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In CMSI, we get to hear lots of incredible stories: stories of God’s people engaging in God's mission; stories of lives transformed; stories of hope, renewal, light and love.
Our news and blog updates will give you a flavour of how God is at work in our world. Our monthly updates, inMission magazine and Link Letters from our Mission Personnel will inform and inspire you - and fuel your prayers.
We hope that these stories encourage you to connect, equip and transform.
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“O taste and see that the Lord is good”
Rev Arsène Mafurebe reflects on his visit to Ireland. Straddling 5 weeks across April, May and June, CMSI and the wider Church of Ireland...
CMSI Communications
May 20, 2024
#mentalhealthmatters
"Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ". Galatians 6:2 HDCS-Namuna Community Hospital is a 15-bed community...
Roger Thompson
May 9, 2024
Zande Bibles
6 weeks in and Joanne and Andrew are beginning to adjust to life in Ibba. They keep us up-to-date with what they are up to but Joanne...
Joanne & Andrew Quill
May 9, 2024
Floods and Mudslides
Early in my stay here in Burundi I got an email from the travel agent which handles all of CMSI’s travel arrangements. It was a warning...
Keith Scott
May 9, 2024
From Kayole to Kells and back again
At the end of April, we had the joy of a shared meal and time to hear from our Associate Mission Partner, Isabelle Prondzynski, who has...
CMS Ireland
Apr 29, 2024
Power
I had forgotten some of the facts of African life but have been rather dramatically reminded of one in particular: power cuts are a...
Keith Scott
Apr 29, 2024
City Centre Standstill
Well here I am, back in Burundi, teaching students at Bujumbura Christian University. Last year I arrived and found it all very new and...
Keith Scott
Apr 19, 2024
Extreme weather causes destruction in Olo and Ibba, South Sudan
On Easter Tuesday we received greetings from Bishop Tandema Obed of Olo Diocese, South Sudan. However, in spite of his joy over how many...
Linda Abwa
Apr 4, 2024
#internationalschoolmealday
The hot meals prepared daily in the Tujisaidie School in Kayole, Nairobi, are an impressive example of truly sustainable nutrition for...
Lynn Wilson
Mar 13, 2024
The Bari Bible
There are moments in all of our lives when we seem to get a glimpse of the other side of the tapestry – a ‘God’s-eye view’ you could say...
CMS Ireland
Mar 8, 2024
DRC: Learn more, pray more
This week we received further difficult news from Eastern Congo. Bishop Bahati, of Bukavu Diocese, explained that the violent attacks in...
Linda Abwa
Mar 4, 2024
Changed lives in a Kenyan school through gospel partnerships
“This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is bearing fruit everywhere by changing lives, just as it...
Roger Thompson
Feb 27, 2024
Quills: Commissioned
While many of us are familiar with Jesus’ ‘Great Commission’ and phrases like ‘every member ministry’, Joanne and Andrew Quill have felt...
CMS Ireland
Feb 23, 2024
Apply now! Down and Dromore Team to South Sudan 2024
This team is a fresh opportunity for those who have heard about Down and Dromore's CMSI Diocesan link with Maridi, to take part in this...
CMS Ireland
Dec 1, 2023
Holiday Food Distribution
At the end of October CMSI’s Mission Associate, Isabelle Prondzynski, sent us an update of Tujisaidie’s school lunch programme. Friday...
CMS Ireland
Nov 16, 2023
Gravity
This is a transcript of Jenny’s talk from Ignite 2023 which introduced the annual new theme ‘God on the Ground’. Gravity I have been...
Jenny Smyth
Nov 10, 2023
Missional movement in a post-colonial, post-Christendom age
Lambeth call on Mission and Evangelism: ‘The people of God are chosen, set apart, equipped, and sent into God’s world ‘that you may...
CMS Ireland
Oct 24, 2023
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