OMS Outreach OMS Online May-August 2019 | Page 16

Catalyzing Evangelism and Disciple-Making By Dave Oakley, Billion.Global Coordinator Young people are leaving the church in droves worldwide. This epidemic exodus has dramatically affected South Korea. Our One Mission Society partners there, the Korea Evangelical Holiness Church, are deeply concerned. What can be done to stop this escalating dilemma? Enter a cutting-edge ministry that focuses on reaching unchurched youth through music and the arts. Until recently, this group primarily had worked only in Europe. Now, thanks to the Billion.Global coalition, the two ministries have connected and a partner- ship is in the works. We pray this nurturing collaboration leads to reaching the next gen- eration in Korea. What is Billion.Global? Billion.Global (B.G) is a passionate vision to intentionally share the Gospel with a billion people by 2026. We rejoice that since efforts began in 2016, the Gospel has been shared with more than 27 million people worldwide. While the vision originated with One Mission Society, the primary goal of B.G is to nurture collaboration among other like-minded missional organizations from around the globe to create a greater kingdom impact. B.G echoes the thoughts of Helen Keller, who stated, “Alone 16 16