OM Celebrates 60 Years

Feb 21st
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OM is celebrating 60 years in 2017. Weekly over the course of the coming anniversary year, we are presenting 60 defining moments that have shaped OM into what we are today.

Freeing the Dalits
23-Sep-2018 | India

India: n 2001, in partnership with others, the OM Good Shepherd ministry in India took steps to make transformational changes in communities through medical clinics, primary schools in English, adult literacy classes, vocational and business training and more, with the goal to alleviate poverty amongst the Dalit people.

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’.

Welcoming strangers
17-Nov-2017 | Netherlands

Netherlands: Two immigrant men pose outside of the Baptist church building in Emmeloord, where OM workers and church members organise a walk-in for immigrants every Tuesday afternoon.

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.

An amazing God-given tool
12-Oct-2017 | International

International: A young French lady at the writing wall at Global Village, OM:s creative mission experience.

An amazing God-given tool to mobilise and inspire people to make a difference: Global Village.

Letting God lead us forward
21-Dec-2017 | International

International: Las Palmas, Spain :: OM International Director Lawrence Tong (Singapore) on Logos Hopes bridge.

OM is known for action, not reflection; for pioneering, not reminiscing. Still, we are wise to celebrate milestones and learn from our past, whatever will serve us well for today...

Changing the face of missions
20-Dec-2017 | International

International: A wooden up-cycled map of the world hanging in OMs base in Moldova, with an inscription of OMs new mission statement: We want to see vibrant communities of Jesus followers among the least reached. Photo by Garrett N.

As a young organisation, OM challenged the status quo of world missions and has since evolved into a global movement seeking to share the gospel with the least reached.

Using new technology to share the gospel
14-Dec-2017 | International

International: A young boy uses a mini-SD card with the New Testament in his radio to listen to the book of Matthew for the first time in Mugu, Nepal.

When it comes to reaching the least-reached, OM workers are using new technology to make ministry more effective—one byte at a time.

Counting the cost
07-Dec-2017 | International

International: Wooden cross on Syrian fabric tells the story of Syrian Muslims coming to faith in Jesus.

“Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends” (John 15:13). A few in OM’s history have experienced this and are honoured as...