The Mission to Truro took the church onto the streets using the Sovereign double-decker bus as a focal point. Live worship, refreshments and 2 teams spent 4 days at High Cross.
In the last week of June, we ran the first South Wales Mission. Various OAC GB Evangelists gathered together along with a team from Grace Bible Church in Virginia led by OAC USA Evangelist Paul Adams. Each day two teams headed out to different locations in Cardiff, Bridgend and Pontypridd…
If you have played the game "Monopoly" you will know that traditionally there are 26 squares on the board. The original game was set in London and it is this that gave the inspiration for the London Go Mission. During the week of Tuesday 19th – 23rd April two teams…
Since the first lockdown we have been successfully running online evangelism training courses. As a result of this success, we are now going to run some one-off sessions on apologetics for evangelism. The first session on apologetics for evangelism will be entitled "Sharing the Gospel with Jehovah's Witnesses." This is…
It's Child's Play Do you want to learn how to share your faith with children? We are pleased to pass on our experience of working with children at a series of online sessions. OAC have been working with children for over 50 years. Our evangelists are regularly involved in camps,…
At the beginning of a New Year it seems like a good idea to write about sowing seeds and New Years's resolutions. Seeds came up a few times in my readings and meditations towards the end of 2021. Psalm 126:16 says "those who sow in tears will reap with songs…
2022 is a year of evangelism training and mission opportunities. Having developed our online evangelism training during Covid we will be offering blended evangelism training in 2022. By using Zoom for the theory part we can reduce the time spent in a classroom, which will reduce the costs. We have…
The London Evangelism Mission is a short term mission opportunity. It starts on Friday 29th October and finishes on Saturday 30th. The mission is a partnership between OAC Ministries and K180. The aim is for 6 teams to preach on the streets of London in 3 different venues each day.…
SOUTH YORKSHIRE MISSION 2021 a report by Oliver Buckley It was great to welcome OAC Evangelists back to Sheffield for the South Yorkshire Mission. It turned out to be one of the hottest weeks of the year. We had a total of 24 evangelists including a team from…
OAC was recently contacted by Counties and asked to provide some street evangelism training for the participants on their Counties Evangelism Training Programme. Due to Covid restrictions the training was delivered as a blended programme. The theory sessions took place on Zoom and the practical sessions in person over a…
For those of you who live in the London area and want to join one of the street outreaches I'm attaching below a diary of the outreach programme for July 2021. The London outreach programme is organised as a partnership between OAC, K180 and various churches and other organisations. The…
Following on from the successful Evangelism Toolbox online training course I thought it would be good to post an update. The latest creative evangelism training course ran for 5 weeks in May and June. We had up to 90 people join us on Zoom each week. As the course proceeded…
The OAC free online evangelism training course, Evangelism Toolkit, will be starting on Monday 10th January 2022 - 1930-2100. This is a free course designed to help you share your faith whether you are new to evangelism or an old hand. We are excited to be running this training course…
Following two successful mini missions in London in October and December, evangelist Marios Kaikitis is running a free 'online evangelism training extra' course. The interactive course is called “Sharing your Faith” and will start on Monday 22ndFebruary at 1930. The first session is entitled ‘How do we start a conversation?’…
Luke 10 was my daily Bible reading this morning. This is where Jesus sent out the seventy-two. It’s a passage that is dear to most evangelists and particularly resonated with me as we have just finished the latest online evangelism training. It is always a privilege to encourage and help…
These are difficult days in which to plan events. However we are planning a London Christmas Evangelism Mission for December 18th and 19th. We will be organising street evangelism outreaches across different areas of London. The mission will take place over two days. Areas covered will depend on the number…
Last week a team of 25 individuals from OAC and 13 local churches took to the streets of London to share the Good News of Jesus Christ. In order to take the Good News to London the evangelists split into small teams. Over a period of three days they preached…
The next online evangelism training for street evangelism will start in the middle of 2021. The training is FREE and will be partly done by Zoom and partly by video. There will be four weekly Zoom meetings on Monday evening starting at 1930 each week. There also 6+ videos. The…
I often get asked when we hold regular street outreaches. It's a difficult question to answer at the best of times but even harder at the moment. The pandemic has meant that some of the regular street outreaches have been cancelled or have become less regular. Below is a list…
Coronavirus Update Missions and evangelism training update It will be no surprise to you that all missions and evangelism training has been cancelled until further notice due to the virus. The next Streetwise evangelism training was due to start in January. At the moment no decision has been taken if…
All evangelism training and missions are suspended until further notice. This is due to the current Coronavirus pandemic. Most of the OAC evangelists are using this time to read, study and prepare. Many have switched to providing online stories and messages. You can see some of these HERE. Evangelism training…
It is with sadness that the OAC family say goodbye to Mavis Heyman who died on Sunday 2nd August at 0600. Mavis had been ill with cancer of the oesophagus for approx 4 years and had recently become more frail. She collapsed at home the previous evening following a fish…
We have passed the peak and begun to ease the lockdown and many are now asking about starting street evangelism post coronavirus. It is a matter of personal conscience and we need to allow others to make their own decisions with regards starting street evangelism post coronavirus. There are many…
There is now a True or False Booklet to go with the True or False vinyl. The True or False vinyl clips to the front of a sketchboard and has a number of questions that are designed to lead people into a conversation about life, God, heaven etc. Vinyls are…
Top Tips for Videoing At this time when we’re all learning to use new technology I thought I’d give some top tips for videoing. It goes without saying that you need to be seen and be heard and yet it is easy to get even these basics wrong. Be…
Here are the main short-term mission dates 2020 (Short-term mission dates 2020 are all in the UK) Streetwise training course, London and Sheffield January 11th Click HERE for more details Go Mission, London April 14th to 17th Brighton Fringe outreach May 16th to 17th…
Evangelism in North England We are very pleased to welcome Oliver Buckley as a fully-fledged evangelist. Oliver has been connected with OAC for over 20 years and joined as a Trainee Evangelist last year. Subsequently Oliver has completed the OAC training programme and is now fully recognised as an OAC…