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The call in actionREPORT AND ACCOUNTSfor the year ended 31 January 2017churchmissionsociety.orgRegistered Company No. 6985330 and Registered Charity No. 1131655 (England and Wales) and SC047163 (Scotland)
TABLE OF CONTENTS234Chair of Trustees’ Report46IntroductionThe Strategic Report of the CMS TrusteesMission Partners911Pioneer Mission Education1314Mission Grants1719Enabling Mission Network2025Structure, Governance and Management2930Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities3233Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities3435Consolidated Cash Flow Statement63Reference Details of Charity and AdvisersChurch and CommunityLocal Partner ProgrammeCMS Strategic PrioritiesFinancial ReviewIndependent Auditor’s ReportConsolidated and Charity Balance SheetNotes to the Financial StatementsCh urch Missio n S o c i e t y - Th e c a l l i n a c t i o n
CHAIR OF TRUSTEES’ REPORTOnce again it is my pleasure to report a good yearworking with the team in Oxford as well as meetingmission partners, community members and otherfaithful supporters, in my work as Chair of CMS trustees.CHARLES CLAYTONWe give thanks toGod for all thegenerous gifts wehave received and it is goodto be able to report that wewill not need to draw downfrom our reserves this year.All teams have worked hardto reduce expenditure and anew committee is developingthe offer we make to churches.Rather than only a ‘onemissionary size fits all’ offer,we hope to interest churchesto support an area of work orperhaps one of our hardworkinglocal partners. The followingpages will introduce a few ofthese people, who have beenserving faithfully in their ownlocations – some of them formany years.The new trustees have beddedin well with some good trainingon governance matters at thebeginning of the year fromone of the foremost lawyers inthe field and all trustees havecontinued to take a full partin the scrutiny and supportof the work of CMS. A specialthanks must go to the chairof our finance committee,Professor Ian Jones, who hasjust stepped down from therole. This is one of the mostintensive committees to serveon, with the need to review andmonitor the legal, charitableand financial implications ofthe policies and operation ofCMS. Ian served as chair withdiligence and humour and weare sorry to lose his service atthe end of the year.Over the last year we haveseen work opening up inGuatemala and Honduras, aswell as two more countriesin South East Asia; it is goodto see CMS continuing toexpand into countries wehave not worked in before.Dennis Tongoi, the directorof our sister mission societyCMS-Africa, has reportedthat people are realising theydo have resources and canchange their circumstances.One African archbishop, forexample, has enabled theplanting of a million trees inhis diocese! Many new Bishopsbeing appointed in Africa havebeen through CMS-Africa’straining and they are hopingto influence 50 million familiesinto self-sufficiency by 2050.Dennis said, on a recent visit tothe UK, ‘When you have a bigappetite you use a big spoon!’Partnership for MissionalChurch (PMC) enablesindividual church membersand congregations in the UKto become missional disciplesand is going from strength tostrength. We have receivedgood reports from thosestarting on year two, and havethree new dioceses signed up toundergo the process.The mission education teamsaw a very good year withthe MA Pioneer programmecontinuing to grow and nowincluding a cohort of threeAfrican students. In addition,a new training hub has begunat the St Cedd Centre inChelmsford. This will be acentre for pioneering missionand will provide training,encouragement, networkingand sharing of good practicefor those who want to reach outinto their communities in newways.The team has worked hard toproduce a new look to all ourpublications and presentationsand, by and large, it has beenwell received. In addition theFREE.IN.DEED campaign wastaken to numerous Christianfestivals, events and churchesand saw in excess of 1,700people pledge to put their callinto action.All in all it has been anotherstimulating year and we all lookforward to seeing what God hasin store for us in 2017-18.Charles ClaytonRegistered Company No. 6985330 and Registered Charity No. 1131655 (England and Wales) and SC047163 (Scotland)3
THE STRATEGIC REPORT OF THE CMSTRUSTEES - INTRODUCTIONThe Trustees present their report along with the financial statements for the year ended 31 January 2017.Objectives and ActivitiesWhat do we want to see? Our VisionOur vision is to see all God’s people engaged in God’s mission, bringing challenge,change, hope and freedom to the world.As we join in God’s mission, through Jesus and in the power of the Spirit we see that:The love of Christ renews people and placesPioneering leaders forge new paths of transformationPeople on the margins flourishThe healing of creation beginsWho are we? Our IdentityWe are a community of people set free to follow God’s call in mission.As a community it is God’s mission that is our passion. Our common commitment is:To participate in missionTo learn from missionTo pray for missionWhat are our values?We are people who are:Pioneering: we try new things, ask questions, cross boundariesEvangelistic: we share Jesus in word and actionRelational: we get alongside people, becoming a genuine part of thecommunities where we find ourselvesFaithful: where others have left or given up, we remain committed for the long haulAs a mission community God calls us to be such people. We commit ourselves to live by these values4Ch urch Missio n S o c i e t y - Th e c a l l i n a c t i o n
