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Archived news from 2009

 

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A Thai style Christmas
Lizz and Pete Maycock give us a glimpse of why Christmas in Thailand is such a wonderful time
Christmas carols: Afghan style
Sharing the birth of Jesus through song in Kabul
Waving goodbye to climate change?
The Wave event 'waves goodbye' to climate change on 5 December 2009
Something fishy going on
BMS World Mission worker Brian Leitch tells us of the opportunities that God is opening up in Mae Sot, Thailand.
A match made through mission
A BMS Church Team brought Richard and Lidia together
Commuting to work Kabul-style
A BMS worker who is based at an eye-care organisation describes his journey to work in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul
BMS supports Street Child World Cup - 17 Dec update
BMS World Mission is pledging its support towards an exciting sporting event in South Africa in 2010 – but not the tournament that might first spring to mind.
World Aids Day: Life in all its fullness
Life in all its fullness for girls at risk of HIV / Aids in Guinea, part of BMS World Mission's focus on World Aids Day.
World Aids Day: Lest we forget...
BMS workers Kevin and Gill Jones tell us about the on-going Aids work in Zimbabwe, where the average life expectancy for a woman is around 34 years.
World Aids Day: From grassroots upwards
How Christians are changing attitudes to Aids in Thailand
Security in Afghanistan
A year after a Christian worker was killed in Afghanistan, and just a few weeks after an attack on a UN guesthouse in Kabul, BMS World Mission has called for a prayer focus on ex-pat workers in Afghanistan.
Paulo - "my life began at 62"
Waves of grace
The one constant in most homes in Uganda, whether in the towns or the villages, is a radio blaring in the background
For creation's sake
Tackling sustainable local development issues in Brazil
Everybody needs good neighbours
BMS World Mission worker Christine Preston shares with us how one man, Nabu Raj, has put Jesus' teaching of "love your neighbour" into action.
"Comfort, comfort my people" says your God
A BMS World Mission worker who will be speaking at a conference on "Sexual abuse in a North African context"
Gravity
Reunion to reconnect Action Teamers with world mission
Evacuation priorities
Simon and Solange Wood discuss how being on evacuation standby affects their priorities.
Changing behaviours
Marriages helped in the poor Nepali district of Mugu
Doors open for BMS in China
BMS World Mission is to officially return to China – almost 60 years after its last mission worker was expelled from the country.
Martin moves out
Moses' mission vision
The impact that Baptists are having in Mozambique
From BWA President to BMS Global Ambassador
Rev Dr David Coffey OBE, current President of the Baptist World Alliance, will become BMS World Mission's first Global Ambassador from November 2009.
Grant for Sumatra aid
BMS helps Indonesian partners respond to crisis
Growing and thriving
Numbers treble at Guinea church despite persecution
"A staggering response"
Ian Chadwell enthuses about Christians working together in Nepal
Tom the ladyboy
BMS World Mission - News - Christian Thai ladyboy outreach from Nightlight
Servant-hearted leadership
Servant-hearted leadership
Wonderful counsellors
The ministry of two BMS supported partner workers in Nepal
China visit updates
Regular updates from the team visiting China to see historical institutions and discern the way ahead.
Relief for school after record rainfall
BMS helps a partner in Dhaka recover from flood damage
China visit to discern way ahead
A group representing BMS World Mission and UK Baptist churches are making a landmark visit to China this month
Diarrhoea outbreak in Nepal
Christian doctors respond to a serious health epidemic in Rukum
Black finger of hope
Afghanistan is a country that is currently going to the polls in democratic elections. Two workers share some of their own reflections on the importance of the day and the prayer needs surrounding it.
Help for Cyclone Aila's victims
Money from BMS World Mission's Relief Appeal has helped rebuild lives in India and Bangladesh, following the devastation caused by Cyclone Aila in May this year.
Relief grant round-up
BMS World Mission has made several relief grants over the last month to Uganda, Thailand and Asia Pacific.
Talking the talk
People don't understand us - apparently
Whether we are understood or not we'd like to think we are effective stewards of our supporters' donations and trust. And we give thanks to God for their generosity.
Beautiful feet
A BMS worker has a makeover with a difference
Laying a foundation for life
Mission kids receive a well-rounded education in the mountains of Nepal
"Hands that thought of us"
BMS World Mission - News - Haiti hurricane relief in education
Frontline food aid
Relief work is helping many thousands displaced by war in Sri Lanka
Bows, arrows and much fury
Zimbabwe breakfast aid
Life and death in Zimbabwe
BMS World Mission - news- Aids and HIV sufferers work for community in Zimbabwe
An afternoon's entertainment
A sports report from Afghanistan
Linking Up with Lebanon
UK churches have helped Lebanese youth with nutrition and education through BMS workers and partners.
Time travel
We are used to altering the clocks in the spring and autumn in the UK. But in Bangladesh, this has happened last week for the very first time.
Toys with a mission
Making the most of leftover loo rolls in Angola
Striding up Snowdon
BMS & BUGB group 'walk the talk' in north Wales
I use child labour
Fiona Allan, a BMS worker in Bangladesh, explains why the choice, in that country, whether to support child labour is a complex one.
