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Culturally exposed while exposing Jesus

A new OM Italy team member participates in an English Scout Camp, which brings the Gospel to children and gives her new cultural insight.




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Benvenuto a Incarnate

OM Arts introduces locals from Isola, Italy to Incarnate - a programme teaching artists to work in cross-cultural missions.




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Artists transform conversations into creativity

Artists participating in the Incarnate training and discipleship programme of OM Arts in Italy are inspired by conversations with locals.




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International arts festival impacts Italian community

Artists present visual and performing arts during the international art Festival Week hosted by OM Arts International’s Incarnate programme.




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Anti-Trafficking in Italy

The anti-trafficking efforts by OM Italia are developing as they work to involve the local church in this outreach.




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Transform 2016: A refugee’s prayer - An insight into short-term refugee ministry

Meeting Christian refugees praying for European governments made a deep impression on a Transform participant. For another, the term ‘refugee’ got a whole new meaning.




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Incarnate 2016

Artists gathered in Italy for Incarnate 2016 with purpose: to pursue the arts while engaging in cross-cultural missions. 




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Connecting with kids in Fucecchio

The team in Fucecchio, near Pisa puts on their first English Sports camp after a year of local ministry through an after school programme.




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Showing them another way

By providing holistic care and support to victims of human trafficking, OM hopes to lead them to freedom in Christ.




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Bringing Christ to the heart of Pisa

A new church in Pisa puts the gospel at the centre of everything and has committed to reaching its neighbours, especially young people and students.




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Combining personal passion with ministry

Ride2Transform allows teams on two wheels to pedal far and wide, praying and sharing the love of Christ in least reached areas in Europe and Africa.




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On the 'wings' of worship

Kanat, which means 'wings' in Turkish, is the biannual worship arts camp run by the Taco team in Turkey.




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For the kingdom

What elements do you hold in your hands that can be used for eternity?




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Ministering God’s Word in Urfa

God opens doors for an international team to minister in Urfa, Turkey, an ancient city with no Christian church and only a handful of believers.




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A needle in a haystack

In an Istanbul neighbourhood of 200,000 people, an OM worker, prompted by God, asks a question to the only person who knows the answer.




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Acceleration in Turkey

Ministries in Turkey experience acceleration through wide sowing, building projects, and church planting.




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Married and ministering together

Newly married couple temporarily in Turkey uses spare time and unexpected opportunities to reach out to refugees.




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Fresh bread brings openness

An OMer in Turkey who likes to bake is able to bless her neighbours in their apartment block.




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Elazağı trip – God’s timing

Two OMer's plan a trip out to eastern Turkey to share the gospel with the lost, as their plans keep changing along the way.




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Drawing people in through dreams

Two stories of how God is using dreams in the Muslim world to draw people to Himself.




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An invite to tea

OMer Michelle* and a team of women taking the gospel out in Istanbul, Turkey, are invited to a refugee's home.




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Trying to get a bank account

One OMer forms an unlikely friendship with a security guard while trying to get a bank account in Turkey




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Reaching out to refugees

OM team in Turkey responds to refugee crisis by joining a church-led relief programme.




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Supporting the local church in Turkey

OM teams are supporting Turkish churches as they respond to the changing situation in Turkey.




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Sowing among Syrians in Turkey

OM worker joins a new Arabic-speaking ministry among Syrians in Turkey.




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Open hearts in Turkey

Long-term workers in Turkey are seeing openness to the gospel like they haven't in many years. They share some recent stories here.




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A calling confirmed

Turkey is a 'hot-climate' culture, meaning that people are relationship-oriented rather than task-oriented.




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Innovation in Istanbul

Through the ups and downs of starting a new team, millennial workers see fruit when they start asking the right question.




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Church planting in Tunceli

A short-term creative outreach team helps long-term workers connect with several young men in a least-reached area.




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Protecting the women and girls of South Africa

HIV and AIDS can be prevented. It just takes you.




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Cycling to the unreached

Staff from OM SportsLink and Campus Crusade for Christ cycled from Pretoria to Cape Town to minister to people in rural villages along the way.




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Praying for change

After seeking God to change his current course, Hein van der Merwe attends a five-day programme at OM South Africa and finds new direction.




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Preparing for missions

Engage, OM South Africa’s bi-annual conference, provides a challenge and a channel for joining missions with OM.




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Introducing basketball to Mamelodi

Basketball is not played much in South Africa, but OM SportsLink successfully introduces the game to students in Mamelodi, a township outside of Pretoria.




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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.