News

The following articles are from State News, our monthly Australian Newsletter which we mail and email to our supporters. Each issue has a feature article, upcoming events and updates from our workers. If you would like to receive a copy please contact the Sydney office by email au.info@omfmail.com or phone (02) 9866 4777.

  • What took you so long?
    28/05/2010 2:49 am
    A prayer team was taken into an area of the Mekong region, where the majority of the people are Hmong. The terrain is very rough there, and it is very difficult to grow food. Often times the ground is more rock than dirt. The prayer team walked through a Hmong village and found a group of people sitting around talking. They went up and had a little chat with them.
  • Filipino Diaspora in Singapore
    01/04/2010 12:00 am
    The first time that I met Anna she was in tears. Imagine how difficult life must be… Anna’s husband was bitten by a snake and died, leaving behind Anna and her 4 year old daughter.
  • Emerging church under the tree
    01/03/2010 12:00 am
    Every Sunday, Randy and Janet load their bicycles with plastic chairs and an electronic keyboard; and with song books on their backs they cycle to the low-income housing estate in Taipei. They sit on the street corner under a big tree with people they have met there and begin singing praise songs to God in Taiwanese.
  • Good fortune for the new year
    20/01/2010 3:24 am
    New Year’s Day. I was freezing as I stood in line with hundreds of people, waiting to enter the Hokkaido Shrine. According to the National Police Agency, a record 99 million Japanese visited Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in the first three days of the New Year.
  • Pray to the Lord of the Harvest
    01/12/2009 12:00 pm
    What happens when we pray for mission? The Lord raises up workers for His harvest fields, according to Matthew 9:37-38, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field.”
  • From darkness to light
    04/11/2009 3:21 am
    “I am sending you to them to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God” (Acts 26:17,18). The commission for missionaries today working among unreached or less reached people groups is no different.
  • National Conference 2009 Review
    01/10/2009 3:11 am
    This year’s national conference saw a record number of attendants, with just over 240 guests pushing Naamaroo Conference Centre to full capacity. Visitors came from near and far, from all around Australia and internationally.
  • The Power of Unity!
    04/09/2009 4:49 am
    I first met Hannah, a seemingly vibrant East Asian believer, when we worked together training some local counsellors. We talked as we worked, and gradually I realised Hannah was really struggling.
  • Working shoulder to shoulder
    01/07/2009 12:00 pm
    “Get out! Get out from our area! We don’t need you Christians! You are nothing but trouble and I will do everything to move you out!” screamed the housing resident.
  • I Hated Him
    01/05/2009 12:00 pm
    I was sitting in my rotan armchair feeling quite confident. Sweet tea had been served and I could see my students relax as I complimented them on their English. Since all these students were new theological students, I suggested that they try to explain in English how they had become Christians.