Thousands of students across Latin America are studying the Moore College correspondence course in Spanish, with exponential growth even in countries deeply hostile to Christian ministry.

There are no more CMS missionaries in Johannesburg but the city is wide open for more gospel workers to serve.

A heady combination of Midnight Oils passion for justice, a youth group serious about mission and the Scriptures and a powerful 'old-fashioned missionary spiel has spurred a Sydney couple to serve indigenous Christians at Nungalinya College in Darwin.

Evangelicals in the Church of England are dangerously divided but God is still very much at work in England, said the Rev Hugh Palmer, Rector of All Souls Church, London yesterday at CMS Summer School.

The authority of Gods word remains a key struggle for all Christians "“ even in places like Sydney with a strong biblical heritage "“ Archbishop Jensen has told CMS Summer School.

CMS needs to see the world with Gods eyes, not just the Department of Foreign Affairss, said outgoing General Secretary Rev John Bales in his opening Summer School address.

One of my friends commented that the week at Summer School was a taste of heaven "“ eating good food, worshipping God in song, standing along our brothers and sisters of different colours and cultures, and having our perspectives refreshed by Gods.

Of all the mental images that are conjured at the mention of a goat, do you imagine a wealthy so-called Christian too miserly to help the poor?

Genuine Christians are always going to look a little weird. Its not normal to spend your hard-earned cash on or your precious time praying for people in obscure countries that youve never even met. Its certainly not normal to leave everything you know for potential frustration and deprivation somewhere else. But it all makes senses when youre following a king who did that and more...

It's summer again in Jo'burg. The streets of the northern suburbs are awash today with fragments of leaves, pummeled ruthlessly from the trees in yesterday's hailstorm.

A question thats big in South Africa at the moment is this: which language should we do our Christianity in?

A question thats big in South Africa at the moment is this: which language should we do our Christianity in?

I was very surprised to arrive home this week to find that my house had burnt down.

"So, you're a missionary then?" People often asked me this question back in Australia, and I was never quite sure how to answer. It's a loaded term...

I recently spent a week on holiday with some friends in a small house across the Umzimvubu River from the little town of Port St Johns. It was an incredible place: the quickest way into town was a walk along the beach to the rivers mouth, then a quick ferry ride across the river into town.