our favourite things: church mission society annual review 2014-15

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Shalom centre Palm Sunday party at a park in Lima, Peru (see April story)

Dear friends, I wonder what you would put in a list of your ‘favourite things’? The famous

song lists all kind of weird and wonderful items. My own list would be pretty eclectic. Isn’t that the way of it? It’s the great variety of life that we delight in. Our God has given us so much to enjoy.

One of the great privileges we have in being part of CMS is seeing such a great range of things in which we can take delight, as very different people make a difference in all sorts of contexts, across the globe. This annual review will give you a feel for some of that as members of the CMS staff team list some of our favourite things from this last year. I hope that these people and stories will inspire you, touch you and encourage you in your own life of mission.

But of course these stories and these people, diverse as they are, have much in common too. In all their variety, these are stories of people making a transformational difference in the name of Jesus and in the power of his Spirit. That’s the golden thread that runs through everything you’ll read here – and it’s that above all which makes these our truly favourite things. Personally, my absolute favourite thing is the knowledge that Jesus Christ really is making a difference to the lives of people and communities through the work of CMS.

Happy reading!

Philip Mounstephen CMS executive leader

My absolute favourite thing is the knowledge that Jesus Christ really is making a difference to the lives of people and communities through the work of CMS.

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For this annual review we asked CMS staff members to share some of their favourite stories from 2014/2015 and why they chose them. We hope you enjoy reading their selections.

STORIES:

New Testament saves Ukrainian soldier’s life

02FEBRUARY

New Testament saves Ukrainian soldier’s life

“This is one of my favourite stories as it’s so mind-blowing. It amazes me how, even in the midst of such a tragic situation, God was busy getting someone’s attention. I hope that the military chief’s faith was strengthened by what happened to him as well as those around him who witnessed the event.”

– Danni Parker, individual giving officer

Amid turmoil in Ukraine, there were pockets of hope. A Ukrainian military chief’s life

was spared, thanks to a well-timed gift of a pocket New Testament.

The soldier received the New Testament on 20 February, at a prayer tent on the Maidan Square in Kiev, which was set up by CMS mission partner Alison Giblett and her Ukrainian team.

“That day 77 people died,” said Valery, one of Alison’s colleagues. “Many who were with this soldier were killed, but he had put the small New Testament we gave him a few hours earlier in his top left pocket. During the fighting he was shot in the heart, but the sniper bullet got stuck in the New Testament, so the New Testament literally saved his life! He came back to us to give thanks and share his story.”

“It was a privilege to serve in the prayer and counselling tent, to share God’s love and comfort,” Alison said. “Praise God for people’s openness to talk. Pray for Christians throughout the country to bring light, peace and hope to Ukraine.” Later in the year, more than 2,000 Ukrainians responded positively to an invitation to follow Jesus during two summer outreaches led by Alison and her church.

Praise God for people’s openness to talk. Pray for Christians throughout the country to bring light, peace and hope to Ukraine.


More than 450 people gathered on Saturday 8 March to celebrate the official launch

of Asia CMS in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The crowd was diverse, with attendees from almost every continent, including leaders from CMS in the UK, CMS Australia, CMS New Zealand and CMS-Africa – the latter of which was launched in 2008 as part of CMS’s overall plan to decentralise its global work.

Also attending were dozens of Asia CMS co-mission partners (Timothy mission partners) and mission partners from the UK who serve in Asia.

In a stirring opening speech, Bishop Moon Hing of the diocese of West Malaysia said now was the time for a “fifth wave” of mission within Asia —

that now is the time to intentionally send well-trained people into cross-cultural mission. Kang-San Tan, executive director of Asia CMS, added that although there are many theological colleges in Asia, what’s needed is a training centre that specialises in cross-cultural mission, which will work in partnership with mission organisations in Asia.

Asia CMS is meeting this need with the Asia Gateway programme. Soon after the launch, the first Asia Gateway training took place with participants from Mongolia, Nepal, India, Pakistan and other countries.

CMS first sent missionaries to Asia in 1813 and continues to send mission partners from the UK to Asia in partnership with Asia CMS.

Asia CMS launches out on fifth wave of mission in Asia

...now is the time to intentionally send well-trained people into cross-cultural mission

Asia CMS director Kang-San Tan

03MARCH

More than 80 children with physical and learning disabilities in Lima, Peru

celebrated Easter in a place that was extensively renovated for them and their families.

