About Us
Meet the OCGA Diaspora Ministries Team
Meet our team leaders
Rahn Strickler
Diaspora Ministry Team Leader
Founder and chief visionary, Dr. Strickler has extensive experience in working with Asians in Diaspora and has served for over 40 years as a missionary with One Challenge.
Craig Kraft
Director For Global Collaboration
Dr. Kraft has served as a pastor, missionary, and missionary executive in Canada, South Africa, and the USA. He helps connect our various ministries and teams around the world for learning and collaboration.
Bob Rasmussen
Near Frontiers
Following a full career as a missionary in centra Africa, Bob lead in the formation of Near Frontiers, an OC Ministry focused on refugees and immigrants in the United States.
Lorna Johnston
Outreach Canada
Lorna is the leader of Outreach Canada's diaspora ministries team and has given leadership to Loving Muslims Together and Simply Mobilizing Canada
Partners and References
Recommended Reading
Diaspora Missiology: Theory, Methodology, and Practice - Wan
Scattered and Gathered: A Global Compendium of Diaspora Missiology - Tira and Yamamori
Global Diaspora and Missions - Im and Yong
Tides of Opportunity: Missiological Experiences and Engagement in Gobal Migration - Tira
The Global Chinese Diaspora - China Source Quarterly Spring 2024
A Church for the Stranger - Evangelicals Fall 2025
More Information
"Diaspora Mission Reset" - Bob Rasmussen
" I believe we are in a defining moment in history, and one of the most influential factors is the dispersion of peoples around the world. This movement is often called “diaspora”.
"God is using migration to bring the nations together, not just for the sake of geographic reorganization but for the furtherance of the gospel across cultural, political, and religious boundaries."
"The diasporic church is not just a mission field but also a missionary force. The immigrants, refugees, and students are not only recipients of the gospel; they are also agents of mission."
