Director's Blog - August 2025 In 2003, I stepped down from pastoring a church in Canada to become an OC missionary in Southern Africa. Heather and I joined OC Africa, our South Africa Regional Team based in Johannesburg. We intend... Africa Impact Leadership Development
First Switch Internship What is First Switch? First Switch is a six-month experience designed to help young people grow in their relationships with the Lord and develop tools to make disciples. First Switch combines an onlin... Africa Disciple Making Impact Leadership Development
Discovery Bible Study in Zimbabwe “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.”... Africa Disciple Making Impact
From Battlefield to Harvestfield When Kathie and I joined OC’s Southern Africa Regional Team at age 27, we lived in a small country (Swaziland – now known as Eswatini). Across the border, a brutal civil war was raging in Mozambique w... Africa Church Planting Global Mobilization Impact
The Difference of a Box of Books Over the years, we haven’t written much about the significance of books in our work, but this month, we must. Books have been a key part of OC’s work over the decades. Outside my (David’s) previous VP... Africa Impact