Dear Friends, What makes CMS special? My answer is simple: people. It’s our people who are special; it’s our people who make a difference. We have all kinds of people participating in the life of CMS: mission partners, Timothy (local) mission partners, members of our mission community, people in our international networks, as well as churches and individuals who prayerfully support us. The ways these extraordinary people are involved vary. Some care for the disabled; others are planting churches and missional communities; others focus on street children; still others minister through the arts, the list goes on – all are by God’s grace reflecting our values of being pioneering, evangelistic, relational and faithful. But diverse as CMS people are, we all have one vision: we want the world to know Jesus. We’ve answered the question on the cover of this annual review with a resounding “yes!” Raising people up to share Jesus and see lives changed is at the very heart of what CMS does. In my first months as executive leader, I’ve been immensely humbled by the many people I’ve met who give so much to be obedient to that calling. I hope as you read this report you too will be humbled – and inspired.
“We’ve Above all we don’t do it alone, because it is God’s mission and answered the God himself who e quips and enables us for this wonderful work. It all question on begins with him, and it’s all for him. T o him be the glory alone! the cover with Sincerely in Christ a resounding ‘yes!’” Reverend Canon Philip Mounstephen, Executive Leader None of us does this work alone. We do it in partnership with
so many people, including you. Thank you.
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Mobile medical outreach endorsed by mosque More than 70 people in rural Egypt, many of them Muslims, received much-needed eye care in Jesus’ name during a three-hour mobile medical clinic. “The clinic’s presence was announced from the mosque loudspeaker,” said mission partner Helen Fraser, working in external relations for Harpur Memorial Hospital Sadat City, a project of the Diocese of Egypt. “Twenty-nine people were referred to the hospital for eyeglasses and 11 for cataract operations, which will be made possible through donations.” The Harpur team was asked by the community to return for more clinics. Harpur Memorial Hospital is committed to providing high-quality affordable healthcare as a practical demonstration of the love of Jesus “our Great Physician”. In winter, 17 homeless asylum seekers were kept off the freezing Glasgow streets
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at night, thanks to a shelter set up by a CMS mission partner (anonymous) and other local Christians. “We took in people from Afghanistan, Libya, Zimbabwe, Palestine, Uganda and Tanzania,” the mission partner said. Later in 2012, five Central Asian asylum seekers were baptised after coming to faith in Christ through the
ministry of this mission partner.
Resurrection in Colwyn Bay In March, Gavin Mart, a participant on the CMS Pioneer Mission Leadership Training Course, led a community makeover of a boarded up pub for an Easter arts exhibit in North Wales. Forty artists contributed to the exhibit and hundreds of people attended, many experiencing the story of Jesus’ suffering, death and resurrection for the first time. “We handpicked our artists ranging from top Welsh contemporary names…to new talent. …We received an overwhelmingly positive response from the artistic community”, said Gavin. Hundreds of volunteers helped renovate the Imperial Hotel pub in time for the exhibition. Gavin wants to make what was seen as “yet another boarded up, run down pub” into a thriving community hub. A VentureFX pioneer with the Methodist
From derelict pub to community hub
Church, Gavin says the CMS pioneer training course has helped give theological perspective to his work – as well as providing a community of like-minded people. “The course is more than just a qualification: it’s a place where I can build meaningful and supporting relationships with pioneers across the country and from diverse walks of life.” Gavin Mart
“The course is more than just a qualification: it’s a place where I can build meaningful and supporting relationships with pioneers across the country and from diverse walks of life.”
New church for Hindu village that came to Christ A whole Hindu village in Bangladesh has come to Christ and now has a place to worship him together, thanks to the Church of Bangladesh and a grant from CMS. Former CMS manager for Asia Adrian Watkins said, “In 2009 CMS sent a grant for the construction of a church at Bajpukur in Rajshahi Deanery. The whole Santali tribal village had recently accepted Jesus through the work of the Church of Bangladesh. The building opened in April.” The Rt Rev Samuel Sunil Mankhin, Bishop of Kushtia, thanked CMS donors for their generosity. In 2012, CMS supported four mission partners working with the Church of Bangladesh Social Development Programme.
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Three people were baptised during Easter week at Sanctuary, a Birmingham-based safe space for British Asians to explore faith in Christ. “It was an incredible moment,”
said mission partner Pall Singh, who leads Sanctuary.
