Summary
OMS International is an evangelical faith mission with approximately 425 missionaries, reaches 48 nations for Christ through 458 evangelism and church planting teams (Every Community for Christ, ECC), church development programs and theological and leadership training in 44 institutions with 5,725 students. OMS joins with 10,224 national workers and 9,908 churches in outreach in various ministries which includes an established medical ministry and three radio stations with nearly 1 million listeners.
This organization is a nonprofit. Contributions to it are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. It is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).
Contact Information: [ Back to top ]
| Mailing Address: | PO Box A 941 Fry Road
Greenwood, IN
46142-6599 |
| Website: | www.onemissionsociety.org |
| Phone: | (317) 881-6751 |
| Email: | You need to enable javascript to see the email |
Organization Details [ Back to top ]
EIN: 951891575
| CEO/President: |
Mr. David C. Long |
Tax Deductible: |
Yes |
| Chairman: |
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Fiscal Year End: |
March 31 |
| Board Size: |
25 |
Financial info from: |
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| Founder: |
Charles & Lettie Cowman & E.A. Kilbourne |
Member of ECFA: |
Yes |
| Year Founded: |
1901 |
Member of ECFA since: |
1979 |
OMS International is an evangelical faith mission with approximately 425 missionaries, reaches 48 nations for Christ through 458 evangelism and church planting teams (Every Community for Christ, ECC), church development programs and theological and leadership training in 44 institutions with 5,725 students. OMS joins with 10,224 national workers and 9,908 churches in outreach in various ministries which includes an established medical ministry and three radio stations with nearly 1 million listeners.
This organization is a nonprofit. Contributions to it are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law. It is a member of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).
OMS International use the following to express its mission:
By God's grace, OMS International exists to establish responsible, reproducing, Christ-centered churches among the nations.
Program Accomplishments [ Back to top ]
OMS International, Inc. accomplishments and programs include some of the following:
OMS works in partnership with over 10,000 nationals and 9,900 organized churches whose membership exceeds 1,400,000. In over 40 seminaries and institutions, over 5,000 students are preparing for ministry. Through door-to-door evangelism, nearly 500 teams lead thousands to Christ and assist in establishing over three new congregations weekly. National churches also link with OMS to send missionaries worldwide.
Radio 4VEH, owned and operated by OMS, reaches across northern Haiti. Good Shepherd Radio, in partnership with the Saraguro Evangelical Church, reaches the southern third of Ecuador. Two medical clinics treated over 35,000 patients last year, while thousands more heard the Gospel through camping, film, and English programs. Combined ministries resulted in over 304,000 registered decisions for Christ during that period.
Men for Missions (MFMI), the unique laymen's voice of OMS, involves laypeople from all walks of life. Over 11,000 men and women have participated in work and witness teams scheduled regularly to OMS fields.
In 7 years there over 4000 church plants with the Into Africa Project.
Statement of Faith [ Back to top ]
OMS International uses the following to express its faith:
The Bible is the fully and uniquely inspired Word of God written (II Tim. 3:16; II Peter 1:20-21). It is in its entirety the Word of God, given by men inspired by God. The divine initiative, activity, and superintendence in the process of inspiration impart inerrancy to the original documents (Matt. 5:18). B y God' s supernatural providence the 66 books of the Old and New Testament canon were pre-served with such integrity that for all intents and purposes our translations today are based on an adequate equivalent to the autographs of Scripture. It constitutes for us today the revealed will of God in written form (Psa. 119:11; Matt. 4:4), and the words of Scripture are for us the Word of God (Heb. 3:7).
The Bible is our sufficient and final authority for faith and practice (Isa. 8:20; Matt. 24:35; John 12:48). Through it the Holy Spirit, who inspired its writing, continues to illumine (Psa. 119:18, 105, 130), instruct (II Tim. 3:16-17), convict (Heb. 4:12-13), regenerate (James 1:18; I Peter 1:23), and sanctify (John 17:17; Eph. 5:26). What-ever is not revealed in or established by the Scriptures cannot be made an article of faith essential to salvation (II Tim. 3:15-17).
