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Please check out this recorded video of a live WWLP/NBC Mass Appeal interview in regard to the Overseas Ministries Study Center’s Annual Art Gala on April 14, 2018. Click here. 

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” ~ 2 Corinthians 12:9 OMSC resident scholar Dr. Paul Louis Metzger shared a powerful and profound message of hope and tenacity today at OMSC’s morning worship and with OMSC’s resident scholars, artists and missionaries in his weekly bible study on the

Music has always been important to the life of the church. Sometimes it has assisted the church in her witness; other times it has been a hindrance. This OMSC seminar, led by Dr. James Krabill, will examine case studies from the Bible, mission history, and faith communities in the Global South to draw lessons for

OMSC residents explore CT and MA on their Jonathan Edwards Tour on Saturday, March 10, 2018. OMSC thanks Jon Hinkson, the Director of the Rivendell Institute, for his inspiring and informative tour of historical sites in CT and MA of Jonathan Edwards’ life, his family and his ministry. Click below photo to see a slideshow

Our April 14, 2018 2nd annual OMSC Art Gala is being promoted in the March and April issues of Connecticut Magazine. Click here to see the Art Gala advertisement. To register for this fun and inspiring event, please click here: http://www.omsc.org/2018artgala 

Rev. Haruko Nawata Ward, PhD, Professor of Church History at Columbia Theological Seminary, is leading a fascinating seminar this week at OMSC entitled: “Kirishitan Women Testify Today from Japan’s Christian Century, 1549–1650.” Here are some pictures of today’s session below (click the photo below to see slide show).  This seminar introduces several Kirishitan women. These

Please join New Wine, New Wineskins and our OMSC resident scholar Dr. Paul Metzger for this timely conference at Multnomah University/Multnomah Biblical Seminary aimed at adapting well to our increasingly post-Christendom world. Speakers include Wilfred Kaweesa, Alicia and Kendrick Lau, Unique Page, David R. Wilson, Harris Zafar, Eric Knox, Tony Kriz, Rebekah Josberger, Karen Fancher, Daniel

OMSC’s current resident artist Keng Sen Chong and his wife Ang Ang Yeh are facilitators for the Build A Bridge restorative art program,  where they attended the Build A Bridge Institute in Philadelphia in 2009 for training. Since 2009 they have conducted a few educational and therapeutic art programs for refugee children and troubled adolescents in

Bishop Jeremiah Muku The OMSC community mourns the loss of Bishop Jeremiah Muku, who died on December 19, 2017, in Nairobi, Kenya. Bishop Muku and his wife, Alice, were residents of OMSC during the 2000-2001 academic year. At the time of their residence Bishop Muku presided over 160 Methodist churches. He and Alice also established

Jacob Festus Ade Ajayi When Jacob Festus Ade Ajayi died in August 2014, he left behind a legacy as a pioneer in the study of African history. Emeritus Professor of History at the University of Ibadan (Nigeria), he and his wife, Christie, came to OMSC for the spring semester 1998 so that he could do