What do we do? Our CallOur call is to see people set free to play their part in the mission of God.God calls people, both individually and together, to engage in his mission. Our focus is to see bothindividual disciples and communities of disciples set free to play their part in the mission of God.Our third priority expresses our desire as a community to be as effective as we can be in delivering thefirst two. Thus we will work to set people free to play their part in the mission of God by:Raising disciples in missionPartnering churches in missionMaximising our effectiveness in missionAchievements and PerformanceThe following stories illustrate some of the achievements in each of CMS’s areas of activity andcelebrate both the impact for individual beneficiaries and the wider benefits for society as a wholeTo achieve our mission, we work through the following six mission activities:Mission Partners: Our mission partners are members of the community who feel calledto serve alongside local Christians in other cultures, wherever in the world that may takethem.Pioneer Mission Education: Wherever in the world the mission of Jesus takes place, thechurch needs pioneer mission leaders to break new ground. This fresh and innovativetraining programme currently offers certification up to MA level and is particularly forthose working in pioneering contexts.Church and Community: We believe in every member of the Church being involved in themission of Jesus. Over 2,800 CMS members currently live in the UK, so we are concerned formission locally, as well as in the rest of the world.Mission Grants: Grants provide seed money and on-going financial support for keyprojects and ministries.Local Partners: Local partners are gifted, passionate Christian leaders in Asia, Africa,South America and the Middle East. We assist the churches of those who cannot afford theentire support for this pioneering work.Enabling Mission Network: CMS is committed to seeing indigenous CMS missionsestablished globally – enabling local mission leaders to follow God’s leading. This networkincludes CMS Africa, AsiaCMS, CMS New Zealand, CMS Ireland, CMS Australia and SAMSUSARegistered Company No. 6985330 and Registered Charity No. 1131655 (England and Wales) and SC047163 (Scotland)5
MISSION PARTNERSWe are thrilled by peopleresponding to God’s call ontheir lives. As part of thiscall we currently have 141mission partners, 132 missionassociates; and 20 shorttermers.In 2016 our mission partners worked in 32countries. Mission partner numbers showa small decline compared to the previousyear. CMS has begun implementing its newrecruitment strategy to reverse this decline. This strategy focuses on theareas of proactive recruitment, increased engagement with local churches, astrong and engaging presence at Christian festivals,and measures to shorten the time from selection to deployment.Four People in Mission (PiM) conferences were held during the year: twoin the UK, one in Uganda, and one in Turkey. These are vital times ofencouragement, building community, reflection and training for PiM. Our twoin-house CMS cross-cultural training conferences called forMission for newshort term volunteers and mission associates were held again in multi faithenvironments: one in Southall, the other in Bradford.The International Mission strategy continues to be implemented with definedstrategic priorities for Asia, Africa, South America, Europe, Middle Eastand North Africa. This involves CMS working in new pioneering contextsand countries. Our people in mission are training leaders and makingdisciples, caring for people at risk, caring for creation, promoting peace andreconciliation and promoting economic sustainability.“Our people inmission are trainingleaders and makingdisciples, caringfor people at risk,caring for creation,promoting peaceand reconciliationand promotingeconomicsustainability.”We have attracted more people in mission to Latin America and the MiddleEast over 2016. While we have placed people in more marginalised contextsin Africa (such as Gambella in Ethiopia) it has been particularly challengingin South Sudan, owing to the political turmoil within the country. Missionpartners in Africa have been working on informed advocacy to reduce FGM(female genital mutilation) in African countries, training new cohorts ofmission leaders and improving maternity services in rural hospitals. In theMiddle East and North Africa we have strengthened our cooperation withthe Diocese of Jerusalem and placed more people there and in Lebanon. (Forexample