Mary Cooke, wife of the late David Cooke, died recently at the age of 98. Mary and David were NZCMS mis­sion­ar­ies in South India 1960–1963. David was the Prin­cipal of the Noble Higher Sec­ond­ary School in Machilip­at­nam, taking over when the school was at a very low ebb and seeing it considerably…

Adrienne is a NZCMS Mission Partner, serving as a com­munity children’s worker in the rural village area in Bat­tam­bang, Cam­bodia. She helps with lit­er­acy and a com­ple­ment­ary program to the local school extend­ing the children’s edu­ca­tion. It’s with sadness that I inform you that I have just…

Never before have all the CMS Chair­per­sons met in person from around the globe. For the past four years, CMS Chair­per­sons have met twice yearly via Zoom to build a sense of global fra­tern­ity, hear about each other’s plans, and learn from one another for the good of the mission world­wide. Last year…

From October 22–25, 2024, the Diocese of Singa­pore hosted the Plant­ing Future Dio­ceses Mission Con­sulta­tion Roundtable in Bangkok. The event brought together key leaders from across South­east Asia, as well as mission organ­isa­tions like NZCMS, to coordin­ate support for Anglican min­is­tries in the…

In this article one of our Mission Part­ners shares about the struggles of those Chris­ti­ans in her com­munity as they seek to reach their neigh­bours with the Gospel. In amongst the pain and dif­fi­culties that you will read about, you can still feel the strength and resi­li­ence of the local believers.…

We are cur­rently in Cam­bod­i­a’s annual dry season and it has been an intense one this year. Accord­ing to the gov­ern­ment, it’s been the hottest season in 170 years — most days have been nearing 40 degrees but there’s also a “Feels like” tem­per­at­ure, due to the humid­ity, that creeps towards 50…