OM Ireland seeks to equip, and resource the local church so that together, in partnership, we can reach the lost through the proclamation of the Gospel.

We aim to assist local churches by offering to provide short-term teams, interns through our year programme (Immersion), training in such areas as evangelism and creative arts.  We also make available a wide variety of resources for churches including gospel tracts, DVD-based training courses, puppets, kids club curriculum and much more.

The typical evangelical church in Ireland is very small.  Given that evangelicals comprise less than 1% of the population of the country, it is easy to see why most churches would consist of less than 50 members.  Often these churches are led by individuals with vision and passion, but they lack support in terms of workers within the church.  Even when church attendance is up, there is often a shortage or lack of quality resources with which the church has to function.

By equipping local churches, they will be more effective in reaching their communities and seeing lives transformed.

Key goals for 2011

• Hold a minimum of five regional evangelism training seminars, targeting churches surrounding the areas of Athlone, Dublin, Cork, Letterkenny, and Galway.
• Lead a minimum of 10 church youth groups in workshops training them how to use drama in Gospel ministry.
• Lead a minimum of 10 creative ministries workshops where participants learn basic practical skills in creative arts ministry (Puppets, balloon modeling, face painting etc.)
• Invest in a minimum of three workshops for our creative ministries team in which they continue to hone their skills and develop new ministry opportunities.
• In partnership with One Way-UK, provide creative arts resources to Irish churches.  The goal would be to sell a minimum of €1,000 in resources that are available at our various training workshops.
• Update the OM Ireland Website to include evangelism training videos and videos of actual witness encounters we engage in on the streets across the country.
• In partnership with Life FM and Athlone Community Radio, we plan to take advantage of opportunities to provide a variety of Gospel programming including devotions, Q&A, and witness encounters.
• Assist in developping a youth discipleship programme for a monthly Christian youth gathering,  "The Edge".

Support the development of a youth discipleship programme in Ray/Newtowncunningham.
• Recruit 10 new students for the 2011/2012 programme year.  Train and equip these students to prepare them for effective ministry in Ireland.

Assist churches in developing a strategy for utilising Immersion interns effectively.

Support a minimum of 4 churches with Immersion participants.
• In continued partnership with Living Waters Europe, provide evangelistic resources (tracts, books, DVDs etc.) to local churches.  Goal to sell minimum of €5,000 in resources.