In the past eight years, OMS partners have made it possible for 1,450 students to plant more than 1,160 churches! An innovative program of pastoral training allowed students to live, train and serve in their home communities.

In this program, 15 to 20 students are invited to a hub church, which serves as a model village church plant. The leader is a trainer schooled in church-planting concepts, and the students study Bible and theology through materials provided by the Timothy Training Institute. For four years, students attend school for one week every month while also planting a church in their own village.

The Empowering Leaders for Life initiative will allow us to enroll an additional 1,365 students from 16 countries. The capacity of this program for reaching small and large communities for Christ across Africa is one of our most strategic opportunities on the African continent.