thanks to the outpouring of the Lord’s Spirit on the Cuban people who have
responded to the Gospel and connected with other believers. In addition, a va-
riety of OMS ministries have helped support, grow, and strengthen the church,
including Every Community for Christ, the Theological Education team, and Men
for Missions, as well as OMS missionaries from Canada, the United Kingdom,
and the United States.
Through the relationships with our two partner denominations in Cuba, we
impact 23 other denominations in Cuba, which, in turn, has impacted the entire
nation. The Gospel of Jesus Christ has reached all levels of Cuban society. We
thank the Lord for opening doors for the body of Christ in Cuba and for calling
Cubans who have been obedient to him and walked through those doors.
As OMS Cuba field director, I follow the lead of our Cuban partners and ask
two questions: “What are the initiatives of the national church?” and “How can
we help?”
Cuban believers greatly benefit from the holistic ways in which the ministries
of OMS support the growth of the body, including:
• Sending funds to help with evangelism, church planting,
and leadership development.
• Providing funds to purchase Bibles and other
Christian books.
• Forming prayer networks and
doing prayer walks.
• Preparing Cuban leaders for
mission work.
• Supporting compassionate
ministries.
• Giving business develop-
ment advice.
• Providing training, coach-
ing, and encouragement
for Cuban believers.
• Providing funds for multi-
purpose training centers.
• Sending visiting theological
education professors for further
training in seminaries.
• Offering marriage and family life
conferences and training, as well as
organizational leadership development
training and coaching.
The Cuban church leaders have asked for additional help in preparing and
sending Cubans around the world. This is an exciting time for the body of Christ
in Cuba to take up an even greater work in the world. The Lord has blessed
them with the ability to go to many places where the Gospel is not … to reach
the lost around the world.
*Name withheld for security reasons.
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