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Connecting with people and recruiting for missions

Transform staff Esther Banzi (South Africa) loves to share the needs in Europe with people from the Global South and see them moving into missions.




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Dancing to the beat of Christ

Transform in Europe inspired a dance ministry in Australia - dance, discussions and discipleship.




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Filling the gap

A team at the Serbian/Croatian border provides relief to migrating refugees. OM Germany leader Gian Walser talks about the work and its impact on him.




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Distributing God's love around the clock

In his third update from Serbian/Croatian border, Volker Sachse says that in spite of increasingly difficulties, he can see God’s peace touch local people.




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'We cannot pretend nothing has happened'

Michel Di Feliciantonio and three other Italian Christians spent a week in Šid, Serbia, helping refugees on their way into Europe.




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A window of peace

Sometimes it's not about handing out blankets, meals or having conversations, noticed OM worker Elizabeth when volunteering in the refugee ministry in Serbia.




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Gleanings from garbage

Christina reflects on lessons learned about valuing people the way Christ did, while cleaning trash and volunteering in a refugee camp in Šid, Serbia.




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A life in ruins

Though his home city of Palmyra is in ruins, Abdul hopes to give his children a second chance in Europe.




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Tea and friendship in the OM tent

OM Serbia, with the help of volunteers from several nations, are providing sweet tea, and friendship, to the refugees at a camp in Sid, Serbia.




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Time to pitch the tent again

As refugee numbers soar locally, the local government in Sid, Serbia, asks OM to help them again. OM gets their tent out again.




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Seeing the Iranian church grow...in Serbia

Iranians in Serbian refugee camps are turning to Jesus, becoming baptised and sharing their faith—events that one OM leader describes as being straight out of the Book of Acts.




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'Crazy, inspiring and challenging'

During their visits in Serbia, Moldova and Montenegro the two MDT Love Europe teams had many experiences, as well as opportunities to share God’s love.




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Jesus Christ’s power to make everything new

Slobodan never thought he could be free, but Jesus gave him a new start. Now Slobodan urges Roma in Croatia and Serbia that there is a better way.




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Hope comes in the colour brown

God grants the wish of a teenage mom as a sign of His love for her. Now she’s found what she has looked for all her life.




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Making friends from all over the world

With a cultural theme on Latin America, 231 participants from 40 countries have come together for the September GO conference in the Netherlands.




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Challenging the traditional concept of missions

Historically, the Netherlands has sent missionaries around the world to share about Jesus. Now, the Netherlands is a mission field.




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‘I have to come here again’

Sharing his faith with locals in the Near East during the 2012 Transform outreach inspired one participant to return to Transform this year.




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Welcoming strangers

Thousands of people have sought refuge in Europe in the past decades; in 2015, the number exploded. OM teams welcome the foreigners to their new home countries.




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The Riverboat Captain’s Story

As a 13-year-old boy, Klaas Kattouw dreamt of sailing on the vessel now used for the new Riverboat ministry. Today, he is the Captain.




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Using their toolbox

A couple uses their God-given cultural and evangelistic tools, gained from years spent in the Muslim world, to reach out to Turkish Muslims.




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Taste and see–with others and God in community

TASTE in Delft, Netherlands, embodies the love of Jesus in community and shares that love in practical ways with the people around.




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Encouraging local believers

OM Riverboat community members encourage local believers who are struggling with their faith.




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Reflecting God in the outskirts of Zurich

The OM short-term team seek God’s will for their ministry after their move to the outskirts of Zurich. Recent encounters have encouraged and surprised them.




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Hurting hearts

A meeting with a woman in a coffee shop leads to open conversations about hurting hearts.




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Opening horizons

Penang, Malaysia :: A team from Logos Hope connect with children at a drop-in centre.




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Gearing up for Out of the Comfort Zone 2012

Currently 100 people from 15 nations are expected at OM Malaysia’s annual missions conference at Golden Sands in Port Dickson, Malaysia, from 14-18 July 2012.




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10 years of living ‘Out of the Comfort Zone’

Board members from OM Malaysia joined 110 participants from 18 nations in the 10-year celebration of the Out of the Comfort Zone conference this year.




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Inspired and yearning for more

Carrie from Hong Kong was challenged and blessed at the same time as a participant in the Out of the Comfort Zone training in Malaysia.




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Identity in Christ

Pari Bala, National Director of OM Malaysia, shares about her journey to Christ and missions, along with the opportunities and challenges she faces in ministry.




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Investing into youth leaders

OM Malaysia is moving away from the concept of TeenStreet and investing into training people to work with the next generation instead.




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Raising a new generation of leaders from Asia

The second batch of Timothy Trekkers met for the first time in Seremban, Malaysia, on 1 July to begin the 12-month leadership development course.




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More than just fundraising

A recent training course in Malaysia unpacks the subject of financial development and reminds participants that it is a ministry based on biblical principles.




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Celebrating 30 years

This year, on 9 August, OM Malaysia celebrates 30 years of ministry with former OMers and friends of OM from all generations.




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Channels of Hope in Malaysia and Myanmar

In an effort to respond to the growing need, OM partner organisation AIDSLink International conducts Channels of Hope training in Malaysia and Myanmar.




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OM Malaysia celebrates 30 years of ministry

On 9 August 2014, OM Malaysia held an open house to celebrate 30 years of ministry, with OM International Director Lawrence Tong as the guest of honour.




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Unity in diversity

Kuching, Malaysia :: Church leaders in Kuching are invited on board Logos Hope for an afternoon of gathering and sharing.




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Experiential learning at Teenstreet Malaysia

The varied teaching styles at Teenstreet Malaysia 2016 helped teens to connect with the theme of discovering their identity.




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Out of the Comfort Zone Asia 2017 begins

On July 8, 2017 the Out of the Comfort Zone Asia, a short-term missions conference, began.




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Missions training in Asia

From 8-12 July, 135 Out of the Comfort Zone participants and staff gathered for practical missions training in Malaysia, before dispersing for outreaches in nine Asian countries.




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Learning about hope and suffering

TeenStreet Malaysia 2017 participants learned about hope and suffering from 9-13 December.




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OM's early days in India

In 1963, the first OM team travelled overland from Europe to India, sharing the gospel along the way and initiating a movement that would reached millions with the gospel.




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Freeing the Dalits

In 1988, it became evident to leadership that OM needed to respond to the hundreds of millions of poor and marginalised in India, specifically the Dalit-Bahujan people, or ‘untouchables’.




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Over coffee in Bosnia

Claudia, from Brazil, leads the ministry of OM in Bosnia. She shares her life and God’s love with the local people, bringing more to restoring faith in Christ—one cup of coffee at a time.




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Nominal Muslims learn about Jesus

Spending the weekend with friends, Mark and Beth quickly learn that their friends’ background does not necessarily mean they follow the practices of that religion.




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Building a bridge to reconciliation

Teens attending TeenStreet Europe in July will raise money for a project to bring reconciliation to the ethnically divided youth of Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.




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Heating houses points to God

A family in need receives free firewood and, for the first time, understands that God is bigger than their needs.




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Investing in Bosnia's future

A scholarship from OM Bosnia gives a young woman from a needy family the chance to go to school.




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Believers in Bosnia spread God’s blessing

OM worker Jael shares about believers in North West Bosnia growing in faith and learning the joy of giving.




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Investing in education and eternity

Providing disadvantaged children with backpacks brings the gospel into homes in remote Muslim villages of Bosnia-Herzegovina.




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OMers involved in bus accident

A group of 45 OM volunteers from El Salvador are safe after a bus accident in Nicaragua last Saturday.