OMS International provides relief to victims of the May 2, 2008, cyclone that hit Myanmar. More than $5,000 has already been sent to our contacts in Myanmar to get started.

Read more about the relief effort here.

A 4,800-square-foot, half-duplex in a major city will provide space for 40 people to meet and train. It will also include a men’s and women’s dormitory for those who travel there for short course, multi-day training.

As urbanization sweeps East Asia, OMS is establishing evangelism team partnerships with East Asian believers to help plant churches in the manufacturing region of East Asia. The possibilities for extensive ministry are easily imagined when one considers that tens of thousands of manufacturing facilities employ millions of people in this region.

In spite of the difficult situations in which our Haitian students live and work, they have a deep passion for ministry. The Emmaus Biblical Seminary is equipping its graduates to make a profound difference in their communities, churches and workplaces. They have responded to God’s call on their lives and are eager to serve Him among the Haitian people.

The relocation and expansion of the Biblical and Theological Seminary of Maputo is nearly finished and could open its doors for classes in the fall of 2008. With a capacity to serve up to 200 students, graduates will fill top leadership roles for key churches and denominations. Students and graduates could plant hundreds of new churches in the next five years.

In the past eight years, OMS partners have made it possible for 1,450 students to plant more than 1,160 churches! An innovative program of pastoral training allowed students to live, train and serve in their home communities.

The Biblical Seminary of Mexico (SEMBIMEX) is located perfectly for service in a city of 24 million people, where there are few evangelical churches. It is also within reach of seven key Mexican states that surround the city.

The training facilities OMS has helped develop allow for intensive short-term and recurring training for more than 1,500 local elders, 200 supervising circuit pastors, local evangelists and women and youth serving in children’s ministries.

The OMS Empowering Leaders for Life initiative will help meet the need for pastors around the world in concrete ways. If you're not sure which project to donate to, you can give to the greatest need.