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Behind the Scenes Impacting Kids to Impact Others This is the first of two OMS Outreach issues focusing on ministry to children. OMS recognizes the enormous potential that kids have for the global cause of Christ. They represent our next generation of missionaries, leaders, and world changers. Additionally, according to research done by George Barna and the Barna Institute, 36 percent of children between the ages of 5 and 18 accept Jesus Christ as their Savior for a lifetime relationship. Because of this, many of our ministries focus on kids by teaching them about missions and the Great Commission; educating them academically, as well as ministering to their physical needs; and ensuring that they know, love, and follow Jesus, thus growing lifelong missionary hearts. In the May 2017 issue, we will continue this theme, including new stories about missionary kids (MKs): how we minister to them, how they serve in ministry, and how, today, many adult MKs continue to serve the Lord. As you read this edition, pray for the kids we reach to impact their families, friends, and communities with the Gospel. Editor, OMS Outreach [email protected] facebook.com/onemissionsociety twitter.com/1MissionSociety youtube.com/user/oms.media linkedin.com/company/one-mission-society instagram.com/onemissionsociety Visit our website at www.onemissionsociety.org. 2 January—April 2017 Volume 2, No. 1 Outreach Online equips Christians to make disciples of Jesus Christ through informative, inspiring, and involvement-driven articles, which leads to deeper mission participation by serving, giving, and praying. Editor and Director of Communications Susan Griswold Loobie Associate Editor Lori McFall Senior Graphic Designer W. Foster Pilcher President Bob Fetherlin Executive Director of International Ministries Rich Danzeisen Affiliate Countries Australia—Ian Bongers www.omsaus.org Canada—Mark Kroes www.omscanada.org New Zealand—Owen and Avalon Brown www.onemissionsociety.org.nz South Africa—Bruce Bennett www.omssa.co.za United Kingdom—Walter McCorkell www.onemissionsociety.org.uk United States—Travis Hamilton, interim www.onemissionsociety.org One Mission Society World Headquarters 941 Fry Road • Greenwood, IN 46142-6599 317.888.3333 • 317.888.5275 FAX [email protected] Cover: OMS archives All photos courtesy of missionaries, volunteers, and partner churches of One Mission Society unless otherwise noted. By God’s grace, One Mission Society unites, inspires, and equips Christians to make disciples of Jesus Christ, multiplying dynamic communities of believers around the world. One Mission Society is an evangelical, interdenominational faith mission that makes disciples of Jesus Christ through intentional evangelism, planting churches, forming strategic partnerships, and training national leaders in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East. OMS then joins with those churches in global partnerships to reach the rest of the world. Subscriptions and Contributions: Outreach Online is the official online publication of One Mission Society and is posted three times per year. You may subscribe for free at outreach.oms.media. Send address updates to: [email protected]. A donation of $10 to OMS allows OMS Outreach readers to receive the print version of the magazine three times per year for two years. Gifts may be sent to: OMS Outreach • PO Box A • Greenwood, Indiana 46142-6599, project #905420 or online at www.onemissionsociety.org/give /outreach. Unless otherwise indicated, all Scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version® (ESV®), copyright © 2001 by Crossway, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Copyright © 2017 One Mission Society. All rights reserved.