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
Exciting News from the Alliance What an exciting year this has been. We are still gathering numbers for 2025, but based on the initial reports I have seen, we are celebrating another wonderful year of ministry and God’s blessing. It... Impact Leadership Development
OCGA Women Moving Forward Through Retreat On November 7, OC Women from around the world came together physically and virtually for our first-ever On-Line Retreat for Global Alliance Women. Every once in a while, I forget my age and try to run... Impact Women
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 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
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
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
Philippine Challenge: 70 Years of Impact Philippine Challenge’s 70th founding Anniversary celebration centered on “PC’s Growing Impact” as its theme. We celebrated and honored God for the partnerships forged throughout PC’s long history of a... Asia Church Planting Global Mobilization Impact Sports Ministry
Dave and Sandy White - 40 Years with Philippine Challenge Forty years ago, a young couple from Southern California arrived in the Philippines under the Short Term Evangelism Program (STEP) of OC International (OCI). They planned to stay for one year, but God... Church Planting Disciple Making Impact