St Mary’s Mission Partners
At St Mary’s we support a number of individuals and projects looking to share the life-changing love of Jesus with others, both in the UK and abroad.
OPEN DOORS
St Mary’s partners with the charity Open Doors to support and serve persecuted Christians who are living out their faith in countries where to do so can be dangerous, illegal or life threatening. In over 50 countries, Open Doors is supplying Bibles, training church leaders, delivering Bible-based literacy programmes and supporting Christians who suffer for their faith. In the UK and Ireland Open Doors works to raise awareness of global persecution, mobilising prayer, support and action among Christians. Open Doors' core belief is that trust in God’s faithfulness is central to having the courage to persevere as a persecuted Christian – and it’s central to our work as we serve them. Open Doors provide some great resources which you can pick up from the back of church.
Latest news:
For the latest news visit https://www.opendoorsuk.org/news/stories
What can I pray for?
Pray for protection for Christians in India as anti-conversion laws become tougher.
You can also sign up online for their prayer diary and other updates here: https://www.opendoorsuk.org/subscribe-to-emails/
ROSSINGTONS
Bruce works as a Bible Translation Consultant, partnering with African communities that do not have access to the Bible in their first language. With the UK’s churches becoming increasingly multilingual and multicultural, Bruce is also developing strategies that will help churches to both welcome and learn from Christians who don’t speak English as their first language.
GREAT LAKES OUTREACH
GLO works with visionary local leaders to transform Burundi through education, sport, business, healthcare and more, bringing hope to thousands of the most vulnerable. They identify, equip and empower the best local leaders for the transformation of the nation. GLO has identified a network of exceptional Christian leaders in Burundi now representing over ten projects, helping these partners to develop, enabling them to build their increasing self-sufficiency.
Read the latest update from GLO here!
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What can I pray for?
For protection and wisdom for Onesphore and Grace running the GLO Burundi office . For the whole network of leaders and partner projects working to transform the nation.
You can get to know more about GLO by visiting https://www.greatlakesoutreach.org/index.php
DIOCESE OF GOMA
The Diocese of Goma is a new diocese, founded on 20 November 2016. Their first bishop, Bishop Désiré Mukanirwa, was a man of great vision with a particular concern for peace-building, evangelism and the margnialised. He died of Covid in July 2020 aged 52 and since October 2020 Martin Gordon, a CMS UK missionary, has led the diocese, first as Vicar General and then Bishop from 23 April 2023.
Everyone has questions about what life is all about. We believe that everyone should have a chance to share those questions, explore the Christian faith and give their point of view.
Alpha is a place where you can ask those questions in an honest, friendly and open environment. We'll be running a course again in the Autumn, but in the meantime, find out more here...
So many people in our community feel the weight of debt, and we are passionate about helping to release anyone we can from a life sentence of debt and poverty. At St Mary's we are working with Christians Against Poverty to bring good news, hope and freedom. If you need support, we'd love to hear from you.