OMF Billions Audio

Over the past 18 months, Intercultural Ministries Director Nathaniel Jennings has put together a course on how Churches can be equipped to faithfully and fruitfully share the good news of Jesus with people from different nations and cultures who live around them. Listen to find out more details on what this course entails, and where to find it yourself.

In five years’ time, half of Japan’s Protestant churches may have closed. That’s the stark message from Christians there facing the reality of an ageing population and Church. So what does the future hold for the Church in Japan? To find out more, we spoke to Kenji Kondo, a Japanese missionary with Operation Mobilisation and advocate for church collaboration and Pastor Nakanishi, who leads one of...

Chris Pain, Japan Field Director, gives us an update on what has happened since OMF Japan published the results of their research ‘Church Planting and Partnering in Japan: Learning from Pastors’ and Missionaries’ Perspectives’ in both English and Japanese in late 2022. Listen in to find out more. Read the article. Find more content from this edition.

Audio of the article 'Roots and Fruit' in Billions magazine May-August 2025, Crossing Japan. Read the article at https://omf.org/uk/billions/articles/when-ministry-feels-fruitless-persevering-in-gospel-work-in-japan/ Read more content from the edition: https://omf.org/uk/resources/billions/?_filter_by_year=2025&_filter_by_month=may-august

‘How can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?’ (Romans 10:14). When Chris Pain read these words as a student in the UK, his immediate response was ‘Lord, I’ll go to Japan.’ Keep listening to hear the joys and challenges of mission work in Japan, as well as the opportunities there are to share the gospel.

Have you ever considered moving to Japan? For Vietnamese people it’s become the top destination for workers, admired for its safety and appeal. According to the Japanese government, there were 518,350 Vietnamese people working in Japan by October 2023. That number keeps growing as many Vietnamese move overseas to study, work, and pursue their dreams. What is God doing through this movement of Viet...

When a new OMF worker arrives in Japan– somewhere they have prayed and dreamt about– the reality sets in. Far from their friends and family, this is now their home. A language they can’t yet understand fills their ears, and a new range of food awaits them as they enter the local supermarket. Find out how Rosanne's role in Japan helps these new workers settle and find their feet in a new countr...

‘You’ve got three people in church. Why don’t you just close up?’ ‘If we do there’s no Christian presence in this town.’ OMF worker Steve Manders shares how this exchange with Japanese Christians in one shrinking town deeply challenged him. Listen to find out about the revitalisation project, and the stories they have to share.

If you ask a Japanese person living in Japan if they know a Christian, most of them will say no. But for many who have moved abroad, they have more opportunities to meet Christians and go to church. Keep listening to hear Richard East's story and find out some of the opportunities to share the gospel to your Japanese neighbours.

Meg, Rachel and Adam are some of the newest OMF (UK) workers in Japan. We caught up with them to see what they're up to and how they're getting on.

On her retirement, OMF Third Culture Kids Advisor Helen Lyttle asked for readers of the May 2022 edition of Billions magazine to pray that God would help her to find the best way to continue supporting and encouraging Third Culture Kids back in Northern Ireland. Thank you for praying! We are delighted that Helen can now share how God has answered those prayers.

God gives different kinds of opportunities to serve him at each stage of life. We asked three short-term mission workers serving in different stages of life about their experiences and the blessings of serving across different generations.

Many churches have youth pastors, but fewer have someone dedicated to serving older people. Over the last few years, OMF worker Lucy Eastwood has been developing ministry to and with older people in Taiwan.

It’s often said the students of today are the leaders of tomorrow. It’s why OMF has been supporting student ministry in Thailand since the 1960s, a legacy Singaporean OMF worker Cherlyn Oh has been continuing with Thai Christian Students (TCS) since 2016. She has had the joy of seeing students grow in their faith while at university as well as how that time has prepared them to live for Jesus in w...

When I walk into the living room, my teenage daughter can sometimes be watching a TV show, listening to a podcast episode, scrolling on a social media site, sending a friend a text, or recording a voice note…and all whilst reading a book!  Listen to this article by Paul Robinson as he shares the opportunities that putting God honouring content on media platforms can produce.

When we moved to Meishan, a small rural town at the foot of a mountain range in Taiwan, locals were curious—why would anyone choose to live here? We weren’t elderly or retiring, and had no relationships (“guan-xi”) in the area, they said. Hear more of Kat's story here. Audio from OMF Billions Magazine January- April 2025: 'Generations of Faith'.

The children of OMF workers are an essential part of the family’s ministry. We asked two OMF (UK) children to share about their day-to-day life. Audio from OMF Billions Magazine January- April 2025: 'Generations of Faith'.

As a man in my mid-40s, I still remember and put to practice things others taught me about the Bible when I was a teenager. I pray that this would be true for the young people I work with in Taiwan as well. Listen to find out about Nathan's work with youth in Taiwan. The encouragements and challenges, and how you can pray. Audio from OMF Billions Magazine January- April 2025: 'Generations of Faith...

In Christ a worker God is revealed. Ancient religions and philosophies thought of God as static and indifferent, or as a kind of Eastern ruler made into a god, who lay lazily in his high heaven. Christ draws back in himself the curtain of heaven and shows a God in shirtsleeves, a God busy with the hard work of guiding the destiny of a world in which the sinful and rebellious will of people creates...

For many Filipinos in rural areas, cities are a place of hope for a better future. Sadly, they often end up living in difficult and dangerous conditions in slums, struggling to make ends meet and dealing with broken relationships, addictions and other issues.  Hear Fred's story of transformation as he found his joy in Christ. Audio from OMF Billions Magazine September -December 2024: ‘Imagining th...

Over the nearly 90 years of the China Inland Mission's work in that country, through famine, war and disease, thousands of men and women poured out their lives to tell the Chinese people of the Saviour who loved them and had died for them. We take a look in the archives to see what CIM was doing 100 years ago. Audio from OMF Billions Magazine September - December 2024: ‘Imagining the Eternal City’...

Pastor Roat leads Jesus Village Church in Phnom Penh, capital of Cambodia. A group of OMF workers started the church in 1998, but it is now thriving under Pastor Roat’s leadership. This is his story. Audio from OMF Billions Magazine September - December 2024: ‘Imagining the Eternal City’. Read more at  https://omf.org/uk/resources/billions/

What does it mean to be involved in God's global mission? Who should be involved? Andrew Scott, President of OM USA, shared how his thinking on these questions was radically shaped by considering the role of those who's work takes them to new places, cultures and countries. Hear all Andrew shared at Work+Go 2023 on their podcast. Audio from OMF Billions Magazine September - December 2024:...

Pastor Fred shares his story growing up in the Philippines, hearing about Jesus through OMF ministry, and now leading that ministry and overseeing the development of local leaders. Audio from OMF Billions Magazine September - December 2024: ‘Imagining the Eternal City’. Read more at  ⁠⁠⁠⁠billions.omf.org⁠⁠⁠⁠ .

James & Kirsty lead OMF's Returnee Focus ministry. We talked to them about the place of cities in this gospel-sharing opportunity. Audio from OMF Billions Magazine September - December 2024: ‘Imagining the Eternal City’. Read more at  ⁠⁠⁠⁠billions.omf.org⁠⁠⁠⁠ .