THE TRIUNE GOD
The one true and living God (I Kings 8:60; Isa. 43: I0-11; Mark 12:29, 32; I Thess. 1:9) is the eternal, personal Spirit. He is infinite and unchangeable in power, wisdom, holiness, and love (Isa. 6:3; James 1:17). He is the Creator, Sovereign Ruler, and Preserver of all things whether visible or invisible (I Peter 4:19; Psa. 103:19; Heb. 1:3). In the divine unity of His Godhead there eternally exist three Persons of one essence, perfection, and power: The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Matt. 3:16-17; 28:19; II Cor. 13:14).
JESUS CHRIST
Jesus Christ is the eternally begotten Son, the second person of the Triune Godhead. He was eternally one with the Father (John 1:1; 10:30) and by the conception of the Holy Spirit was born of the Virgin Mary (Luke 1:27, 35; Matt. 1:20). Thus, two whole and perfect natures were forever united in one perfect personality in Jesus Christ. He is the eternal Word made flesh, the only begotten Son of the Father, and the Son of Man (John 1:14; John 3:16; Matt. 16:13). He is the God-man, truly and fully God and truly and fully man. He was sinless in life (I John 3:5). He and He alone was qualified to be our substitute, our Savior (I Tim. 2:5; Jude 25).
He arose bodily from the dead (I Cor. 15:17, 20, 23; Phil. 3:21). He ascended into heaven to the right hand of the Father, the Majesty on high (Acts 1:9, 11; Heb. 1:3; 8:1), where He is now enthroned. He will return from heaven in a second personal Advent prior to His millennial kingdom (Acts 1:11; Heb. 9:28; Rev. 20:6). He will be the judge of all men (Acts 10:42; II Tim. 4:1). He will reign in righteousness and will consummate His redemptive mission (Rev. 11:15; 22:12-13). This blessed hope of the Christian inspires us to holy living, to missionary wit-ness, and to sacrificial service (Titus 2:13; Luke 19:13; Matt. 16:27).
THE HOLY SPIRIT
The Holy Spirit is the third person of the Triune Godhead. He is of one substance with the Father and the Son, from whom He has proceeded (John 15:26) and is co-equal with Them in eternity, grace, and power. It is His ministry to glorify Jesus Christ (John 16:14), and He is ever present and active in the Church of Christ (John 14:16-17). He convicts the world of sin (John 16:7-8), regenerates those who repent and believe (John 3:7-8), and sanctifies and empowers the believers for godly living and service (Rom. 15:16; Acts 1:8).
The Holy Spirit sovereignly bestows and distributes His gifts within His Church (I Cor. 12:11, 18). No one gift of the Spirit is distributed to all believers (I Cor. 12:29-30). Individual members of the church receive a gift of the Spirit for the purpose of ministry and the upbuilding of the Church (Eph. 4:12). Sample lists of some of the gifts are listed in Rom. 12:6-8 and I Cor. 12:8-10. The Holy Spirit places priority on grace and the fruit of the Spirit above the gifts of the Spirit (I Cor. 12:31; 14:1, 12), and among the gifts He places priority on the gifts of prophecy and teaching (I Cor. 12:28; t4:1-5). Men of God thus gifted by the Spirit (apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers are named) become God's gift to His Church (Eph. 4:11). The Holy Spirit gives detailed restrictions for the use of only one-gift speaking in tongues (I Cor. 12-14).
MAN, FREE-WILL, AND SIN
Man was created in the image of God (Gen. 1:27) and was innocent and pure (Rom. 5:12). God-likeness included his ability to choose between right and wrong, and he was thus morally responsible (Gen. 3:3; Deut. 30:19; Rom. 2:15). By his sinful free choice Adam rebelled against God, fell from his original innocence and purity, and received a fallen and sinful nature (Rom. 5:12). Each human being today is born with this sinful nature (Psa. 51:5; Gal. 3:22) and by his own sinful deeds has become guilty before God (Rom. 3:11-23). Apart from the regenerating work of God, man today is lost in sin, is dead in his trespasses and sins, and is without God and without hope (II Cor. 4:3; Eph. 2:1-3, 12).
