Who is OMS?

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One Mission Society’s (OMS) story began in 1901 when Charles and Lettie Cowman moved from Chicago, Illinois, to Tokyo, Japan, to work alongside Japanese evangelist Juji (and Katsuko) Nakada. Ernest (and Julia) Kilbourne, Charles’ best friend, first convert, and fellow telegraph operator joined them in 1902. Their vision was to share the Good News of Jesus Christ with every person in Japan. They formed The Oriental Missionary Society, now called One Mission Society.

OMS was founded and ministers from the principle that the most effective way to spread the Gospel is by training a nation’s sons and daughters to multiply believers and churches to reach their own people for Christ and then partner with them to reach everyone in the world.

OMS is an evangelical, interdenominational faith mission that partners with more than 400 organizations and church denominations around the world for one purpose … to help fulfill the Great Commission by seeing the Gospel of Jesus Christ spread throughout the world with the greatest number of disciples made, and seeing God glorified in all that we say and do. OMS partners with more than 77,000 national workers to plant nearly 6,000 worshiping groups (churches) each year.

OMS follows the innovative vision of our founders which focuses on engaging the one to reach the many by multiplying disciples, churches, leaders, and missionaries. We currently send missionaries from five signatory countries, with the goal of sending workers from anywhere to everywhere throughout Africa, Asia/Pacific, Europe/Middle East, and Latin America/Caribbean regions, making a global impact in nearly 80 nations.

We believe the power of the Gospel, in the hands of disciple-makers, will transform all nations.

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