One Challenge’s International Ministry Team (IMT) has set a model for OC in how non-co-located teams can function effectively but also healthily. The IMT is a global ministry team made up of eight couples, all with decades of ministry experience. Although they work in a variety of different ministries, they are linked by a commitment […]
Global Partners
Basketball & Discipleship in Taiwan
Barriers to the gospel can break down on the basketball court. Recently, OC worker Alex partnered with a local Taiwanese church to reach youth through a basketball camp. “On the third day, the pastor made an altar call and half of the kids raised their hands. Praise God!” Alex says. Now Alex is partnering with […]
Value of Coaching in Ministry
“Ministry can be lonely and discouraging at times. Working with a coach helps leaders gain perspective and to keep focused on God’s calling in their lives,” says Dave DeVries, director of Missional Challenge, a One Challenge ministry. “Maintaining focus on priorities and discerning appropriate steps to move forward is a huge value.” Leadership development is […]
Challenges of Studying Theology in South Asia
In the Western world, we don’t often comprehend the sacrifices believers around the world make in order to share the gospel. Do you ever wonder how pastors in non-Christian countries are trained? Studying theology … especially Christian theology in an area where Hinduism, Buddhism, and Islam are dominant … is a challenge. Obedient in the […]
Partnering with the GCPN in Japan
One Challenge considers it a privilege to partner with the body of Christ around the world. One of the many organizations with whom we partner in church planting and research initiatives is the Global Church Planting Network (GCPN). Read more about the GCPN here: GCPN – Empowering church leaders Work in Northeast Asia Although OC […]
Church Planting Training in Thailand
One Challenge workers from the OC Global Alliance (OCGA) are making headway in developing Church Planting Networks in Thailand. The journey with Thai leaders has been in the works for a couple of years. “By faith, we have high hopes to see great change in Thailand. After over two years of waiting, we finally launched […]
Missions from Every People to Every People: COMIBAM 2017
Thirty years ago, Congreso Misionero IberoAmericano, better known as COMIBAM, began to network agencies in the Ibero-American world to send out mission workers globally. From that time, the number of Latino mission workers has expanded from 1,350 workers to an estimated 26,500 serving in 160 countries. “These Latino workers are spreading Jesus’ love in some […]
Sending Global Workers
One Challenge has always been passionate about the global church fulfilling the Great Commission as one body. One way this looks is sending workers to the nations from all over the world, not just from the U.S., where OC began. Dan and June left their home in the Philippines over two years ago to pursue […]
The Call to Go North
The call to “Go North” is a challenge to the church in Southern Africa to go and make disciples in North Africa. There is a great need in the countries of North Africa to bring people to saving faith in Christ and multiply movements of disciple-making churches. Research by the Movement for African National Initiatives […]
Saying Goodbye to GMI
In late April, GMI (Global Mapping International) announced it would be closing its doors after 34 years of ministry providing vital information and insight to the global church. In a press release from GMI regarding the closure, CEO Jon Hirst says: “For our long history, we have faithfully stewarded knowledge used by ministry leaders the […]