The mission group are members of St. Matthews’ who have a special concern for the outreach of the church. The aim of the group is to foster a prayerful & financial concern for what God is doing throughout the world & to be a catalyst which encourages the church to have a wider vision & concern than the parish boundaries.

We meet several times a year to recommend which individuals & societies the church will support financially and aim to keep the church members informed about the work & needs of our missionaries and to encourage the members to support them through prayer & interest. We also encourage church members to consider missionary work or other service overseas, long term or as short term placements.

At present St. Matthews’ supports missionaries working in a wide range of projects—training in Africa with {Off Site]AIM, evangelism in France, ecological studies with {Off Site]A Rocha in Kenya, a Christian hospital in {Off Site]Kisiizi, Uganda, youth work with {Off Site]YWAM in Las Vegas, U.S.A. We also support the {Off Site]Busoga Trust in Uganda which is involved in digging wells to enable villagers to have a nearby clean water supply & the {Off Site]Church Pastoral Aid Society in the U.K.