The grace of God through Jesus Christ is freely bestowed upon all men, enabling all who will to turn from sin to righteousness and through believing on Christ receive par-don and cleansing from sin (John 1:4, 9; Rom. 5:17-18; I John 1:9). We therefore have a gospel for all the world so that whoever will may come (Rev. 22:17), whoever is thirsty may come (John 7:37), and whoever will can believe and have everlasting life (John 3:16).
The believer is securely kept by the power of God as he abides in vital fellowship with Christ. However, since he continues to be morally responsible to God after his conversion and continues to have free will, it is possible for a Christian to fall away and rebel against God. If he does not return or seek restoration through repentance, but persists in his sin and dies in this rebellious state, he will be eternally lost (Ezek. 3:20; 18:24; 33:12,13,18; Rom. 11:22; Heb. 3:6, 14).
ATONEMENT
Jesus Christ made a full atonement for the sins of the whole world (I John 2:2) by shedding His own blood upon the cross as a perfect and sufficient sacrifice (Heb. 9:13, 14, 26). His sacrifice need never be repeated nor anything added to it, for He accomplished salvation once and for all (Heb. 10:10, 14, 15; John 19:30). His vicarious death is the only ground for our salvation (Acts 4:12; I Cor. 3:11; 15:3). It is a sufficient atonement for the sins of the whole world (I Tim. 2:6; 4:10). This atonement is efficacious for the salvation of little children in their innocency and for those irresponsible (Rom. 2:15; 5:13; Matt. 19:13-15). It is efficacious for those who have reached the age of accountability only when they repent and believe the gospel (Acts 3:19).
THE NEW BIRTH
Repentance is that godly sorrow for sin which results from the convicting work of the Holy Spirit (John 16:7-11; II Cor. 7:9). It involves a sensing of personal guilt before God (Psa. 51:4), a voluntary turning away from sin (Acts 26:20; Isa. 55:7), and the confessing of sin and making restitution where possible (Prov. 28:13; I John 1:9; Ezek. 33:15; Luke 19:8). It is the essential preparation (Mark 1:15; Matt. 3:8; Acts 3:19; 20:21; 26:20) for saving faith-the simple trust in Christ for salvation (John 20:31, Rom. 1:16; Eph. 2:8; I Cor. 12:13). From that moment the believer has the Holy Spirit as his helper and witness (John 14:26; Rom. 8:9, 15, t6).
Justification is the gracious judicial act of God fully acquitting the repenting and believing sinner (Rom. 3:24-26; 5:1). God grants full pardon of all guilt, release from the penalty of sins committed, and acceptance as righteous, not on the basis of the merits or efforts of the sinner, but upon the basis of the atonement by Jesus Christ and the faith of the sinner (Rom. 3:28; Gal. 2:16; Titus 3:7).
Regeneration or the new birth is the gracious work of God changing the moral nature of the repentant believer from darkness to light, from nature to grace, from death to life, from bondage of sin to liberty in Christ (Acts 26:18; Rom. 6:22; Eph. 2:1; Titus 3:5). The believer becomes a new creature in Christ Jesus, is born of the Spirit, and enters into a life of peace with God, obedience to the will of God, and love for all (II Cor. 5:17; Rom. 5:1; 6:13, 18, 19).
Adoption is the gracious act of God by which the justified and regenerated believer is constituted a son of God with the privilege of access to the Father, membership in the family of God, and inheritance with Christ (John 1:12; Rom. 8:15, 17). Justification, regeneration, and adoption are simultaneous in the heart of the repentant believer.
