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Little Nam watched longingly as foreign missionaries passed her family shop in Tak province, on their way to share the gospel with hill tribespeople. She wished they would stop and talk to her about Jesus. Later, she accessed a postal Bible course, and much later when she was a business-woman selling Thai silk, a client-friend invited her to church, and Nam believed in the Lord. Listen to Re-Tyring and Returning to find out more about her story, and how God has opened up opportunities for Thai ministries in the UK.

Our OMF UK office moved to Manchester this autumn. Listen to find out some of the mission initiatives in the city.

Many people are on the move from one place to another and one country to another. What is God doing through this movement? He is increasing opportunities for the good news of Jesus. Hear from Ian Prescott, OMF Beyond Boarders Champion, as he talks about three ways God is doing this.

Want to help your church to grow as an intercultural community? Here are 12 ideas from the OMF (UK) Intercultural Ministries team to get you started.

When people hear that I am developing OMF UK and Ireland’s intercultural ministries, I am often asked: how is this relevant to our vision, mission and values? Isn’t it just another passing fad that we are latching on to? Listen to find out about Intercultural Ministry. Why we do it, and why it's vital to our work.

Over 150,000 Hong Kongers have moved to the UK since January 2021. For many, a warm welcome from a local church has opened the door to friendship and faith. Yan and Mina from Welcome Churches tell us more.

Although Joey and YuRa grew up in the USA, where their parents became Christians, their families’ roots are in China and Korea respectively. As they explain, OMF’s Beyond Borders short-term mission placement in Dublin last summer gave them space to explore how God might use them in the future.

For many who move to the UK, there is much to learn and a new culture to get used to. For Geoff, he wondered how he could continue to Serve God here. After being welcomed into a church, he discovered some of what God had in store for him. Listen to find out more.

Are you interested in seeing the UK Church become increasingly intercultural, and have a heart for people of every nation to come to know the Lord as their Saviour? Check out what opportunities we have and get involved with our Intercultural Ministries team.

Earlier this year on the Serve Asia Podcast we explored intercultural church across a four-part series, bringing together a range of voices from around the UK and Ireland Church. Here's a taste of our conversations.

Resourcing and sending cross-cultural workers to Japan continues to be a necessary part of God's global plan. For many years now, the Lord has also been enabling the Japanese Church to send workers to other nations. A third exciting strand is the growth of intercultural mission within Japan - recognising the many opportunities to introduce people of all nationalities to Jesus there too. Listen to find out more about this work from Laura-Jane.

Over the past 18 months, Intercultural Ministries Director Nathaniel Jennings has put together a course on how Churches can be equipped to faithfully and fruitfully share the good news of Jesus with people from different nations and cultures who live around them. Listen to find out more details on what this course entails, and where to find it yourself.

In five years’ time, half of Japan’s Protestant churches may have closed. That’s the stark message from Christians there facing the reality of an ageing population and Church. So what does the future hold for the Church in Japan? To find out more, we spoke to Kenji Kondo, a Japanese missionary with Operation Mobilisation and advocate for church collaboration and Pastor Nakanishi, who leads one of the first churches planted by OMF in Japan. Read the article. Explore more of this edition.

Chris Pain, Japan Field Director, gives us an update on what has happened since OMF Japan published the results of their research ‘Church Planting and Partnering in Japan: Learning from Pastors’ and Missionaries’ Perspectives’ in both English and Japanese in late 2022. Listen in to find out more. Read the article. Find more content from this edition.

Audio of the article 'Roots and Fruit' in Billions magazine May-August 2025, Crossing Japan. Read the article at https://omf.org/uk/billions/articles/when-ministry-feels-fruitless-persevering-in-gospel-work-in-japan/ Read more content from the edition: https://omf.org/uk/resources/billions/?_filter_by_year=2025&_filter_by_month=may-august