The Shalom Centre for children with disabilities was overhauled to include more space for therapy, education, playtime, Bible study and worship, thanks to generous supporters. The construction began in October and in

April, mission partner Pat Blanchard, who heads up the project, picked up the keys.

“Thank you to all who have given and prayed to make this day a reality,” she said.

The work of Shalom began in 2001, with disabled children and their families gathering for prayer and support at Jesus el Nazareno church, where Pat served as deacon.

Building a brighter future for disabled children in Peru

Shalom Palm Sunday outing

04APRIL


White coat in order for paraplegic pioneer

05MAY

Christian, right, realising his dream

White coat in order for paraplegic pioneer

“I first met Christian at Gahini when he was making cards to sell in order to pay for his studies. He is bright and I pray he will finish and qualify. He is a witness to those in Rwanda and beyond to change their attitudes to disability. It reminds us that all people are people created by God. Not disabled but differently-able.”

– Stephen Burgess, regional manager for Africa

He may have been discouraged on many fronts, but encouragement from CMS mission partners

– past and present – helped a determined Rwandan man realise his dream of studying medicine.

Born prematurely in 1989, Christian was taken to Gahini rehabilitation centre as a toddler by his parents. Physiotherapist Liz Hardinge, a CMS mission partner, started doing exercises with him– but this halted during the 1994 genocide. When the time came for him to enter primary school, Christian’s legs were too weak for him to walk with his brother. Years of struggle followed, as Christian wanted to stay in school, but his body prevented him.

Christian returned to Gahini rehab centre and its primary school in 2004. He received top marks in his exams and proceeded to secondary school.

“I dreamt of studying medicine… I knew disabled children who were hidden in a room at home and this motivated me to work harder,” Christian said. “In 2011 I passed the final senior 6 national examination among the group with the highest performance in Rwanda.”

Christian returned to Gahini and connected with current CMS mission partners Drs Bertha and Wim Schoonbee. He joined the hospital craft-making team to earn money to attend the National University of Rwanda. However, at university Christian was discouraged from

studying medicine due to his disability. He wrote in an email to Bertha. “I must try to understand that dreams sometimes cannot be realised.”

Gahini staff and some university faculty members encouraged Christian to remain in medicine. In an email to the university Christian wrote: “I’ve decided not to listen to those who are discouraging me…. It isn’t right to move me from medicine because of physical deficiency.... Please Sir, they are changing the way houses are constructed. Why is it not possible to provide facilities in universities for disabled students?”

The medical school authorities eventually agreed to accommodate Christian as best they could.

Hearing the news, Christian ordered his white coat for the ceremony in August.

I dreamt of studying medicine... I knew disabled children who were hidden in a room and this motivated me to work harder.


Hundreds of people in Rio de Janeiro heard the good news of Jesus during the World Cup,

thanks to a creative evangelistic outreach led by mission partners Jess and Mark Simpson and a team of more than 30 Christians from nine different local churches.

The Alpha na Copa (Alpha at the Cup) team took to the streets and beaches in a souped-up Volkswagen van fitted with a portable cinema for showing a series

of Alpha Youth films. Mark said, “More than a hundred people have climbed into the van to watch the films and lots of people watched from the door. Hundreds more stopped to talk.”

Mark said: “We’ve been privileged to join with Baptist, Lutheran, Anglican, Catholic, Vineyard and New Frontiers churches in this endeavour. The follow-up with people is being done through these local churches.”

World Cup outreach drives hundreds to consider Jesus

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06JUNE

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One of CMS’s most impressive historical figures, Bishop Samuel Ajayi Crowther, was honoured during a service of “thanksgiving and repentance” at Canterbury Cathedral on 29 June 2014. The event commemorated 150 years to the day since this former slave was consecrated as the first black Anglican Bishop. Philip Mounstephen, CMS’s executive leader, spoke at the occasion.

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Mobile mission in the streets of Brazil

More people in the UK will be encountering the gospel in

extraordinary ways. This is thanks to CMS’s investment in a pioneer mission training course, which held its first graduation ceremony on 8 July in Oxford.

Two students received a certificate in ministry and one student, CMS mission partner Andrea Campanale, earned a foundation degree. Andrea is best known for her innovative work with spiritual seekers.

