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God Is At Work Today
He is moving among every people group in the world.
God’s desire is for all people to know him personally and to bring glory to His name.
What is an OMC?
• It is more than just an event. An OMC introduces international, North American, state, and local on mission Christians, highlighting the continuing missions opportunities and needs of Southern Baptists.
• Participants are encouraged to examine their personal and on mission commitments in a festive and energetic atmosphere.
• OMCs are customized for churches and associations.
Mobilize participants to:
Intentionally celebrate God’s activity in the world
Anticipate their role in God’s mission
Participate by making a commitment to being on mission with God
• Portrays the Cooperative Program• Builds relationships between church members
and Southern Baptist missionaries• Emphasizes the biblical basis for missions• Leads churches to broaden their missions
commitment • Strengthens financial support of missionaries• Inspires a deeper commitment to pray for
missions and missionaries• Leads churches to reevaluate their methods of
churchwide missions awareness and mobilization• Leads to life changing decisions• Educates church members about missions
Whom do I contact to schedule an OMC?
Contact your state convention’s OMC coordinator. If you do not have this information, call the OMC office at (770)-410-6478 to obtain a name and phone number.
The OMC Time Line
18 to 24 months in advance– Contact your state OMC office
and set a date for consultation and a tentative date for your OMC
– Enlist an OMC Coordinator and Vision Team
– Complete and mail an OMC Scheduling Form to your state office.
The OMC Time Line
12 to 18 months in advance– Develop an OMC Financial
Plan– Enlist an Associational
Coordinating Team– Enlist local churches to
commit to participate in the OMC
The OMC Time Line
7 months in advance– Orient local church OMC
leaders– Communicate # of participating
churches to the North American Mission Board (Realistic Planning)
The OMC Time Line
4 months in advance– Contact your guest missionaries– Ask guest missionaries about
travel plans– Begin to pray for missionaries by
name– Share associational prayer
requests with them
The OMC Time Line
1 to 2 months in advance– Share with missionaries
expectations and schedules– Buy airline tickets– Finalize all local church and
associational plans
Whom Do You Call with Questions???
• Beth Wolfe--IMB• [email protected]• 1-800-999-2889, 1398
• Karen Campbell-IMB• [email protected]• 1.800.999.2889 Ext.
1712
• Beth Bootz - NAMB• [email protected]• 1-770-410-6478
• 1-888-634-2462, ext. 6478