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Serve with OMF in East Asia

The old China Inland Mission, now working across East and Southeast Asia. Placements run from short-term teams to career appointments in church planting, teaching, student work, and medicine.

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Why this is listed

Hudson Taylor's agency still does the thing it was founded to do, and it says plainly that most roles need language school and years, not a summer. Choose it if you want a sending body with a long memory of one region rather than a trip.

How to start

  1. Open omf.org (opens an external site) and read what OMF International says about itself before you read anything else.
  2. Check the time it asks for: years.
  3. Look at the filings below, then decide. Numbers are context, not a verdict.
  4. Tell your church. Going out is rarely meant to be done alone.

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Before you go

Something to read, watch or listen to before you show up. From Ripened Harvest; the picks change each day.

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    Certificate in Great Commission Studies at SBTS — Certificate. Online, paid.

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