How OM is partnering with Greek churches to address the growing immigrant and trafficking situation

Women caught in the sex industry find new life through Nea Zoi, a partner organisation, which reaches out to sex workers in Athens.

After working with the needy on a Transform 2012 outreach to Greece, Anthony (UK) returned to Athens to continue in that ministry.

A persecuted Muslim-background believer finds practical help and strengthened faith at an OM Greece drop-in centre.

OM Greece partners with the Greek Church to help feed the hungry and share Jesus in their own community.

A Greek woman embarks on a lonely journey to the Transform 2013 conference in Rome, a journey that began when she accepted Christ at 19.

Believers from different nations and denominations gathered to worship God together in Athens, promoting unity amongst the city’s believers.

After attending Transform 2014 and going on the Greece outreach, a young South African man returns to Greece eight months later to stay.

As Syrian, Iraqi and Afghan refugees pour onto the beaches of Lesbos, OM Greece and partner organisations offer water, essential items and, more importantly, hope.

OM Greece and partner organisations help Syrians and other refugees as they reach the island of Lesbos from Turkey and disembark from dinghies.

OM partners with a Greek aid organisation to run the only Christian camp on Lesbos, offering help in Jesus' name.

Beyond providing basic relief items, one OM worker spends time with refugees passing through Greece, listening to their stories and hopes.

Following escalation of the refugee crisis in Greece, Greek and migrant churches unite to serve the refugees passing through the country.

OM Greece facilitates food distribution and children’s programmes at an Olympic arena in Athens now housing hundreds of refugees a night.

A long-term worker overseeing refugee relief work on Lesbos describes the people he’s met on the island, the chances he’s had to share his faith and how God has shown up during the crisis.

In the midst of the refugee crisis in Greece, OM country leader says OM acts as ‘the glue,’ doing behind-the-scenes work to bond churches and other Christian organisations.

Churches are the key to continuity in the refugee ministry, states Gabby Markus, director of OM Greece.

OM worker witnesses a new openness towards God and the Gospel amongst the thousands of refugees on their way to Europe.

Greece – a land with a glorious past is today faced with many challenges. OM is working with churches, ministering to the Greek and refugees.

Day after day, OM volunteers staffed transit camps meeting and loving refugees on Lesvos. After roughly nine months, the ministry is closing down.

OM Greece's involvement with refugees is always evolving. This summer the team is able to work in more camps and connect with more people.

Relationships form and opportunities to share Christ follow as OM workers minister to those seeking refuge in Athens and beyond.

An OM Greece worker explains, while she is babysitting, how she helps ladies involved in human trafficking and the sex industry.

OM seeks to love refugees like family members through starting sports ministry and cooking meals in camps.

Fion Lau, from Hong Kong, shares about her year serving with OM in Greece.

Work of OM Romania, partnering with the church

Work of OM Romania among the Roma population

As Rafael, the leader of OM Romania, lies awake in the middle of the night, he shares about the OM outreach to the Roma people he and his family are taking part in. They’ve set up a mobile clinic in Padureni, and through games, sports and Bible stories, the community is learning about God’s love.

Catherine, from the UK, joined an OM team in July to host a dental clinic and outreach for the residents of Pădureni.

A Roma man’s cry to God for mercy to spare his son’s life transforms his future and the future of his small town.

Europe short-term mission coordinators gather in Sibiu, Romania, to increase vision, gain training and share resources for greater impact in Europe.

Michael (Kenya) participates in a short-term mission trip to Romania and gives an account of God's transforming power at work amongst the Roma people.

Earlier this year, a severe storm blanketed Romania in snow that left hundreds stranded. A team brought food, wood and hope to victims.

People who dig through landfills during the week to provide for their families find rest along with spiritual and physical nourishment at church on Sundays.

OM founder George Verwer speaks at the Romanian Brethren Assembly about living a pure life and standing against the issue of abortion.

Since 2007, the Bus4Life has visited 150 locations, welcomed 10,000 visitors and touched many lives, including one Romanian teen who comes back to God.

Used by God beyond her skills as a dentist, an outreach participant shares the gospel with a disabled woman, whose life is forever changed.

“What a feeling it is to know you can be someone’s miracle…” shares a short-term worker after outreach with the OM Transit team in Romania.

Faith is strengthened when OMers learn how the Lord watches over them, not allowing harm to come to the people or the ministry.

Rafael Nastase is the field leader of OM Romania. He tells his story and describes the current work of OM Romania.

Surprises await Bus4Life coordinator Esko when visiting a Romanian village: Meeting orphaned girls saved on a visit 26 years ago, and the former Chief of Police from the Communist era.

OM uses an educational programme called KidsGames to share Bible stories in a public school.

A recap of Bus4Life's ministry in Romania during the summer of 2018.

OM workers Ed and Kim are learning Kurdish in order to reach out to refugees in their heart language.

Long-term workers leave Arab world to transition to new opportunity working with the spiritual needs of Syrian refugees in Europe.

First MENA travelling team shares stories from a year of adventures around the Arab world.

Transform team provides children’s programme, conducts English classes and learns how to love Bedouin people in the desert village.

Joe, a long-term OM worker and ministry leader, shares a glimpse into the work of God inside the war-torn Syria.

OM worker in the Near East Field has a passion for Muslim women to understand the Word of God.

Local man suddenly decides to become a believer, long after workers had given up on his spiritual interest.