Pilgrimage of Awakening: The Extraordinary Lives of Murray and Mary Rogers By Mary V.T. Cattan Pickwick, pp. 442, $51 As an Amazon Associate, TLC earns from qualifying purchases. Review by Titus Presler Mary Cattan’s perceptive biography of Murray and Mary Rogers offers a compelling story that will strike a chord with those exploring inter-religious encounter, … [Read more...] about ‘Gandhian Christians’: Murray & Mary Rogers
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New Anti-Colonial Name for Rwandan Anglicans
By Mark Michael Rwanda’s Anglican church recently changed its name, removing the word “province,” which it sees as a colonialist relic, according to a letter released on September 30 by the church’s primate, Archbishop Laurent Mbanda. This is the third name for the Francophone church, which was called ‘Province de l’ Eglise Episcopal au Rwanda” (Province of the Episcopal … [Read more...] about New Anti-Colonial Name for Rwandan Anglicans
CMS Hires Strategist
Alastair Bateman, 44, will become chief executive officer of Church Mission Society in May. He will succeed the Rt. Rev. Philip Mounstephen, who became Bishop of Truro earlier in January. Bateman is chief operating officer of Resurgo, and has been responsible for developing the Christian social transformation agency’s sustainable growth strategy. Before that, he worked with … [Read more...] about CMS Hires Strategist
New Home for CMS-Africa
CMS-Africa, Church Mission Society’s sister organization, has celebrated its tenth anniversary by opening a new international headquarters in central Nairobi. The Most Rev. Donald Mtetemela, retired Archbishop of Tanzania, and the Most Rev. Onesphore Rwaje, retired Archbishop of Rwanda, opened CMS-Africa House at a ceremony attended by 200 guests and church leaders from … [Read more...] about New Home for CMS-Africa
From CMS to the Episcopate
The Rev. Canon Philip Mounstephen, executive leader of the Church Mission Society since 2012, will become the 16th Bishop of Truro. Mounstephen, 59, was ordained as a deacon in the Church of England in 1988 and as a priest the next year, serving his curacy in Gerrards Cross and Fulmer in the Diocese of Oxford. “I am absolutely delighted to have been called to lead the … [Read more...] about From CMS to the Episcopate
Bp. Scriven to Retire
The Rt. Rev. Henry Scriven, a former assistant bishop in the Diocese of Pittsburgh, will retire Dec. 31 as Church Mission Society’s Latin America mission director. Scriven is also a former suffragan Bishop in Europe for the Church of England. He was ordained in 1975. After serving a curacy in Wealdstone, North London, Scriven moved to northern Argentina with the South … [Read more...] about Bp. Scriven to Retire
Deal People in on Mission
https://vimeo.com/217162559 Church Mission Society has launched a card game that prompts people to examine their understanding of mission. Mission Is … The Big Question? is designed for small groups of all ages. Each playing pack includes a selection of Mission Is, Word, and Action playing cards. Players are challenged to construct a defining answer to “What is mission?” … [Read more...] about Deal People in on Mission
Scripture Now in Sorani
Adapted from ACNS Bible translators in Kurdistan, northern Iraq, working against the backdrop of civil unrest and religious persecution, have completed the first ever translation of the whole Bible into the Central Kurdish Sorani language. For the last eight years, Church Mission Society mission partners Joel and Ruth Hammond (pseudonyms, for their safety) have worked … [Read more...] about Scripture Now in Sorani