelism programme and to create a new Department of Justice, Peace and Reconciliation to pursue the church’s prophetic […]