Since the beginning of our partnership with South Asia in 1997, 817 churches (fellowships of 25-50 people each) have been planted, and 40,021 new believers have been baptized! To support and expand this ministry, eight regional training centers are key to the strategy of our national church partner there. These centers serve as hubs for the development of churches all across the country. The vision of our national partner church is to plant a church in every district, consisting of a police station and a voting station, in South Asia.

The training facilities OMS has helped develop allow for intensive short-term and recurring training for more than 1,500 local elders, 200 supervising circuit pastors, local evangelists and women and youth serving in children’s ministries.

Each center also provides teacher training for on-site primary schools, which serve church members and the community at large. Classrooms also support a wide range of conference services, including micro-credit and primary health care programs and a variety of community development workshops. The training center strategy also includes facilities for a children’s home for the poorest of the poor in each region, and our medical team ministry uses the training centers as a base from which to serve.

To date, two existing training centers have been established in the northwest regions of South Asia and are already selfsufficient! A training center in the southern area of the country is our next focus.

Ministry in South Asia serves people holistically, meeting spiritual, physical and social needs as we share the Good News of Jesus Christ.