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Christmas in Australia: ‘God honors my wildest dreams!’
January 14, 2020

Christmas in Dandenong, Australia, looks a lot different from the holiday in Michigan, where CMF team member Abby Weller is from, but she says it’s still her favorite time of year. “Although we have sun, 100-degree days, beach time and barbeques, the annual party I throw to thank our children and youth ministry volunteers now […]

Raelyn Nicholson and MOHI health projects: ‘We will need lots of prayer in 2020!’
January 9, 2020

Raelyn Nicholson’s background and degrees in both nursing and teaching make her the perfect person to serve as the Health Quality Assurance Coordinator of Missions of Hope International (MOHI) in Kenya. After serving there for a year, she visited the CMF office to re-commit to going back for another term and shared what keeps her […]

Mexico recruits to help start church in former dump site town
January 9, 2020

Manuel and Kollette Gutierrez recently returned from a vision trip to Mexico City full of excitement because they now know where they will start their new lives as CMF missionaries.

Tanzanian women begin journey to literacy at CMF training
January 8, 2020

Estha, a 35-year-old woman in Tanzania, can’t read because her father did not allow his daughters to go to school. Hereni, 36, was required by her parents to tend the family’s herd of goats from an early age so she didn’t have the chance to learn to read.

Campus minister Tony Cole: ‘I’m constantly meeting new world-changers!’
January 7, 2020

Tony Cole grew up in the northwest U.S. and planned to serve God by planting churches there after graduating from Boise Bible College, but his life took a different path. He was in the CMF home office recently and shared his thoughtful and engaging perspectives about his past five years as a Globalscope campus minister […]

West Valley Christian plants new church in Gitathuru, Kenya
December 11, 2019

Mission trips and child sponsorship at the Missions of Hope school in Gitathuru, Kenya, have led the West Valley Christian Church, West Hills, California, to an even bigger vision: purchasing property and renovating it for a new church plant in the Gitathuru community!

Annual Australia beach retreat brings spiritual refreshment for students
December 11, 2019

The staff and students of The Garden campus ministry in Brisbane, Australia, recently enjoyed their annual Beach Camp, where they “glamped” near the beach and enjoyed games, good food, relaxation, star gazing and discussion times about the deeper things in life for a weekend.

Hot dogs, s’mores and a campfire bring friends together for Ireland
December 10, 2019

What’s better than a gathering of friends around a campfire at a local pumpkin patch? A get-together where the purpose is to support CMF recruit Alicia Bucci and the upcoming Globalscope campus ministry plant in Cork, Ireland!

Kenya team successfully makes disciples who make more disciples
November 26, 2019

Good things happen when children pray, according to CMF team members Joe and Kim Cluff, who serve with the Church Catalyst team in Kenya.

Former CMF director ‘dreamed for the nations to know Christ’
November 21, 2019

Former CMF General Director Jim Smith, Ph.D., a life-long Christian Church preacher and faithful servant of his Lord Jesus Christ, passed away October 23, 2019, at age 91.