Church Mission Society

Podcasts from Church Mission Society (CMS). We long to see our world made new through the love of God as we follow Jesus to the edges.

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Magnificat reading

November 24, 2025 • 49 secs

Mary's song, the Magnificat, read by Di Phillips. Part of Church Mission Society's Advent devotional 2025 - Magnify. Spend Advent in the company of Mary and other inspiring women from the Middle East today. See churchmissionsociety.org/advent

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2.22 - Pause and pray for mission with Church Mission Society

April 20, 2021 • 2 mins

To celebrate Church Mission Society's 222nd birthday, we are inviting you to pause and pray for mission with our 2min 22s mini-liturgy - celebrate and remember God's mission in your neighbourhood and our world.

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Tim Curtis - Scriptures bringing life

June 26, 2020 • 16 mins

Recently, Jenny Muscat talked to Tim Curtis about his work as a mission partner in the Chaco region of Paraguay. Tim works on resources to enable the Enxet people to access scripture in their own language, following on from his involvement in the translation of the whole Bible into Southern Enxet.

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Something words can't bring - Chris Duffett on art and mission

May 7, 2020 • 19 mins

Chris Duffett, from the Light College and Collective, is an artist with a desire to bring words, comfort and scenes from God’s heart to those he paints for. Chris’ fine art seeks to bring the colours and mystery of other realms. His work is playful and joy filled with an overemphasis of light. Chris studied Art with Theology at Chester College and has exhibited in Chester and Cambridge and worked as an artist in residence with Chel...

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A world of endings - Interview with David Benjamin Blower

April 8, 2020 • 14 mins

Jeremy Woodham talks to musician and theologian David Benjamin Blower about the connections between prophets and artists, whether Jesus was an artist and if art is or isn't missional. Also: the power of lament and hymns without happy endings. The interview was recorded at Church Mission Society in Oxford on 3 March 2020 as part of the For Art's Sake Pioneer Conversations Day.

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Sadness and gladness in Lebanon

February 4, 2020 • 16 mins

When Phil and Sylvie Good set out for Lebanon as new mission partners, they began working with a church and serving Syrian refugees. “The scale of what happened to them became more apparent as I got to know them,” says Sylvie. “Total lack of future.” In the face of this seemingly overwhelming situation of despair, Phil and Sylvie took the attitude of “do what we can”. Jenny Muscat found out what this means on a practical level, an...

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Talk 2 - A New Way or Road

December 13, 2019 • 25 mins

Canon Moses Bushendich, international director of CMS-Africa, gave three talks at Church Mission Society's 2019 Africa conference 8-10 November, at the Hayes Conference Centre, Swanwick, UK. He spoke from an African and CMS-Africa perspective on the theme taken from Isaiah 43: “See, I am doing a new thing - do you not perceive it?”

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Talk 1 - A New Thing

December 13, 2019 • 31 mins

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Tim Curtis - Scriptures bringing life

Something words can't bring - Chris Duffett on art and mission

A world of endings - Interview with David Benjamin Blower

Sadness and gladness in Lebanon

Talk 2 - A New Way or Road

Talk 1 - A New Thing

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Magnificat reading

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