Freelancing for God – Interview with Maria Casiero
19 November 2019
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We talk to Maria Casiero, second year MA student, about her unusual journey to faith and how it’s continuing with CMS pioneer training
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Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia and the vision of the future church
11 November 2019
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Our vision for the church must be long-term as well as extravagantly creative – just like Barcelona’s famous cathedral, says Tina Hodgett.
London Pioneer School 2020 open for applications
6 November 2019
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Applications are now open for the second cohort of pioneers at London Pioneer School. Pioneer School is a partnership between London Diocese and CMS that provides lay pioneers the knowledge, skills, and understanding to launch and
New ANVIL journal – Church: Inside Out?
5 November 2019
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Read ANVIL now James Butler introduces the new issue of Anvil, which began life as a CMS Pioneer Conversations day back in March of this year: All the contributions to this issue push us to reconsider
The R&D arm of the church
28 October 2019
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Dr Cathy Ross on hunches, dreams and leaps of the imagination. If that doesn’t sound like doctoral research, think again! Tuesday 15 October 2019 was an exciting day for me. It was the first teaching day
Soul-filled coffee from Sacred Bean
25 October 2019
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Here are a few snapshots from behind the scenes at Sacred Bean in Derby. This unique coffee roasting business was developed at the Make Good module. Coffee aficionados Darren (in the cap, pictured) and Jo Howie
The spirit of giving and receiving – Interview with Valerie Cuff-Adams
17 October 2019
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This month I chatted to second year Diploma student, Valerie Cuffe-Adams, to find out about her story and her pioneering Val, can you tell me about your early life, and also about Alpha? I am aware
Holy seed of discontent alive and well in Chelmsford Diocese
14 October 2019
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It was really wonderful to celebrate the commissioning of 16 lay pioneers for the St Cedd Centre for pioneering mission. This is the second cohort of pioneers in that pioneer hub who have done six modules
A fistful of hope
11 October 2019
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The Good Shepherd Boxing Community is based in Romford at the Church of the Good Shepherd. It was conceived by Dave Harrigan, an ordained pioneer minister who is currently studying for a BA in Church Mission
Interview with Dr Cathy Ross, new head of pioneer training at Oxford
4 October 2019
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The latest issue of The Call, Church Mission Society’s newspaper, has a great interview with Cathy Ross, who has just taken over the leadership of our Oxford-based training. Cathy has been leading the MA course for
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