Archbishop Suheil has appointed a CMS mission partner as the vicar of All Saints Beirut.) Wehave also developed a leadership training programme with an MA certificate in Cairo in partnershipwith Diocese of Egypt, Vision International University and Europe Middle East Ministries.In 2016 CMS changed its focus from just South America to include other parts of Latin America in itsfuture development. One significant milestone was celebrated in April 2016 with the launch of thewhole Bible translated into Enxet, one of the indigenous languages in the Chaco of Paraguay by a longterm mission partner. CMS has also engaged more in Brazil as people have engaged with the poor inthe favelas through church planting and community development and working with young girls inhigh risk situations.In Asia we sent several short termers and new mission partners to Nepal and our mission partners inIndia are continuing to educate and support churches and individuals to halt trafficking of vulnerablepeople. This is becoming part of the mission focus of the local church along with equipping localleaders to be engaged in holistic mission. In Pakistan we are continuing to support the long termtheological development of women and a new initiative has begun in Cambodia.6Ch urch Missio n S o c i e t y - Th e c a l l i n a c t i o n
God’s mission in GambellaThe Anglican Church in Gambella, Ethiopia, is growing rapidly thanks in part to a large influxof Sudanese refugees. For a long time there was only one Anglican church in Ethiopia, in AddisAbaba. By 2012 there were 53 Anglican churches, which were mostly set up by refugees who fledconflict between Sudan and South Sudan in the 1980s and 1990s and shared their faith amongother refugees and local Ethiopians.Today, with a further 300,000 South Sudanese refugees who have crossed into Gambella sinceDecember 2013 (doubling the population) there are about 90 Anglican churches, including 35 to40 in refugee camps throughout the area, while others are in villages and towns. These churchesare currently served by just 17 clergy, only one of whom has a theological degree. In 2016, Chris andSuzy Wilson moved to Gambella to help train church leaders at St Frumentius Anglican TheologicalCollege. The following is from their first report:The intense heat, the numerous mosquitos and scorpions, and the threat of snakes, amid otherchallenges made our first few weeks here somewhat overwhelming. But Gambella is beginning to feelmore like home.It is beautiful. The impressive Baro River passes through the town and freshly caught fish is servedat restaurants. The marketplace is vibrant and bustling one of the few places where you will findhighlanders, Nuer, Anuak and Opo people together.On the church compound where we live, a myriad of stunning birds can be found among shady trees.There are plenty of colourful butterflies and lizards that our daughter Abigail loves to chase. In thedistance the highlands can be glimpsed. We have planted papaya, mango and banana trees aroundour house and although we will wait a few years for the fruit, the prospect of investing that amount oftime here feels natural and exciting.Above: RuthSayers inPlymouthBelow: Chris andSuzy Wilson inEthiopiaChris has been teaching two courses at St Frumentius. There’s a great bunch of students and it’s aprivilege to be working with them. Slightly more than half are refugees from South Sudan; others areEthiopians from the Gambella region. The college is unusual in that it’s the only place, as far as weknow, where Anuak and Nuer students are gathering daily to worship, pray and study together. Manypeople in Gambella believe the two ethnic groups should live, worship and study separately.A highlight of the week is our evenings of food and fellowship with some Mabaan students. Theyare South Sudanese refugees who all hope to go back and help further establish and strengthen thechurch in their home country. Our times of worship together have always lifted our spirits. It is excitingthat these humble and inspiring men are being further equipped to help lead the church in SouthSudan.In studying with them, our eyes are beingopened to how much of the Bible is aboutpeople who are displaced, and how these textscan encourage those who find themselvesin similar situations. Chris once asked thestudents what they thought of Moses as aleader. One student – a refugee – answeredthat when you find yourself leading a churchof people who have fled into the bush andhave no food or water, there’s a lot you canlearn from Moses.Suzy spends the days taking care of Abigailand Matthew. We really want to invest infriendships, which requires us to learnAnuak, a very difficult language. However,we are enjoying our lessons.There are lots of days when it feels easyto be here, and there are times when wewish we were somewhere else. But we areconfident that, for now, we are just wherewe should be.Registered Company No. 6985330 and Registered Charity No. 1131655 (England and Wales) and SC047163 (Scotland)7