In another important first, eight people were recognised and admitted as CMS Pioneers, entering a newly-created lay worker order within the Church of England.

Jonny Baker, CMS director of mission education, said, “It was exciting to acknowledge the gift that pioneering is to the wider Church. It’s often a misunderstood gift, as many pioneers operate at the edges of church. Yet if we’re going to creatively engage with the vast majority of the UK population who have no connection with church, their work is absolutely vital.”

The CMS pioneer training course began in 2010 with a small pilot group. Four years later, more than 80 people have taken at least one module. The course offers an MA and is an approved training pathway for people selected for ordained pioneer ministry in the Church of England. Johnny Sertin was the first pioneer ordinand to do his training on the CMS pioneer course. Johnny leads the Earlsfield Friary community in southwest London.

Con”grad”ulations ‘n’ order: two big firsts for CMS pioneers

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07JULY

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“Come for the stuff. Stay for the story.” CMS re-launched its web shop: www.cms-shop.org.uk

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Some of the first CMS lay pioneers

Clean Living sways “missional Dragons’ Den” judges

08AUGUST

Winner Miriam Goodacre, right, with Shannon Hopkins, who leads the Missional Entrepreneurship week

Missional Entrepreneurship week in Devon

Clean Living sways “missional Dragons’ Den” judges

“A friend of mine in Peckham, London is a cleaner who worked very hard with unsociable hours for

very little recompense in the extremely rich City

of London, where I was once an economist. One summer I did her job for two weeks while she was on holiday and saw another more vulnerable shadow side to the City. I love this venture, which enables companies to ‘clean up their act!’”

– Paul Thaxter, director of international mission

Congratulations to Miriam Goodacre, winner of the first-ever Missional Dragons’ Den

competition, co-sponsored by CMS and Greenbelt Festival.

The aim of the competition was to find some of the best ideas for missional enterprises throughout the UK. Entrants were asked to submit innovative ways for being part of God’s mission that were also self-funding. Short-listed finalists pitched their ideas at a “Dragons’ Den” panel style event at Greenbelt.

Miriam’s Clean Living proposal will benefit cleaners in London, currently among some of the nation’s poorest workers. The plan is to employ cleaners for the London Living Wage of £8.80 an hour. Profits will be re-invested in employees’ personal development. This could include English language classes and the teaching of basic literacy and numeracy skills.

Miriam won a place on the Missional Entrepreneurship Week at Pickwell Manor in Devon in November, which is part of the CMS Pioneer Mission Leadership course.

Miriam is employed at St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe, the church where CMS appointed its first missionaries.

Miriam’s Clean Living proposal will benefit cleaners in London, currently among some of the nation’s poorest workers.

CMS conducted an emergency appeal, raising thousands of pounds for Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza, which was damaged during airstrikes during the summer conflict between Israel and Gaza. Al-Ahli, the only Christian hospital in Gaza, was founded by CMS in 1882.

Leaving for Lebanon: Mission partners Amy and David left the UK to take up new roles in Lebanon. They work with a church in Beirut, reaching out to both the Lebanese population and Syrian refugees.

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More than 9,000 people—including Christians, Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs—gathered

at All Saints Church in Peshawar, Pakistan on 22 September 2014 to pay tribute to all those killed or injured in the horrific suicide attack on the church a year earlier.

Among those in attendance were Paul Thaxter, CMS director for international mission and Aamir, Asia CMS coordinator for Pakistan.

During their Monday morning staff meeting, CMS staff in Oxford also engaged in an expression of solidarity with Pakistani brothers and sisters by writing down prayers for them and sharing in a time of silence.

“The bishop and the diocese of Peshawar, Church of Pakistan are indebted to CMS in England and Asia for sharing their concerns, love and care for the Church [here]”, said leaders of the Church of Pakistan.

Not alone, not forgotten

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“This story challenged my view of the purpose of mission as I heard how moved the Church of Pakistan was that someone from here had come to stand alongside them at a time of suffering.”

– Hannah Burnham, key relationships manager

Paul Thaxter, second from left, with Church of Pakistan leaders in a solemn ceremony

CMS UK staff show solidarity

Three young men working to overcome drug addiction were among the dozens who attended

a special harvest service in Tartagal, northern Argentina in September.

