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• Disciple Making Movements

  

  Posted on 19 May, 201722 May, 2017 by Guest Author

  By Kent Parks.  This article originally appeared in the May 2017 issue of the Lausanne Global Analysis and is published here with […] Read more

• 30 Days of Prayer

  

  Posted on 18 May, 201717 May, 2017 by Guest Author

  Last month you received a flier about the ‘30 Days of Prayer for the Muslim World.’ For over two decades Christians around […] Read more

• Mission with Migrants Conference

  

  Posted on 17 May, 201718 May, 2017 by Steve Maina

  For some time churches and mission societies have been faced with the challenge of reaching migrant communities in New Zealand with the […] Read more

• NGO part 2 – Why all the trainings?

  

  Posted on 13 May, 201717 May, 2017 by Nick Laing

  Three of our staff came into our office after a week long Malaria training. After they raved about how wonderful the training […] Read more

• Missional Songs for God’s People

  

  Posted on 11 May, 201710 May, 2017 by Kirstin Cant

  Songs have power. Their music resonates through our being and when sung with others songs bind us as one. Their words become the […] Read more

• Thy Kingdom Come

  

  Posted on 9 May, 20174 May, 2017 by Guest Author

  Archbishop Justin Welby is calling the global church to a season of prayer for more people to come to know Jesus. This […] Read more

• NGOs part 1 – Pay your workers less

  

  Posted on 9 May, 201711 May, 2017 by Nick Laing

  I don’t usually preface, but in this case it may help people dislike me less. I believe that NGOs go about much […] Read more

• Two Camps

  

  Posted on 8 May, 201710 May, 2017 by Dianne Bayley

  I want to thank God and thank you for your prayer and support that came in for both our recent camps. They were […] Read more

• More than the worst thing we’ve done

  

  Posted on 3 May, 20174 May, 2017 by Tessa Laing

  “You have to wash! Look at you! I’ll tell the school matron to beat you if you don’t wash!” Kenneth’s mum scolds […] Read more

• Snake-o-clock

  

  Posted on 2 May, 20174 May, 2017 by Miriam Tillman

  It is the time of year for snakes! I was off to babysit some friends’ boys for the morning. As I pulled […] Read more

• Global Christianity

  

  Posted on 1 May, 20174 May, 2017 by Guest Author

  This recent video of Dr Todd Johnson from the Center for the Study of Global Christianity gives a brief update about the state […] Read more

• 21 Days

  

  Posted on 26 April, 201726 April, 2017 by Miriam Tillman

  A few weeks ago Miriam Tillman shared that the Hospital of Hope was once again facing Lassa Fever season in northern Togo. They […] Read more

• Short-term Mission – further reading

  

  Posted on 22 April, 201720 April, 2017 by John

  As a follow up to our issue of Intermission about ‘short-term mission’ here’s some useful online articles that capture some of the pitfalls […] Read more

• The playground

  

  Posted on 20 April, 201720 April, 2017 by Dianne Bayley

  Our play equipment in our Junior Playpark had really become old and shabby and needed replacing. Last year we were given a whole […] Read more

• Tests and Oxygen

  

  Posted on 19 April, 201719 April, 2017 by Katie

  Thanks for all your prayers for my recent Spanish test. I’m very happy to report that I passed! Language learning has been a […] Read more

• Clinic No. 3 – Borderline

  

  Posted on 17 April, 201719 April, 2017 by Nick Laing

  Elegu is a “post-apocalyptic shanty town”, explained my wise anthropologist friend. If you only had four words and a hyphen, I don’t […] Read more

• What’s our teapot?

  

  Posted on 13 April, 20176 April, 2017 by Steve Maina

  You may have heard how CMS was formed in England around a silver tea pot. But what’s unique about the forming of […] Read more

• Golden Oldies 2017

  

  Posted on 11 April, 201711 April, 2017 by Graeme Mitchell

  The next Golden Oldies encounter trip is coming up in September. For over six years Graeme and Jane Mitchell have offered specialised […] Read more