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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 .

Hear from Cambodian Pastor Roat about Jesus Village Church in Phnom Penh. Audio from OMF Billions Magazine September - December 2024: ‘Imagining the Eternal City’. Read more at  ⁠⁠⁠billions.omf.org⁠⁠⁠ .

Dr. Peter Rowan explores the city and a theme in Revelation and how it can inform mission practice today. Audio from OMF Billions Magazine September - December 2024: Imagining the Eternal City. Read more at  ⁠⁠⁠billions.omf.org⁠⁠⁠ .

Helping people live out their discipleship in Christ creatively in their work each day. Audio from OMF Billions Magazine May - August 2023: ‘Along the Mekong’. Read more at  ⁠⁠billions.omf.org⁠⁠ .

OMF (UK) Archivist Marion Osgood reflects on the 50th anniversary of the deaths of OMF nurses Margaret Morgan and Minka Hanskamp in Thailand. This is an audio recording from OMF (UK)'s Billions magazine May-August 2024. Read the article See the rest of the content from this edition Subscribe to get the magazine by post or email Find out more about OMF (UK)

A look at key trends in China today can inform our prayers for the country and its people. This is an audio recording from Billions magazine May-August 2024. Read the article See content from the rest of this edition Subscribe to get the magazine by post or email

Guest Editor Sarah Hoskins interviewed David & Sue Pickard about their time together in leadership in OMF and the background to OMF's statement on women in leadership. This is an audio recording from Billions magazine. ⁠ Read the article here Find out more about the magazine and sign up to get a copy by email or post here ⁠Find more content from the January-April 2024 edition 'Women in...

Guest Editor Sarah Hoskins reads her article 'Welcoming Women' introducing our January - April 2024 edition 'Women in God's Mission', looking at women in Luke's Gospel and in OMF today. This is an audio recording from Billions magazine. Find out more about the magazine and sign up to get a copy by email or post here. Find more content from the January-April 2024 edition.

Six ways to see God's kingdom come in the Mekong region. Audio from OMF Billions Magazine May - August 2023: ‘Along the Mekong’. Read more at  ⁠⁠billions.omf.org⁠⁠ .

Peter Rowan explains our role in the future of mission how trusting local agency helps to further the work of the Spirit of God. Audio from OMF Billions Magazine May - August 2023: ‘Along the Mekong’. Read more at  ⁠⁠billions.omf.org⁠⁠ .