And
God Has
Beth Jordal
Sitting in the fellowship hall at
Moody Bible Institute (MBI) seems like
an appropriate place to write an article
for OMS Outreach magazine, considering
the history of the organization. Inspired by
D.L. Moody, OMS cofounder Juji Nakada
traveled from Japan to Chicago to find out
how he could be filled with the Holy Spirit
to enable him to share his faith with those
who did not know God.
Juji enrolled in Moody Bible Institute because he aspired to start a similar institute
in his homeland. His heart broke for lost
Japanese souls. God provided for Juji’s
vision by connecting him with Charles
Cowman while he was studying at MBI.
And the rest, as we know, is history.
From the inception of OMS in 1901,
God has provided the resources needed
to help missionaries take the Gospel to
the ends of the earth. The OMS found-
Communications Team
One Mission Society
ers sought God for funds, locations, infrastructure, and personnel, starting with
Charles Cowman’s missionary band,
which funded Juji’s Japanese ministry.
Throughout the years, the organization
knocked on the storehouses of heaven to
provide for its needs.
Most recently, the Lord called a young
woman named Lauren to serve with the
OMS missionaries in Budapest, Hungary.
Because of her background in photography and video, OMS Hungary recruited her
to use her talents to document what God
is doing though the ministries there. God’s
omniscient providence is revealed in that
Lauren began serving just as the European
refugee crisis escalated. The OMS Hungary
team stepped up to respond to the crisis,
and Lauren was there to tell the stories
through her camera lens. Through her
God-given gifts and talents, we have seen
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Led
And as OMS looks toward the future, we
will continue the tried and true tradition
of presenting our organizational needs to
God, knowing he provides.
The legacy our founders and former
missionaries have entrusted to us today
is a legacy of answered prayers of the
missionaries and those who support their
ministries. The best way we can honor
the Lord and the OMS legacy through
the One Opportunity Vision is to proceed
with grateful hearts for God’s provision in
the past and trust him to break our hearts
for the lost so that we will rely on him for
the resources, missionaries, and strategic
partners to reach the world for Christ.
the missionaries being the hands and feet
of Jesus as they provided much-needed
aid to the many people who were crossing
the border with lit ѱ