South Africa
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Welcome to the southern tip of Africa. Here, two great oceans meet, warm weather lasts most of the year, and big game roams just beyond the city lights. South Africa is the powerhouse of Africa, the most advanced, broad-based economy on the continent, with infrastructure to match any first-world country.

South Africa is known as the rainbow nation, with over 47-million people of diverse origins, cultures, languages (11 official languages) and beliefs. Two-thirds of South Africans call themselves Christian, although many churches combine Christian and traditional African beliefs, and many non-Christians also espouse these traditional beliefs. Other significant religions - though with much smaller followings - are Islam, Hinduism and Judaism.

OM has been working in South Africa since 1985, particularly focussed on mobilising the church into world missions. Building and maintaining relationships with South African churches, motivating them to become partners in world evangelism through praying, giving and going is at the core of this. Today we represent 500 missionaries working in South Africa as well as South Africans working throughout the world and one of our main functions is to support these missionaries. Our six-month training programme has a high reputation in OM international and in the last 21 years we have prepared more than 1700 students to enter the mission field.

South Africa faces many social concerns within the country and we want to make a difference to the local community as well. Through our AIDSHope ministry we address the HIV/AIDS crisis that is ravaging our land by working together with churches, schools and communities to promote abstinence and moral character. At the same time we reach out to the youth of South Africa through our Young Hope ministry as well as to the many immigrants that come to our land through Friends From Abroad.

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Job opportunities in South Africa

  • Personnel Assistant
    Do you have administrative skills?  Do you like interacting with people?  Then here is an opportunity for you!  We are in need of a person like you to help us in the Human Resources Department.
  • Accountant
    A person with at least two years experience in General Ledger up to trail balance. A qualification would be an advantage but is not essential. Must have an understanding of the English language both oral and written.

    URGENTLY REQUIRED
  • HIV & AIDS Personal Assistant
    We are looking for someone to work part-time (2 days a week or as appropriate - the schedule can be flexible) to do some book-keeping, administration, booking air tickets, etc.
  • IT Support Person
    Computers, computers, computers..... with a laptop and server or two thrown in for good measure.  We all use them and without good IT support we are lost.  Would you like to come and be part of an IT team that is keeping about 120 people in touch with the rest of the world?

Recent Stories from South Africa

God sends the right person to help - South Africa
26 Jan, 2010
"While at the conference, I happened to hear a person talk about OM's training in South Africa. I felt drawn to her, and after the session, I went to the front to speak to her."

From fear to faith
27 Oct, 2009
God protects Malerie and her teammates as they minister to prostitutes in inner-city Pretoria.

Fishers of Women
2 Oct, 2009
The Training Team reaches out to sex workers in downtown Pretoria.

Full of life after facing death
Full of life after facing death20 Aug, 2009
Danree Davids escaped death after being shot when she was 12. Now, after graduating from the OM training in South Africa, she wants to share with others about why she is willingly laying her life down for Christ.

Serving the local church
20 Aug, 2009
There is a fresh realisation to have greater partnership with the local church. One way OM in South Africa is doing that is through training rural pastors in missions and community transformation.

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