Welcome to OCMS
OCMS is an independent Christian charity, based in the beautiful and ancient city of learning in Oxford, England.
Truly international in its leadership, fully inter-denominational in its reach, and deeply evangelical from its roots to its mission, OCMS brings together members of the worldwide church under one roof to research, reflect and respond to challenges faced across cultures and in the varying economic, social and political contexts in which Christians worship and witness.
For more than thirty years church leaders, mission and development professionals, and global Christian scholars have sought to better understand how to bring the transforming nature of their faith to effect change in the lives of those they serve. Whether through PhD level research, writing and publishing, cutting-edge mission consultations or individual guided research, the goal is to build reflective practitioners equipped to serve the church as it participates in God’s whole-life mission.
As a result of research done here, girls who to date have had little or no schooling in Burkina Faso can anticipate achieving literacy; a government has improved their response to the challenges of HIV/AIDS; culturally and religiously sensitive peace and reconciliation programmes have been developed to bring healing to war-torn parts of the world and those who are poor and disempowered are more able to make decisions of their own.
From our international mission-professional gatherings, bright initiatives in mission have been fostered leading to new, strong policies that favour the global south, and Christians from the south have published books bringing their unique perspectives on scripture to a wide audience, opening the eyes of Jesus-followers right around the world.
Enjoy browsing these pages, download some of our free resources or feel free to contact us if you wish to know more deeply about any area of the work.
Warmest blessings
Paul Bendor-Samuel
News
Launch of the OCMS Research Forum for Faithful Witness
We are delighted to announce the launch of the OCMS Research Forum. Led by Dr Kirk Franklin, the Research Foru [...]
Regnum News
Regnum offers books on a whole range of mission subjects, relevant to academics, practitioners and churches across the globe. As one of the leading publishers on the subject of missiology, it deser [...]
Montagu Barker Lectures
The Montagu Barker Lecture Series was established in 2008 in honour of ‘Monty’ Barker, who served on the Council of Trustees of OCMS for many years and often spoke at the Centre. [...]
Chongpongmeren Jamir
Chongpongmeren Jamir was awarded PhD for his thesis ‘Segmentation, Unity, and a Church D [...]
Sung Chan Kwon
Sung Chan Kwon was awarded PhD for his thesis ‘A Missional Reading of the Fourth Gospel’. The Four [...]
Congratulations, Bishop Joshua Banda!!!
OCMS alumnus, Bishop Joshua Banda, has just been elected the Presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of God Zambia (PAOG-Z). Bishop Dr Banda brings a wealth leadership experience as [...]
Dr Victor Cuartas' New Book
Wipf & Stock, an imprint of Wipf and Stock Publishers, released a book by our alumnus, Victor Hugo Cuartas: [...]
Introduction to OCMS
Short intro [...]
Jaisankar Sarma
Jaisankar Sarma was awarded PhD for his work on the ‘Experience of World Vision India Fieldworkers’ which looks spe [...]
Recently Completed PhD Theses
Melody Joy Wachsmuth ‘Understanding Identity and Social Change through Narrative: With Special Reference to Roma Pentecostalism in Croatia and Serbia’ G [...]
The Shaping Shaikh by Dejan Aždajić (PhD, 2019) to be published January 2020
Islam is more than a system of rigid doctrines and normative principles. It is a diverse mosaic of subjective [...]
Our Research Induction School runs in April and October each year
New students join us in Oxford for 5 weeks, for a period of intense introduction to our academic programme and community life at OCMS. [...]
Dr David Singh's New Publication
A paper Dr David Singh presented at an MBL last year has now been published in an edited volume on co [...]
News from Nazareth Evangelical College: An Award for Rula Mansour
We are pleased that our seminary, Nazareth Evangelical College, announced a new faculty appointment. Dr. Rula Khoury Mansour j [...]
Bernice Hardie Won Lambeth Award
Bernice Hardie is Co-Founder of Wave - which stands for “We're All Valued Equally” (wave-for-change.org. [...]
Dr Chongpongmeren Jamir
OCMS alumnus, Chongpongmeren Jamir, shares with us the joy of publishing his PhD Thesis with Routledge. Here is the link [...]
LAUNCHING A NEW OCMS PROGRAMME
OCMS is excited to announce the launch of a new study programme, the Guided Study Programme. The GSP is a flexible, research-based (non-taught) programme offered by the Oxford Centre for Mission St [...]