A group of people open to the Holy Spirit's leading find an open door for ministry in Nazareth.

A group of believers worshiping Jesus in public leads to the opportunity to share the Gospel with a young, religious Jew.

Believers bring the Gospel to a public park in Israel.

Two OM workers introduce friends to the story of redemption through a trip to Jerusalem.

An OM short-term team worships God and engages in conversations about God in the public square of a city with an Arab majority in Israel.

A public baptism ceremony at the river becomes an opportunity to teach an onlooker about the true meaning of baptism.

An orthodox Jewish girl shares her testimony of coming to faith in Jesus at her baptism.

After listening to the Gospel a self-proclaimed atheist encouraged Christians to go tell others this Good News.

A Jewish woman asks a pastor why is there suffering, if they are God's chosen people.

The Passover season leads to a young Israeli woman asking about the Passover Lamb.

In Israel, where multiple languages are spoken, tracts are a helpful tool to overcoming language barriers that could inhibit someone from hearing about Jesus.

A Muslim man believes Jesus is the Son of God.

OM workers minister to drug addicts and women in prostitution on a Tel Aviv street.

The Hope of Israel outreach team visits Yoqneam, a biblical city without a church.

By utilising short-term teams and partnering with local churches, OM Israel realigns its field focus.

During a medical outreach in Guatemala, the OM team members and volunteers witnessed a special moment of forgiveness.

On 20 February, the OM Guatemala team offered a programme on life values and shared the Gospel with nearly 600 children attending a school in Quiché, an indigenous village that was heavily affected by the guerrilla.

OM SportsLink in Latin America takes part in a training for workers in sports ministry in Honduras and an outreach in Guatemala.

OM Guatemala starts a new long-term project, to support families in deep poverty and change an entire community.

OM Guatemala distributes more than 1,000 pairs of shoes at local primary schools.

With the desire to help those in need, OM Guatemala organises a free medical clinic in a red zone (high-crime) area in Guatemala City.

A dream comes true when OM Guatemala starts a day-care ministry to feed and care for children of families in poverty, while the parents work.

The smiles of children are a great motivation to keep on working for the team members of OM Guatemala.

OM workers in a small town in Guatemala help five unregistered children obtain official papers and be able to go to school.

Puerto Barrios, Guatemala :: Logos Hope's volunteers bring an international aspect to a motivating festival for young people.

The Harvard political philosopher Michael Sandel offers his take.

The president’s failure to understand his limits is very costly.

It will take more care than the president is currently demonstrating to loosen restrictions but still protect the vulnerable.

OM Malawi begins construction on a ministry base they hope will impact the Malawian people for the Lord.

A Malawian missionary brings change to his village and food to his family through farming techniques taught by OM Malawi.

An elderly local villager labelled as a witch receives love and practical help from OM Malawi.

The care the head teacher of Chiyembekezo School shows to her pupils even outside the classroom has a ripple effect on the larger community.

Chiyembekezo School is aptly named. Meaning “hope” in Chichewa, the school brings hope to orphans and vulnerable children in Ntaja, Malawi.

Water was not to be found when the OM team drilled in Chisopi, Malawi - until they drilled in front of the church.

The students of OM Malawi’s two schools are receiving something more than a Christ-centred education; a way to pay for future schooling.

“We believe that the Gospel of Jesus can be preached without saying any words,” said OM worker Fredson. “But by doing, by showing love, by taking care of the old and by just being available to people.”

The Discipleship course in Malawi challenges students to own their faith and apply it in their daily lives.

Solar powered electricity provides a unique way to connect with the local community.

Prison ministry in Ntaja, Malawi is reaching out to prisoners and guards alike; planting seeds and bearing fruit.

Ride 2 Transform takes its third tour of southern Malawi for ministry and support.

A new radio station celebrates its grand opening in Malawi, reaching out across the airwaves.

"Just like the children’s game ‘stuck in the mud’ we need others to help us, to set us free. Sometimes the game gets so crazy that people don’t know you are stuck and need help," explains OMer Renette.

Getting the whole family involved in a short term missions trip is an unforgettable experience!

Forty-seven women from all over the world are climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro in Kenya this week to raise awareness of global injustices against women and children.

On 12 May, 130 people in Atlanta, Georgia, participate in a hike at to benefit trafficked and exploited women across our world.

150 gathered for the first Freedom Climb Conference in September to learn how to become advocates for oppressed women and children around the world.

The Freedom Climbers remain encouraged through increasing altitudes and dropping temperatures as they continue upward to Mt. Everest Base Camp and Kala Patthar Peak.

