Director's Blog - January 2026 As we enter the first weeks of 2026, it is a good time to pause and reflect on last year. 2025 was a great year for the Global Alliance. At our leadership gathering in Guatemala we renewed our vision ... Collaboration Connect Global Alliance Impact Partnerships
Flip the Switch What is the First Switch Internship? The First Switch Internship is a 6-month program that combines principles and practices of Disciple Making Movement and Spiritual Formation with the goal of traini... Collaboration Global Mobilization Global Movements Impact Leadership Development OCGA First Switch
Collaboration in the Philippines This is an exciting summer of collaboration in the Philippines. This summer, Sports Ambassadors, Philippine Challenge, and our Taiwan team are working together to use sports camps as a tool for planti... Asia Church Planting Collaboration Impact Sports Ministry
Lausanne 4 In October, over five thousand followers of Christ gathered from all corners of the globe in Seoul, Korea, to participate in Lausanne 4. ‘Lausanne 4 is a multi-year, global, polycentric process facili... Collaboration Global Alliance Global Mobilization Global Movements Partnerships
The Importance of Partnerships Jorge Carvalho is a missionary with SEPAL Brazil, part of our OC Global Alliance. He led our team in Romania for many years and recently moved to Portugal, where he provides support and member care fo... Collaboration Connect Europe Global Alliance Partnerships
What is the Collaboration Hub The OCGA Collaboration Hub is a non-co-located international team led by the Director for Global collaboration. The Collaboration Hub comprises volunteers or staff who represent our MCs and ministries... Collaboration
Relationships and Missions in Europe “A missionary’s legacy is made up much more of the relationships he or she builds than the studies or numerical results he or she obtains.” Oswaldo Prado Our OCGA team leaders in Europe gathered in ea... Collaboration Europe Impact
Director's Blog - February 2025 It can get lonely. I have worked in an office with others for most of my life. As a pastor, I always had other staff members in the office. In Africa and Outreach Canada, I worked in an office with ot... Collaboration Global Alliance N. America
North America Forum '24 Participants: OC-USMC, Outreach Canada, Near Frontiers, Missional Challenge, SEPAL USA, The Corporation, and The OCGA Collaboration Hub. The first North America Forum (NAF) took place in February 2014... Church in Canada Church in USA Collaboration N. America
Collaboration and Multiplication in Vietnam One of the ways OC Resources Singapore (OCRS) sees collaboration and multiplication taking place is through the Ministry Leadership Training Institute (MLTI) in northern Vietnam. Starting amid the COV... Asia Church Planting Collaboration Global Mobilization Impact Partnerships
Collaboration Director's Blog - July 2024 Greetings. In January 2024, I stepped into the new Director for Global Collaboration role for the OC Global Alliance. For the past twenty years, I have served in the OCGA, first as a missionary in sou... Collaboration Impact