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Behind the Scenes September-December 2014 A God Worthy of Our Trust Volume 114, 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 As a missionary, I have personally experienced radical dependence on God more times than I can count. Eleven years ago, when I had just started my ministry with OMS, a major campaign launched to raise more than $7 million. I thought, “This Mission is crazy … what an impossible goal!” Well, despite challenges along the way, the money was raised! As I recall the deeds of the Lord in the life of OMS, my faith is definitely strengthened. There’s the story of God giving our early leaders vision and discernment to understand that training nationals to win their own people to the Lord would prove fruitful. We’ve seen God transform the heart of a hardened KGB agent into the heart of a pastor who now leads a seminary. Over and over again, God has provided for OMS’ financial needs. We see that especially in the purchase of our beautiful OMS campus in Indiana. On a personal level, it’s been equally amazing. Once, I urgently needed $6,000 for my support. The next day, $6,000 was deposited into my account … unsolicited. And I cannot count the number of times he has rescued me physically. Enjoy this issue of OMS Outreach, and give thanks with us for his faithfulness as we radically depend on him. 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 Senior Graphic Designer W. Foster Pilcher President Bob Fetherlin Executive Director of International Ministries Rev. Randall Spacht Affiliate Countries Australia—Mr. Ian Bongers www.omsaus.org Canada—Mr. Mark Kroes www.omscanada.org New Zealand—Owen and Avalon Brown www.onemissionsociety.org.nz South Africa—Rev. Bruce Bennett www.omssa.co.za United Kingdom—Mr. Stephen Davidson www.onemissionsociety.org.uk United States—Mr. 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 Photo: Stock photo All photos (throughout magazine) 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 (we need your email address) 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 © 2014 One Mission Society. All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.