SOMA UK is a Christian faith mission working to empower, encourage, equip, enable and envision ordained and lay leaders in the church, primarily abroad, for their own mission and ministry. It is a key member of SOMA International, a global family of SOMAs. SOMA stands for Sharing of Ministry Abroad, but, more significantly is the Greek word for ‘body’ reflecting our original calling to ‘Join the Holy Spirit tending to the nervous system of the Body of Christ’. 

SOMA UK works for the transformation of individuals and churches and the healing of communities and their lands through the renewing power of the Holy Spirit. This is through intercession and sending and receiving short-term mission teams across the Anglican World.. 

Typically, a cross cultural team of five or six volunteers travels to an overseas Diocese to facilitate retreat conferences in one or two locations for clergy, women’s leaders, youth leaders, congregational leaders, evangelists, catechists and readers, addressing issues identified by the inviting Bishop, whom SOMA UK serves, that are within SOMA UK's call & ministry.

Our current strategy is to develop ‘learning cohorts’ - teams who are invested in as a group before and after their mission opportunity. This builds on the success of our META Youth project for 16-19s which we expect to expand considerably in the coming years. The roll-out of learning cohorts and communities of prayer as well as the expansion of META Youth will be key features of this role in the first 1-3 years.

Prayer is foundational to all we do, and crucial for our ongoing operations and ministry.