Ready, set go…? The mission training course I didn’t want to go on
Can I tell you a secret? I didn’t want to do the En Route course! I just wanted to get to Cambodia and start working...
Category Archives: 2023-01 Teaching and Training
En Route course: training for mission from everywhere to everywhere
Together with Christians from every age, our missional challenge is to discern our place and purpose in the contemporary expressions of the mission and movement...
More than making coffee: unpacking OMF UK internships
For almost 10 years, the OMF (UK) team has been welcoming interns to the national office to work with the Communications or Serve Asia teams....
How is OMF equipping UK students to share Jesus cross-culturally?
"I absolutely love going to CU!" No, this isn’t a quote from an enthusiastic Christian student, but from this middle-aged OMF Area Representative! Having never...
How can foreign missionaries help equip local Christians to reach their neighbours?
Imagine a scenario where God’s people are surrounded by dozens of ethnic groups with few opportunities to hear of Jesus. Imagine church members could travel...
Why is theological education important for preparing to serve cross-culturally?
We asked some new OMF workers to share how their time at Bible college shapes their service today: Jade's story ‘I believe it is essential...
Breaking through the one-third barrier: collaboration for the kingdom
Loun Ling Lee is a Trustee of OMF (UK) and Editor of Lausanne Global Analysis. She gave the 2022 Drysdale Lecture at Nazarene Theological College...
Bridging worlds: learning from East Asian Christianity
‘I’ve been attending a British New Testament conference almost every year for the last 10 years. For the first five years, I was the only...
A taste of seminary life in Asia
‘Sabah Theological Seminary are looking for help.’ Full marks if you know Sabah is part of East Malaysia, home to Mount Kinabalu, wonderful diving sites...
Shifting theological education in an era of Global South Christianity
For decades Christianity has been shifting from being a Global North religion centred on Europe and North America toward the Global South – South America,...