During her recent visit to Uganda, Jenny was able to meet with Bishop Hassan, one of our Local Mission Partners living in the Nuba Mountains area in Sudan. The chance to be together in person helped deepen relationships and further understandings of the complex situation in Sudan. Whilst there, the Sudanese bishops present were able to meet for a retreat together. The aim of the retreat was to pray, study God’s Word, and encourage each other. And more importantly, “to pray fo

After a tiring 24-hour journey from Dublin to Kathmandu, stopping off in Heathrow and Dubai, the team of 8 arrived in Tribuvan airport to encounter what was to be the first of many challenges to our habitually fast-paced way of doing things…..queuing for visas. Whilst we had thought we’d been smart by applying for these online before setting out, we discovered that somehow the Electronic Travel Authorization forms we’d all printed out, complete with ID photo, were not valid,

CMSI Mission Director Jenny Smyth to retire CMS Ireland's Mission Director, Jenny Smyth Delegates at the annual Ignite Conference for...

It is over a month since the world heard of a much celebrated Peace Agreement for the Democratic Republic of Congo (...

Matthew Allen Recently, Emma had the opportunity to talk with her dear friend, Matthew Allen, about CMS Ireland's approach to mission. As...

Good afternoon. It is lovely to see you all here today, to worship with you, to give thanks for God’s blessing on the work of CMS Ireland...

With at least 3000 dead and 400,000 displaced in the past 10 days since the M23 took Goma in Eastern DRC, missional agencies linked to...

A new Partnership Agreement between the Diocese of Armagh, the Diocese of Gitega, Burundi and CMS Ireland was inaugurated at the Armagh...

Our chair, David Reynolds, has been in Cambodia attending a meeting of chairs of CMS organisations from around the world. David writes …...

I sit at my office desk struggling with the complex global issues that trouble my mind and heart with each news bulletin: more...

One of the many advantages of working for CMSIreland is getting to connect with people living in far-flung places. Whether it’s joining...

Turning the Tables on Trauma Over the past 12 months our island has seen significant public unrest. This summer attacks on small...

There are moments in all of our lives when we seem to get a glimpse of the other side of the tapestry – a ‘God’s-eye view’ you could say...

“This same Good News that came to you is going out all over the world. It is bearing fruit everywhere by changing lives, just as it...

While many of us are familiar with Jesus’ ‘Great Commission’ and phrases like ‘every member ministry’, Joanne and Andrew Quill have felt...

This is a transcript of Jenny’s talk from Ignite 2023 which introduced the annual new theme ‘God on the Ground’. Gravity I have been...

Lambeth call on Mission and Evangelism: ‘The people of God are chosen, set apart, equipped, and sent into God’s world ‘that you may...