Mission for October 2012
Tearfund’s Disaster Fund Our climate is changing: extremes of flooding and drought are threatening the survival of some of the world’s poorest people. In Britain we have just experienced the worst September storm in thirty years. At present typhoon Jelawat is raging off the coast of Philippines. Will it make landfall? Will it bring […]
Mission for September 2012
The Edge This is the first time we have included ‘The Edge’ as our ‘Mission of the Month’. The PCC has decided to include it, to give us a focus on the Project, for both our prayers and our giving. Our church is committed to give £3,600 to the project this year. After three […]
Mission for July 2012
Arab World Ministries (AWM) Every summer, Christians offer their gifts to serve God in short-term mission. They join teams and engage in cross-cultural ministry. The teams work in North Africa, the Canary Islands, Paris and London. Each summer team typically starts with a couple of days of bonding and training. Then after weeks of ministry, learning […]
Mission for June 2012
Crosslinks What do Crosslinks Mission Partners do? A huge variety of placements – but always with the aim of taking God’s Word to God’s World through front-line evangelism and the training of trainers. Crosslinks has people teaching in churches and theological colleges, doing student work, English teaching in Bible colleges, working with returnees (those who […]
Mission for May 2012
Arab World Ministries The situation in Syria becomes more desperate every day. The nation is on the brink of civil war. Christianity took root in Syria in the first century until Islam came in the seventh century. Today, about 10% of Syrians are Christians while 87% are Muslims. Many Christians adhere to Orthodox traditions, with […]
Mission for April 2012
Church Pastoral Aid Society (CPAS) Why does CPAS believe that leadership development is so important to the health and growth of local churches? Firstly, because the evidence from research shows that church growth is massively influenced by the quality of leadership in local churches. Former Archbishop, George Carey wrote: ‘Show me a growing church, where […]
Mission for January 2012
January 2012 Crosslinks Paul Cavill’s recent visit to Shanghai gave a very positive picture of the church in China today. The churches there are full and China is now the world’s biggest producer of Bibles. This is great news, but Shanghai is often regarded as a showcase to the West and the situation around the […]