Why Church Mission Society?
Or for that matter, why do a course at all?
- Our course is specifically designed by pioneers for pioneers. You’ll get a chance to connect with experienced pioneer practitioners who want to see you flourish and your imagination channelled into action.
- Our course is designed to be flexible, so you don’t have to stop doing while you are learning.
- Our course will equip you for ground-breaking, transformational and sustainable mission, giving you what you need to initiate and follow through on mission projects that will help change lives.
- Our course provides a dynamic, supportive learning community that will be there for you as you process your learning, take risks in mission and reflect on your journey.
“Our primary distinctive as a course is that we view everything through a missional lens. Church Mission Society has 200+ years of cross-cultural mission experience, which is invaluable as we think about pioneering mission in all the cultures and contexts existing in Britain today. I’m constantly inspired by our wide range of students, their willingness to take risks and their sense that anything is possible.”
“We found CMS staff and teaching to be of a very high standard. Staff are research active and this feeds into teaching and practice… Students’ own pioneering research is also taken seriously and included in CMS-organised conferences and published books. Courses are led by practitioners as well as academics.”
By connecting with Church Mission Society, you’ll gain access to 200+ years of pioneering mission experience, a vast and varied global pioneering network, leading thinkers coming to teach and the Crowther Centre for Mission Education, which houses an extensive mission library and important historical archives.
Church Mission Society is also the home of the Anvil Journal of Theology and Mission, on the cutting edge of creative mission thinking. And you’ll be the first to be invited to our stimulating Pioneer Conversation Days.
“The roots of pioneering ministry are in the missionary movement and therefore CMS is uniquely qualified to train Church of England [pioneers] for the urgent missionary task in the UK. CMS pioneers will benefit from the years of experience in cross-cultural mission that is CMS’s expertise and the church will gain many well equipped and specially trained individuals for 21st century mission.”
ANVIL journal of theology and mission
Volume 39 issue 1 is out now, exploring Indigenous theologies including Aboriginal, Māori, Yorùbá, First Nations and more.