God is moving through peoplemovementsThe following is written by a couple who arehelping to train people in mission for challengingNorth African contexts:Several months ago, we sat in our team’s trainingcentre in Europe with a group of around 10 peoplewho had joined us from around the Muslim worldto learn more about people movements. Theseminar shared some keys to helping people makecommunal – rather than individual – moves towardsChrist. This is something that is happening withconsiderable momentum in certain parts of theworld.Just weeks before hosting this training, wewelcomed a new staff couple into our team. H isa Kabyle Berber from North Africa and is a livingtestimony of just such a people movement. Overthe past 20 years, thousands of Kabyle peoplehave come to faith in Jesus. Many recognise theircalling to share their knowledge of Christ, bothlocally and to “the ends of the earth”. H has joinedus because he wants to be part of communicatingthe gospel to other North Africans.It is not easy for H and his wife B (who is European) to leave their people, culture and languageand to become part of our multi-cultural team. We cannot overestimate the significance of NorthAfrican believers participating with workers from other parts of the world to enable people toencounter Christ – it is both very significant and very challenging. Please pray for all of us to learnfrom one another in humility and love. We believe we are laying the foundation for more partnershipsbetween western and North African believers, so that the grace shown to the Kabyle Berbers can beexperienced by other people groups in the region. For example, we would love to see Algerian KabyleBerber believers working among the Tuareg of Niger. The indigenous Berbers have retained their ownculture and language over centuries and are revered by the Tuareg people. Kabyle believers could bepart of the key to unlocking the Tuareg in large numbers to the Lord. Pray for this movement of crosspollinating believers across the Sahara region.Olympic opportunityThe Olympic and Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, provided the Church Mission Societyteam at Christ Church with many chances to carry a torch for the gospel. Alex and Jane Cacourisand Jess and Mark Simpson report:After an initial lukewarm interest, the nation really got behind the Paralympic Games, captivated bythe gritty perseverance and passion of the competitors. As a church itwas fantastic to applaud those in our community with disabilities andto think about how to involve them more actively in church life. There’sa man in the church, Willy, who has Down’s syndrome and is 27, andfor various reasons he would never stay in the main church service, butrather head out to join the children’s church gathering. After talking withhim, he was able to ‘graduate’ from children’s church and is now helpingin the main church service.It was so encouraging for us as a church community to host up to 50new people from around the world during the Games. With coffee andcake tables at the back of church, we extended our welcome to various8“We can often take forgranted what othersgasp for in their lives:love, happiness, joy”Ch urch Missio n S o c i e t y - Th e c a l l i n a c t i o n
visitors, including relatives of competing athletes andpersonnel involved in cultural events.On Super Saturday of the Olympics and Super Sunday of theParalympics we hosted two Family Fun Days in the groundsof the church, which contain an open-air basketballcourt. At the heart of these was the chance to invite thecommunity to celebrate life, see what church looks likeand, we pray, give them a glimpse of what God is like. TheChrist Church family put on an amazing couple of partieswith crafts, face painting, games, balloon sculpting, atrampoline, a big screen television showing the Games,candy floss and a barbeque that saw over 300 peoplecome along, of which half do not attend church. After thefirst festival a lady who is not a Christian, texted: “Thankyou for probably one of my best afternoons ever. So manylovely people, so much love, so much happiness. My boysand I loved it. My heart was so happy this afternoon.Thank you.” We can often take for granted what othersgasp for in their lives: love, happiness, joy.This whole experience has been a huge boost to thecongregation. Off the back of the fun days we rananother Alpha course with about 20 people as well as aMessy Church nativity event.PIONEER MISSION EDUCATIONDuring the year 97 students studied with CMS on the pioneer course.This included 27 on postgraduate programmes, 40 on undergraduateprogrammes, and 15 ordinands. Nine students graduated, two wereordained and three admitted as lay pioneers.Fourteen students have joined the first yearof the St Cedd Centre in Romford – the firstpioneer
2 Church Mission Society - The call in action TABLE OF CONTENTS 3 Chair of Trustees’ Report 4 The Strategic Report of the CMS Trustees 4 Introduction 6 Mission Partners 9 Pioneer Mission Education 11 Church and Community 13 Mission Grants 14 Local Partner Programme 17 Enabling Mission Network 19 CMS Strategic Priorities 20
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