UK: searching for new chair of trustees
CMS is looking to appoint a new chair of trustees. We give thanks for Charles Clayton’s faithful service (he will be stepping down in the spring after 10 years in the role) and ask for prayer as we search for, discern and appoint a new chair.
UK: Political Theology for Mission
CMS’s Pioneer Mission Training, in collaboration with thinktank Theos, is hosting a residential from 11 to 13 July as part of our Political Theology for Mission module. Participants will be exploring how Christians and churches can engage in politics and what that means for public witness. Please pray for those leading the course as well […]
UK: office staff
We give thanks for the chance for CMS office staff to spend time together and build each other up at CMS’s all-staff picnic this week. Pray for this time together to enable office staff to continue to work together smoothly to support mission at the edges around the world.
UK: election
Please pray for the UK following the general election on 4 July. Pray for the future prime minister to be open to God’s leading in his role and be guided to make decisions that clearly benefit the nation.
UK: ordinations
Give thanks that Grace Kanungha is to be ordained this Friday, 28 June. Pray for her and Festo and the children as they prepare to move to Bodmin in Cornwall, where Grace will be curate and Festo will have a role in the parish as a mission partner. Pray too for former mission partner Pat […]
South East Asia: safety and settling in
Please pray for mission partners B and M – for protection for B as he travels next month, for B’s visa for Ireland to come through and for the family as they settle into life in Ireland for their home leave.
Yes! Anglican Inspiration
A new book by CMS member Maurice Sinclair helps us reflect on our own place in God's missional plans
Bloomin’ mission!
Old mission partners never really retire, says David Sharland, who served for decades in east Africa... and now by the Irish Sea.
Cathy Ross on Loved, Called, Gifted podcast
Hear what Cathy has to say about women in mission and 'pious domesticity', including the hidden stories of women missionaries.
Tiger, cow or horse? Enterprise at the edges
Enterprise can be a kingdom blessing for those on the edge, says CMS first year MA student Jerry Marshall