Up for the challenge
Summer means more than ice-creams and tennis for BMS teams
A young man's tale
Mohammed had been working on a building site when a heavy door fell on him, injuring his spine and breaking his legs.
Great potential in Peru
How students in Cusco are putting their faith into action
Fertile ground in Nepal
The Church in Nepal is reported to be one of the fastest growing churches in the world. Recently, BMS mission worker Alan Barker was invited to the opening ceremony of a newly planted church in the remote village of Pagma, in mid-western Nepal.
Dying for the loo
Safe drinking water is at a premium in Bangladesh
Sex, film, mission and music
Renowned worship leader and singer/songwriter Pete James recently got an insight into the ways in which sex, film, mission and music are being drawn together on the streets of Bangkok.
Children's future lies in the hands of school leaders
Graeme Riddell sent this latest report as to how the education system of western Uganda is being empowered by the vision and service of BMS World Mission workers and partners.
Passion for justice
BMS lawyer Steve Sanderson interviews Annet Ttendo, the project director of BMS' partner Ugandan Christian Lawyers' Fraternity
PEPE workers praise God
PEPE is the BMS supported pre-school programme. Currently, there are over 38 PEPEs across the poorer communities of Peru. Here is just one of the testimonies to come out of Piura, north Peru, from PEPE worker Irene Avelar.
Aid for Sri Lanka
For over 25 years the island of Sri Lanka has been in the throes of civil division. The conflict has killed over 80,000 people and displaced tens of thousands more.
Baby love
Fiona and Les Allan tell us about the important developments in antenatal care for the poor with whom they are working
What God requires
Why a lawyer defends murderers free of charge
Working toward transformation
Learning to trust God in Guinea
Christian lawyers help 37,000
Partners for justice in Uganda
The tale of the missing fruit
Alan Barker describe how their hope for the return of fruit to Nepal is not just physical.
The X factor
Why some Guineans were given 24 hours to leave home
A greener Assembly
Hundreds of delegates take part in carbon offsetting scheme
Assembly appeal for people to go
Dozens of Baptist ministers made a public re-commitment to send people from their churches to go for overseas mission during the Baptist Assembly 2009 in Bournemouth (1-4 May).
Food for thought
A Brussels church is providing basic essentials to those in need
Assembly heads south
British Baptist Christians gather in Bournemouth this weekend
Because you’re worth it
A reflection from Sicily on the value of life
Journey to work
A BMS teacher in Afghanistan describes the start of his day
Easter marching
Easter Sunday was celebrated with style as over 5,000 evangelical Christians marched through the streets of Tirana.
The power of prayer
Simon and Solange Wood ask for your prayers after some amazing results to their team's prayers
All alone
A sad story of one man who seems to have no family to care for him as his life nears to an end.
Invisible lives
Jon White writes about giving hope to children at risk in Nepal
Welcoming a stranger
Strengthening the Church in a Ugandan Refugee Settlement
BMS debates the shape of earth’s future
BMS debates the shape of earth’s future
Climbing hills, crossing rivers
One Nepali family’s journey into the unknown
When words are not enough
Learning the language in Brazil
Aid for Orissa
A BMS grant helps families displaced by religious violence in India
Explaining hard things, revealing truth
Explaining hard things, revealing truth
Braking in Albania
Five men and their bikes in almost uncharted territory
Relocation, relocation
A moving experience for Sarah Pryor’s school in Nepal
Feeding Zimbabwe
BMS World Mission feeding Zimbabwe with food aid and Christian giving under the Mugabe
Baptisms, magic amulets and hope
Baptisms, magic amulets and hope in Bangladesh.
Roads or rivers?
The rain is no joke for those living in Ecuador’s urban slums
Miracle mother
How God intervened to save a family on the run
Growing again
A BMS grant gives Afghan farmers hope of a better harvest
Safe to drink?
The hidden danger in Nepal's drinking water
Top honour for Indian partner
The president of a BMS World Mission partner organisation in India has been honoured with the country’s equivalent of a knighthood.
Gaza crisis – 29 January update
How BMS is responding to the humanitarian crisis in Gaza
Relief grant round-up
BMS World Mission Relief grant round-up: Palestine, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Peru.
Think before you throw it away!
Alan Barker recalls how close he came to throwing out a brochure on TB. And how that brochure helped secure funding for a trainee nurse.
Moving mountains
A BMS World Mission supporter from Southampton has achieved a 25-year dream in completing a fundraising trek in the Himalayas.
Action Team visa prayer answered
BMS World Mission gap year action team in ecuador have visa prayers answered
Great rejoicing in Kasese
How Baptist Christians in a Ugandan town are reaching out to their neighbours
Prevention is better than no cure
Bangladesh has a very low rate of HIV and Aids, but is surrounded by countries with much higher infection rates.
Gaza: Comment from General director
Comment from BMS World Mission General Director, David Kerrigan, on fighting in Gaza
“What are Christians doing to support us?”
Gaza: “What are Christians doing to support us?”
Statement on Gaza from Gordon McBain
Statement on Gaza from Gordon McBain
Wells for Burma villages
Eight months on after the devastation of Cyclone Nargis, a BMS World Mission relief grant is enabling 50 wells to be built in Burma.
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