Brief Description of Team History
OC is defined by its vision and strategy rather than some particular activity. Thus, there is tremendous freedom to innovate within our vision and strategy. In Asia OC mission workers have done everything from theological education to discipleship training to research and church planting.
Asia is diverse in more ways than culture. Believers vary from country to country on how they live out their faith. In many countries they have learned to hide to survive. Younger generations of Christ-followers in those countries, though, want to have a visible, positive impact on their communities.
In other places in Asia, the vision to impact the globe has grown in the heart of the church, and they are working to send cross-cultural workers to other countries to expand the Kingdom. OC is uniquely equipped to come alongside the body of Christ at whatever stage of growth or vision and help it take steps toward impact.
About
Region: Southeast Asia
Team locations: Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Nepal, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam
Region website / OC Global Alliance:
+ Philippine Challenge Mobilization Center
+ OC Singapore Mobilization Center
+ OC India Mobilization Center
Year the team’s region opened: 1956
Region: East Asia
Team locations: China, Hong Kong, Japan, Mongolia, Taiwan
Region website:
Year the team’s region opened: 1955
Why Ministry Workers are Needed
Principle Religion: Muslim, Hindu, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Chinese folk religion, Shinto, Shamanism
Percent Evangelical: 3.53%
Primary Ministries in Southeast Asia
+ Research
+ Church Planting
+ Networking & Partnering
+ Sports Ministries
+ Education
Overview
+ Southeast Asia Ministry
+ Philippine Challenge Mobilization Center (OC Global Alliance)
+ East Asia Ministry
+ OC Taiwan Mobilization Center (OC Global Alliance)
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
- Nepal: Tin Roof Shelters, Schools, Churches, Community centers…
- Partnering with MK2021 in Cambodia
- The Spreading of DAWN throughout SE Asia
- Beads of Java: Transforming Lives through Jewelry
- The Highs and Lows of MK Schools
- Q&A with “Dorm Parent” in SE Asia
- Tine Hardeman: Leap of faith
- OC Ministries in India – Reaching the Unreached
- Short-term mission adventures – Part 1 India
- Polarity Ministries: God Chooses the Path, We Take It
- Who Needs a New Church? …in Myanmar
- Philippine Challenge Typhoon Relief Fund
- Year eight and counting at Faith Academy
- Exciting new multicultural partnership in Myanmar
- GCPN – Empowering church leaders
- Surprises, laughter and learning — teaching in the Philippines
- Mining for gold in young Nepali marriages
More Stories
- Q&A with Boloroo on OC Research Team
- Remembering Bud Schaeffer (Sports Ambassadors)
- The One-Year Experience
- Sports Ministry in Asia
- “Member Care”… healthy people serving the Lord
- God’s Tapestry of Love in Asia
- Celebrating 60 Years in Taiwan!
- Partnering in research with the Mongolia Evangelical Alliance
Ministry Fields
OC International’s US-MC has teams in these regions of the world…