Israel/Palestine: seeking peace

We continue to ask God for mercy, an end to violence and true and lasting peace between Israelis and Palestinians. We pray that more followers of Jesus will take up the call to be peacemakers and we pray that rising anti-Semitism and Islamaphobia around the world will cease. Continue to pray for CMS people in […]

Israel/Palestine: ongoing conflict

Amid reports of bombing intensifying and more deaths, please pray for peace, for healing and for aid to reach those who need it most. Pray for an end to the cycle of violence. Pray for people to listen for the voice of God in the midst of this terrible tragedy. Mission partner Joel Kelling, based […]

Gaza and Israel and the Church on the frontline

Mission partner Joel Kelling reports on the church in action and reasons for hope

Israel / Palestine: ongoing conflict

Please pray for all those affected by the recent attack in Israel, which has killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more, in Israel and in Gaza. Please do watch video messages from mission partners Jen and Kevin Cable and regional manager Tanas Alqassis on our prayer page for Israel/Palestine. Against all odds, pray for […]

A secret disciple

The risks of losing job, family and community mean that some choose to keep faith a secret.

Israel/Palestine: ongoing conflict

Please pray for all those affected by the recent attack in Israel, which has killed thousands and displaced hundreds of thousands more, in Israel and in Gaza. Mission partners Jen and Kevin Cable are safe and have relocated to Jerusalem, where they are helping with crisis management, sharing God’s love with internally displaced people in […]

Israel/Palestine: recent attack

Please pray for all those affected by the recent attack in Israel, which has already cost hundreds of lives. We weep with those who weep, in Israel and in Gaza. We pray for those in the midst of appalling grief and those now living in paralysing fear. We yearn for peace with justice for all. […]

Learning to lay things down

Phil and Sylvie Good reflect on how Middle East mission meant laying aside not just home comforts but even the skills they had to offer

Lebanon: ongoing financial crisis

Pray for Lebanon, where the financial crisis continues. Please pray for God-fearing leaders to come forward, for grace and mercy on the people, for economic and political change.

Iran: new charges against two pastors from the Church of Iran movement

Yousef Nadarkhani and Abdolreza (Matthias) Haghnejad were recently required to go to court on unspecified security charges. Both Yousef and Abdolreza have previously been in prison in connection with their faith and are now up on new charges after a married couple from the same religious movement made a complaint about them to the Iranian […]

Unimaginable pressures, uncontainable joy

Come with us on a tour of changed lives through the Middle East and North Africa.

A listening year

Church Mission Society has bold mission plans, but we dare not launch them without first listening to Jesus, to each other and to voices from the edges.