UK: CMS pioneer students

CMS offers a number of different courses at undergraduate and postgraduate level for people who are interested in joining God’s mission and sharing the gospel outside the boundaries of the church. Please pray for all CMS’s students – those finishing study with CMS and those in the first and second years going up to the […]

Faith in conversation

Amid the buzz surrounding the Bible Society's Quiet Revival report, CMS graduate Laura Evans reflects on her own experience of sharing faith.

Greenbelt 2025: Hope in the Making

Paul Northup, creative director of Greenbelt Festival, shares about this year's theme and why the festival is a natural home for pioneers.

UK: 22 years of service with CMS

We are very pleased to have also had Ruth Sayers in the office this past week and to have been able to celebrate her 22 years of service with CMS. Ruth has just finished as a mission partner after serving in Cairo, Bethlehem, Jordan and Devon. Pray for Ruth’s next steps to become clear as […]

UK: English language learners

Awais Mughal, mission partner in Leeds, writes that six Sudanese learners have joined the English class she teaches, alongside her existing Eritrean, Afghani and Iraqi students. Coming from such different language backgrounds, it is not always easy for members of the group to communicate with each other. Awais writes, “Despite these challenges, all students are […]

Responding moment by moment

Abi Cooling was a surprise addition to 2024's cohort of students focusing on youthwork. It was God’s perfect timing, she explains.

UK: Summer Gathering

Please pray for ongoing preparations both in the UK and overseas ahead of CMS’s Summer Gathering, a chance for people in mission and key partners to connect, learn, pray and share vision together from 27 July–3 August (including a day for supporters to join and celebrate how God is at work). Pray for colleagues in […]

UK/Tanzania: planning a trip this summer

Festo and Grace Kanungha are mission partners based in Cornwall, where they support vulnerable community members through social enterprise and Grace serves as a curate in St Petroc’s Church. They ask for prayer for them as a family as they work out how to visit Tanzania this summer. It will be three years since the […]

UK: CMS Summer Gathering

Please pray for those planning and those who will attend CMS’s Summer Gathering, a chance for people in mission and key partners to connect, learn, pray and share vision together from 27 July–3 August (including a day for supporters to join and celebrate how God is at work). Pray for programme content, timings and the […]

Gathering the threads: Assembly 2025

Johnny Sertin issues a call to the curious, courageous and connected.

UK: change of CEO

As you may have already heard, Alastair Bateman is stepping down from his role as CEO of Church Mission Society at the end of July. Pray for CMS, in particular the trustees and recruitment team seeking the right person to take over this role and lead CMS into the future.

“I believe the time is right”

CEO Alastair Bateman announces he is to step down in July 2025