This Week

Former missionary to the Democratic Republic of Congo Bob McAllister will speak at our opening Saturday (20th August). You may have watched Bob on a recent BBC NI documentary A Deadly Mission: Belfast to Congo.His son David now works in the DRC as Tearfunds country director. Tearfund operate in over 50 countries across the world, tackling poverty and providing relief where the need is great.Watch this thank you film from Tearfunds partner in Lebanon that shows their work with Syrian Refugees tha...

OMF celebrate their 150th anniversary this year.At our closing event in the Waterfront Hall we sang a new version of OMFs official hymn, Facing a task unfinished which was recently arranged by Jonathan Rea of the New Irish Choir Orchestra. If you missed the event, or were there and want to hear it again we thought wed let you watch it back below....

Bob was a house church leader in Beijing until he and his wife, Heidi, were imprisoned for illegal evangelism in 1996.In 2002, Bob founded China Aid Association to draw international attention to Chinas gross human rights violations against housechurch Christians. His remarkable story is told in his autobiography Gods Double Agent which was published in 2013.We look forward to welcoming Bob to Bangor and hearing of the work China Aid is currently involved in....

Give thanks for a very positive review meeting held recently by the committee to look back at Worldwide 2015.All present were encouraged by the response at the various events and by the many people who had taken the time to write to comment favourably on the event....

Continuing on the theme of publicity, please pray for the final arrangements which we are making for our programme launch in May.Some details are yet to be confirmed and we ask for inspiration in deciding these....

2015 has barely finished, yet were getting ready for 2016!Friday 19th Saturday 27th AugustWorldwide returns next year and we are pleased to announce that Conrad Mwebe, fondly known as the Spurgeon of Africa and Bob Fu, author of Gods Double Agent and founder of China Aid, are confirmed as some of our guest speakers.Dont forget to add 19th 27th August to your diary.See you there!...

In the run up to the Convention, we will be showcasing our 2015 guest speakers. To many Christians, Professor John Lennox needs no introduction.You can read more about John on the people section of our website. John will be speaking at the closing night event which is being held in the Waterfront Hall in Belfast on Saturday 29th August....

There will be another opportunity to hear popular Worldwide 15 speaker, Mez McConnell from 20schemes, next month in Bangor.A workshop Church in Hard Places has been arranged, in partnership with Hamilton Road Baptist Church. This will take place on Saturday 6th February 2016 as well as a preworkshop event entitled Story of 20schemes on Friday 5th. Book your space online by visiting the Hamilton Road Baptist Website....

Are you a former missionary? Then this reception is especially for you!The Convention begins on Friday evening with a Reception for former / retired missionaries. This is open to all who have worked overseas at some stage even those who were abroad for only a short time and are now working back in NI. Our database is not fully comprehensive so if you know of people who fall in to this category and who may not have received an invitation please make them aware that the event is for them. Please ...

Please pray for our secretary Lesley Stewart at this time as many of the detailed arrangements for speakers regarding accommodation, pickups from the airports etc. fall to her to resolve.Pray that all will run smoothly and that she will have no last minute issues to deal with....

Give thanks for an excellent year from a financial point of view. Our income increased by around 25% to nearly 200,000 and while our expenses were greater, we still had over 25,000 extra to pass on to mission causes this year.Our event at the Waterfront Hall on the closing night was probably the biggest factor behind these improved figures but we are grateful to God for His blessing on this aspect of the Convention. Please pray that it will be an encouragement to all who will be in receipt of th...

Each year in May, we have the launch of our publicity materials for the Convention in August.In 2016, we are looking at doing a two part launch with events both in the morning and in the evening and would value prayer for us as we seek to finalise the details for each element....

Are you heading to University or College in September? Maybe for the first time, maybe for another year?Are you heading to University or College in September? Maybe for the first time, maybe for another year?Have you ever considered the mission field at University? Your class could be full of people from many different cultural and religious backgrounds, and we want to inspire you to use this time in your life to share the good news of Jesus with them.Join us as we hear from past and present stu...

The persecution of Christians worldwide has become such a vast issue that the Evangelical Alliance, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Open Doors (UK) and Release International have collaborated to form the Religious Liberty Commission (RLC).Church leaders, politicians and the media are all being called to action to defend Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights the freedom of religion or belief. The RLC is pressing the Department for International Development to make religious fre...

Please pray for a number of meetings which are planned for this month to discuss possible seminars for the 2016 programme to complement the morning and evening addresses.There are a number of possibilities but we want to choose those which will have greatest impact for mission and we desire wisdom for this....

A number of our events this year request preregistration to allow us to put suitable arrangements in place for catering and such like.Pray that those intending to come will note this aspect and sign up in advance rather than just turn up on the day . Give thanks for those who have already done so this is a real encouragement....

Wed love to just take the time to remind you once again remind you of the vast material we have available over on our website archive.Weve been blessed to have many fantastic visiting speakers over the years and so if you missed any of our events, be sure to check out the library to catch up.Why not take a look and perhaps share some of the video content with your friends and family via social media....

Stewardship has developed a training programme Toolkit for Ministry to equip Christian Workers to raise and maintain a strong support base and handle the financial aspects of their ministry with integrity.This twopart training run over two separate days, is designed to give you the head knowledge you need to understand the processes but also to encourage the heart and help you discover that supportraising is much more than a financial transaction. The training will be run in March 2015 at Oran...

Please continue to pray for our many speakers as they prepare their presentations. Some have not been to the Convention before and therefore will be unfamiliar with the surroundings and context of the meetings.Also a number will be speaking at church services on the Sundays and again will be in unfamiliar settings. Pray that all will be inspired to bring messages which are relevant to their audiences and that Kingdom work will be done in each situation.Pray specifically for Paul Mallard who has ...

Our theme for this years event is Building the Kingdom. A host of international speakers have been lined up to bring updates from the building of Gods kingdom across the world.As ever, challenges mission agencies and missionaries are facing will be brought to our attention and encouraging stories of how God is building His kingdom will inspire and uplift all those who attend. The morning Bible Readings will be lead by Paul Mallard, Pastor of Woodgreen Evangelical Church and Director of Midlands ...