Migration and the gospel: how do we respond?
Last year, my wife, Anne-Marie, and I returned to the UK after more than thirty years living in the Philippines, Singapore, and Vietnam with OMF....
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Local learning: how do OMF and Langham Preaching collaborate to train pastors in East Asia?
Encouraging and equipping local leadership is one crucial step in establishing healthy, growing churches. This is an important aspect of OMF’s work to see biblical,...
Race and the gospel
Racism continues to be a focus in local and global conversation, often highly charged and politicised. Many Christians fear that becoming involved risks being distracted...
Filipino and Japanese Christians reaching the nations
1965 was a special year in the history of OMF International. Not only was it the centenary of James Hudson Taylor founding the organisation –...
5 surprising ways to support missionaries
When you think about supporting Christians serving cross-culturally overseas, there are some obvious things they need, like finances and some prayer support. Yet there are...
Mike & Denise: why serve God overseas in later life?
We’re eating Staffordshire oatcakes, but the conversation turns to curry, rice, baguettes and delicious Asian fruit.* I’m lunching with Mike & Denise Woodward, who...
Staying for Jesus: finding a place in world mission in Ireland
At OMF, we’re passionate about helping every Christian and every local church find their place in God’s global plan. Around the UK and Ireland, our...
Moving beyond multicultural church?
After nine years working with OMF in Cambodia, my family and I found ourselves back in Manchester and in our supportive sending church, Holy Trinity...
Resources to help you explore mission
World mission is God’s idea So, we start and continue in mission by getting to know him, his mission and his world better. Beyond the...
How to play your part in the jazz of mission
I sympathise with the Christian who said they’d experienced so much missions marketing that they ended up with a case of ‘Missional Attention Deficit Disorder’....