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Steve Harris doing a magic trick
OAC NewsPast Events
August 12, 2024

South Wales Mission 2024

South Wales Mission For the third year we decided to hold a South Wales Mission.  For a variety of reasons we had a smaller team than we have had in the past.  We almost cancelled the mission but were convinced by God to persevere and we're so glad that we…
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OAC NewsPast Events
April 22, 2024

London Go Mission 2024

London Go Mission Since 2018 we have run the Go Mission in conjunction with K180.  The aim of the mission is that over 5 days teams will head out to preach the gospel at every property and station on the Monopoly board. Many of these locations are not natural locations…
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A group of Evangelists at the OAC Conference 2023
OAC NewsPast Events
December 6, 2023

OAC Evangelists Conference 2023

At the beginning of November we had our OAC Evangelists Conference 2023 at Hebron Hall in South Wales.  As always it was a great time of fellowship and encouragement.  Throughout the Conference we received great teaching to help us in our ministry as Evangelists. Bible Teaching Owen Cottom from Grace…
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A crowd listening to Alan Jenner preach in Truro
OAC NewsPast Events
August 17, 2023

Mission To Truro 2023

Mission To Truro Following on from the success of our first Mission to Truro OAC decided to hold another one again this year.  As with last year the plan was that the centrepiece of the mission was going to be a double decker bus from Wave House Church, Newquay.  This…
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Steve being chained ready for sharing the gospel using escapology
OAC NewsPast Events
July 10, 2023

South Wales Mission 2023

South Wales Mission Following on from the success of last year's mission OAC again decided to hold a South Wales Mission this year.  Evangelists from all over the country descended on Cardiff as our base for a week of evangelism on the streets of Cardiff, Bridgend and Pontypridd. Our South…
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Peter Kennelly preaching at the Brighton Fringe Festival 2023
OAC NewsPast Events
May 23, 2023

Brighton Fringe Festival 2023

Brighton Fringe Festival The Brighton Fringe Festival is an open-access arts festival held annually in Brighton.  It is the largest annual arts festival in England and one of the largest fringe festivals in the world. For many years OAC have run a Brighton Fringe Festival Mission to coincide with the…
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A group of Evangelists at the OAC Euro Zone Conference in Romania 2023
OAC NewsPast Events
March 20, 2023

More Than Just A Few Evangelists

I thought there was only one of you I remember many years ago speaking at a church and sharing about the work of OAC.  After the service a couple who were visiting the church came up to me to let me know that they had an OAC Evangelist within their…
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Marten handing the National Director baton on to Steve
OAC News
January 5, 2023

New National Director, Same Direction

A New Director On the 1st January 2023 I become the 5th National Director of OAC GB.  The image below shows four of the National Director’s at the recent funeral of the first National Director of OAC GB, David Fanstone.  David was a great Evangelist.  He was an inspiration to…
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Owen Cottom at OAC Evangelists Conference 2022
OAC NewsPast Events
November 23, 2022

OAC Evangelists Conference 2022

At the beginning of November we had our annual OAC Evangelists Conference at Hebron Hall in South Wales.  As always it was a great time of fellowship and encouragement.  Throughout the Conference we received great teaching to help us in our ministry as Evangelists. Bible Teaching Owen Cottom from Grace…
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OAC News
September 22, 2022

Mission to Albania and Romania

Report of the 2022 mission to Albania and Romania by Dawn Getley of OAC Ministries
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Black Country Boating Festival
OAC News
September 20, 2022

Black Country Boating Festival

Weekend outreach to at Black Country Boating Festival 2022
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OAC News
August 24, 2022

Mission to Truro

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.
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OAC News
July 15, 2022

South Wales Mission

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…
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OAC News
May 4, 2022

London Go Mission

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…
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apologetics for evangelism
OAC NewsTraining
April 18, 2022

Apologetics for Evangelism

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…
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Sowing seeds
OAC News
January 4, 2022

Sowing Seeds

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…
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OAC News
December 17, 2021

Evangelism Training and Mission Opportunities

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…
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London Evangelism Mission
OAC News
October 8, 2021

London Evangelism Mission

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.…
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South Yorkshire Mission
OAC News
August 8, 2021

South Yorkshire Mission

  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…
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Counties Evangelism Training programme
OAC News
June 28, 2021

Counties Evangelism Training Programme

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…
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online evangelism training
OAC News
June 11, 2021

Creative Evangelism Training

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…
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free online evangelism training
OAC EventsOAC NewsTraining
April 15, 2021

Free Online Evangelism Training Course

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…
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OAC News
February 17, 2021

Online Evangelism Training Extra

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?’…
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evangelism training
OAC News
January 24, 2021

Evangelism Training

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…
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Preaching the Good News
OAC News
October 28, 2020

Good News to London

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…
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OAC News
August 17, 2020

Evangelism Training and Missions

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…
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Mavis Heyman
OAC News
August 4, 2020

Goodbye to Mavis Heyman

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…
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OAC News
August 1, 2020

Starting Street Evangelism Post Coronavirus

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…
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True or False Booklet
OAC News
July 28, 2020

True or False Booklet

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…
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OAC News
April 7, 2020

Top Tips for Videoing

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…
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