The BMS World Mission magazine

FIGHTING FOR THEIR RIGHTS Tackling period poverty in Guinea

A CHURCH ON THE RISE Rejoice in those coming to the Lord, from France to Thailand

FANTASTIC FUNDRAISERS Thank you for all your support!

Who We Are And What We Do

BMS World Mission works in fragile states and unevangelised communities, serving some of our world’s most marginalised people. We also work with people on the move, supporting them on their journey from insecurity towards peace, or enabling them to remain in the nation they call home.

With your help, we send UK Christians and support local believers, working alongside trusted partners on four continents. Our highest goal is to see people come to faith in Jesus Christ and experience life in all its fullness.

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April

2023

These words from Isaiah 43 are words we at BMS World Mission have kept close to our hearts over the past few months as we experience many changes, both in the world as a whole, and internally at BMS. But they’re words too that I’ve found myself repeating as I’ve shared the news with friends, family and colleagues that I’m taking on the editorship of Engage magazine!

I have many people to thank for this opportunity: the previous Engage Editors for offering me advice and support (hear more from Hannah Watson on the carrier sheet!), those at BMS who have been taking chances on me since I arrived here, and for you, our wonderful BMS supporters, without whom the contents of these pages wouldn’t exist. These stories are here to inspire and inform you, but also to show you how important your role in the BMS family really is. It’s your prayers that are helping grow the church in France (page 14), your calls for justice that are fighting period poverty in Guinea (page 16), your generous gifts that are feeding families in Uganda (page 10) and so much more.

And so I hope you enjoy the stories included in these pages and that you’re heartened by your own involvement in them. Any feedback you have is so welcome, so feel free to get in touch on magazine@bmsworldmission.org if you have any thoughts, or you want to pass on any messages of thanks to the previous Editor, Hannah. I so look forward to hearing from you!

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4. News

The first x-ray machine in Bardaï, Chad!

5. Your place in the story

Dr Kang-San Tan on the hope we gain from the Easter story

6. Thank you! Your creative fundraising for mission

7. Continuing the gospel story in Thailand

Hear Thew’s story of coming to faith in Wang Daeng

10. I am Susan You can change families’ lives in Uganda

The most powerful thing a girl can have How one conversation could change everything

18. Letters from Cambodia and the UK

Thank you for sharing your thoughts! 14

A different kind of light

A thriving church in France

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Managing Editor: Hannah Watson

Editor: Laura Durrant

Design: Malky Currie

Front cover photo: Alex Baker

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