ANNUAL REVIEW
THIS IS MISSION CHURCH MISSION SOCIETY
2017–18 YEAR IN REVIEW
In 2017, we asked more than 2,000 Christians to tell us what they think “mission is”. We received a variety of responses, from “evangelism” to “social justice”, from “overseas” to “local”, to simply “life”. That’s the thing. To support mission means playing a vital role in a wide array of activities, because God is active in our world in a variety of ways – some of them surprising and unexpected. CMS people in mission are joining with God at work in a range of contexts: from meeting people’s needs for food, healthcare and shelter, to raising our voices in solidarity with the oppressed, to speaking and living the good
news of Jesus, to building bridges from conflict to compassion, to caring for creation… the list goes on. If you were to take a step back and view all of these things people in mission are doing simultaneously, you’d see a vibrant, colourful, moving picture of hands, hearts and minds joined together in bringing challenge, change, hope and freedom to our world. The following pages offer a glimpse of this. This is the call in action. This is mission. Thank you for being part of what God was doing in our world in 2017….
#missionis THE CALL – AUTUMN 2018