Worldwide: Christmas break
As CMS people in mission and staff celebrate Christmas, please pray for a restful time with family and friends for those who will see them, and a meaningful time of celebrating the coming of Jesus for all. For those in countries where there is persecution, pray for safety. Pray for fresh vision for how God […]
UK: pioneer students
Lift up CMS pioneer students who are graduating on 4 December – may they be able to have a joyous celebration in the midst of the busy pre-Christmas season. Please also pray for fresh energy in the last few weeks before Christmas for those students who have not yet finished their studies.
Poverty, hospitality and dignity
Pioneer MA graduate Rosie Hopley tells of her own experiences of poverty from childhood to being a social entrepreneur.
New chair of trustees appointed
Rev Jeremy Moodey, former CEO of Embrace the Middle East, will be the next CMS chair
Archbishop of Canterbury’s resignation
In the wake of the resignation of the Archbishop of Canterbury, who has been our patron since taking office in 2013, we join in prayer for the victims and survivors of abuse everywhere, especially in church settings.
UK: settling in
Please pray for recently-finished mission partners B and K and their children as they settle into life in Northern Ireland after many years living in South Asia. Pray for them to find their place in the community, settle in at school and work, and for each member of the family to make friends.
Asian-focused MA approved as CofE training pathway
It's official! CofE ordinands can train on the Asian Christianity route through the CMS Pioneer Mission Training MA.
Pioneer’s new book on embodied prayer as mission
London Pioneer School experience bears fruit in new publication
Acts 11 Project
Give thanks for an energising launch conference last week for the Acts 11 Centre for Global Witness and Human Migration. Pray for the momentum to continue, especially for more partners to join the project, which seeks to equip Christian communities for hospitable ministry and migrants for sharing the gospel on the move.
Hope from the Edges October 2024
Watch our latest good news stories from Brazil, South Sudan and Hull, UK!
Celebrating 25 years of breakfast (and baptisms)
How Hull mission partners made breakfast the most important meal of the community
Britain: pioneer students
Praise God for an amazing new cohort of students who have started studying with CMS this week after an induction. Please pray for them to gel and bond as a group. Give thanks that we now run courses in African and Asian Christianity and have a large number of funded youth places this year too. […]