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In 1957, George Verwer and two friends took a mission trip to Mexico. What began with three men who deeply desired to share God’s love with those around the world who did not know it multiplied into a global movement of believers with the same passion.
Today, over 4,900 people from 118 nationalities serve with OM in more than 120 countries. We are a mix of traditional workers, marketplace professionals, artists, pastors, teachers and more.
God has used us to take the gospel around the globe, and we won’t stop now. There are an estimated 3 billion people who still do not know God’s love, so we will continue to motivate Jesus followers to go to places with few or no churches. As George Verwer himself said: “We will press forward until every creature has heard the gospel…the world is our goal!”
OM is committed to seeing a community of Jesus followers within reach of every person in the world.
…like in Afghanistan, where the average person will hear the gospel once every 30.5 years.
…like in Japan, where there are over 1,700 towns and villages without an evangelical church.
…like amongst the 1 million Syrian refugees in Europe.
LIVE OUT LOVE
39% of the world’s 7.7 billion people have never heard the gospel or experienced Christ’s love through the life of a believer—this number increases by around 60,000 each day.
“We are on a mission to bring the gospel to the farthest corners of the world, fulfilling the Great Commission in this generation. There is no place too far, no task too difficult, and no human we won’t try to reach.”
REACHING OUT TO ALL PEOPLE
OM is currently focusing on five regions of the world where the majority of the population haven’t had the chance to hear the gospel or meet a follower of Jesus.
Sahel
Few known Jesus followers across this 5,000-kilometre belt of land
Diverse tribes across Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Senegal and Sudan
Arabian Peninsula
Only 500-1,000 local Jesus followers reported amongst 30 million Gulf Arabs
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen
North Caucasus
Few known Jesus followers amongst 5 million people
Southern Russia, including Adygea, Karachay-Cherkessia, Kabardino-Balkaria, North Ossetia-Alania, Ingushetia, Chechnya and Dagestan
South Asia
Few known Jesus followers amongst 1.5 billion people
India, Pakistan and Bangladesh
Mekong
Very few Jesus followers amongst 240 million people
Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam
GUIDING VALUES
We are imitating Jesus and participating in holistic, Kingdom transformation of all life and creation, by cultivating a Biblical community, as we strategically innovate in our ministries and remain in mutual commitment to the cause of Christ and care for people.
A LEGACY OF LOVE
We trace our roots to the prayers of an American housewife. In the 1950s, Dorothea Clapp began to pray faithfully for the students in her local High School. She asked God to touch the world through the lives of those young people. And God answered her prayers!
AN INSPIRING EXAMPLE
Successfully stewarding a multi-national organization with an extraordinary vision requires leaders committed to excellence, innovation and servant leadership. OM is blessed with a dedicated team of executives and board members who exhibit these qualities.
