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The secret that can't be kept

The Agency is a first-of-its-kind interactive mission experience that’s set on top of OM’s newly-launched Riverboat.




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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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Girl with a red umbrella

When OM Riverboat community members went on a ‘treasure hunt’ prayer walk, God directed them to people with open hearts.




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Gospel in the heart language

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




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Anointed and sent

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




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Light and love for Bedouin villages

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




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Reading the Bible together

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




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Belief out of the blue

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




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From Latin America to the Levant

OM workers explain, their home has become a mix of Latin American and Middle Eastern cultures.




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Going to extreme lengths for the sake of the gospel

The Mena Travelling Team has their first outreach, travelling throughout the MENA region and doing whatever it takes to share the Gospel with the unreached.




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Donuts and DBS

Three women experience God’s faithfulness as they reach out to a new city, sharing with Muslims, discipling new believers and baptising a close friend.




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Prayer: Making way for the gospel to go forward

A community of believers from across the world come together to establish houses of prayer along what has been called the Isaiah 19 Highway.




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Spreading the gospel in Muslim communities

OM MENA Travelling Team (MTT) spent 26 days distributing more than 10,000 gospel tracts and spreading Scripture throughout a Muslim-majority country.




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Marriage changes the way Lydia does ministry

Ten years ago, Lydia* arrived on the field as a single woman. Now married and with two kids, her method of ministry has changed entirely.




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Two weeks on Arab streets

OM short-term team shares highlights and lessons from a two-week Transform summer outreach to the Near East.




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Training leads to transformation

An OM training conference equips a local pastor with tools to transform his Sunday service for Syrian refugees.




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A local worker in God’s harvest

A local man shares his testimony, endures persecution and encourages others in the Near East to stand firm.




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Leaving lasting ideas

Restoration and hope: A Bedouin woman and her son earn new income selling beans after listening to an OM worker share ideas about starting a small business.




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Learning to lead

One worker shares how leading a short-term summer outreach changed her perspective about her country and capabilities.




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Working out at women’s gyms

Two workers in the Middle East talk about friends they’ve made at the women’s gym and why it’s a good place to invest their time.




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Praying God’s heart for the nations, Part 1

Workers from the Middle East North Africa Area share how they use strategic prayer to prepare the way for God to move across the region.




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Running at full capacity: Evangelicals serve refugees in Lebanon

Five years of displacement has taken its toll on Syrian refugees living in Lebanon, but many have met Jesus and discovered eternal hope.




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Teaching positive identity through English club

Believers bring a positive identity message to teenage girls living in a remote village.




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Supporting and sharing

Workers with support roles in OM's Near East Field -Lebanon, Jordan, Syria and Iraq - find opportunities to engage locals and share truth with friends.




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Sponsoring food distribution in Kurdistan

Amidst ongoing unrest, OM supports IDP communities by sponsoring food distribution through local partners.




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‘A year of harvest’

Local OM worker plants a church in a conservative Muslim village and sees fruit after ten years of prayer.




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North Africans prepare to go to Iraq

The OM Near East Field church planting school prepares students to cross cultural and religious boundaries.




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Ministry in the home

One missionary speaks about the challenges of taking someone with a different background into your home.




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Refocus on church planting

When a small team decides to focus more on church planting, God brings people into their lives in unusual ways.




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Arab believers share faith

Eighty Arab believers attend training to learn how to share the Bible with their Muslim neighbours.




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Telling stories, throwing seeds

Women in the Near East pray and prepare Bible stories to share with local friends through creative opportunities.




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Syrian family comes to faith

Driven apart by the Syrian civil war, an extended family experiences miraculous healing and dreams and believes in Jesus.




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Hope amidst desperation: How the Syrian War changed OM’s ministry in the Near East

Since the Syrian war began, OM workers have served alongside locals, including Muslim background believers, to spread hope amongst desperate people.




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Dealing with disappointment on the field

Two workers share their motivation to keep going when they encounter disappointments in ministry.




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New answers to old prayers

One couple talks about how God has answered 50-year old prayers for the Middle East North Africa region.




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Wildflowers in the desert

Children with disabilities blossom through a community-based rehabilitation programme and teach the women who work with them about unconditional love.




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Crossing the ocean and crossing social protocols

OM workers from Latin America discuss the similarities and differences to Arab culture.




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The power of music

A children’s music programme helps Syrian mothers identify their skills and how to use them for Christ, even before they become believers.




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3 guys, 2 countries, 1 believer

An OM worker shares the gospel with a Syrian in northern Iraq, surprisingly reconnecting with the man months later at his baptism in Sweden.




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Not forgotten

"Although the Kurds feel they are one of the forgotten peoples of the world, they aren’t forgotten by God," an OM worker explains.




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Arab internship programme sees results

OM Near East Field's internship school trains Arab Christians and others called to reach the Muslims of Iraq.




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News from the Near East

OM teams in the Near East Field share ministry updates from Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Iraq.




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Doors to ministry

OM workers share the Bible with Muslims in the Near East.




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DNA of a team

Workers in the OM Near East Field structure a new team around church planting principles.




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Equipping Arabs to reach the least reached

OM Near East launches a one-year Arab internship programme to equip local believers for long-term ministry among the least reached.




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A Bible for the Kurds

A Bible app provides access to God's Word for thousands of Kurds.




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Fin24.com | OPINION | Transport SOEs: A crucial link in SA's economic recovery

Ofentse Mokwena discusses what's needed for opening transport markets and unbundling transport SOEs.




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Fin24.com | Political stardom beckons for virus point man, Zweli Mkhize

Minister of Health Zweli Mkhize has won such praise for his handling of the coronavirus crisis that he’s being touted as a possible successor to President Cyril Ramaphosa.




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Lockdown recipes: Chef Paul Tamburrini brings you his family feasts

HE has created elegant fine-dining dishes in some of the most reputable restaurants in Scotland, but chef Paul Tamburrini he is now facing his harshest critics – his family.




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Mysteries of history: can you identify these forgotten photos?

A call has gone out for help to identify thousands of mystery Scottish scenes, finds Sandra Dick.