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
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
Lausanne 4 Congress - a foretaste of Revelation 7:9 Submitted by Dean Carlson (President of One Challenge) Imagine standing shoulder to shoulder with 5400 Christian leaders from 200 nations … worshipping King Jesus! Though we represented vastly differe... Global Alliance Partnerships
Polycentric Mission: The OC Global Alliance Story Our Roots OC International Inc. (formerly known as Overseas Crusades) was founded in 1952 as an American non-profit mission. OC has been on a long journey toward internationalization. Core to our DNA ... Global Alliance
Welcome Entrust! We join in celebrating with OC USA as they announce the merger of One Challenge USA with Entrust, two great organizations merging to become stronger together. Entrust is an organization that has been ... Impact N. America Partnerships
International Internships Opportunities Abound Over the past several months, I have been visiting with the partners of the OC Global Alliance. It doesn’t matter if they are from Europe, Asia, Africa, or the Americas; I hear th... Global Mobilization Leadership Development
Guate 2025 in Review In May 2025, representatives from our OC Global Alliance gathered in Antigua Guatemala for our biennial Alliance Team Conference. The theme for the week was “In One Accord.” The conference design team...
Resource: Dave Hagelberg's Commentaries Enhance Your Experience During his 35 years in southeast Asia as a Bible teacher with OC, Dave Hagelberg has written several New Testament commentaries based on the Greek text, and some of them have b...
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
SEPAL Impact in Colombia The OCGA has worked in Colombia since 1963. Over the years, we have engaged in research, church planting, leadership mentoring, and pastor training. Our team is called SEPAL Colombia, which stands for... Impact Latin America Leadership Development
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