There is no denying that 2014 is a year of transition for OC. Although change is often feared, it is not always bad. In the case of Eric Smith’s newly focused role in the OC Global Alliance (GA), change is a hope to see more collaboration among the 11 OC mobilization centers that make up […]
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Reach Youth Today… Population Trends Infographic (GMI)
We are about to go through a major shift as the window closes on the dramatic population boom of the late 20th Century and early 21st. We have come to assume unlimited population growth as countries like China, India, Brazil and Kenya have grown in influence and resources. But as the Global South urbanizes and […]
Africa: What Lies Ahead (Video)
OC’s Africa Area Director Barbosa shares about what lies ahead for Africa, especially exciting movements: Video Transcript “What excites me the most in Africa, is because Africans are concerned about the evangelization of the least evangelized peoples around the world. There is that sense in the heart of Africans that it is time for the […]
Brazil — a celebration 50 years in the making!
The word is out! OC Brazil, (known as Sepal), celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2013. It was also their 40th year celebration for their annual conference for pastors and leaders called the Encontro. In May about 1,700 pastors and church leaders came from every region of Brazil with overflow room only. Among those who participated […]
Journey with TCKs… “Hidden People Group”
Did you know there is a “hidden people group” that is growing? The mission movement has mushroomed over the past 50 years…both U.S. mission workers and recently even more among non-western countries. Although this “hidden” group has been given increasing attention in some areas in the past 25 years, many people are still not aware […]
CMIW… community of mission information workers
At the heart of Christian ministry are the goals of announcing the coming of the kingdom of God in the person of Jesus (making the gospel understandable) and manifesting aspects of the kingdom here and now (being the church in the world). This is what it means to witness to Christ in word and deed. […]
Mobilizing mission at home and abroad with Outreach Canada
As Outreach Canada approaches its 30-year anniversary, it continues to serve the church in Canada and partner globally with the OC Global Alliance in mobilization, healthy church growth, leadership development and discipleship. Outreach Canada did not develop out of an U.S.-started OC field. The Outreach Canada Board saw a need in the Canadian church and […]
OC UK – Following God to Somewhere You Never Imagined
Although OC International-UK may be a small mobilization center in comparison to the United States or Brazil, it has a vital role in the Global Alliance as the area office for Europe and surrounding regions and its three missionary couples work in diverse regions of the world. The vision of sending missionaries from OC’s UK […]
Urbana Missions Conference, video testimony of Sarah Breuel
Sarah Breuel, a missionary sent by OC/Sepal-Brazil with her husband René to Italy, is originally from Brazil and is currently serving with IFES in Italy. Her testimony was filmed at the latest Urbana Missions conference. Since she was a little girl she knew she wanted to be involved in missions, although she was afraid. She […]
God’s hand in Sepal Colombia
“God is raising up people from Colombia to see the need around the world and to reach out,” says Sepal Colombia team leader Phil Brown. “We don’t have any tips on how to make it work. We just look to the Lord as each new situation comes along as to what to do and how to help.” God is indeed raising up Colombians to seek his will and expand the gospel within Colombia and beyond its borders.