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Growing and Holy Things
“And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a Son and shall call His name Jesus.” Luke 1:31 NKJV As Mary’s belly began to grow, those around her were sure to see the outside...
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Letting Go to Grow
What is the new thing God is calling you to in 2024? Is there a way you must die to yourself to see new life grow? What does a new year bring to your mind? A fresh start? New opportunities? New life?...
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Discipleship Matters
What does the phrase “go make disciples” mean to you? It’s not a suggestion. It’s a charge. It’s a challenge. As an organization named One Challenge, we take this seriously. It’s the one challenge,...
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What is a Missional Life?
What does it mean to live a missional life? To begin to answer this question, I want to share the approaches of two workers who served with OC for 60 years. They were teammates and worked in the same...
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ONE Team Working Toward GROWTH
At the beginning of 2024, One Challenge President Dean Carlson set the tone for the year: One Team—One Purpose—One Challenge. As people who faithfully pray and sacrificially give, you are fully on...
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Steps of Obedience—When God Says Go
On the path toward living a missional life, the first step is obedience. Understanding the tug of the Holy Spirit is different for everyone, because how the Lord speaks to us is different for...
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South Korea’s Glorious Challenge
Spreading the Good News is especially difficult, even dangerous, in what are referred to as the “Stan” nations – Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, etc. These Muslim-majority countries are highly...
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Growing a Garden from a Seed
For the last 70 years, OC has existed and thrived because of our donor partners. We are still seeing exciting opportunities around the world to empower ministries, communities, and people to impact...
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Steps of Obedience—Small Changes, Huge Impact
In part one of “Steps of Obedience,” I shared how a prophetic dream led me to being on a plane in less than a month to spend a year teaching at Faith Academy. A dramatic story of a lesson in obedience...
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Steps of Obedience—Why Did I End Up Here?
Thankfully, not a plane I’ve ever traveled on. In the first half of 2018, I traveled a lot—hopping on a plane here or there. I spent one full month in three countries in Asia. In April, I ignorantly...
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Thank You For Praying for Our Summer!
The Lord blessed One Challenge during our summer programs! Thank you for covering us in prayer. What a time of fellowship, learning, and well-earned rest. Pray with One Challenge Download/Print Story...
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How a Leather Ball Led to a Missional Life
I said yes to a missional life with a leather ball in my hands. God’s creativity used my life to grow his kingdom in ways I couldn’t imagine. Now, after 40 years in overseas ministry, he still...
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Short-Term Missions: A “Yes” To Transformation
We can measure a lot when it comes to a Sports Ambassadors short-term missions trip. 194 kilometers traveled. 19 basketball games with over 3,000 spectators. 11 basketball clinics with 780...
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Flowing Together
You offer living waterI drinkYou flow in meThrough meFrom meA mere rivuletYet my embankment growsLush with new life True life rushes in meThrough meFrom meto anotherWe are connectedHe in us Us in...
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Urgent Need for a Prayer Movement
There is not a movement in the world that didn’t first start with a great movement of prayer. As faithful ministry partners alongside One Challenge, we ask you to join us in a prayer movement over the...
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Woven Together for His Glory
Have you ever seen the back of a tapestry? Bundles of threads, converging colors, and only a wavy idea of the bigger picture. Yet, on the other side, there is intricate beauty. Beauty that can only be...
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Every Tribe, Tongue, and Nation — Lausanne 4 Congress
The atmosphere was euphoric! Imagine standing shoulder to shoulder with 5,400 Christian leaders from 200 nations—all worshipping King Jesus. Though we represented vastly different cultures, spoke...
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Special Announcement!
With joy and thanksgiving, we are excited to announce the merger of One Challenge and Entrust. God’s timing is beautifully evident. OC leaders sensed God calling them to work toward intentional...
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Did You Know?
Spring is a time when churches plan short-term trips, college students plan internships or look for post-grad jobs, and people look toward to the future. Moving forward, here are ways we can work...
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2024 Annual Report – Woven Together
COLLABORATION is essential to the Great Commission. Jesus wove his disciples into a community and then commissioned them into global teamwork. He intertwined togetherness with their effectiveness...
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