Asia
Pastor R* has witnessed the murders of his parents,
his brother, and his cousin for following Jesus. He was
beaten several times for helping establish a house
church in a nearby town. One day, a member of a local
gang stuck a gun in his mouth and told him that if he
and his family didn’t leave within six days, they would
kill him. He and his family stayed, and after receiving
training through an OMS partner, he has helped start
30 new house churches in three years.
Taiwan
In May, OMS Taiwan missionary Don Bettinger had
the privilege of baptizing five new believers. Of
these, three were a father and his two sons. The
wife was baptized in 2013. The husband’s father
came to Christ and was baptized just a few days
before succumbing to cancer.
India
David lives in a remote village in
Andhra Pradesh, India. As a
student at Vijayawada Bible
Seminary, an OMS partner school
of the Evangelical Church
of India (ECI), David
received both rigorous classroom instruction and
practical ministry training on the
weekends and during the summer.
David now serves as an ECI-appointed
missionary to largely unreached tribal
groups in Gujarat state. ECI’s India
Missionary Movement has more than 500
such missionaries working all over India.
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