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Our Global Impact
This is the third blog I have written to introduce the OC Global Alliance. The first blog focuses on our roots, the second focuses on the OC Global Alliance’s global ministries, and this article wi...
2024 Outreach Canada Staff Retreat
A behind-the-scenes look at our Outreach Canada Staff Retreat 2024, where team members from across Canada met together for collaboration, connection, community, prayer, and rest!
Returning Home for the First Time
It was the 17th of November 2023. Our Biman Bangladesh Airlines evening flight began its somewhat rocky decent into Dhaka, Bangladesh. The city sprawled for miles with concrete apartment...
Prayer for the Workplace
Heavenly Father,
Thank You for the job You have given me. For the opportunity to represent You to all those I work with today. May I be sensitive to Your leading, satisfied in Your provis...
Love your Muslim Neighbours this Ramadan: Ways to Pray and Engage
Jesus exhorts us to love our neighbour as ourselves. Are you looking for opportunities to pray for and engage with the Muslims in your neighbourhood this Ramadan? Here are five opportunities t...
Love your Muslim Neighbours this Ramadan: Ways to Pray and Engage
Jesus exhorts us to love our neighbour as ourselves. Are you looking for opportunities to pray for and engage with the Muslims in your neighbourhood this Ramadan? Here are five opportunities t...
5 Ways to Pray for MORE Network in 2024
At the MORE Network, the key verse we’ve chosen for 2024 is Exodus 33:14: “The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” Exodus 33:14 (NIV)
Prior to this ver...
From Airport to Cemetery: How to Live Successfully in Our Adopted Homeland
I used to say, "A suitcase is the greatest equalizer of immigrants."
We all arrived in Canada with only two sui...
A Church Story: Living in Deep Community as Disciples of Jesus
At Outreach Canada, we love to share stories, and today we are excited to share this story from a church in Canada: South Delta Baptist Church in Delta, British Columbia.
Paul Park,...
5 Prayer Points for Lunar New Year
Every year, an estimated 2 billion people around the world celebrate Lunar New Year, which marks the beginning of the new year according to the lunar calendar. This year Lunar New Year falls on Feb...
10 Ways to Pray for Diaspora in Canada
Diaspora are those people who have dispersed or spread from their original homeland. By that definition, most of us living in Canada are diaspora, but the term is generally used to describe recent ...
Lament of a Returning Missionary
Loosely based on Psalm 13, here is a prayer of lament of a returning missionary.
How long, Lord, will I miss our former HOME where I sobbed in frustration and prayed, pounding o...