On May 17 at the National Hotel in Taichung the Taiwan team kicked off the 60th anniversary celebration with songs of praise and thanksgiving to the Lord. Celebrations also took place in Taipei where OC leaders from around the world gathered for the first Global Alliance meeting to be held in Taiwan. OC’s Taiwan field […]
As we focus prayer on the United Kingdom, Kathy Copley (OC’s Director of Communications) recommends using Operation World as a prayer guide. Challenges for Prayer A national awakening is needed. There has been one in virtually every century of the last 800 years – the last was in 1859-69. The steep decline of organized Christianity […]
In our May OC prayer letter, we highlight the role of the US-MC and report some of the stats included in the recently released OC Annual Report. We also share the exciting news that the OC International Board of Directors has unanimously approved the selection of Dr. Dean Carlson as OC’s next US-MC president… To […]
Jeff Boesel, OC’s Director of Mobilization, writes: “How do you go about doing what only God can do: move the heart of someone to leave all they know in order to serve God somewhere else? This question has followed me for the last eleven years over which I have held the title of ‘mobilizer.’” In […]
“You know that you love what you do when you laugh your way through most days,” Kelsie Carlson writes. She is a first-year teacher at Faith Academy in Manila, Philippines teaching second grade. Kelsie is no stranger to living overseas. She grew up in Johannesburg, South Africa where her parents served with OC International for […]
Robin Cook, International Director of Sports Ambassadors, reports about his recent Spring Break trip with a college basketball team… Termite, Thumb, Mutumbo, Taylor-ola, Chico, Jaime, Louis, Oscar, whistle, clapping, choreography, laughing, black/red/white/green/gold, praying, jammed in a van, traffic, miles, turkey gobbler, mosquitos. Youth, adults, names, faces, basketball, meals, some sleep—much was packed into this Spring Break for this college […]
On Monday morning, March 18th at the US-MC chapel meeting, Dick McCaskill, Chairman of the Presidential Search Committee, joyfully announced the Board’s unanimous approval of the election of Dean Carlson as our next OC US-MC president. Friday, March 15th, the day the decision was made, “was a great day of rejoicing,” said Dick. Greg Gripentrog’s […]
Coined the “Antioch of the Slavic world” by Operation World, Ukraine is quickly becoming a launching point to reach Russia and other countries of the former Soviet Union. Seeing the need for healthy, disciple-making churches that will partner in the Great Commission, OC opened Ukraine as its newest resident field. The team is small. Joel […]
On Monday morning, March 18th at the US-MC chapel meeting, Dick McCaskill, Chairman of the Presidential Search Committee, joyfully announced the Board’s unanimous approval of the election of Dean Carlson as our next OC US-MC president. Friday, March 15th, the day the decision was made, “was a great day of rejoicing,” said Dick. Greg Gripentrog’s […]
Russ, who has served OC in Romania for 15 years, reflects on the special power of prayer. Russ writes: “As I have been in regular contact with Christian workers from around the world during the past few months, I have noticed how frequently the subject of prayer comes up, usually in the context that it […]
