When a GAP Becomes a Bridge

For many people, taking a gap year  means working some sort of 9-5 to gain life and professional experience, or traveling to another country to be exposed to a foreign culture, or going on a mission trip. For me it meant a hybrid of all three. In the height of the senior year college application frenzy, […]

Think Really Local

Local ministry doesn’t just mean within your area code, city, town, or region. It can be even smaller and closer than you think. Who is physically closest to you right now as you read this? Maybe it’s your mother folding laundry. Your spouse playing with the dog. Your sibling struggling with their homework. Your own […]

I Was A Stranger and You Welcomed Me

There are countless opportunities for workers in America to love and serve our new neighbors. What is needed are open eyes, a servant heart, and the courage to engage with people who at first seem very different. The number of people on the move internationally is greater than ever before. We live in the age […]

A Choice He Didn’t Have to Make

Through OM’s Marketplace Worker initiative, Christian professionals—from doctors and domestic workers to engineers and hairstylists—are intentionally living out the Gospel in their jobs and everyday lives overseas. “My Job Is My Ministry” “I got involved in my profession as a civil engineer mainly because I liked math and science,” said Charles*. “I liked the idea […]

Bringing Light Into the Darkness/ Casting Off Fear and Ritual

Operation Mobilization is known for its history as a fruitful sending agency, a cross-cultural training ground where workers learn to love and serve outside their own cultural contexts. An emerging and growing aspect of OM’s work is investing in national workers, indigenous mission workers who are discipled and equipped to serve within the culture they […]

Lifting People Out of Poverty – for Good!

Here’s an update on Partners in Action newest project in rural Zambia. Farmers in the Namwala District in Southern Province, Zambia were starving after drought devastated the 2019 maize crop. With no food and no money, and an overall feeling of hopelessness, the farmers were not sure they had a path forward. Our Mission: Restart […]

Covid -19 International Response

All of us at Operation Mobilization want you to know how we are responding in light of the current worldwide crisis and to ask for your continued prayers and support. While our teams are accomplishing tasks differently right now, we are still hard at work. Operation Mobilization remains 100% engaged in supporting our mission and […]

Taking the Gospel Where Christ is Not Known

Jesus Film Mission Trips™ offers more than 40 mission trips each year to Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East. Our professional mission trip leaders provide safe and meaningful experiences for teams ranging from 5 to 30 participants. We are looking for people with a love for the Lord, a taste for adventure, and a […]