New toy business takes off in Tanzania

Dolls accessorised with recycled clothing prove popular for enterprising trainees

DR Congo: Call to prayer

As we continue to hold the people of eastern DRC in our hearts, we give thanks for partners who are helping people heal, recover and rebuild following a wave of violence in late January. Martin Gordon, CMS mission partner and bishop of Goma, shared recent updates this week during an interview with the Australian Broadcasting […]

Ecuador: home leave

Pray for mission partner Sharon Wilcox as she prepares to go on home leave from 24 April until the end of September. As she visits churches and spends time with friends and family, pray for her time in the UK to be restful, useful and edifying. Pray for the young people with learning disabilities connected […]

Rwanda: upcoming training

CMS-Africa’s country coordinator in Rwanda, Josias Nkusi, asks for prayer for women’s empowerment training on 24 and 25 April, training for church leaders on 26 April and training in budgeting and godly stewardship (Financial Freedom for Families) on 30 April. Pray for safety for all those travelling to and from the training events. Pray for […]

South Africa: registration granted in record time

Mission partners Caroline and Dick Seed are based at George Whitefield College in Cape Town and train Bible teachers in key theological institutions across Africa and beyond. We give thanks with them that the final registration of the online postgraduate diploma in higher theological education came through last week. After being told it could take […]

God’s love for Goma

The CMS family responded generously to our emergency appeal for DRC. What’s been done, what is the situation now and what does the future hold?

Hope from the Edges February 2025

Watch our latest good news stories from the Middle East, DR Congo and Cumbria!

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

Celebrating a ‘first’

Harvey Kwiyani shares the excitement and possibility heralded by our first African Christianity graduates

Small boy, big heart

Buckinghamshire boy donates his pocket money for mission

Sixty baptisms on Christmas Day

Despite being in the centre of a conflict zone, the church is growing fast in eastern DRC, says Martin Gordon

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 […]