YOUR PLACE IN THE STORY

Kang-San Tan

Let me start by saying thank you for your generous giving to BMS so that Christ’s good news is shared and communities flourish amidst global crisis and inequality of resources. I am acutely mindful that rising inflation, coupled with the cost of living crisis placed many of us in very difficult place.

I grew up thinking of resurrection as primarily about assurance of personal salvation in heaven. While this is true, scholars such as NT Wright have rightly emphasised that “The resurrection completes the inauguration of God’s Kingdom… It is the decisive event demonstrating that God’s Kingdom really has been launched on earth as it is in heaven. The message of Easter is that God’s new world has been unveiled in Jesus Christ and that you’re now invited to belong to it.”

What does Easter mean for us in a suffering world? It is an invitation to join with BMS to make a difference. In January, I had the privilege of seeing the tremendous impact of your support through the work of BMS’ partners and mission workers in Thailand. Judy Cook has made such a difference to children with disabilities over the past 26 years, Paul and Sarah Brown have empowered youth and women through livelihood and IT training, and Helen and Wit Boondeekhun have pioneered church planting among largely unreached Thai communities. Easter is about placing our individual hopes, griefs and sorrows into God’s bigger story of bringing healing and rebirth among the nations. And I hope you can see your place in that story through your support of BMS.