Over the past two years, more than 50 teams from Bedok Methodist Church in Singapore have gone on short-term mission trips through the church’s Missions Release mobilisation initiative. The church has not looked back since.
Hearing stories about missions from Jesus followers resonated with Capucine: “I really wanted to serve God because He had truly changed my life.”
For a few weeks in the summer, Rob and other Jesus followers handed out New Testaments to people waiting for their ferry. Although the days were often long and hot, each day sparked conversations with people who had never heard the gospel or people who had questions about it.
A short-term ministry team from Germany supported the ministry efforts in Italy to share God's love with young and old alike.
Through literacy training in schools and teacher development conferences, Education In Africa (EIA), a ministry of OM, is helping make learning possible and supporting teachers both personally and spiritually.
When Dorothy lost her husband, her world fell apart. Alone and overwhelmed, she continued teaching but felt numb inside. A month later, an unexpected invitation to a teacher’s conference changed everything.
Education is still a very underdeveloped service across Africa. Many rural and impoverished communities have very little or no access to education for their children.
Imagine being eight years old and unable to read a single word on the page in front of you. You see others around you reading, and you know you should be able to as well, but the letters just don’t make sense.
As a friendship between two couples grew, an invitation to church was extended.
"I’m not sure what words to use to describe God’s presence. Are there words capable of expressing it? Or emotions that can fully convey what you feel? Is there a color capable of representing it?" wonders Jessica.
Sometimes we are afraid to talk about our faith with our non-believing friends, or invite them to read the Bible together, but we can be surprised.
OM in Italia recently invited TeenStreet participants for a TeenStreet Day: a 'mini-Teenstreet' with games, adoration, messages and much more!
Arianna spent a week with the OM team in Poland sharing Christ's love with those impacted by war.
“Just as others do, I also make my gifts available for the Kingdom of God. It’s interesting to see how God uses art to talk to people,” shared Jessica.
Jaki learnt more than Italian at language school — she learnt about other cultures and people groups and "discovered that, even in the most difficult moments, there is a God who sees, who listens and who takes care."
In collaboration with other Christian organisations, the OM team in Italia are helping believers reach out to their peers.
Samir, a teenager in the Caucasus, started a DBS group with his family. He encouraged and helped his grandmother share her faith with her neighbours.
Simon and the rest of the MediaWorks team are helping ministries set up their resources online.
God proved He can use the smallest groups and the youngest believers to make a difference in Guyana.
After training with OM, Arif began leading DBS groups and teaching his disciples to start their own groups. They quickly started seeing multiplication! Even though some of the disciples are not yet ready to follow Jesus, they have been sharing what they learn with their families and friends.
Over the past two years, more than 50 teams from Bedok Methodist Church in Singapore have gone on short-term mission trips through the church’s Missions Release mobilisation initiative. The church has not looked back since.
Hearing stories about missions from Jesus followers resonated with Capucine: “I really wanted to serve God because He had truly changed my life.”
Ships :: Clara’s cross-cultural journey shaped her as a leader on Doulos Hope, sharing God’s love and impacting lives.
For a few weeks in the summer, Rob and other Jesus followers handed out New Testaments to people waiting for their ferry. Although the days were often long and hot, each day sparked conversations with people who had never heard the gospel or people who had questions about it.
A short-term ministry team from Germany supported the ministry efforts in Italy to share God's love with young and old alike.
“Is the Camino outreach a challenge? For sure! Is it rewarding? Absolutely! Will it impact? Indeed, it will," shares Enfys.
Once passionate about sharing the Qur'an, Yacouba now lives his life to spread the good news of Christ.
"It strikes me to think that the people of this land, rich or otherwise, seemingly have no chance to enter the Kingdom," reflects Till. "They have plenty of camels, but there seems to be no eye of a needle to go through."
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God is doing a new thing in Africa! Join Him in seeing lives and communities transformed through encouraging the church and going to difficult places where He is not yet worshipped.
There is tremendous spiritual need, but the region is also home to China’s estimated 60-80 million Christians, and South Korea which is the world's largest non-Western, missionary-sending nation.
Among its many islands and, more importantly, many people, we want to see God's love shared with the Caribbean. Help provide much needed relief and spread a message of hope.
Once the sender of missionaries to the world, Europe is now a continent where the Church is shrinking. But, there are still open doors to share the Gospel with Europeans and a growing immigrant population throughout the continent.
From Mexico in the North to Chile and Argentina in the South, we want to share God's love with the most vulnerable people in Latin America - the children & teenagers, the poor, the old, and the sick.
In the Middle East and Northern Africa, our strategy is to mobilize local believers, make use of mass media, invest early into new believers, and equip them to live out love toward others.
We serve churches and individuals in the USA and Canada and help to provide vital resources for Jesus-followers and projects around the world.
Our ships visit port cities throughout the world, supplying vital literature resources, providing practical help and aid, and encouraging cross-cultural understanding. Crew receive life-changing training, while sharing a message of hope in God with those they meet.
In Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea, we encourage local churches to catch the vision of the world mission, train believers to serve around the world, and inspire donors to support the work of Jesus-followers everywhere.
