Living a post-Resurrection

THE BIGGEST RELIEF RESPONSE OF A DECADE

You raised over £650,000 when earthquakes struck Nepal.

When Nepal was struck by two deadly earthquakes in the spring of 2015, the world stopped.

Over 8,000 people were killed, and an estimated 8 million others were affected. But BMS World Mission supporters, along with our partners in Canada, the USA, The Netherlands, Germany and Bangladesh, quickly leapt into action and raised £652,148. Your generous support rebuilt 52 schools that were destroyed, and built them back better. They’ve been made with earthquake-resistant roofs, stronger walls and foundations. Five years on, the project has reached completion. Children have a space place to learn, and hope in their lives once again. Thank you.

A NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR 2020

Combining over 250 years of BMS’ missional expertise with the academic rigour of Spurgeon’s College, the partnership will equip a new generation of students to meet the exciting challenges

of modern mission. A training course will be created, based at BMS’ hub in Birmingham, but its benefits won’t be restricted to the UK. It’s envisioned that the course material could go global, used by BMS’ partners who deliver missiological training in their home countries, and enriching communities both near and far in the challenging times we face. BMS World Mission and Spurgeon’s College join forces

LIVING A POSTRESURRECTION MISSION Kang-San Tan

ohn 21 speaks powerfully about God’s love, fresh hope and new beginning after Jesus rose from the dead. What is so special about

Jesus? Many question whether he wasn’t just a man who died – and even if he really rose from the dead, ask how Christians can claim that at the cross the evil of the world has been dealt with.

There were other Messianic movements from about 50 BC to 150 AD. But none of these leaders claimed that their deaths would carry any significance for the wider world beyond Israel. In Jesus’ case, we find that he believed himself called to die the world’s death so that all creation may be healed and renewed. And within a short while of the crucifixion of Jesus, his disciples appeared in public, proclaiming that God had raised Jesus from the dead, sealing a new dimension of life over which death has no authority.

Resurrection says that a new world, a new order of being has come into existence. At Easter, we remember God making a way through death, and BMS’ highest goal is to invite Christians to live such a postResurrection mission. In difficult times, now, more than ever, we share Jesus and seek the renewal of all creation.

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