Two OMers are riding unicycles across the US this summer in aid of Syrian refugees and displaced people.

CNA Staff, May 4, 2020 / 05:01 pm (CNA).- The Republic of Ireland’s Workplace Relations Commission has decided that an atheist child was discriminated against by his Catholic school when students were rewarded for attending a religious ceremony.

The commission, an independent, quasi-judicial forum, ruled that the Yellow Furze National School in County Meath had discriminated against an atheist student.

Early in the 2019 school year, the students had been promised a homework pass if they took part in the choir during a First Communion ceremony

The boy’s mother complained, but the school defended its policy.

"Any student, regardless of his/her religion in our school who opted not to participate in this extracurricular event was not 'rewarded,'" the school said, according to the Irish Post last year.

The school added that children of any religion were able to participate in the choir, and that the claim of discrimination was thus “wholly unfounded.”

The commission said the school “does not appreciate this action had an adverse effect on students who are not of a Catholic faith,” the Irish Times reported.

His mother said that "on that day my son was the only child in the class who was not participating. He was also the only non-Catholic child in the class." She added that “he came out of school crying.”

“We are atheist and this is not a choice that is open to him,” she said.

The Irish Post reported in 2019 that the boy was one of two pupils in his class of 33 to receive homework instead of attending the choir ceremony.

According to the commission the boy’s parents were “deeply hurt and upset” by the school.

“We felt that the school had disregarded the fact that we have a different set of beliefs,” the mother told RTE News. “We felt that our child had been singled out and punished for not being a Catholic,” and she added that she hoped the ruling would “change things for children here who are not Catholic".

The mother has since enrolled her son in a different school.

The commission ordered the school to pay €5,000 and demanded the school review its policies so it complies with the Equal Status Acts. The school will also have to post a memo of its compliance in a noticeable location within the school.

The mother told RTE News she will return the €5,000 to the school, “because it will be our friends and our neighbours who will be funding it, through school fundraising. We have been vindicated, but we feel that it would be wrong to accept this money.”

Catholic schools in Ireland make up 90% of all primary schools in the country, the Irish Times reported. The ruling is likely to affect how other schools promote and organize religious events.

CNA Staff, May 5, 2020 / 10:00 am (CNA).- Poland’s bishops have intervened in a debate about whether presidential elections scheduled for May 10 should go ahead despite a nationwide lockdown.

A statement from the permanent council of the Polish bishops’ conference April 27 urged politicians to work together to ensure that the election would be regarded as legitimate by all sides. 

It said: “We appeal to the consciences of those responsible for the common good of our homeland, both those in power and the opposition, to work out a common position on the presidential elections in this extraordinary situation.” 

Poland’s ruling coalition, led by the Law and Justice (PiS) party, has rejected calls to postpone the election, due to take place this Sunday. 

The state began introducing lockdown measures March 10, which it is now starting to lift. Poland, which has a population of almost 38 million, had 14,242 documented coronavirus cases and 700 deaths as of May 5, according to Johns Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource Center.

The Polish Senate began debating legislation May 5 that would allow the election to be held by postal vote, rather than at polling stations, due to the pandemic. 

The Sejm, the lower chamber of the Polish parliament, will have the final say on the legislation. 

The bishops called on lawmakers to resolve the issue while upholding the principles of Poland’s constitution. They emphasized that they were not seeking to engage in “purely political disputes over the form or timing of election, let alone to advocate this or that solution.”

The bishops’ permanent council said: “We encourage dialogue between the parties to seek solutions that would not raise legal doubts and suspicion, not only of a violation of the current constitutional order but also of the principles of free and fair elections adopted in a democratic society.”

“We ask that, guided by the best will, they would seek in their actions the common good, which today is expressed both by the life, health and social existence of Poles, as well as broad social trust in the electoral procedures of a democratic state jointly developed over the years.”

The bishops continued: “In this difficult situation that we are experiencing, we should take care to cultivate a mature democracy, protect the nation of laws, building -- despite differences -- a culture of solidarity, also in the political sphere.”

If parliament approves the postal vote, the government could delay the vote to either May 17 or May 23 to allow more preparation time, according to Reuters. 

Opinion polls suggest the incumbent President Andrzej Duda, a PiS ally, would be re-elected by a significant margin if the vote were held soon. 

Bishops’ conference president Archbishop Stanisław Gądecki entrusted Poland to the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus and to Our Lady, Queen of Poland, at Jasna Góra Monastery in Częstochowa May 3.