A girl named Anastasia, growing up between alcoholics and drug addicts, is reunited with her father who years before became a Christian.

Discipleship Centre students shared the Gospel with a group of unreached villages during a short-term outreach.

OM offers Russians intensive Bible and ministry training, along with opportunities to live among unreached people to share the gospel and plant churches.

After discovering his freedom in Christ and being discipled, former drug addict Ruslan wants to share hope with the least reached.

A school-wide clean-up drive organised by OM Philippines' Sudlon II students becomes a community-wide clean-up drive hosted the third Saturday of every month.

The OM Philippines-Cebu team, in partnership with the local church, touches the lives of young and old through a five-day Bible class.

OM Ships’ vessel Logos Hope welcomes her three millionth visitor on board while in Puerto Princesa, Philippines.

OM SportsLink hosts a local R4TW race to engage those involved with OM Philippines-Cebu Ministries and encourage people to pray for the nations.

How OM Philippines is making a long-term difference in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan.

20 A-frame houses and a Sunday School building destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan have been built by OM Philippines these past three months.

Subic Bay, Philippines :: Logos Hope’s Official Opening in Subic Bay is blessed by the attendance of pastors who have stood with the ship’s ministry since its first visit.

Subic Bay, Philippines :: Local volunteers share their stories and experiences on Logos Hope.

OM Philippines send staff to assess the earthquake damages in Surigao City and provide needed disaster relief training.

Young Filipinos participate in OM Philippines Alternative Learning System, a learning institution for those who have dropped out of school or failed their exams.

In 2008, the Greek Evangelical Church in Athens opened a community centre, in a suburb where many Albanians live. OM worker Martha describes how she and other staff are reaching out with God's love to local young people.

Beneath the scenes of turmoil in Greece, one OMer sees a different crisis altogether – and for the same reason, an opportunity for the gospel.

OM Greece partners with the Greek Church to help feed the hungry and share Jesus in their own community.

Following escalation of the refugee crisis in Greece, Greek and migrant churches unite to serve the refugees passing through the country.

Relationships form and opportunities to share Christ follow as OM workers minister to those seeking refuge in Athens and beyond.

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.

Goran’s decision to follow Jesus challenged the cultural values and traditions he grew up with, causing him to live differently in his community.

In January 2013, OM Norway and Norwegian Naval Training Agency agreed on internship programme for deckhands and motormen on board MV Logos Hope.

Catherine, from the UK, joined an OM team in July to host a dental clinic and outreach for the residents of Pădureni.

People who dig through landfills during the week to provide for their families find rest along with spiritual and physical nourishment at church on Sundays.

OM founder George Verwer speaks at the Romanian Brethren Assembly about living a pure life and standing against the issue of abortion.

A recap of Bus4Life's ministry in Romania during the summer of 2018.

OM Hope for Zurich’s kids’ club brings together immigrant children from a local neighbourhood in hopes of sharing God’s love with them and their families.

Penang, Malaysia :: A group of youngsters come to Logos Hope for a three day youth camp.

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

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

A small Black Country, UK, church were blessed by the efforts of five young missionaries from different parts of the world.

English Language Community Outreach students from OM Lifehope lend a hand to volunteers at the Black Country Food Bank near Birmingham, UK.

Three communications interns serving with OM Lifehope in the UK share their experiences and why people should consider using their God-given gifts in missions.

Community encounter teams seek to serve their local communities and bring Jesus to their neighbourhoods.

The Turning Point Community Encounter team in northwest London learns to share Christ’s love with people from a Muslim background.

An OM Lifehope Community Encounter team works to plant churches in an area of England full of beauty, but one that desperately needs Christ.

Chorley Mission is a small church of mostly elderly people; a Lifehope team brings new life to the congregation through working with children and youth.

Editor Kris speaks to Andrew Berry about the opportunities that exist among least-reached communities across the British Isles.

An interview with the leaders of MDT UK, an exciting new training programme in Birmingham and London.

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

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

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

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

By James Campbell

Glasgow City Council has a keen sense, it seems, of what is or might be controversial. When the rest of us imagine that a handful of words to mark a long-distant historical event could never be more than anodyne, the council is alert to the affliction of controversy. It is a condition to be avoided at all costs.

"Everyone hates politicians," the MSP observed. We were chatting about the EU referendum and she was explaining why the polls were showing a rise in support for a Leave vote.

Scotland will not adopt the Prime Minister's new coronavirus slogan which drops the 'stay at home' message, Nicola Sturgeon has confirmed.

The paths around Hoolet are hard trodden these days, as the village takes its daily gulp of fresh air. Along hedgerows, down tree-lined avenues, through the woods and by the stream, legions of boots have stomped, marking out time. With almost no rain for six weeks, the lanes are dusty and tracks that were made by tractors, horses and bikes in the February mud have solidified into treacherous ruts.

One size fits all? How wrong you are

Source: www.reuters.com - Saturday, May 09, 2020
Malaysia's government extended the time frame for movement and business curbs by another four weeks to June 9, amid a gradual reopening of economic activity stunted by the coronavirus pandemic.