The Holy Spirit is the witness to salvation by the inner assurance He imparts to the child of God (Rom. 8:16; I John 3:24; 4:13; 5:6, 10; Rom. 8:9), and by the fruit of His life within the soul: peace with God (Rom. 5:1; 8:1), love for the children of God (I John 3:14; 4:12), joy in Christ (Rom. 15:13; Gal. 5:22; I Thess. 1:6), the guidance of the Spirit (Rom. 8:14), and righteous conduct (I John 2:3-5; 3:9-10). Good works are the visible fruit of a life lived in Christ; they are not the condition of salvation, but the result of salvation (Eph. 2:8; John 15:8, 16).
THE FULLNESS OF THE SPIRIT
The fullness of the Spirit is one of several terms used in the Bible to describe that work of grace in the heart of the believer, subsequent to the new birth, by which he is cleansed from sin and empowered for holy life and service (Acts 1:8; 2:4; 15:9). It has been termed entire sanctification because there is an initial cleansing of the defilement of committed sins in the new birth (Titus 3:5), because of the wholeness of the commitment necessary for one who would be Spirit-filled (Rom. 12:1-2; 6:13), and because of the wholeness of the cleansing from the defilement of the inner nature which results (I Tress. 5:23-24). The Spirit-filled person is enabled by the indwelling Holy Spirit to love God with his whole being (Matt. 22:37-38; Rom. 5:5) and his neighbor as himself (Matt. 22:37-38; Rom. 5:5), and is enabled to live in true holiness of life (Luke 1:75; Eph. 5:25-27; Matt. 5:8; Titus 2:12).
The infilling of the Spirit (entire sanctification, heart purity, the enduement of the Spirit and other terms have also been used) is a definite experience of cleansing and empowering subsequent to the new birth. In responding to God's grace the believer experiences thirst for God's fullness (John 7:37-39), humbles himself (Isa. 6:3-7; Rom. 7:24-25), and makes a total consecration (Rom. 6:13, 16, 19). In this moment of total commitment (Rom. 12:1-2) and faith (Acts 26:18) the Holy Spirit cleanses the inner nature of the believer (Acts 15:9), and clothes him with His power (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:8). Christ thus baptizes with the Holy Spirit (John 1:33; Acts 1:4-5), fulfilling the great "promise of the Father" which is available to every Christian (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4; 2:39).
The progressive aspect of sanctification is that process of growth in Christian maturity, Christlikeness, and practical godliness which results from walking obediently in the Light (I Jn. 1:7), from spiritual nurture and discipline (Rom. 12:2; II Cor. 3:17-18), and from repeated infillings of the Holy Spirit and His continuing ministry in the cleansed and yielded believer (Acts 4:31; Ep. 3:19; 5:18; Rom. 8:26).
The Holy Spirit is His own witness in the soul (Rom. 8:16; Heb. 10:14-15). He evidences His holy presence primarily by imparting His holiness to the life of the believer (Ezek. 36:26-27; Gal. 5:16; Eph. 1:4 with Rom. 5:5), and producing within the believer the abundant fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22-25). The evidence of the Spirit-filled and Spirit-empowered life is not the presence of any one gift or manifestation (I Cot. 12:4, 5, 11).
DIVINE HEALING
It is the privilege of the believer to ask God to heal those who are sick (James 5:14-15), for the Lord is interested in our bodies (I Cor. 6:13). It may not always be God's will to heal (Gal. 6:11; II Cor. 12:7-9).
RESURRECTION, HEAVEN, AND HELL
There will be a resurrection of the body for both the saved and unsaved dead (I Cor. 15:16-17, 42-44; John 5:29). There will be eternal life and blessedness in heaven for the saved (John 14:2-3; John 3:16) where they will be in the immediate presence of God (Rev. 22:3-4) and will share His eternal reign (Rev. 22:5). There will be eternal death and punishment for the unsaved in hell, the lake of fire (Rev. 20:15) where they shall consciously share the company of the damned (Rev. 21:8) in eternal separation from God (II Thess. 1:9), under the punishing wrath of God (John 3:26) which will be as eternal for the unsaved as life will be for the saved (Matt. 25:46).
