DR Congo and Tanzania: empowering women
This week, Kelly from The Graceful Warrior Project visited CMS House and shared about the project’s work of empowering women through local and indigenous leadership and building women and girls up through teaching spiritual, physical, intellectual and financial self-defence. She shared stories about the struggles to keep children and staff safe amid conflict in the […]
Ethiopia: training in their own language
Mission partners Chris and Suzy Wilson work with Christian leaders to build peace across Ethiopia. Over the next couple of weeks, Chris and his colleague Simon will be training young preachers from every church in Simon’s ethnic group, delivering the training in their mother tongue. Please pray for the young men receiving training to encounter […]
Sudan: hope in a desperate situation
Bishop Hassan James, who serves people in the Nuba Mountains in Sudan, recently visited the CMS office in Oxford. He talked about the very difficult situation in Sudan, with war and hunger rife – but also shared of the hope and the support local churches are providing. Ministers have stood by their communities and are […]
DR Congo: peace at Christmas
CMS-Africa asks for prayer for lasting peace and stability in the eastern provinces of DRC, where communities continue to experience insecurity and displacement, especially in the province of Ituri. As December has often been marked by conflict, pray that people may celebrate Jesus’ birth in peace this year.
Uganda: new project in the Diocese of Northern Uganda
Mission partners Sarah and Simon Cawdell, who teach theology to local leaders and develop sustainability projects, have received funds from the Anglican Relief and Development Fund to establish a chicken project and farmhouse on the diocesan land. Give thanks for this money, the new project and the prospect of increased sustainability alongside other community projects […]
Angola: training for Bible teachers
Mission partners Caroline and Dick Seed train and resource theological educators for church and mission across Africa and beyond from their base in Cape Town, South Africa. We give thanks for their recent training of 30 Bible teachers from Angola and Mozambique. Pray for these teachers as they implement what they have learned and as […]
South Sudan: ongoing peace dialogues
Please pray for ongoing peace dialogues between the Dinka Twic and Dinka Ngok tribes. Pray for open communication, forgiveness and a desire to move forward together, for God’s glory. Please also ask God to heal CMS-Africa’s country coordinator for South Sudan, Joseph Noel Sati, who recently fractured his right arm.
DR Congo: trauma healing
We give thanks to God with CMS-Africa for trauma healing training held in October for 46 participants from multiple church denominations. Pray for this training to enable many more people to find long-lasting and life-changing healing through the simple-but effective programme.
Madagascar: transitional government and new bishop
Ialy Tongasoa, CMS-Africa’s local partner and country coordinator for Madagascar, asks for prayer for the country’s new transitional government to take effective initiatives that will lead to the development of Madagascar. Pray for the Diocese of Toliara’s new assistant bishop, Rev Osoro Victor Aunda from Nairobi, Kenya, who was consecrated on 9 November, as he […]
South Sudan: peace dialogue
We give thanks with Joseph Noel, local partner and country coordinator in South Sudan, for a Twic and Abyei peace dialogue which took place this past week. Pray for forgiveness to be offered where it is needed and for these tribes to be moved to work together towards peace. Please pray for peace throughout the […]
Tanzania: life returning to normal
Give thanks that life is slowly returning to normal across the country following recent violent demonstrations in connection with the country’s general election. Please lift up in prayer those who are grieving the loss of loved ones or who still don’t feel safe. Ask God to keep lines of communication between CMS staff and mission […]
