Why is it important for missionaries to learn local languages?
Brits aren’t renowned for our language skills. It’s all too easy to go abroad and rely on people speaking English. In cross-cultural work, though, language...
Category Archives: 2022
Learning to live cross-culturally at Bible college
We thought before coming here we just wanted to go and get on with sharing the gospel,’ Agi tells me. However, after four years studying...
A loving community leads to faith in Christ
Thai Christian Students (TCS) began when an OMF worker encouraged a handful of Christian pharmacy students in Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok to gather, study the...
Can we redeem plastic?
Near Smoky Mountain, people are turning plastic from rubbish into an income. It’s a project run by Plastic Bank, a social enterprise which sees waste...
Five ways to respond to issues facing East Asian Christians today
Filipino author and theologian, Dr Rico Villanueva, was asked to comment on issues facing Christians today in the Philippines. He replied: ‘If there is one...
Transformed by Christ: One Filipino woman’s story
Leona, who leads an urban house church in the Philippines, shares the difference knowing Jesus Christ has made in her life: I’m Leona. I have...
Studying through struggles: Student life in the Philippines
Students from rural areas of the Philippines have a hard time when it comes to getting higher education. Colleges and universities are in big cities,...
Passing the baton: how local Christians are taking the gospel to the Philippines and beyond
Albert Catua’s father was one of the first Christians – and first pastors – among the approximately 200,000 strong Manobo people. Living in the remote...
From vision to reality: Why missionaries aren’t forever
OMF aims to see locally led, biblical churches reaching out to their own people and beyond with the good news of Jesus Christ. Our workers,...
How does human activity contribute to the impact of typhoons?
Did you know the Philippines experiences more than 20 typhoons each year? Although they are often called ‘natural disasters’, they may be better labelled as...