Pioneers, Partners, Friends: four decades of partnership in Thailand
We often talk about ‘partnership’ with local people. But what does this mean, and how do we move towards it? OMF worker Dr Larry Dinkins...
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All Change! From Partnership to Collaboration
I’ve lost count of how many seminars I’ve attended and articles I’ve read on ‘partnership’. I’ve written on it myself – at least once for...
Together in Student Ministry: KGK, IFES, OMF
“And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable people who will also be qualified to teach others.”...
Serving side by side: how missionaries and local church leaders work together
Pastor Jack and his wife Debra have served God full-time for 27 years in Taiwan. In 2011, they moved to Taiping, Taiwan’s second-largest city and...
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....
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...