When students arrive for OM’s six-month REACH training programme in Taiwan they are preparing to understand God’s heart for mission, enjoying classroom training and practical outreach.
What they probably don’t expect to experience is how to look after chickens and vegetable gardens. And, especially for those raised in big cities, they might be getting a first look at where the food they eat comes from as week as knowledge that can contribute to sustainable mission among the least reached.
What they probably don’t expect to experience is how to look after chickens and vegetable gardens. And, especially for those raised in big cities, they might be getting a first look at where the food they eat comes from as week as knowledge that can contribute to sustainable mission among the least reached.
Jesus followers are living out their faith and learning how to share the gospel in southern Europe with the launch of the REACH training programme in Spain.
The REACH discipleship training team pays tribute to three colleagues who died in a road accident and reflects on God's faithfulness through tragedy.
The REACH discipleship training team pays tribute to three colleagues who died in a road accident and reflects on God's faithfulness through tragedy.
Short-term teams play a significant role in sharing hope with the least reached. It does not matter if the trip is short or if the ground is hard; every person in the Kingdom is useful. In the Greater Caucasus, God has repeatedly used short-term teams as groundbreakers to prepare the way for long-term Kingdom work.
After training with OM, Arif began leading DBS groups and teaching his disciples to start their own groups. They quickly started seeing multiplication! Even though some of the disciples are not yet ready to follow Jesus, they have been sharing what they learn with their families and friends.
Empowered and equipped through REACH, Rayana saw “how God was using my testimony to touch people's hearts."
For Lea, the children’s ministry elective was more than just a training — it was a transformative experience that equipped her for a greater purpose.
Talea grew up thinking children's ministry was more like childcare. After taking the children's ministry elective during REACH, her view changed.
In the Greater Caucasus region, local disciple-makers are making disciples who make their own disciples. Ismayil, a graduate from the Caucasus REACH school, helped one of his disciples find a creative way to share his faith.
Gospel proclamation and discipleship are spreading across the Caucasus — thanks to national believers, such as Mehdi. In his region, he is forming groups of disciples and teaching his disciples to do the same.
Over many cups of tea, REACH students Solmaz and Hevva built a deep friendship with a woman who had requested a Bible.