Urban England and the rural Pyrenees may seem worlds apart but both are offering up unique opportunities for mission in a residential context.

The Tolladine Mission set up its first house in the Worcester suburb in 2011 and is looking to recruit new members to help expand its reach.

The mission is a joint venture between Church Mission Society, Church Army and the Diocese of Worcester.

According to the CMS website, it is one of 10 'pathfinder' projects receiving funding from the Church Commissioners and the Archbishops' Council to "develop church growth in deprived areas".

With 35 per cent of the people in Tolladine being below the age of 20, it would suit those with a particular heart for the young.

Robin Sykes, the mission's coordinator said: "One of the key concepts underpinning the Tolladine Mission is that it should include a group of people living closely together in the mission area, bound together by a common purpose and sharing a simple 'rule of life'.

"They are to be points of Christian witness within Tolladine, demonstrating in their lives and by their openness and hospitality the value and challenge of the Christian way of life."

A mission opportunity of a completely different nature has arisen in the Pyrenees in the south of France, where Jeanne and Stuart Beaumont have been serving for 26 years.

With Jeanne in poor health, they are looking for someone who can assist her whilst also supporting their mission work.

It has especially been their dream that others would come to help them transform their mission into a spiritual resource centre for Christians serving in the remote region.

Pippa Soundy, CMS chaplain, said: "Stuart and Jeanne see small missional communities as being the best way to reach out to rural people with the Gospel and have a large eight-bedroom house ready for use as a mission base."