In the last century Christianity became a truly global faith, as Todd Johnson has pointed out: 'At the dawn of the twentieth century the statistical centre of global Christianity was near Madrid, Spain. In fact, at that time, over 80% of all Christians were European or North American. By 2010...
Emma Pedlar reports on her elective in India. For my elective I joined the plastic surgery department at Sakra World Hospital, a multispeciality corporate hospital in Bangalore, south India. My supervisor, Dr Derick Mendonca, was an Indian surgeon who had completed his speciality training in the UK. He had been...
In March I arrived bleary eyed but excited in Malawi after about 18 hours of travelling. I felt rather disorientated flying into Blantyre as all I could see from the window was green. I flew in via Johannesburg which had been cold and wet so I had felt quite at...
Emma Pedlar reports on an inspiring week. During this year volunteering with CMF I helped organise the International Medical Students Conference, which took place at the beginning of February 2014. 26 delegates from 23 countries were invited to be equipped and enthused for leadership among Christian medical students in...