CHURCH MISSION SOCIETY JOB DESCRIPTION Post: Church Relations Officer Responsible to: Church Relations Team Manager Division: Fundraising for Mission Grade: E Hours: 28 35 hours per week (4 or 5 days) – Introduction Church Mission Society (CMS) is a community of people set free to follow God’s call in mission. Our vision is to see all God’s people engaged in God’s mission, bringing challenge, change, hope and freedom to the Our focus is to see both individual disciples and communities of disciples set free to play their part in the mission of God. Our common commitment is: to participate in mission, to learn from mission and to pray for mission. CMS was founded in 1799 by William Wilberforce and others including John Newton. Since then, thanks to the generous and prayerful contributions of God’s people, we have helped support over 10,000 CMS people in mission in Africa, Asia, South America, Europe and the Middle East. CMS is also committed to equipping the Church in Britain for mission today. As an acknowledged Community of the Church of England we are governed by four values; we seek to be people who are pioneering, evangelistic, relational, and faithful. In the office we seek to live these out by being innovative, gracious, collaborative and faithful. To find out much more about the work of our community please visit: JOB CONTEXT Since CMS believes that all of God’s people are called to mission, it is specifically the task and responsibility of the Church Relations team to engage the UK church in the cause of mission and foster relationships that inspire and challenge: to increase awareness and understanding of mission and facilitate fruitful partnership. CMS offers a range of ways for churches to engage with global mission, including opportunities to establish formal links with individual people in mission, to receive a CMS speaker, and prayer and fundraising resources.
CHURCH MISSION SOCIETY JOB DESCRIPTION Post: Church Relations Officer Responsible to: Church Relations Team Manager Division: Fundraising for Mission Grade: E Hours: 28 – 35 hours per week (4 or 5 days) Introduction Church Mission Society (CMS) is a community of people set free to follow God’s call in mission. Our vision is to see all God’s people engaged in God’s mission, bringing challenge, change, hope and freedom to the Our focus is to see both individual disciples and communities of disciples set free to play their part in the mission of God. Our common commitment is: to participate in mission, to learn from mission and to pray for mission. CMS was founded in 1799 by William Wilberforce and others including John Newton. Since then, thanks to the generous and prayerful contributions of God’s people, we have helped support over 10,000 CMS people in mission in Africa, Asia, South America, Europe and the Middle East. CMS is also committed to equipping the Church in Britain for mission today. As an acknowledged Community of the Church of England we are governed by four values; we seek to be people who are pioneering, evangelistic, relational, and faithful. In the office we seek to live these out by being innovative, gracious, collaborative and faithful. To find out much more about the work of our community please visit: JOB CONTEXT Since CMS believes that all of God’s people are called to mission, it is specifically the task and responsibility of the Church Relations team to engage the UK church in the cause of mission and foster relationships that inspire and challenge: to increase awareness and understanding of mission and facilitate fruitful partnership. CMS offers a range of ways for churches to engage with global mission, including opportunities to establish formal links with individual people in mission, to receive a CMS speaker, and prayer and fundraising resources.
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