Introducing new Mission Partners — the Sherlocks

We are delighted to intro­duce Rev John and Connie Sher­lock, along with their daugh­ter Emily, who will be joining the NZCMS family as Mission Part­ners. The Sher­locks will be attend­ing St Andrews Hall (the CMS mis­sion­ary train­ing program in Mel­bourne) from July to Novem­ber 2025 for their final pre­par­a­tion before heading to Rwanda, where they will under­take lan­guage and cul­tural learn­ing initially.

John is an ordained Anglican Priest with a heart for theo­lo­gical edu­ca­tion and ment­or­ing, with sig­ni­fic­ant exper­i­ence in church min­istry. He has a Masters in Theo­logy focus­ing on “Mutu­al­ity in Mission,” and will bring thought­ful reflec­tion and a passion for equip­ping leaders. Connie is a primary school teacher who has partnered extens­ively with John in min­istry, par­tic­u­larly in chil­dren’s and family out­reach initiatives.

The Sher­locks’ journey toward cross-cul­tural min­istry was sig­ni­fic­antly shaped by John’s exper­i­ence with NZCMS in Kenya in 2007, fol­lowed by a family sab­bat­ical in Africa in 2015 which deepened their con­nec­tion to the con­tin­ent. They have sensed for some time that God is calling them to a new season, and we are delighted their path is leading them to them serving at the invit­a­tion of the Province of the Anglican Church in Rwanda.

Please join us in praying for the Sher­lock family during this sig­ni­fic­ant time of trans­ition. Pray for wisdom as they pack up their lives, say farewells, and prepare spir­itu­ally for their move. Hold Emily in your prayers as she nav­ig­ates this major life change and remem­ber their two young adult sons as they adjust to having their family at a dis­tance. Pray for God’s pro­vi­sion in the details of leaving well and for mean­ing­ful rela­tion­ships in their new com­munity at St Andrews Hall. May God go before them, pre­par­ing hearts for the min­istry He has called them to share.

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