Start of a new movement?

"We’re hoping to create a movement of post-colonial missionaries able to work across cultures and races,” says Harvey Kwiyani.

Just Imagine – Afrofuturism

Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy, BAME mission and ministry enabler for Leicester Diocese, talks of imagination as a desire to live in a transformed world.

Just Imagine – highlights part 2

"Break the rules!" Highlights from the Just Imagine series of webinars hosted by Jonny Baker and friends in January 2021.

Positive vibes for virtual pioneer festival

Gather brought together an international crowd of mission pioneers and interested others for a day festival like no other.

Video: Just Imagine – highlights part 1

Do you consider yourself creative? That is a question Jonny Baker, director of mission education at CMS, explored in a series of webinars earlier this year, Just Imagine.

Welcome to Minecraft Church

We talk to CMS pioneer graduate Kevin Colyer about building a rich Christian community of gamers in a fantastically creative virtual world

Proper Northern Pioneering

Introducing the Northern Mission Centre, a pioneer training centre developed in collaboration between CMS and the Diocese of Carlisle.

Looking forward, looking back

Lessons from the first 10 years of Pioneer Mission Leadership Training, and challenges for the future.

How to… use your imagination

Many people think creativity is a gift you either have or you don’t. But, says Jonny Baker, it's a more like a muscle we all need to exercise.

How to… establish an ethical business

Tim Thorlby on the lessons learned by Clean for Good, a social business giving cleaners a better deal.

Contextual inhabitation

Ed Olsworth-Peter points to the importance of the “where” of pioneer ministry and explores how people relate to their context.

Community development as a basis for becoming church

Sue Steer reflects on her experience of being a pioneer community worker as a new town forms around a tiny village and how church has formed and grown.