Brief Description of Team History
There is an unprecedented openness and thirst for the truth in this area like never before in North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia. The Lord continues to raise up laborers for the harvest from within these regions as well as sending his laborers from around the world. OC has the unique privilege of providing research, legal advocacy, IT support, pastoral care, mentoring, training, and coaching in order to resource these workers for effective and sustained ministry.
About
Region: North Africa, Middle East, Central Asia
Team locations: For security, not disclosed online
Region website: NA
Year the team’s region opened: 2003
Why Ministry Workers are Needed
Principle Religion: Muslim / Hindu
Percent Evangelical: ~4%
Primary Ministries in North Africa
+ Partnering and Bridge Building
+ Leadership Development
+ Holistic Ministry
+ B4T/Creative Access Ministries
Personnel Needs
One Challenge is an international mission sending agency empowering local church ministry in more than 100 countries around the world. When invited by local leaders, OC sends workers in a variety of key roles:
+ Church Planting & Growth
+ Leadership Development
+ Partnering & Bridge Building
+ Sports Ministries
+ Missions Mobilization
+ Research
+ Business for Transformation
+ Holistic Ministry
+ Education
+ Member Care
Prayer Requests
See Prayer Page
Stories
- The One-Year Experience
- Stories of Faith in Church Planting
- A Heart Connection Across the Ocean
- A New Evangelism in the Arab World
- Dreams in the Medina – a coming of age story of Syrian women
- Viewing the Arab Spring with Spiritual Eyes
- Short-term mission adventures – Part 2 Central Asia
- Why are they so interested in studying the Bible?
Other Resources
- Praying for the Turkic peoples brochure
Ministry Fields
OC International’s US-MC has teams in these regions of the world…