Category Archives: Overseas Mission Conference

1996 OMC III: Transformation Starts From Ourselves

The third OMC conference was held in Columbus Ohio in 1996.  The title of the conference was “Gospel in the Era of Transformation”.  Glancing from the title, one would think that FICA did not know theology and worse was starting to adopt a social – liberation theology.  For one, the Gospel will remain the same in every era; and second, the Gospel is the transforming force behind every human era.  So, what the title really meant and what was FICA’s intention behind the title?

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1995 OMC II: Passing the Legacy to the Next Generation

This year we are marking the 20th Oversees Mission Conference or OMC.  It is a significant milestone and is a testament of its enduring value to the participants and ultimately to God redemptive plan.  Indonesia was very different in 1994 when the first OMC was held in Madison Wisconsin.  President Soeharto had just entered his 6th presidency term.  The mood of the country was positive because of the continuous economic growth and the low rate of inflation.  Everything was seemed affordable.  For example, it cost almost the same amount of money to send children to study at local private university and at state university in United States (US).  The salary of US graduates was higher back in Indonesia than in US.

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1994 OMC I: Reflections from 20 years of Overseas Mission Conference

This year we are marking the 20th Oversees Mission Conference or OMC.  It is a significant milestone and is a testament of its enduring value to the participants and ultimately to God redemptive plan.  Indonesia was very different in 1994 when the first OMC was held in Madison Wisconsin.  President Soeharto had just entered his 6th presidency term.  The mood of the country was positive because of the continuous economic growth and the low rate of inflation.  Everything was seemed affordable.  For example, it cost almost the same amount of money to send children to study at local private university and at state university in United States (US).  The salary of US graduates was higher back in Indonesia than in US.

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