The setting for the service reflected their ongoing transformation: a former rubbish tip that has been turned into a flourishing vegetable garden by Victor, a new Christian and member of Jesus el Buen Pastor church.

According to mission partners Ed and Marie Brice, who lead the church, the congregation is supporting a local drug rehabilitation ministry. “The increasing drug problem here makes people feel hopeless; supporting this ministry has sparked real hope in the church,” Ed said.

The congregation wanted to include the men who are turning their lives around through Jesus in the harvest celebration.

Ed said: “Together, we sang of the power of God’s Spirit to bring a different

harvest and we presented the gospel to neighbours and distributed carrots and tomatoes.”

The Brices moved to northern Argentina to help strengthen indigenous churches a few years ago, following three decades of working in Paraguay.

A harvest of hope

“I got the chance to see this story in person and to meet Victor, the man mentioned, who was actually the first person

to come to faith in Jesus through Ed and Marie’s

ministry in Tartagal. A former Jehovah’s Witness, he and a small group of others attend weekly Bible studies in Ed and Marie’s house. The Brices are a quiet couple who are adjusting very well to a new country and ministry and seeing good fruit.”

– Henry Scriven, mission director for Latin America

Children helped Victor (standing) pick vegetables to give away 3Honoured harvest guests

Lost girl found, says “no one ever looked for me before”

10OCTOBER

ReVive team; Andy Roberts (tallest in back row), Rose Roberts (front far left)

Lost girl found, says “no one ever looked for me before”

After days of searching, a 13-year old Brazilian runaway from the ReVive ministry safe house in

Olinda was found and returned safely.

According to Andy and Rose Roberts, CMS mission partners who pioneered ReVive, the girl ran away after being bullied at school: “Other pupils were teasing her about not having a ‘real’ home or family. They told her she’d never be adopted because she was too old.”

The ReVive team combed the local streets and beach looking for the girl, to no avail. A few days later, she sent a message to the ReVive team via Facebook.

“She said, ‘I’m sorry, I just wanted to find a family.’” Andy recalled.

“We saw via Facebook that she was in one of the largest and most dangerous shanty towns in Olinda,” Andy continued. “I took another team member and entered the favela with her photo, asking people if they’d seen her. We finally found some kids who recognised her and took us down an alley, where we found the girl asleep under a pile of clothes.

“She cried when I woke her....no one had ever gone looking for her before

and she was afraid we would reject her. I told her she is part of our family.”

Girls staying full-time at the ReVive house often have heartbreaking histories of abuse or abandonment. The ReVive team provides food, education and activities through local partnerships. “We also work with a social worker to reunite the girls with a loving family member where possible,” said Andy.

She said, ‘I’m sorry, I just wanted to find a family.

“I was amazed by this story. The wonders of using an iPhone application to get to the general area and the

bravery of going deeper into the shantytown! There

are definitely shades of “whatever you did for the least of my brethren, you did for me” here.” (Matthew 25:40)

– Cley Crouch, head of facilities

In a community steeped in grief following the kidnapping and murder of resident Alan Henning by Islamic State militants, mission associate Cyprian Yobera helped bring comfort. As rector of Eccles Team Ministry in Manchester, Cyprian led a packed tribute service at Eccles Parish Church, where a book of condolences for Henning’s family was signed by hundreds of people.

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CMS joined the Hope for the Future campaign, which aimed to get realistic climate change policies into the manifestos of the main political parties ahead of the general election in May 2015.ALSO:

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A young man in South Sudan has overcome displacement, hunger and loss and become a dynamic

student leader.

Rafael’s earliest memories are of fleeing Maridi to a refugee camp in DR Congo during the Sudanese civil war. Rafael recalled, “Then in 1993, my father took us to Uganda. We walked 200 miles to a refugee camp in Moyo.”

Rafael attended primary school in the refugee camp, but his world was rocked by his father’s death. This made his financial situation precarious.

Rafael returned to South Sudan, taking whatever jobs he could find. He managed to earn enough money for his secondary education, though he says, “I was so hungry I sold my mobile for food. I wondered if my hardships would ever end. Yet, as a Christian I knew there was hope for the future.”

Hope came in the form of a job at the county commissioner’s office. “The commissioner sent me to train at Chaima Christian Institute, which offers quality further education.”

At Chaima, Rafael met principal and mission partner Patricia Wick, who encouraged him in his pursuits. Rafael studied for a certificate in business administration and entrepreneurship.

