Today marks the beginning of Thy Kingdom Come, a global prayer movement that takes place each year between Ascension Day and Pentecost Sunday. After Jesus ascended to heaven, his friends and followers gathered in Jerusalem to pray together and to wait on the promised Holy Spirit. For many Christians around the world, these 11 days have become a time of prayerful devotion, of inviting God's Spirit to come anew and to change lives. Thy Kingdom Come began in 2016 with an invitat

Billy’s Blog May 2019 The church: God’s embedded people: God’s chosen courier of hope After a roller coaster 3 weeks Billy is now safely home from his second Companion Placement in Yei Vocational Training College, South Sudan. Confronted with a seemingly impossible set of circumstances and insurmountable difficulties, Bishop Hilary unwaveringly stuck to the plan to reopen the college on 29th April and an opening ceremony was held and classes began. The staff and students work

CMSI is sharing their concern about warnings of an escalation in cases of Ebola in the North Kivu Province of Democratic Republic of Congo and the impact it is having on their Global Partners there and in surrounding areas. Bishop Isesomo in North Kivu Diocese has been especially concerned about the Diocesan Children’s Home, and CMSI recently sent funds to improve their Ebola prevention measures in the home. In Goma Bishop Desire has also requested assistance for Ebola Awaren

The Director of the Church Of Ireland Theological Institute, Rev Canon Maurice Elliott, is currently spending time with Keith and Lyn Scott at St John's Seminary in Zambia. He reflects on a busy first weekend... It has been an immense privilege to spend the past number of days at St John’s Anglican Seminary, Kitwe, Zambia. The visit came about as the result of a conversation, at his request, with Keith Scott in Dublin last January, and has been made possible through generous