God’s grace and new braces for Nadiyya A young girl in Jordan who suffered a brain injury from extreme abuse at age two is doing something few people thought possible – walk. She’s also being introduced to the love of Jesus. This is thanks to the perseverance of mission partner Michael Green, a nurse in Jordan who first met Nadiyya seven years ago on a visit to the hospital to which he has now been transferred. “She was four when we met and most people assumed she’d never walk,” Michael recalled. “Once I got placed at this hospital, the first thing I did was get her assessed for braces. We work on her walking daily. Sometimes she enjoys it and other times it’s hard, but she’s doing it! We walk in the garden. Because she is mostly blind, she likes smelling and feeling the plants.”
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On Good Friday Michael took Nadiyya to an interactive Easter exhibition.”Nadiyya enjoyed the perfume smell of the nard that Jesus was anointed with, she ate bread like Jesus blessed, she felt a crown made of thorns, she touched empty grave clothes. All while I explained to her the death and resurrection of Jesus in Arabic. Due to her learning disability, I couldn’t ask her if she wanted to follow Jesus, but it was so good to see her emotional responses. I felt so privileged to take Nadiyya through this journey.” More than 1,300 households in a remote Nepal village heard the gospel for the
: which took nine missionary trainees on a four-day excursion in May to a Gurung tribal O S L A area. NMCN is led by Timothy (local) mission partner Ram Prasad Shrestha.
first time, thanks to CMS partner, the National Mission Commission of Nepal (NMCN)
In the aftermath of the total demolition of a Kathmandu slum, CMS partners still brought hope to the community. In May, about 1,000 people were displaced when the government suddenly flattened the residences of those living near the Baghmati river. Also destroyed were a thriving church and school started by the National Mission Commission of Nepal (NMCN), a CMS partner. Says CMS Timothy (local) mission partner Reena Khadgi: “Our vision was to give homeless children hope for their future. Within three years lots of children and their parents accepted Jesus.... More than 60 children were coming to the tuition centre and Sunday school.” After the destruction, CMS partners provided comfort and care. Reena says, “We regularly visit around 120 children in the area. We give snacks and play games, sing songs, draw and pray. We praise God little things make them happy.” NB: In 2013, CMS Timothy mission partners re-built the school and dozens of children continue to attend.
A birthday and baptism In June, a 12-year-old disabled girl in Peru celebrated a physical and spiritual birthday with cake, balloons and baptism. This was thanks to mission partner Pat Blanchard and her team at the Shalom Centre for children with disabilities in the shanty town area of southern Lima. “Josselyn has cerebral palsy, but with her smile and large all-revealing eyes, she clearly indicated that ‘yes’ she wanted to be baptised,” Pat said. Josselyn also took her first holy communion. Shalom provides therapy and support to over 50 children and young people with disabilities.
Pagan festival: going where few Christians have gone before “Abandoned or neglected by most of the church” is how UK mission partner Andrea Campanale would describe the people she has a heart for most – those seeking spiritual fulfilment through New Age or pagan practices. In July, Andrea shared the light and love of Jesus with spiritual seekers at the Lammas festival, organised by the pagan community in Eastbourne. “It was the first time Christians had engaged like this at this event and the response to our offer of prayer was overwhelming.” Many told stories of why they’d left the church and were astonished to find Christians wanting to welcome them. As Andrea and her team prayed with people, some became emotional and said they felt a touch from God. “We were able to take a risk, step out and be Christ to people who are searching, yet who are mostly ignored or written off by many Christians. Yet, God is working in these people’s hearts and it’s great to be part of that.”
A time to mourn The Rev Sue Woodcock, mission partner with SAMS and then CMS, died on 25 July, after a long battle with cancer. Bishop Henry Scriven of CMS paid tribute: “After her diagnosis, Sue stayed in Sabadell, where she was the Rector of the Church of Christ. She was greatly supported by her congregation and friends worldwide. Sue came to faith while studying maths at Oxford University and subsequently studied theology and mission, serving in Iran, Uganda and Bolivia as well as in England. After ordination, Sue worked in Sabadell for eight years. We give great thanks to God for Sue’s strong faith and courage. Her last text message to me was: ‘All is well with my soul. Praise the Lord!’”
Witchdoctor’s daughter becomes child of God Nelly was abandoned by her mother at age five. At age 10 she had to go to work cleaning houses. “She was abused many times and her father was a witchdoctor. She came to us broken and hurting,” said mission partners David and Gina Hucker, who founded San Andres, the first Anglican church in Arica, Chile, which has grown from just their family to almost 100 people. Through the Huckers and the San Andres community’s care, “Nelly has given her life to Jesus and is being changed into a beautiful Christian woman.”
