When African missionary, Peter Omowole, reflects on 37 years of missionary service, he speaks with the conviction of someone who has witnessed God work in extraordinary ways. As a missionary with Calvary Ministry (CAPRO) currently based in Lagos, Omowole has seen firsthand how medical mission can unlock access to communities that seemed impossible to reach.
“I’ve been in the ministry for many years,” Omowole shares. “Medical outreach is one tool that God uses to reach out to many nations.”
A Divine Connection in Liberia
Omowole and his wife served in Liberia from 2004 to 2021, investing their lives in bringing the gospel to West Africa. It was during this season that a strategic partnership formed. Through the CAPRO national director in the United States, they were introduced to Sheri Postma and Mission Partners For Christ.
“When we were in Liberia, we had contact with Sister Sheri Postma,” Omowole recalls. “They got in touch with us that there is a group of people, Mission Partners for Christ, that comes to Africa, to countries to give medication.”
In 2018, Mission Partners for Christ launched our first outreach to Liberia, ministering to an Islamic people group in the western part of the country. The impact was immediate and profound.
“The outreach was wonderful,” Omowole remembers. “I remember when we went to two or three of the villages, the communities and the people were so happy. Through their effort, medication was given to over 1,000 plus people and among them a hundred something people received Christ.”
The response didn’t end when the medical team departed. “When they left, they started coming to us,” Omowole explains. “They say, ‘Look, thank you so much for what you have done through the medical outreach!'”
The medical care had built bridges of trust that allowed the gospel message to penetrate hearts previously closed to it.
Jesus Comes To Zwedru
Encouraged by the results, Mission Partners For Christ returned to Liberia in 2020. This time, the team traveled to the southeastern region, working in and around Zwedru. What unfolded was a testimony to the power of compassionate service.
“We went to the other end of Liberia. When we got there, oh my God, it was so wonderful,” Omowole recounts with evident emotion. “From morning to night, people coming to receive medication from Mission Partners For Christ, and it was wonderful!”
The medical team provided essential services that transformed lives. “All the nurses, the personnel that came, oh my God, many received glasses… It was wonderful,” he says.
But perhaps most striking was the lasting impact. Years after the outreach, the community continued to feel its effects. “After about two, three years, people were still saying that the impact of that outreach gave us a great breakthrough in Zwedru,” Omowole testifies. “Our late brother, Brother Benigo, was [asking us], ‘Oh, when will they come again?'”
Opening Impossible Doors
For missionaries working in challenging regions, medical mission teams provide access that would otherwise be impossible. Omowole emphasizes this crucial point: “Through them, places that we would not have been able to cover as missionaries, through their outreach and medical work, we’re able to cover.”
The partnership between long-term missionaries and short-term medical mission teams creates a synergy that multiplies kingdom impact. The medical teams open doors; the resident missionaries walk through them for ongoing discipleship and church planting.
“Through givers and donors, they were able to help people,” Omowole notes, highlighting the practical resources that donors provide.
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A Call To South Sudan
Today, a unique opportunity awaits those who have experienced the power of medical mission firsthand. Mission Partners for Christ Alumni are being invited to bring hope to some of the world’s most unreached and underserved communities—the villages of South Sudan.
South Sudan, one of the world’s youngest nations, remains home to countless communities that have never heard the gospel and have minimal access to healthcare. For those who have served with Mission Partners for Christ before, this represents an opportunity to experience God’s power in a whole new way.
The villages of South Sudan need what you’ve already learned to give: medical care delivered with the love of Jesus, creating bridges for the gospel in places where traditional missionary approaches face significant barriers. These communities have endured decades of conflict and displacement. They are waiting for laborers willing to bring both physical healing and spiritual hope.
Mission Partners for Christ Alumni can apply now to be part of this pioneering work. The deadline to apply is October 24. This is more than a mission trip—it’s an invitation to help establish the gospel in one of the final frontiers, to see God work miracles through your hands, and to answer the call of the unreached.
The Harvest Awaits
As Brother Peter Omowole can attest from decades of experience, medical mission represents one of the most effective tools for gospel advancement in resistant communities. When we serve people’s physical needs with genuine compassion, we demonstrate the heart of Jesus in ways that transcend cultural and religious barriers.
The question now is: Will you answer the call?
“Medical mission is crucial,” Omowole concludes. “I pray that God will continue to strengthen Mission Partners for Christ… that the gospel will grow through medical mission.”
The harvest is plentiful. The workers are few. But through partnerships like Mission Partners for Christ, doors are opening in the most unexpected places.
To learn more about the South Sudan opportunity or to get involved with Mission Partners for Christ, reach out today. The October 24 application deadline is approaching.
