Creation care and loving our neighbours
When I lived and worked at the OMF International Centre in Singapore I asked Aran*, a young Thai theological student, what he’d like us to...
Category Archives: 2020
A translation for a new generation
In 1866, American Baptist missionary Josiah Nelson Cushing arrived in Burma (now called Myanmar) as a missionary to the Shan people. Few, if any, of...
Ministry to Students in Myanmar
Moe Moe, a university student, came to our Bible study five years ago. She sat quietly during the three hour Bible study because she came...
Leading work in Myanmar: An Interview with John & Claire
John & Claire* have worked with OMF for 25 years, most recently leading one of our multinational teams. Now they are taking on a new challenge...
What one worker learned from his time overseas
From the first to the twenty-first century the Church’s witness to the gospel has gone through many Star Trek moments. It is the nature of...
Learning to love well
Myanmar is home to over one million people with disabilities. There has been a recent surge in new policy commitments to improve their position....
An introduction to Myanmar
You may know of Myanmar by its previous name of Burma, as the country the famous missionary Adoniram Judson travelled to, or possibly as 'the...
What’s rural church planting like in Taiwan?
The first time I spoke to Yong-yi about spiritual matters, her face showed a distinct lack of interest — a look I had gotten used...
Quilting for Jesus: How could God use my hobby in mission?
I never could have predicted that when I started to make quilting my hobby it would be used for a much greater purpose. When my...
How ministry in Taipei supports outreach in Belfast
In 2018, after 32 years in Taiwan with OMF, Linda McFerran returned home to Northern Ireland. Here she shares how the things she learnt overseas...