Although the holiday may have passed, Christmas is a great opportunity to share the love of Jesus to friends and neighbors. Through a true multi-organizational collaborative effort, Ten42, a community center in Málaga, Spain, shared the good news of the gospel to friends and neighbors in December 2020. “Ten42, a ministry collaboration of churches and […]
Stories From The Field
A Home – Safe & Secure
Ellen says she is ready to come out of “the life.” She’s sick of where she is but needs consistent friends to come alongside her. Where can she stay? How can we help her? The mom of four kids has left them to work in the commercial sex trade on another island. How can we […]
Workers Around the World Give Thanks
At the beginning of fall (at least in the Northern Hemisphere), we asked One Challenge mission workers to share something they were thankful for in 2020. You might think this was a tall order to give thanks amid COVID restrictions, but it turned out to be quite the opposite: we had more responses than we […]
Training the Brain to be Thankful to God
Below is a reflection from an OC mission worker that provides perfect focus for being thankful to God in this Thanksgiving season. May you be blessed and find time in the season to draw closer to God. You don’t make fruit.You cultivate plants.The fruit is the result of a plant growing and being well-tended. Likewise, […]
Movements toward Christ
One Challenge has the big picture vision of discipling whole nations. OC founder, Dick Hillis, had this vision in 1952 when he began OC in Taiwan, and it rings true in the numerous countries where One Challenge and the OC Global Alliance work today. But how does a small organization like OC take on the […]
Unexpected Ministry in the Pandemic
The global COVID-19 pandemic has impacted all our lives. Through the global crisis, the Lord has opened unexpected ministry opportunities for OC workers in South Africa. By the Lord’s provision, the South Africa government declared OC Africa an essential service. This became critical because it meant that even during lockdown, OC Africa workers could travel […]
From Gloom to Zoom – 2020 MANI Leadership Conference
Thanks to COVID-19, the idea of transitioning from traditional, face-to-face gatherings to online, virtual meetings has become commonplace. But the value and success of these digital substitutes has not always been the greatest, particularly in Africa, where internet connectivity is often unreliable. In light of this reality, Dr. Reuben Ezemadu, the continental coordinator for the […]
Graduating in 2020 – A Reflective Journey
No one knew at the beginning of the 2020 school semester that it would be one for the history books. Students of all ages made plans for learning, plays, sports, proms, graduations, etc. Suddenly, all those plans changed. Of course, OC’s third culture kids (TCKs) around the world experienced those same losses and challenges. One […]
Never Before…
We are living in a historical moment. In terms of international health, never has a pandemic had the physical, economic, and social impact of COVID-19. But, we are also seeing an unprecedented moment in the history of the church. “In missions today, there is a convergence of five major events that have never happened before,” […]
Feeding Hundreds Amid COVID-19
In this time of global need, many have donated their time and money to help needy families all over the world. One Challenge workers Joel and Sue have seen this first hand as they work alongside churches in South Asia to see families fed. In South Asia, a danger of the COVID-19 pandemic is starvation. […]