The edges of the world—the places where power is absent, where resources are scarce, where people have been written off—are precisely where the gospel tends to show up most vividly. Church Mission Society's March 2026 "Hope from the Edges" is a reminder of that truth, told through three stories that deserve to be heard.

In Honduras, Johanni was an at-risk child—the kind of child that statistics write off before they have had a chance to become anything. But CMS mission partners Lindsey and Steve Poulson started Proyecto Alas, a programme that supports vulnerable children with education, mentoring, and hope. Johanni is now sixteen and wants to be a nail artist. That might sound small. It is not. It is a future.

In South Sudan, Makol was a cattle raider—part of a cycle of violence that has devastated communities across the country for generations. Then Archbishop Moses Deng preached a message of love and forgiveness, and Governor General Aleu Ayieny responded with grace rather than punishment. Makol was forgiven. He became a Christian. He now works as a prison warden. His life was changed not by force but by the radical, disarming power of the gospel.

And then there is Ann-Marie Wilson, who has spent twenty years fighting Female Genital Mutilation through her organisation 28 Too Many, which merged with Orchid Project. Twenty years of advocacy, policy change, and grassroots work. Twenty years of refusing to accept that this practice is inevitable or acceptable. Her story is a reminder that one person's faithfulness, sustained over time, can change the world.

These are stories from the edges. They are also stories from the centre of what the Kingdom of God looks like.