“Rafael is our highest achieving student,” said Patricia. “He was elected president of the student council and he motivates other students. His prayer is that he will do great things for his country. May God honour his prayer.”

Rafael said, “I thank Patricia for searching for sponsorship for me, and supporting me.”

From refugee camp to top of the class

Rafael hopes to

do great things

for South Sudan

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After Matula’s husband died from AIDS-related illnesses, his family blamed Matula for giving him

HIV and she and her three-year old daughter were cast out of the family.

“She lost everything, including hope,” said Bhibin Shakya, a CMS Timothy mission partner and head of Grace Community Services (GCS) in Nepal. “She knocked on doors of relatives, friends and institutions for help, but to no avail,” he recalled. Then she came into contact with GCS’s HIV outreach staff, many of whom have HIV themselves. “The Lord spoke to her through our staff. Now, she can become residential staff herself in the day care centre with her daughter,” said Bhibin.

“The most important thing is that she has surrendered herself into the Lord’s hands. She is excited to live with dignity and to have friends who also have HIV with whom she can share joys and sorrows.”

The HIV programme at GCS began 10 years ago, the first of its kind in Nepal. In addition to counselling and skills training, the team also provides scholarships for

children with HIV to go to school. They also speak to sex workers about how to guard their health (and in some cases leave the trade) and are now working to prevent human trafficking, which is how many people contract HIV. With the help of local churches, they hold several awareness raising seminars each year.

Nepal: Dignity and hope for HIV+ widow and daughter

12DECEMBER

“I love this story because, having met Bhibin Shakya last year on a CMS Encounter visit, I was really inspired by his work with

people with HIV. It reminds me of the passage in Hosea:

“Then I will say to those who were not my people, ‘You are my people!’ And they shall say, ‘You are my God!’” (Hosea 2:23)

– Katie Jenkinson, church relations adviser

“I was deeply moved by this story, a beautiful reminder that the gospel story is still being written every day around

the world.”

– Ian Adams, mission spirituality adviser

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“For me this story really highlighted the fact that when Jesus is shared with people, their lives can be totally changed. I think it’s incredible that words that Jesus spoke almost 2,000 years ago could also speak so powerfully to this man in a completely different time and context. I am constantly amazed by the stories that come out of this education

programme.” –Jon Langley, key relationships assistant

H, a teacher in rural Pakistan, was on the verge of despair and divorce. Then a parable changed

his life. According to mission partner J, who heads up the Church-led primary education programme that H is part of: “H belongs to a low-caste Hindu tribal community. He was educated in a diocesan school before becoming one of our teachers.

“When he came for some teacher training recently, he was having a difficult time. H is married and has a baby daughter. His father-in-law is a robber and wanted H to join him in this. When H refused, the father-in-law took H’s wife and child into his house and wouldn’t let H see them no matter how much he asked.”

Feeling hopeless, H considered suicide. Some people in his village advised him to divorce his wife and re-marry. This was in his mind when he came for training. “During devotions, someone shared Jesus’ parable of the vineyard owner who was about to cut down a tree because it

wasn’t bearing fruit, but then is convinced by a servant to give it another chance,” J said.

Hearing this story, H said, “I felt like I was the vineyard owner, wanting to be done with my problem by divorcing my wife. I realised this decision would bring suffering and felt I needed to wait and trust.” When H returned home, he received a phone call from his father-in-law, who said he was sending H’s wife back.

“We live together and have another daughter,” H said.

“The seed of God’s word saved H’s family,” said J.

J and her team have established morethan 100 schools in rural villages inPakistan. The importance of their workwas highlighted tragically in Decemberwhen a school was attacked in Peshawar.

Bible story transforms teacher’s life

Pakistan


Neil Wild, one of CMS’s new, officially recognised lay pioneers, is part of a team that won an

award for regenerating the high street in Wantage, Oxfordshire.

Wantage won the Town Centre category in the Great British High Street awards for the innovative way it overcame the problem of empty shops, going from 23 to just three, thanks in part to a pop-up shops scheme. In their awards citation, the judges were “impressed with the strength of local partnership working resulting in the complete transformation of the town centre....”

Having worked in town centre management and property for years, Neil realised a number of small businesses and social enterprises have a viable offering for a town centre location, but the traditional method of leasing retail outlets doesn’t appeal to them due to the long term commitment that is often required.

