Those who preach good news—Ward End Community Encounter Team
Community encounter teams seek to serve their local communities and bring Jesus to their neighbourhoods.
Arts with a purpose
Art ministry is a thriving field as missionaries around the globe find innovative ways to captivate people with Christ.
Tea and Jesus
Some people may not think that getting somebody a cup of tea is missionary work, but for Rachel, it’s an important part of her ministry.
Communications and Jesus
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.
People of Birmingham, listen!
OM Lifehope coordinates ELCO—English Language and Community Outreach—to equip those considering serving God in missions.
Lifehope Transit Challenge: God’s heart for Europe
OM Lifehope coordinates the Transit Challenge, sending out teams all over Europe to love, serve and proclaim Christ.
Don't worry, trust Jesus
In partnership with a local church, OM Lifehope teaches truths about God and the Bible to children at their recent Easter holiday club.
A home for tonight
Kelly Norman, an intern with OM Lifehope in the UK, shares her personal insights about why she reaches out to the homeless in Birmingham.
Dancing for God’s glory
You want to share the hope you have in Jesus but don’t know how? OM Lifehope’s Dancelink team suggests dancing in the street!
Playing and sharing in London
Mikael from Norway is 18 years old and passionate for Jesus. Recently he shared his faith during a sports outreach in London.
BBQ in Ward End
When an OM Lifehope team, partnering with On the Move International, held their annual community barbeque, they did something a little different.
Life and hope for Glasgow
OM Lifehope partners with More Than Gold, an organisation that equips local churches to engage with their communities during the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
Pursuing missions
Dominic Notegen, a 27-year-old English Language Community Outreach student at OM Lifehope, feels called to spread the Gospel.
Fresh vision in an old city
When Rev Graham Clay, Pastor of Stratford-Upon-Avon Baptist Church, decided to have an OM ministry team work with his church, he didn’t hesitate to take action.
One wish
“If you could have one wish from God today, what would you wish for?” Evangelism coach, Richard Sharp, taught his outreach method called ‘One Wish’.
Open doors
Members of Christ Church in Lye and OM’s local team visit neighbourhoods to invite residents to church, hand out tracts or hear prayer requests.
Understanding needs in the UK
English Language Community Outreach students from OM Lifehope lend a hand to volunteers at the Black Country Food Bank near Birmingham, UK.
Training for Life
People from 14 nations participate in OM Lifehopes’ Toolkit, an intensive training programme that equips workers for ministry, particularly in the UK.
Free henna! Free henna!
An OM Lifehope team member discovers a new way of reaching out to people on the street through henna designs.
Where would they be without love?
An OM Lifehope team member shares about showing love to those living on the streets of Birmingham, UK.
Young missionaries bless congregation
A small Black Country, UK, church were blessed by the efforts of five young missionaries from different parts of the world.
Dead come to life
OM Lifehope Dancelink holds a workshop for girls in a predominately Muslim area of Birmingham to teach not only dance moves but also about Jesus.
Sister in Christ
An OM team in Coventry, UK, meets an 80-year-old woman who becomes an acquaintance, then a friend and then a sister in Christ.
God moves during TiM outreach in Southampton
God moves mightily using a teen girl and a team of people to reach a needy area of Southampton, UK.
Labouring in love
Mabel from Hong Kong learns that missions is more than sharing about God – it’s also learning to love and cooperate with team members.
Crocodile Island
Realising the need for biblical role models, OM partnered with a local church to send a couple, Kelvin and Florence, to Crocodile Island as missionaries.
'I can follow Jesus now'
A single mother finds hope through a Self Help Group and is sharing the good news.
Serving where God wants
Even though she didn’t want to go to Africa in the beginning, Abbie believes God prepared her for it and reflects on her experiences.
The miracle of sight
Rachel's personal transformation through Jesus inspires her to serve the women in her community.
We are not a travel agency
“…to many host ministries, short-term outreaches can be a blessing or a curse,” shares OMer Ivy. “Here I would like to share some tips that help me feel less like a tour guide and more like I’m helping facilitate an exposure trip for the Kingdom.”
Building on
From doing their lessons on the ground to learning at desks in classrooms, the students at Makwati Community School have come a long way.
Home of Hope
Construction has begun on the first Home of Hope building, a place for vulnerable children in Kasama.
Planting hope
The OM team in Kasama receives land from an area chief to start a farm that will provide food and financial stability for local ministries.
Building more than muscles
“I have always wanted to do more than coach specific sport skills,” Joseph said. “This approach touches all areas of fitness: physical, emotional and spiritual–all aspects of a human being.”
'Ba Coach'
Kasama is known for sports and vulnerable kids; two subjects that OMer Noel is passionate about.
It takes a village
OM parters with local church volunteers in Kasama to reach out to hundreds of vulnerable children.
'Don’t give up on me'
It’s common for the OMers in Kapembwa to have people associated with witchcraft coming for deliverance, but Wilson wanted more than that.
'I have been there'
How God changed the lives of each team member of OM in Kasama to bring hope to the vulnerable children.
Hope shining through the darkness
“I love to be around the children. Through education, I want to see them have a good future and have the ability to support others,” said Mercy Mutale.
My neighbour, my brother
An act of compassion opens the door for a Zambian worker to share the Gospel with Somalis.
No longer vulnerable
From trying to survive each day to leading their community in bringing development, the members of a Self Help Group are being transformed drastically.
Food for the body and soul
For the past five years OM Lake Tanganyika has visited the local police station providing for the physical and spiritual needs of those awaiting trial.
Answers for Kapembwa
With the fishing season going poorly in Kapembwa, Zambia, the people want to know why, and to find the answers, they’ve called in a witch doctor.
Discipled, equipped and transformed
A young woman's life is transformed by the love of Jesus shared and displayed through Tabitha Skills Training in Zambia.
Bursting with life
God's vision is unfolding in Mkushi, Zambia as he makes his plans clear to a worker named Mary and blesses the work of the team.
From the classroom to the field
God can accomplish much when learning moves outside the classroom and a mission student serves in Namibia.
Farming with God is changing lives in Zambia
Foundations for Farming is changing lives in Zambia by reaching out with God's truth and practical training.
Milestones and called off engagements
The Good News II School in Mpulungu, Zambia, has grown from 20 students to over 180. Students have grown from the values they learnt.
Compost and dreams
AIDSLink is opening a new care centre in Zambia to teach people living with HIV and AIDS to care for themselves and others.
'They now have hope'
Cecilia dreamt of being able to provide a safe place for at-risk girls. In January 2016 that dream was realised in Hope House.