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Mountains of garbage

Norwegian Bible school students on mission trip to South Africa, shares the Gospel at the garbage dump outside Pretoria




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Golden years, new beginnings

While other couples in their fifties talk about retirement, Philip and Riana Dyason are talking about a new beginning: pioneer ministry in Russia.




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The Link in South Africa

Five OM entities based in South Africa previously working in three separate offices throughout Pretoria have recently united under one roof.




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UNIC ministers to students

Unite Nations in Cape Town (UNIC) works alongside two local universities, building friendships with the international students for God’s kingdom.




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Coaching for life in Randfontein

Community leaders in South Africa met with SportsLink to discuss how coaches can impact the fatherless in Randfontein.




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Hope in every circumstance

When an MDT participant’s family member commits suicide, she becomes puzzled and angry. But with encouragement from others, she recognises God’s compassion.




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Discipling boys through sport

OM SportsLink ministers to young boys in Mamelodi, the largest township of Pretoria, South Africa, every Friday.




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Voicing the plight of the vulnerable

In October, 140 people take the Table Mountain Challenge in Cape Town and Franschhoek, South Africa, as part of the Freedom Climb.




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OM South Africa appoints new leader

On 23 January 2015, OM South Africa celebrated Pranesh Anandlal’s leadership as director since 2008 and welcomed his successor, Andrè van der Bergh.




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Light in the darkness

OM AIDS Hope, in collaboration with Stanza Bopape Clinic, arranges an event on World AIDS Day 2014 to bring light to the pandemic.




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Standing up for the marginalised

Jabulani, a youth from South Africa affected by HIV, receives help and care from the OM team ministering in his community.




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Using arts to open hearts

In July, an OM team of artists will use their creative gifts to share about the Creator at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown.




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Sharing the gospel in a hair salon

Logos Hope crew members share the Gospel in a hair salon with someone who has never before heard about Jesus.




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Loving youth through sports in South Africa

OMer Jan Willem Otten uses basketball as a way to keep kids off the streets and put them in touch with the gospel




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Farm workers coming to faith

Farm workers hear about Jesus for the first time at their compound.




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Midwifery in the Middle East

A South African OMer plans to use her nursing skills to build relationships with Muslim women in the Arabian Peninsula.




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Playing good sports

OM South Africa SportsLink team enjoys a day of ministry with kids in a development centre.




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Kids' reading club

Marleen was challenged to create reading curriculum for kids by what she saw while climbing Mount Everest in Nepal.




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MDT: A springboard into missions

Missions Discipleship Training in South Africa is not a wasted six months--it's a springboard into your calling, preparing and equipping you for the real deal.




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Passing on the baton

After leading AIDS Hope for the past 11 years, Nico and Alma hand over the leadership of Meetse a Bophelo centre in Mamelodi.




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Missions Discipleship Training in OM

OM has trained thousands of young people into a stronger relationship with Christ and prepared them for the mission field.




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The joy of giving

The children at Meetse Bophelo Centre learn to bless their community through the act of giving.




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Connecting with God in prayer

During an outreach to Lesotho an MDT team meets an older man during door-to-door ministry and invites him to their daily prayer meeting.




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Dabbling in the office of dreams

For the OM Africa communications and media team, the latest and greatest thing is a duck.




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From Argentina to Africa

Belen, 20, discovers she doesn't need to wait to serve God in missions when He sends her to Africa for six weeks.




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Sharing about freedom

Three patients in a hospital for drug addicts pray a prayer of repentance after hearing testimonies from students in OM Russia’s missions school.




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Convincing or conversing?

An Australian working with OM Russia shares about seeing God work in the lives of the students of OM Russia’s Discipleship Centre.




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Letting go

An OM Russia Discipleship Centre tutor shares how a young boy came to know Jesus as his friend.




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New students in a new building

The OM Russia Discipleship Centre opens its doors to 13 new students in September and opens a second OM building on the site.




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Quilting to Christ

Russian OMer Alexandra Bykova begins a Quilting Club to bring women closer to each other and to faith in Christ.




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Encouraging smaller churches in Russia

Dorothea, from Germany, joins the one-year programme with OM Russia, which includes visiting Siberian villages to help churches and sharing the Gospel with locals.




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Your life turned upside down in 10 minutes

OM Russia works to bring hope to neighbours affected by HIV and AIDS.




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'Why shouldn't we get involved in world mission?'

How OM Founder George Verwer's visit to Siberia impacted local churches.




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What’s killing Russia’s youth?

OM Russia and partner organisations work to thwart two killers picking off the younger generation in Russia: drugs and HIV and AIDS.




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Internet evangelism, Internet dating and the Internet in world mission

A young couple who met on the Internet answers God’s call to missions to help others find Christ using their IT and web design skills.




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Breaking the cycle

OMer Sasha looks for solutions to breaking the downward cycle of poverty, neglect and lack of education plaguing two disadvantaged families in Novosibirsk, Siberia.




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Learning by doing

Students of OM Russia's Discipleship Centre learn not only through theory but by hands-on practical experience.




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From card making to vehicle servicing

OM Russia’s Business for Transformation ministry supports eight projects that empower locals through employment, while impacting the kingdom.




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A chain of events

Students at OM Russia’s Discipleship Centre help plant churches, start a rehab centre and begin a farming business.




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Rebuilding lives in a new city

OM Russia partners with local churches to respond to the needs of Ukrainian refugees in Novosibirsk, Siberia.




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Winter camp warms hearts

OM Russia organizes a winter camp for Siberian teenagers where they learn to always to trust God.




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Reaching the unreached

Discipleship Centre students shared the Gospel with a group of unreached villages during a short-term outreach.




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“I am not worth it to believe in Jesus."

A Dutch team member shares her mission trip experience praying with a man in Siberia.




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Anniversary of discipleship ministry

OM Russia celebrated the 10th anniversary of the discipleship ministry.




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Seeing hearts, not the disabilities

OM Russia had a great kick-off to the STM summer season by serving in a camp for children with disabilities to hear about Christ.




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Trained to be a Channel of Hope

OM Russia hosted and participated in AIDSLink International’s (ALI) Channels of Hope Facilitator Training©.




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Finding real love

For the first time, OM Russia organised a camp for children from Central Asian families where kids saw and felt God’s love.




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Amazing repentance

An OM worker in Russia finds opportunities to share Christ's love with members of the Romani ethnic group.




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‘Train our young people!’

OM offers Russians intensive Bible and ministry training, along with opportunities to live among unreached people to share the gospel and plant churches.




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Abandoning ruinous traditions

A woman from a least-reached group of people accepted Christ during Discipleship Centre student outreach.