THE CHURCH AND ITS UNITY
The church is the universal body of Christ composed of all true believers in Christ, with Christ as its head (Col. 1:18). All who are born again are baptized into this one Church by the Holy Spirit (I Cor. 12:12-13). Christ builds His own Church (Matt. 16:18). This church does not be-come fractured by the fact that there is more than one denomination, nor does it become one through church union, for there never can be more than one true body of Christ (Eph. 4:4) and its membership record is in heaven, not on earth (Heb. 12:23). All true Christians are members of one another (I Cor. 12:12-27; Eph. 4:25). It is the responsibility of this Church and of each of its members to obey Christ's Great Commission to it and reach the whole world with the gospel of Christ (Matt. 28:18-20; Mark 16:15, Luke 24:47-49; John 20:21-22; Acts 1:8).
Founded in 1901 by Charles and Lettie Cowman (author of best-selling devotional book, “Streams in the Desert”) and E. A. Kilbourne, OMS began in Japan. Originally known as The Oriental Missionary Society, its expansion to 18 countries and six continents necessitated changing the name to OMS International. Currently OMS maintains offices and sends missionaries from six countries: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, and the United States.
When Charles and Lettie Cowman arrived in Japan in 1901, they focused on evangelism. Along with nightly evangelistic campaigns, they started Every Creature Crusade (ECC) teams to share the Gospel with all of Japan. Today, approximately 407 ECC teams exist and OMS utilizes door-to-door visits, open-air meetings, English classes, youth camps, home Bible studies, films, literature, radio, schools, medical clinics, and other caring ministries.
In over a century, OMS International has established over 6,661 local churches. Their objective in establishing new churches is to disciple believers, identifying and training leaders, and ultimately developing national leaders. These churches seek to become self-supporting, self-governing, self-propagating, and mission-focused.
Committed to the principle that "the sons and daughters of a nation will best win that nation for Christ," OMS International established training institutes. Since the Tokyo Bible Seminary in 1901, 33 seminaries and leadership training institutes have been started. With a yearly enrollment of more than 6,889 students, training ranges from short intensive modular courses to graduate degrees.
OMS has no church denomination underwriting its work. Each of the 450 missionaries trusts God to provide his or her support through the prayers and gifts of His people.
OMS Top Financial Needs
OMS'emergency relief fund
Give to help thousands of needy people worldwide. This fund is administered to those requiring disaster relief, medical aid, food, clothing, shelter, heating assistance, and other emergency needs. OMS aids people in South Asia where extreme temperatures, and flooding are a continual dilemma. OMS also aids the needy in Africa, The Caribbean, Europe, and Latin America.
International Scholarships OMS is excited to work alongside young men and women who want a secondary education and are willing to dedicate their lives to the work of the Lord. But so many of them are unable to afford the cost of training. You can help endow a scholar by donating to the International Scholarships Fund. Your gift will assist with the cost of tuition, books, housing, and other education expenses.
General OperationsOMS International works in more than 30 countries in every region of the world. Being a global operation, their expenses pile up quickly. One can assist in meeting these expenses and know that one is furthering the Kingdom of God. Their general operations fund covers building and maintenance expenses. It also helps cover technology expenses, which are necessary yet challenging.
Into Africa Help begin or support an outreach ministry throughout Africa. One's gifts will assist church planters and provide evangelistic literature for Africans. There are so many people without a church to worship in. OMS' goal is to plant cell churches where people can meet in tents, open-air venues, and other places until their congregations are strong enough to construct buildings and stand alone. But it takes funds to organize and train individuals to plant and lead churches.
Solar Powered Radios
Help reach the people of Haiti with a solar-powered radio. Through Operation Saturation, OMS distributes these radios throughout this voodoo-dominated country. With the solar-powered radio, Haitians are able to hear evangelistic broadcasts from OMS' radio station 4VEH. What a wonderful ministry to be a part of. One can reach many people this way for very little investment. Each radio cost $30. Just one radio can reach several people with the Gospel of Christ
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| Timeliness: | 80 | |
| Financial Information: | 80 | |
| Foundational Clarity: | 100 | 10/28/2011 7:58:12 PM: Descriptive information was abundant and thorough. |
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