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Communicating art whole-heartedly

A team of artists from the OM Arts School of Mission reach out locally to people with special needs in Val Pellice, Italy.




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Children read the Bible for the first time

OM Italy, FCA and church volunteers impact the community of Torre Pellice in northern Italy through the fifth annual English/sports camp in June.




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OM Italy launches anti-trafficking ministry 

The coordinator of OM Italy’s anti-trafficking ministry describes the birth of the ministry through meeting a Nigerian woman forced into prostitution in Rome.




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Transform: Reaching across borders

Tim and Sophie, an Australian couple with OM in Paris, experienced life in North Africa, and its many different needs and difficulties, through Transform 2012.




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Seeing missions in an Italian light

Danish students gain perspective and experience with OM Italy.




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An unexpected call at Transform

How God called Andrea from Italy to leave his comfort zone during the Transform conference and his experience with OM Lifehope in the UK.




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OM Italy launches Saturday football games

To counter negative effects caused by lack of jobs and activities in the local area, OM Italy now offers free football games.




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Summer camp in the Val Pellice Valley

OM Italy organises an annual summer camp for children in Torre Pellice, where many hear the gospel for the first time.




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Transform outreach casts vision for trafficking ministry

Participating in a Transform outreach to trafficked women gave OMer Erika Tello the vision of founding the OM Italy anti-trafficking ministry.




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Clowning around in Italy

The experience of a group of young people going on an outreach in Italy after Transform 2013.




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Around the walls of the Vatican

An Italian girl receives a vision of Jericho that guides her to speak with a woman on Transform 2013 outreach day.




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Cycling to Transform

Cyclists with the Ride to Transform initiative rode 830 kilometres (about 515 miles) through Italy to raise funds for Transform relief projects around the Mediterranean.




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Samba and sports in Italy

A Transform 2013 outreach team in Vasto, Italy, uses samba music and sports to connect with children.




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Transforming the Mediterranean

Around 340 people participated in the Transform 2013 mission conference in Rome before spreading across the Mediterranean on 29 outreaches.




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Outreach team brings hope to a young man

During a three week outreach in November, OM Italy speaks to the heart of a young man called Antonio.




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The story of a former atheist

A former atheist and the only Christian in his household passionately proclaims the name of Jesus in a country with few evangelical believers.




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Incarnate School of Art and Mission 2014 begins

For the second time, OM Italy hosts the Incarnate School of Art and Mission in Bobbio Pellice.




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Students model Christ through art

Incarnate 2014, a course in arts and mission hosted by OM Italy, touches the lives of the students and local community.




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OM Italy hosts ‘Nefarious’ screening

Tesori Raggianti, OM Italy's anti-trafficking ministry, hosts a 'Nefarious' screening in a local theatre.




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Here we go again!

Cyclist Michel Di Felciantonio writes an open letter to supporters of Ride2Transform, a tour through Italy to raise awareness for OM projects.




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Community living, Jesus style

How do you shine God’s light to people in the community in which God has placed you?




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People are searching for the truth

Taina Moisander, a 26-year-old student from Finland shares some of the lessons she learnt while serving with a Transform team in Sicily, Italy.




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Seeds planted amongst kids

OM Italy impacts 150 children during their annual summer camp in Torre Pellice.




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Retirement challenge

A Canadian couple spends two of their retirement years with OM in Italy, learning that it’s never too late to change the world around them.




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Cross-cultural connection

A thriving youth group and an Italian-language event encourage a team from OM Italy during a recent visit to OM’s ministry in Montenegro.




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Culturally exposed while exposing Jesus

A new OM Italy team member participates in an English Scout Camp, which brings the Gospel to children and gives her new cultural insight.




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Good times and God times

As the OM Transform team share the Gospel with children in Sicily, Italy, they also experience God’s touch in their own lives.




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Benvenuto a Incarnate

OM Arts introduces locals from Isola, Italy to Incarnate - a programme teaching artists to work in cross-cultural missions.




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Artists transform conversations into creativity

Artists participating in the Incarnate training and discipleship programme of OM Arts in Italy are inspired by conversations with locals.




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Prophetic art for the people of Isola del Gran Sasso

OM Arts artists participating in the Incarnate programme in Italy create a collaborative piece of prophetic art for the local community.




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What I do have, I give to you

Christian Pilz spent a week in the refugee camp in Idomeni, where 13,000 people camp at the closed border. “What happened to us?” he wonders.




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International arts festival impacts Italian community

Artists present visual and performing arts during the international art Festival Week hosted by OM Arts International’s Incarnate programme.




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Anti-Trafficking in Italy

The anti-trafficking efforts by OM Italia are developing as they work to involve the local church in this outreach.




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Transform 2016: A refugee’s prayer - An insight into short-term refugee ministry

Meeting Christian refugees praying for European governments made a deep impression on a Transform participant. For another, the term ‘refugee’ got a whole new meaning.




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Incarnate 2016

Artists gathered in Italy for Incarnate 2016 with purpose: to pursue the arts while engaging in cross-cultural missions. 




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Connecting with kids in Fucecchio

The team in Fucecchio, near Pisa puts on their first English Sports camp after a year of local ministry through an after school programme.




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Showing them another way

By providing holistic care and support to victims of human trafficking, OM hopes to lead them to freedom in Christ.




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Bringing Christ to the heart of Pisa

A new church in Pisa puts the gospel at the centre of everything and has committed to reaching its neighbours, especially young people and students.




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Where is God when tragedy happens?

OM Norway Field Leader Willy Andre Meberg expresses condolences and prayer for the people of Norway.




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Norway Marine Office approves internship opportunities with Logos Hope

In January 2013, OM Norway and Norwegian Naval Training Agency agreed on internship programme for deckhands and motormen on board MV Logos Hope.




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Grandmother used by God

As a grandmother with some serious health issues and limited knowledge of Spanish and English, Francine wondered whether God could use her in Spain.




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Buckling floors and breakthroughs 

As they seek to establish a church, God gives OM Spain the opportunity to minister to the community, break down barriers and share the gospel.




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Travelling team supports churches

OM Spain's traveling team is back at base after nearly two months on the road visiting and serving in various churches.




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A door to the church

A new social work ministry has opened to bring the people of Narón, Spain, into the village’s only evangelical church.




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Not all who wander are lost

Bloody feet. Blisters. That wasn’t the expectation of eager Transform participants who left the conference in Rome to join OM Spain on a unique journey.




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Spreading seeds throughout Spain

Eight young people, five nationalities, one van, one month and one BIG God.




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I can write my name!

Zoila Garrido is building relationships with immigrants by teaching them Spanish. Some of them never had the chance to go to school before.




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Transform 2016: Pilgrim walk in Spain

Walking the thousand year old pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela gave the Transform team many opportunities to share the Gospel




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Transform 2016: Refugee

Participants witnessed God at work through the Transform conference in Spain followed by outreach teams to the Mediterranean region and beyond.




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God calls ordinary Christians to short-term outreaches

In the 1960s, when OM accepted untrained people for short-term campaigns, it was unheard of. Today, it has become a gateway into missions.