Chile: Cooper Celebration Tour
We are delighted to have had longtime mission partners Alf and Hilary Cooper visiting the CMS office this week. Alf and Hilary have been in mission for over 50 years, working to see churches planted and multiplied in Chile and pastoring La Trinidad de Las Condes church. We pray for them as they continue their […]
Honduras: working towards a more stable future
“Please pray for Jorge and Alonzo,” write mission partners Lindsey and Steve Poulson. Jorge and Alonzo are two of the young people Lindsey and Steve are in contact with through their work of mentoring and supporting at-risk children and young people with Proyecto Alas. Jorge graduated from secondary school last year and began working at […]
Latin America: doing pioneering mission together
Please pray for partners engaged in pioneering mission in places across Latin America where people are not connected to church and don’t know Jesus. CMS is supporting people engaged in creative missional approaches by building missional community, helping to nurture pioneering initiatives and sharing learning and resources. Please pray for this to benefit all those […]
Living in freedom behind bars
In Florianópolis, Brazil, hundreds of prisoners are finding freedom in Jesus.
Argentina: work with indigenous communities
Please pray for CMS’s work with indigenous communities across Latin America, particularly in Argentina. In partnership with the Diocese of Northern Argentina, CMS is helping to support 13 indigenous women to study at the Anglican Formation Centre (CeFA) in Ingeniero Juárez to equip them to serve the church. As a result of recent flooding, some […]
Brazil: leadership in local hands
Give thanks for Greice, who is increasingly taking over leadership of a community market in Olinda after starting as a volunteer towards the end of last year. Mission partners Rosie and Stu Bayford set up the surplus food distribution ministry several years ago alongside their work of supporting at-risk girls at charity ReVive. Currently on […]
Honduras: family of three
We give thanks with mission partners Lindsey and Steve Poulson for the safe arrival of their daughter several weeks ago. Pray for them as they settle into life as a family of three. As they take time out from their work of mentoring and creating safe spaces for at-risk children and young people, pray for […]
Argentina: Bible courses for indigenous groups
We give thanks with mission associates Chris and Helena Wallis that over 500 Wichí people are now doing Bible courses in the Wichí language. We give thanks that so many Wichí people are engaging with the Word in their own language, and that some Wichí people have now been facilitating Bible study groups for more than […]
Bolivia: community garden in Santa Cruz
Andrew and Lisa Peart, partnering with the local church to engage the community in pioneering mission, write that their church’s community garden initiative has run into a couple of problems, including rising costs. Lisa writes, “But we are not giving up, just thinking creatively!” Pray for Andrew and Lisa and the church as they continue […]