Crosslinks

🎉After months of planning and design, our NEW WEBSITE is live! 📲You can read the latest about our mission partners, enjoy the blog, find out more about short-term mission placements and sign up for prayer letters. 👍🏾Happy exploring! ➡️crosslinks.org/

🎉 Big week for Crosslinks! After months of research, partner conversations and hard work, our Pathways to Mission booklet is here. 📖 Download it today and share it with church leaders, friends and anyone exploring mission. 🌍 bit.ly/3V7cAmh

We are witnessing a dismantling of the ‘rules-based order’. In our latest blog, Director of Mission Partnerships, Rupert Shelley, explores how the church should respond: crosslinks.org/2026/05/deglo… #Deglobalisation #GlobalMission #GospelUrgency

Love it or hate it, the #WorldCup is about to take over! Read our blog from a mission partner in a sensitive location about his involvement in a #football club. The club is known to be Christian and hundreds of kids from Muslim families come along. bit.ly/4d87ltf

❤️In this blog, Liz and Tom Trump reflect on how life on the mission field has taught them to depend on the Lord in prayer. 🙌🏽They share how, thanks to the prayers of his people, the Lord has carried them through the last 12 years. Read more: bit.ly/4stJWYN

🎉Join us in London on 23 June for our annual Summer Gathering! 🙌🏽It will be a wonderful opportunity to celebrate what God has been doing through Crosslinks over the last year and pray for the year ahead. RSVP: bit.ly/4uiljhY

BUILD is an initiative for training local church leaders, one that has been designed and developed in East Africa. Mission partner, Jem Hovil, reflects on how the Lord has worked through BUILD over the last 21 years. Read more: bit.ly/3OKe4jq

This week, Rupert Shelley and John McLernon were involved in the Bishop of Ebbsfleet’s UK Roadshow. The theme was 21st Century #Discipleship They spoke on “Discipleship in a global world" and learning from the #GlobalChurch It was a privilege to be part of the #roadshow

Mission partner, Simon Donohoe, is interviewed on the Gospel Books Ireland Podcast. He shares how Christians can find refuge in the midst of trouble, whether they are navigating personal loss, global anxiety, or simply the strain of everyday life. bit.ly/4uRThuL

Josh and Cathy Hooker have been serving as mission partners for 20 years in Lesotho, Namibia and Northern Ireland. They are returning to Namibia (Josh flies this week) and will be based at Eastside Baptist Church. Please pray for them in this new phase of ministry!

❤️‍🩹 Caring well for mission partners can make the difference between silent struggle that leads to early departure and the reassurance needed to continue in ministry. Read Kerstin Prill's article which discusses what good pastoral care looks like: bit.ly/4bUFdrE

❓Could you be our next Mission Partnerships Enabler? ➡️Find out more about this exciting role: bit.ly/4cq9FeP and please share it with your friends and church family! The application deadline is 5pm on Friday 8 May.

❓Do we really need to send mission partners overseas? ❓Isn’t it cheaper to support local ministers rather than sending missionaries? 🤔Find out how our mission director, John McLernon, answers these important questions. Read here: bit.ly/4cT8g0Q

🍕Chris and Lizzie Brown serve with @gbuitalia 📖Chris explains: “Even when we meet students who are well versed in theological issues, it is striking how unfamiliar they are with the Bible.” ❤️Read more about the harvest field in Italy. ➡️bit.ly/4r2ZIYF

❓How can churches build meaningful partnerships with gospel workers overseas and be faithful in prayer? 🙏🏾We spoke to 3 churches including @sthelenschurch about how they keep their mission partners at the forefront of their church life. bit.ly/4qc69sW

💰Should supporting mission partners go deeper than giving money and praying? ❤️John McLernon challenges us to move from patronage to meaningful partnership where we care about countries and people groups long after our mission partners retire! Blog: bit.ly/4r9t33N

🦖 The Bellises popped into the office before heading off to the Natural History Museum! 🙏🏾 Pray for them as they return to serve Eglise Protestante Evangélique de Louvain-la-Neuve and give thanks for 3️⃣ baptisms coming up this Sunday! Find out more: bit.ly/3N2xXS5

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✈️ Two friends recently returned from a ‘holiday with a difference’! 🌎Sarah (Christ Church Cambridge) and Annabel (@StEbbesChurch) spent two weeks in Argentina and Chile, visiting Andy and Bethanie Walker and Matt and Helen Pope. bit.ly/44tsPvT

Rupert Shelley, our Director of Mission Partnerships, recently joined God’s people at Christ Church Bangkok. He preached from Luke 10:1-12. We are grateful for the support of Christ Church Bangkok as we seek to train and equip pastors in South East Asia. #ChurchPartnership

🤙🏾If you’re thinking about whether to take a gap year, we’d love to hear from you! ✈️Our gap teams are made up of groups of 4-10 school leavers. The team works with local mission partners from mid-January and the placement usually costs £6,000-£8,000. bit.ly/3LYmdz7