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Behind the Scenes Exciting Times It’s an exciting time to be a part of world missions. What a privilege we each have to carry out the Great Commission through the ministries of One Mission Society. Yes, we face many challenges today … persecution like never before, worldly views overtaking society, and more and more people rejecting God. But we have good news … THE Good News! And we know how the story ends. In this issue of OMS Outreach, we introduce the Lord’s new vision for OMS … to see 1 billion people have at least one opportunity to hear and respond to the Gospel in the next 10 years. Many components go into making this vision a reality. We must pray like never before; we must give generously and sacrificially; we must take up our cross and go; and we must unite, working together so that all tribes, tongues, and nations have the opportunity to hear and respond to this Good News. We hope you enjoy reading about how our missionaries and ministries are helping to fulfill this vision. If you would like to watch a video of OMS President Bob Fetherlin sharing his vision, go to: http://vision.oms.media. Editor, OMS Outreach [email protected] facebook.com/onemissionsociety twitter.com/1MissionSociety youtube.com/user/OMScommunications linkedin.com/company/one-mission-society instagram.com/onemissionsociety Visit our website at www.onemissionsociety.org. 2 September—December 2015 Volume 115, No. 3 OMS Outreach 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 Bob Fetherlin and team—interim 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—Rich Danzeisen 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 Graphic: Kari Hillman 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: OMS Outreach is the official publication of One Mission Society and is published three times per year at the One Mission Society World Headquarters in Greenwood, Indiana. Please send all address updates or preference to receive the magazine online (email address needed) rather than hard copy to: [email protected]. Outreach is sent free of charge to all OMS partners, but donations are greatly appreciated to offset the increasing costs of printing and postage. Gifts may be sent to: OMS Outreach • PO Box A • Greenwood, Indiana 46142-6599, project #905420. 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 © 2015 One Mission Society. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.