More than one million people in the southern Madagascar are in dire need of emergency food and nutrition support due to a catastrophic shortage of food resources. Since September 2020, Madagascar has been trapped in [...]
The baton is passed as the CWM family welcomed and received its new General Secretary, Rev Dr Jooseop Keum, at a virtual Inaugural Service held on 5 July 2021. Attended by staff, ecumenical partners and [...]
By Gwilym Tudur, Seion Congregational Church Undoubtedly, 2021 has so far proven to be a difficult and challenging year for humanity. Whilst the rapid administration of the Covid-19 vaccine is certainly promising news, this dreadful [...]
Rev Dr Jooseop Keum has now assumed office as the 6th General Secretary of Council for World Mission, on 1 July 2021, following his appointment at a Special Members’ Meeting held on 31 March 2021. [...]
CWM has received the very sad news of the sudden death of Mr Biango Buia. Biango died peacefully in the early hours of 6 June, 2020, while still in active service as Acting Assembly Secretary [...]
Council for World Mission has received news that Rev Bernard Thorogood has died. The 92-year-old patriarch, who served faithfully and with distinction, as a missionary of the former London Missionary Society and the first General [...]
In Taiwan, the cultures and languages of indigenous people are disappearing and little is known about these real and original inhabitants of Taiwan. Through CWM’s Hearing God’s Cry Programme, the Presbyterian Church in Taiwan (PCT) [...]
By Mission Development team Earlier in the year, an invitation was extended to member churches to share their mission stories as parables of mission in the context of Empire. This was done in the hopes [...]
“I thank God I am useful where He has called me to serve for the benefit of the people in need of my skill and help.” These words sum up the period of service of [...]
Housed at SOAS Library, University of London, since 1973, the archives of the Council for World Mission are a unique historical resource for the study of the global spread of the Christian faith over the [...]
CWM Council made a decision in June 2016 to develop a programme which could bring together Team Visits and Face the Facts so that member churches can be assisted in reading the signs of their [...]
CWM’s antecedent, the London Missionary Society sent many young enthusiastic missionaries all over the globe to share the good news of the gospel. While mission in those days was from the west to other parts [...]
During any Olympic season, we are reminded of the resilience of the human spirit as we watch athletes test the endurance and pliability of their bodies. We are struck by and are often held in [...]
“We need prophets who are restless for justice and peace. Prophets who will not compromise the truth for personal security; prophets who will not turn a blind eye to the reality of evil in our [...]
Ten (10) participants of this year’s Training in Mission Programme (TIM) arrived in Taiwan on 2nd May for the commencement of the Programme in Taiwan. The Programme will run until 26th November in four (4) [...]
The Partners in Mission Associate role reports to the Deputy General Secretary for Programme. Based in Singapore, this role was created in 2015 to work closely with the Deputy General Secretary for Programme; providing coordination, [...]
Face to Face participants meeting in Utrecht have been working in centres and churches supporting people who experience migration. They visited a detention centre where they were shown around the facility and met with some [...]
Chang Jung Christian University (CJCU) located in Tainan, Taiwan became the backdrop to the first of its kind; Global Painting Retreat, organised by the Council for World Mission. The vision of Council for World Mission [...]
Image Caption: TIM students with the mural they painted for the children's room at Presbyterian Support Family Works in Manurewa. The mural incorporates the flags and images of the student’s cultures intertwined with NZ imagery. Anne [...]
On 17 - 18 September, 2015, the Council for World Mission conducted a consultation to look at the Partners in Mission programme, evaluating its impact on the life and mission of CWM members. Representatives from CWM member [...]
23 - 28th July, Apia, Samoa On the 24th July 2015, the Pacific Region met in Apia, Samoa for their Regional Round Table. As part of our immersion experience in the context of Samoa we [...]
The Directors of the Council for World Mission have appointed the Rev Dr Collin I. Cowan to a second term as General Secretary at the annual Council meeting hosted by the United Church in Jamaica [...]
Rev. Charles Chua from the Presbyterian Church in Singapore is a Partner in Mission currently serving with the Presbyterian Church of Wales in Swansea. On a recent trip to Singapore, he stopped by the CWM [...]
Partner in Mission Rev Ta-Li Hsieh’s most striking observation about Singapore is its duality. After spending 6 years in this urban jungle, he says that although the part of Singapore which most people are familiar with [...]
LMS missionary, Miss Alvinza Riddoch turned 100 on 3rd May, 2014. She served in the mission field for several years, working in 3 countries – China, Singapore and Taiwan. She was appointed by the London Missionary Society, LMS, to South [...]
