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 […]
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
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 […]
