Share the Light

Give a candle... Promise to pray... A simply brilliant way to reach out to your neighbourhood in Advent. Brand new 2008 resources available. Read more >

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Make Believe
Join an innovative new course to explore your calling in life and work Read more >

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World in Crisis
As rising costs threaten vital work, your gift can have double the impact Read more >

Pakistan gets praying by SMS

Christians in the Diocese of Peshawar, Pakistan have started up an inspirational prayer and Bible text service by email and SMS.Even better, it's on YouTube - with a report from Pakistan's Dawn TV.

03/12/2008 14:03:37

Nigeria violence: counting the cost

Deadly violence flared in Jos in Nigeria over the weekend after the results of state elections were announced.CMS mission partner Susan Essam, who is based there, kept safe and has sent the following update to quell some of t...

02/12/2008 12:54:23

The 93-year-old bachelor's mite

Becky, a CMS mission partner, has served as a curate in Sri Lanka. She married recently and is presently studying with her husband in Britain before their relocation as a mission partner couple.A short while ago she wrote of...

26/11/2008 14:36:17

WebWatch: key mission stories from around the web

More children drafted by armed forces in eastern Congo (AllAfrica)

Indigenous Christian exit from Iraq increases (ENI)

Police break up health workers' march in Zimbabwe (BBC News)

Cluster bomb treaty will stigmatise their use (BBC News)

Call for long-term aid commitment from British Government (Ekklesia)

Events coming soon

Special General Meeting – 20 January 2009
Next January there will be a Special General Meeting of the Church Mission Society to vote on a resolution proposed by the CMS Trustees to integrate with the South American Mission... Read more >

Micah Sunday
Join thousands of churches worldwide in prayer that the Millennium Development Goals to halve world poverty by 2015 will be met and won't become broken promises. Read more >

Urban Encounters 2009
Those of us who live in cities may experience each day as being full of Urban Encounters, but how many of them have the potential to change our world-view or even our life? Read more >

Mission and the Arts
All welcome to a series of lectures on Mission and the Arts, organised by the Crowther Centre @ CMS. After a good meal, artists from different disciplines will reflect on how they ... Read more >

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YouTube Vicar resurrects camel
Ten years on from the legendary Oxford to Cambridge camel trek, Canon Graham Kings has brought the story of Cleo the Camel back to life on YouTube to raise the profile of the Adano Fund, which raises money for Kenyan schools.

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Orissa download [PDF 2.5MB]
Find out how Christians are being persecuted in Orissa, India. (Our thanks to Mr Sudipta Singh, Church of North India, for use, with permission, of his photos.)
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There's a great range of programmes and resources CMS can offer your church, from in-person reports on mission around the world to courses and presentations to get people excited about local mission. Find out more >

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