Stepping out of your comfort zone and being prepared to experience life alongside Christians from another culture can be one of the best ways to deepen your understanding of mission.

CMS Ireland encourages this is through short-term teams, called METAs.

METAs are Mission Experience Teams Abroad. They provide opportunities for Christians to visit one of our partner locations in another part of the world, to experience life and work there and to sample something of a different culture.

METAs can be a great encouragement to our partners and our hope is that they will inspire, challenge and enthuse the participants to engage more deeply in global mission.

METAs are ideal for those who want to grow in their faith, while making a contribution to the life of the world church. They are not holidays with a ‘church bit’ tagged on, nor are they ‘spiritual tourism’ – METAs are opportunities to engage in grassroots mission, to and to be transformed by that experience.

For a flavour of what a META experience looks like please click to watch a video of the ‘Ekisa’ team from summer 2007.

In 2008 CMS Ireland will be sending teams to Nepal, Egypt, Rwanda and Uganda.

For more information about getting involved in a team please contact our Personnel Coordinator.