Watching faith grow One of the joys of my role as Nurses' Student Staffworker is seeing nursing and midwifery student leaders grow in their faith, confidence and gifting [writes Staffworker Pippa Peppiatt]. As I travel the country trying, with God's grace, to start new CMF groups, my prayer is that...
Decisions and submissions BMA decides The British Medical Association (BMA) has reaffirmed its opposition to assisted suicide with a vote at its annual conference in Belfast (21 June). Two CMF members, Mark Pickering and Will Sapwell, were prominent in the debate and the final vote was 198 to 115. Peter...
Juniors on the move The early autumn season is crucial for junior doctors moving to new locations. The CMF Welcome Scheme is now in its fifth year. It ensures that students moving to F1 jobs can be linked to local CMF members and don't get 'lost'. Letters are sent to...
A busy world John Greenall, Head of Student Ministries, writes: So much is happening in the student world. God is at work and he is calling medical and nursing students to join him; our role is to listen and then encourage and exhort them to follow him with their whole...
A vision for global witness Kevin Vaughan writes: The vision of the International Medical and Dental Association (ICMDA) is to have a Christian witness through doctors and dentists in every community in every nation. Currently 75 countries are members. However this represents only half of the countries in the world. More...
Governance Changes agreed Constitutional changes ASpecial General Meeting of the Fellowship met on 18 June and approved a raft of constitutional changes to bring it into line with CMF's Memorandum and Articles. The key change is the inclusion of the CMF mission and values statements and changes to how committee...
2016 sees record conference attendances If Christ is not raised, the apostles are knaves and the church deserves to die, declared Professor Don Carson at the CMF National Conference in April. At the heart of our faith is the fact that 'Christ died for our sins in accordance with the...