Audiomission From Cms

"I don't do this alone," says Philip Mounstephen of his new role leading the Church Mission Society. Mike Stranks spoke to him just a few days into the job.

Focus on Paraguay, with 'extreme nurse' Beryl Baker, UK with urban abbot Mark Berry, and fighting female genital mutilation with Ann-Marie Wilson.

Fresh from her Paraguay road trip meeting CMS people in mission on the ground, CMS's Jo Hazelton reflects on the impact and inspiration of their work

Highlights from the commissioning service of the new executive leader of the Church Mission Society (CMS), the Rev Canon Philip Mounstephen.

Fifteen years in Paraguay, a year in Arequipa, and combining youthwork and peacemaking in DR Congo.

Interviews with CMS mission partners Jill Ball in Ecuador, Caroline Gilmour-White in Paraguay and the Rt Rev Louis Muvunyi, the Bishop of Kigali, Rwanda.

Faithful, fun, honest and raw, Suzanne Irvine was chaplain in a Manchester school - a job she loved but didn't know what to do next. So it was she became a CMS short-termer in Arequipa, Peru where she "sticks out like a sore thumb" and has been learning to persevere, no matter how difficult it gets. "Just doing life" alongside people is what it's all about, says Suzanne, whether in Arequipa or Manchester - trying to be faithful every day.

Mark Berry has been a CMS mission partner in Telford, UK, for the past seven years. He's just joined the staff as Community Mission Facilitator. Mike Stranks met him and asked him about his new role.

Guns and gangs are the norm for far too many young boys on the streets in northeast Brazil. Audiomission's Mike Stranks met CMS mission partner Andy Roberts and heard more about the struggles of young people on the streets in northeast Brazil.

The inspirational founders of Neema Crafts in Tanzania - Susie and Andy Hart - plan to keep challenging attitudes now they are back in the UK. They reflect on the project's amazing impact and international renown - and on how their experience will inspire them to live differently back at home. Interview by Sarah Holmes. Produced and presented by Mike Stranks.