David and Teresa Fittro are celebrating 32 years of ministry with CMF in England. They currently serve as leaders of EQUIP Britain International, an immersive, hands-on mission training opportunity in Birmingham, one of the most diverse cities in the world. Their time in England, living among the people they are called to serve, has taught them much about the art of hospitality.
Doug Priest Sr., a faithful servant in God’s mission and a long-time CMF missionary, passed away on Sunday, January 2.
As they regrouped at the beginning of their current furlough in the U.S., Travis and Emily Weeks, who serve with the CMF team in Ethiopia, have been surprised at how much their ministry was able to move ahead despite the difficulties of the pandemic and the political and ethnic tensions in their ministry country.
Holistic ministries lead to successful church planting in Turkana, Kenya
If you were looking for a perfect example of the success of the Disciple Making Movement method used by CMF missionaries in Kenya, Eric Pitts would nominate his Kenyan friend and co-worker, Jackson Emaniman.
Greg and Vicki Syverson met as students at Judson University in Elgin, Illinois, and say that “missions brought us together.”
“Our churches are back in full swing here!”
That’s the good news from CMF church planters Greg and Vicki Syverson in Pachuca, Mexico, about the four church groups they are working with in different parts of the city.
Aaron and Diane Lincoln met as missions students at Bushnell University and lost no time in affiliating with CMF after their graduations.
On a rainy day in the small town of Ntchisi, Malawai, CMF team member Eric Gephart and three staff members of the Namikango Mission listened while Assani, a young Malawian, explained why he wants to attend the new Discipleship Training Institute (DTI) that opened May 1 on the Namikango campus.
A request from a friend who had previously taken Alpha, an 11-week course that explores the basics of the Christian faith, has led CMF team members Timothy and Tammy Aho to start two new online study groups for the course in Birmingham, England.