Hundreds of children gather for palace prayer Even the threat of downpour could not dampen the enthusiasm of 800 children who gathered at the presidential palace in Santiago, Chile on 3 August to pray for their nation. Mission partner and pastor Alf Cooper, who serves as Protestant chaplain to Chile’s president, organised the event. He said, “To see children praying for the nation leaves an important impression at a time when abuse and danger of all kinds are affecting children in Chile.” Having the first lady, Cecilia Morel, attend and endorse the event made for “a day the children will never forget. There is talk in the palace of doing this again next year. Praise the Lord!”
First lady of Chile with CMS mission partner (centre)
First class of pioneer ordinands joins CMS course Five pioneer leaders selected as Ordained Pioneer Ministers in the Church of England were among the biggest cohort so far on the Church Mission Society’s Pioneer Mission Leadership Training course. Following the Church of England’s ground-breaking decision in January 2012 to approve CMS as an official pathway for training pioneer ministers, the candidates joined 20 other new students at the start of the academic year. Among them was James Henley, the first ordinand from the Church in Wales to be assigned Pioneer status. He’s also one of the students taking the new MA course.
“You can’t gather such a creative, diverse, dynamic group of people passionate about mission, without feeling excited about the future of the church!” said course leader Jonny Baker. Kim Hartshorne, who leads the Upper Room community in Cirencester and is training to be an ordained pioneer minister, agrees: “The mix of students, all innovating and experimenting in a huge range of settings and willing to share experiences with one another, is fantastic. It’s great to be based in the heart of such an established and innovative mission organisation like CMS, which is now also a missional community,” she said. Nearly 50 students, the majority of them lay people, are currently training with the CMS pioneer course, which has come a long way in just over two years since the first pilot year students started.
More than 100 street children get to go home A young boy named Reagan, who was living on the DR Congo streets, received a long-overdue operation and returned home to his family, thanks to generous supporters and Kimbilio Project staff in Lubumbashi. “When Reagan arrived at Kimbilio, we noticed him walking with difficulty and found a piece of metal embedded in his leg,” recalled mission partner Ian Harvey, who pioneered Kimbilio (place to go for safety) with the Diocese of Katanga. A donor paid for Reagan’s operation. “On a positive note, Reagan’s father began visiting him in the hospital and after the operation his family welcomed him home,” Ian said. Reagan is one of more than 100 boys who have been reunited with their families in the three years since Kimbilio was established. Additionally, Centre Kimbilio also supports up to 90 street boys a week with food, learning activities and, for some, a safe place to sleep. Recently, Kimbilio also opened its doors to a tiny baby girl abandoned on the road. Ian says: “She was named by Kimbilio residents Chancelle Vie Ian – the first part means a chance to live. We identified a local family eager to look after her and they are completing the official paperwork.”
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On 13 October 2012 at St Aldates Church in Oxford, The Reverend Canon Philip Mounstephen was officially inaugurated as CMS’ new Executive Leader. Close to 400 people attended the event, including CMS Africa director Dennis Tongoi and Asia CMS director Dr Kang San Tan. One week later, on 20 October, eight great supporters also
took a leap of faith and participated in the CMS Jump for Jesus sponsored skydive. Together, they raised more than £9,000 for CMS mission. Asked why he jumped, The Reverend Peter Massey said, “CMS is a family we’ve been welcomed into…This is a way of saying thank you.”
Taking education to a new level in Pakistan Children in five communities in rural Pakistan – who were receiving high-quality primary education thanks to schools pioneered by mission partner Jane Jerrard and the Diocese of Hyderabad – can now go even further in their studies. “We have been responding to communities who wish to extend their primary school to middle level,” said Jane.“This is especially important for the girls, who cannot go beyond primary level unless the school is in their village,” she added. Each village has constructed a permanent building with three classrooms on high enough ground to be safe from future flooding. All the labour to build these five schools was provided by the communities themselves. Jane said, “I attended the opening ceremonies of these schools and it was a great privilege to witness the excitement of the children and ownership by the communities.” Jane and the diocese have worked over the past several years to give education and increased opportunities to more than 5,000 marginalised children, following the example of Jesus.
The poorest parish plants the most churches People in Kibera – the vast informal settlement outside Nairobi, Kenya where hundreds of thousands of people live in tin huts without sanitation services, clean water or electricity – have two new churches where they can experience God’s love. This is thanks to the efforts of two gifted local men who were trained for leadership at Carlile College in Nairobi. Mission partner Colin Smith, who served as head of the college’s Centre for Urban Mission, said “Godfrey and Moses prove that finance is not the most important resource for church planting. This is the poorest parish in the diocese and has had the most churches planted.” 13 ary 20 – Janu
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Christmas Eve: A night clubber’s life was saved in Telford, thanks to a Sanktuary team member who resuscitated the young woman after she’d stopped breathing due to an asthma attack. Mark Berry, CMS community mission facilitator and a pioneer of Sanktuary – a ministry to late night
partygoers – said, “It’s always a great opportunity to be Jesus to people and I’m especially glad the team were out this particular night.”
