What's the difference between a multicultural church and an intercultural church? And why does it matter? Reuben is joined by OMF UK Intercultural Ministries Director Nathaniel Jennings and guests to kick off a new series 'Building Intercultural Church'. This first episode lays the foundations, defining intercultural church and exploring how it ref…

Hey kids, are you ready for another adventure? This time Chris introduces us to the vibrant lives of three unique Chinese people groups: the Han, the Zhuang, and the Hui. Discover their rich histories, languages, and cultures—from the intricate art of calligraphy to the mouth-watering flavours of traditional cuisine. Don't miss out on this adventur…

Hey kids, are you ready for an adventure? Join Chris as he hikes through some of China's geography. Climb the dizzying heights of the Himalayas, where you find Mount Everest. Look out for snow leopards! Cross the sandy Gobi Desert on a camel. Journey down the Yangtze River for nearly 4000 miles. Get ready for an exciting tour of this incredible nat…

Hey kids, are you ready for an adventure? Join Chris as he introduces the fascinating country of China. Explore China's immense size and population, historical artefacts like the Terracotta Army, and the diverse landscapes, animals, and people. Get ready for an exciting tour of this incredible nation here on Kids Exploring East Asia! Watch the vide…

David Robinson shares how his life changed from being an indifferent churchgoer to a risk-taking evangelist and the role Billy Graham played in the change! He shares about his decades of missionary work in Thailand and Cambodia and points us to the power of faith and personal relationships in spreading the gospel. David's strategic approach to chur…

Roger Carswell, a dedicated evangelist and long-standing OMF supporter, joins us to respond to our podcast series on creation care and shares his tips for sharing Jesus in everyday life. Roger has been spreading the gospel for over five decades. He sheds light on prayerfulness and the use of Christian leaflets as conversation starters about faith. …

Your work is a great opportunity for making Jesus known across the street and across the world. Ngaira joins us to tell us about Work+Go, an event exploring this idea of gospel witness in and through our work. Saturday 4 November, Manchester. See you there. Book your tickets and find out more at workandgo.org Hear last year's speakers on the Work+G…

In this episode of the Serve Asia podcast, host Chris Watts is joined by John, an OMF worker serving in Japan. Continuing the series on church planting, they discuss the importance of establishing groups of followers of Jesus all over the world. John shares his experience in church planting ministry in Sapporo, a city with a population of two milli…

In this episode, Chris Watts talks to Adam*, discussing the journey of God's leading that brought him and his family to serve in Southeast Asia. We examine the tension between his gifts and passions for church ministry and the restrictions there are on these in his current context in Asia. Adam shares how he learned to be about the building up of G…

Jonathan Carswell invited Reuben Grace to be a guest over on the 10ofthose podcast! They chat about a new release of the biography To A Different Drum. Reuben and Jonathan chat about the wonderful way God can use the stories of followers of Jesus to instruct, inform and inspire us as we seek to make the gospel known across the street and across the…

Allen McClymont is a typical Londoner: born in Malaysia, he grew up in New Zealand and has taught New Testament Greek in Malaysia! He was a guest on Christian Heritage London, and today we're sharing that conversation with you. Allen has a great story and shares openly and honestly about how he continues to learn what it means to be involved in sha…

Morgan shares how during a Bible study with a Japanese student, she unexpectedly ended up talking about marine life. She shares how learning a language has taught her more about how patient and generous God is. If you want to read more about the story Morgan wrote about it in this blog post: https://omf.org/uk/japanese-study-taught-me-more-than-the…

Hope is in short supply in discussions about environmental issues today. The last book of the Bible gives us a picture of 'a new heaven and a new earth' (Revelation 21:1). How does this hope help us engage with the pressing issues of our day? Finishing off our series Creation Care and Living Out the Gospel, we hear from Ruth Valerio at Tearfund abo…

The gospel of Jesus Christ is good news for people and their relationship with God, for whole communities and for creation itself. But how do these different areas fit together in practice? To help answer that question, in this episode we take a detailed look at two case studies of two environmental projects in East Asia. First, we hear from Bryan …

Are we the planet's biggest problem today? Would it be better off without us? Increasingly we're told that the answer to both those questions is ‘yes’. But what does God have to say about our role in the world - as humanity in general and followers of Jesus in particular? And what on earth does the food you eat, the way you get around, and a host o…

With the COP27 climate talks underway in Egypt, environmental issues are in the headlines again. As followers of Jesus, what do we have to say about these things? How do we live out the gospel in this area? In the first of our three-part series on creation care, we explore what the Bible says about the environment. At a time when so many appeals ar…

Reuben lets us know what's coming up very soon on the Serve Asia podcast. He's been diving into Creation Care and its place in life following Jesus and sharing the gospel with others. On the Serve Asia Podcast we have conversations about the people and places of East Asia, sharing the good news of Jesus and how you can be involved. To get in touch …

Chris Wright, author of “The Mission of God” joins us to talk about mission. What even is mission? Is it biblical? If it is what does it mean for each of us as followers of Jesus and what does it mean for the churches we each belong to? Chris is an excellent communicator and has thought long and hard about these topics, digging deep into the Bible …

Patrick Fung, OMF International General Director, was recently a guest on the @thekingdomspodcast. They were kind enough to let us share the conversation with you. Patrick’s testimony is striking and reminds us of how wonderful the good news of Jesus is, but also that he calls his disciples to a costly life of following him. He shares how the diver…

Sandra Richter explains why she is passionate about creation care and believes that all who take the Bible seriously as their rule of faith and praxis should be too. Our conversation with Sandra is largely based on her book Stewards of Eden. Sandra shares her own experience of speaking and teaching on this subject and why she started getting intere…

Peter Rowan, Co-national director of OMF (UK), was interviewed earlier in the year by Eddie Arthur. Drawing on experience his experience in Malaysia, Peter shares some of his thinking about how the gospel of Jesus, through the local church, is a powerful agent for reconciliation across societal and cultural divides. Peter Rowan and his wife Christi…

Sam's work with a hearing dog charity in the north of England turned out to make him just the right person to support a family looking to Thailand with OMF. Through his various life experiences, God had been preparing Sam and his family to be uniquely placed to serve friends of theirs in ways they'd never considered. Find out how Sam, his wife Heat…

Shirley-Anne headed to the Philippines in the summer of 2019 to teach for a year at Faith Academy as part of the Serve Asia programme. She was all set to teach 5-year-olds for one academic year. God had other plans and in his providence Shirley-Anne was about to experience life, faith and teaching during a global pandemic, with lockdowns, online cl…

In the Unexpected Series, we’re chatting to people whose plans for serving Jesus didn’t quite turn out as they expected. Ten years ago, if you’d asked Sarah what she thought she’d be doing today she’d have told you she hoped to be in East Asia, living in a city of millions with a desire to make Jesus known to people who do not know him. Instead, to…

Nathaniel talks to CUI worker Hollie about sharing the good news of Jesus with international students. They share their own experiences of ministry throughout the pandemic and share valuable insights and practical ways to reach out to students from overseas. Whether you're already involved in ministry to internationals in your local area or haven't…