With this in mind, Neil led on an initiative by Wantage Town Team to lease a property with the purpose of setting up a pop-up shop project there. Neil explains: “A pop-up shop in a vacant property can help businesses test the market on a short term basis. Once the occupier has gained

the confidence to consider taking on a longer term lease, our experience shows they either take on the unit they’ve been in or another empty outlet nearby. This adds to the variety of goods and services on offer in the high street and makes the town centre more attractive.”

Neil said: “Town centres create opportunities for different sectors of the community to connect positively. However, changes in buying habits mean that some town centres are frequented less and are becoming pockets of economic and social deprivation. I want my faith to be outworked so that it counteracts this and models the potential for newness of life in practical and culturally meaningful ways. Seeing empty places come to life has surely got to be part of God’s heart for a community.”

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“This may seem a quirky story to pick as a favourite, but I have been inspired by Neil. Sometimes we unwittingly create the impression that to be involved in mission is to engage in a church role. So it’s great that through reflecting, Neil has discovered more fully his own call to work in business, business that renews towns and communities shaped by love for God and the world.”

– Jonny Baker, director of mission education

Neil Wild, pioneer student

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Total income: £7.5 millionIncome from individuals: £2.3 millionIncome from churches: £2 millionIncome from legacies: £1.5 millionIncome from trusts: £0.2 millionIncome from investments: £0.7 millionOther income: £0.8 million (sales, rent, fees, etc)

Total expenditure: £7.7 million Charitable expenditure: £6.6 million (86%)

We work within a worldwide network, supporting partner organisations, the interchange of people in mission and projects that reflect pioneering, evangelistic, relational and faithful mission, including leadership training, evangelism, education, healthcare and development.

Generating funds: £1.04 million (13%) Governance: £.06 million (1%)

We are responsibly investing in fundraising in order to offer people the opportunity to share in our commitment to mission now and in the future. Effective governance helps ensure that we operate with integrity and accountability.

Total income £7.5 million

Legacies:£1.5m

Investments:£0.7m

Other:£0.8m

Trusts: £0.2m

This annual review contains highlights of CMS’s financial summary. You can obtain a free copy of our audited Report and Accounts for 2014/2015 by contacting the CMS office.NOTE:

Financial storyTHE2014/2015

1 February 2014 through to 31 January 2015

CMS Senior Management Team in 2014/2015: Executive Leader Rev Canon Philip Mounstephen,

Director of Mission Education Mr Jonny Baker, Director of Fundraising for Mission Mr Jim Barker, Director of Church

and Community Mission Mrs Debbie James, Mission Director for South America Rt Rev Henry Scriven, Director

of International Mission Rev Paul Thaxter, Director of Finance and Corporate Services Mr Adrian White

CMS Trustees in 2014/2015: Mr John Ripley, Chair, Mr Jonathan Brant, Rev Canon Patrick Coghlan, Mr Craig Hampton, Mr Peter Hyatt, Prof Ian

Jones, Mrs Dione McDonald, Mr Salim Munayer, Rev Jane Shaw, Mrs Ann Tyndall, Rev Ian Wallace, Mr Michael Whitlam

Mission partners: 154 in 31 countries

• In training: 13• Africa: 30• Asia: 30• Europe/Middle East/

North Africa: 54• South America: 27

Timothy mission partners: 52 in 22 countries

Mission associates: 126• Africa: 35• Asia: 24• Europe/Middle East/

North Africa: 38• South America: 29

Short-termers: 21• Africa: 14• Asia: 3• South America: 4

Pioneer students: 70 Including 5 working to certificate level, 19 on the diploma, 7 ordinands and 12 MA candidates

Mission community: 2,539 members

Encounter cross-cultural visit participants: 74

Projects financially supported: 145

Total income £7.5 million

Individuals:£2.3m

Churches:£2m


People and projects

CMS is a mission community acknowledged by the Church of England. A company limited by guarantee. Registered in England and Wales, charity number 1131655, company number 6985330, registered office: as above. Group: South American Mission Society. A company limited by guarantee. Registered in England and Wales, charity number 221328, company number 65048, registered office: as above. Church Mission Society Trust. Registered charity number 1131655-1 (previously 220297), principal office: as above.

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