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A class act Children in South Sudan – whose school is currently a tin roof on poles – will soon be learning in purpose-built classrooms, thanks to the incredible efforts of their young counterparts at a primary school in London, in a special partnership fostered by CMS. Pupils at St Mary’s Church of England school in Finchley walked dogs, cleared leaves, and sold cakes – amongst numerous other things – as part of the school’s 200th anniversary celebration appeal, which raised more than £27,000 to build classrooms at Bilali Primary School in Eddi, Maridi diocese. “Bilali school was started under a mango tree by CMS missionaries in the 1940s,” said CMS transcultural manager for Africa Stephen Burgess. “Between 2006 and 2009 the area was invaded by the Lord’s Resistance Army and the villagers fled to Maridi, where they have been displaced ever since. One thing that would help resettle people is a primary school.” CMS mission partner Patricia Wick, based in Maridi, agrees. “The school will draw the community together and give it a heart after years of war.” Another CMS mission partner, building consultant Garry Ion, drew up plans for the new school.
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Well-timed well wishes CMS people in mission around the world received more than 1,600 New Year messages from CMS supporters, thanks to a Christmas appeal, which encouraged recipients to fill out a greetings card and return it to CMS. CMS staff forwarded these cards to people serving across the globe, who were extremely grateful.
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New CMS Executive Leader Philip Mounstephen (right) and mission stewardship director Joseph Steinberg surrounded by evidence of CMS supporters’ care
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CMS received an unexpected boost from the BBC programme Call the Midwife when a character, Chummy, was seen applying to serve with the Church Missionary Society, as it was called then. This prompted CMS to contact a real-life midwife from that era, Eve Vause, who served with CMS in Africa. Eve was then featured in 13 BBC radio interviews, in the Sunday Express and various other media, sharing how the gospel is “a gospel of wholeness.”
MBE for mission partner u Mission partner Susie Hart was made an MBE for services to disabled people during her 10 years in Tanzania. Working with the diocese of Ruaha, Susie pioneered Neema Crafts, training and employing more than 100 deaf and disabled men and women in Iringa and inspiring local people to change their views of disabled people – from cursed to valued. Neema is now led by CMS mission partners Ben and Katy Ray.
The 2012-2013 Financial Summary Total income Donations from churches: Donations from individuals: Donations from trusts: Legacies: Investment income: Other (rent, sales, etc):
£2.2 million £2.4 million £0.2 million £1.6 million £0.5 million £1.1 million
£8 million 28% 30% 3% 20% 6% 13%
Total expenditure: £8.7 million Programmes: £7.65 million 88% 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, h ealthcare and development. This expenditure figure includes provision for a financial commitment of £0.8m CMS made to a partner organisation in 2012 that will be paid out over the next five years. Generating funds: Governance:
£1 million £.05 million
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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.
Note: This annual review contains highlights of CMS’s financial position. You can obtain a free copy of our fully audited Report and Accounts for 2012–2013 by contacting the CMS office.
2012 people and projects summary
2012 CMS Directors: The Rev Canon Chris
Mission partners: 158
Henry Scriven (South America), The Rev Phil
Africa: 35 Asia: 37 Europe: 46 South America: 28 In training: 12
Simpson (Asia), The Rev Joseph Steinberg
Timothy (local) mission partners: 62
(Transcultural Mission), Mr Adrian White
Africa: 5 Asia: 28 Europe: 5 South America: 24
2012 CMS Trustees: Mr John Ripley
Neal (Mission and Community), The Rt Rev
(Mission Stewardship), The Rev Paul Thaxter (Finance and Corporate Services)
Short-term mission partners: 18
(Chair), The Ven Martyn Snow (Vice Chair),
Africa: 10 Asia: 5 South America: 3
Dr Jonathan Brant, Ms Alexis Chapman
Mission associates (formerly known as Salt): 123
(retired 27 April 2012), Mr Keith Chua,
Africa: 40 Asia 23 Europe: 30 South America: 30
Mr Peter Hyatt, Prof Ian Jones, Mrs Dione
Cross-cultural exchange (Encounter) participants: 25
(retired 31 January 2012), Mrs Shona
Projects financially supported: 131
Wallace, Mr Michael Whitlam
The Rev Patrick Coghlan, Mr Craig Hampton, McDonald, Mrs Katherine von Schubert Passfield, Mrs Ann Tyndall, The Rev Ian
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