OMS Timeline - One Mission Society

OMS Timeline

1901	Charles and Lettie Cowman joined Juji Nakada in Tokyo, Japan
1902	E.A. and Julia Kilbourne joined OMS in Tokyo, Japan
1907	OMS began work in Korea
1908	Juji Nakada became President (before the formal incorporation of OMS - formerly known as the Cowman-Kilbourne Mission)
1910	The Oriental Missioniary Society (OMS) was officially incorporated and The Great Village Campaign begins in Japan, the precursor to today's Every Community for Christ (ECC) ministry
1911	Charles Cowman became first OMS President
1923	OMS Headquarters moved from Tokyo, Japan to Seoul, Korea
1924	E.A. Kilbourne became second OMS President
1925 1925	OMS began work in Asia and OMS headquarters moved from Seoul, Korea to Shanghai, China OMS began work in East Asia
1928	Lettie Cowman became third OMS President
1941	OMS began work in India
1943	OMS began work in Colombia and OMS Headquarters moved from Shanghai, China to Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
1947	OMS began work in Greece
1949	Dr. Eugene Erny became fourth OMS President
1950	OMS began work in Brazil and Taiwan
1952	OMS began work in Ecuador
1954	Men for Missions (MFM) began, and OMS began work in Hong Kong
1957	OMS began work in Nigeria
1958	OMS began work in Haiti
1965	OMS Headquarters moved from Los Angeles, CA to Greenwood, IN
1969	Dr. Wesley Duewel became fifth OMS President
1971	OMS began work in the South Pacific
1972	OMS began work in Spain
1973	OMS changed its name from The Oriental Missionary Society to OMS International, Inc., and the OMS magazine changed its name from the Standard to OMS Outreach
1982	Dr. Everett Hunt became sixth OMS President and OMS began work in France and the Philippines
1986	Dr. Ed Erny became seventh OMS President
1990	OMS began work in Mexico
1992	Dr. J.B. Crouse, Jr. became eighth OMS President and OMS began work in Hungary
1993	OMS joined the CoMission work in Russia
1994 1996 1996 1996 1996 1997 1997 1998 1998 1999	OMS began work in Mozambique OMS began work in South Asia OMS began work in Myanmar OMS began work in Central Asia OMS began work in the Republic of Ireland OMS began work in Estonia OMS began work in Southern Asia OMS began work in the Caribbean OMS began work in Southeast Asia OMS began work in South Africa
2000	OMS began work in Malaysia
2001 2001 2001 2001	OMS began the Into Africa Project in South Africa OMS began work in Burundi OMS began work in Democratic Republic of Congo OMS began work in Uruguay
2002 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003 2003	OMS began work in Fiji OMS began work in Ukraine OMS began work in Angola OMS began work in Cameroon OMS began work in Central African Republic OMS began work in Chad OMS began work in Africa One OMS began work in Congo OMS began work in Rwanda OMS began work in Ivory Coast
2004 2006 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2008	Rev. David Long became ninth OMS President OMS began work in Eastern Europe OMS began work in Burkina Faso OMS began work in Liberia OMS began work in Benin OMS began work in Africa Two OMS began work in Togo OMS began work in Madagascar
2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010 2010	OMS began work in Thailand OMS began work in Africa Four OMS International renamed One Mission Society OMS began work in Africa Three OMS began work in Africa Five OMS began work in Africa Six OMS began work in Africa Seven OMS began work in Africa Eight OMS began work in Israel OMS began work in Bulgaria OMS began work in Portugal OMS began work in Kenya OMS began work in Belgium

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