What are people saying about OSCAR?
"We think OSCAR is a GREAT resource" Principal, International School in China.
"OSCAR is a great resource, and I really find the newsletters interesting - Keep up the good work!" Ricky Moorhouse, www.samespirit.net/ricky
"Your website is superb, accessible and informative" UK grant making charitable trust
"Your webpage is wonderfully helpful and informative" Jerry Sweitzer, Coordinator for Mission Connect, www.missionconnect.net
"We do get quite a few enquiries through your website, so thank you. It’s a great website and wonderful service you are offering people." Ann McIntyre, Barnabas Outreach Trust
“I’ve been tracking our website statistics since October 2006. During this period I’ve noticed that oscar.org.uk is one of our top 5 referring sites and, of these, visitors from OSCAR generally stay on our site the longest and have the highest average page views per visit. Put simply, OSCAR is referring mission-minded people with a real interest in our organisation.” Communications Coordinator, Frontiers British Office, www.frontiers.org.uk
"I have recommended your site to inquiring fellow missionaries as the first and best place to look as they make plans to visit England. Thank you so much for this ministry to us. " Matt Fisher, Christian & Missionary Alliance.
"Your website is truly a great resource!" Jason Krumm, Intern Architect, MSAADA Architects
"A GREAT, GREAT service you are offering through this site. And it keeps getting better!" Neal Pirolo, ERI
"Once again, well done on putting out another relevant and extremely helpful OSCAR update." David Marfleet, Fundraising, Marketing and Development Consultant, David Marfleet Ltd
"You are doing a really important job for the Great Commission. You are a blessing!" NKandBeyond Team
"I have found a number of your articles a real help – so thanks. I appreciate the way that you bring our attention to things – and have found myself challenged on a number of occasions at just the right time – so, please be encouraged, God is working through what you are saying!" J.C., Mozambique.
"the most effective group for mission in this 21st century" K.K.T
"Before we advertised on OSCAR, most of our enquiries came from in and around London. Now we're hearing from people all over England - and even some in Northern Ireland. Thanks OSCAR." Mission Organisation Leader, UK.
"OSCAR is cooool" Beth, age 7.
"I'm extremely impressed with your new site - very responsive, excellent content and well organised, and looks a million dollars!" Shane McNicol, Director, Impact Giving (UK) Trust
A few comments from our re-launch/virtual party:
"Superb website."
"What a brilliant idea having a virtual party. May you go from strength to strength."
"just wanted to say thank you and congratulations, really
innovative and encouraging!"
"Those of us that started using oscar ... can witness fully what God is using you to do."
"What a wonderful resource, am sure it will be well used by ever increasing numbers."
"I like the look of the new site. Well done."
"Neat new website .....congratulations"
"The website looks great"
"Congratulations on a fantastic site! I work in member care with a missionary organisation, and OSCAR has been such a useful tool - and even moreso now by the looks of things!"
"Great new website - clean and simple - but welcoming too. Great Job."
"OSCAR is great - and OSCAR is vital. May God continue to give you all the creativity, resources and stamina that you need to keep it going."
"Every time your message is a real blessing for us" Teus &
Janneke Verhoeff, Central Asia.
"OSCAR is a real gem. Many people like me will wonder how on earth
they managed in their Christian lives and work without all its practical
advice and help." Gerry Slessenger,
Mission Supplies Limited, UK.
"I think OSCAR is a really exciting resource." Sarah Clay,
Latin Link.
"OSCAR is excellent! I work in missionary personnel support and OSCAR
is an
invaluable tool for me." Diane McAuley,
World Horizons, Spain.
"OSCAR services are highly appreciated. At initial phases of this
school the OSCAR services were invaluable." Daniel Prasad, Director
of Pacific Missions Training Centre, Somoa.
"Well done again for such a fab website" Stella Hagarty, Torwood Lodge.
"Contains a wealth of information" Inside Out Magazine,
Council for World Mission,
UK.
"The two links from your site consistently come up as generating the
most visitors of any of our reciprocal linkages" Steve Fouch,
Director, MMA HealthServe.
"good and valuable" Trinity College, Bristol.
"It was through the OSCAR web-site that I found accommodation in the
UK with the Redbourn Trust; your ministry has been a great blessing to
us" Ian Carter D.Min, Dean of Students & Professor, Landmark Baptist
College, Florida, USA.
"the leading UK information service for world mission",
Action Partners Website.
"OSCAR has to be one of the most important and valuable resources
available
to mission agencies and their workers today. It"s a great site!"
David Marfleet, Fundraising, Marketing and Development Consultant,
David Marfleet Ltd.
"Although retired I very much appreciate your work and often pass on
information to those who need it." Roy Dumphreys, Retired from
Latin Link.
"Your service is very helpful and I use it a lot from Africa!"
Bryan Wilson, Development Manager, Flying Mission, Botswana.
"I find OSCAR very helpful ... OSCAR has saved me a lot of money." Ted E. Seymour, Missionary/Evangelist.
"Keep up your good work - you are a valuable resource." Anonymous
missionary in Central Asia.
"Thanks for all your work on the site - it"s certainly been a useful
resource for me as I"ve been preparing to go in the last year!"
Phil, Christian Professional, Far East.
"Britain's best for missions advice and support" Dr. Les Norman,
Director, DCI Trust, UK.
"I heard about OSCAR when I returned from my time in Zambia with SIM,
and have found it a very helpful site." Deborah Anderson, Hillview
Evangelical Church, Gloucester.
"We"ve been waiting for something like OSCAR for a long time. I
welcome this chance for people to interact on issues, hear of openings,
and learn about some of the really good books around. It deserves to be
well used." Julia Cameron,
Head of Communications, IFES.
"Very informative and lots of fun" Jan McGinnis, British Isles
Director,
Covenant Players.
"Everything you need to know for Mission on this brilliant site."
Acts on the Net.
"If you are planning to do Christian work abroad (or just go abroad
for a visit), here is a wealth of information to help you."
Missionary Training Service.
"Your vision is excellent and something I have been praying for"
D.S., Germany.
"Thanks for your help - it"s a great service you run." Jim Hasnip,
Mid-Africa Ministry
(CMS) Regional Representative.
"OSCAR is a veritable Encyclopedia Britannica of useful information
and, best of all, it"s the "Idiot"s Guide To ..." - simple and easy to
understand." Roz Dawson, Promotions Coordinator,
Action Partners Ministries
"Next time you need help concerning mission or Christian work
overseas don"t panic, just ask OSCAR, the UK Information Service for
World Mission!"
Christian Herald (12 Sep 2002), UK.
"This is an excellent site!" Harold Mahan, Library Director,
Minnesota Bible College.
"We enjoy the monthly updates which are interesting and helpful and
often give us things to ponder and take further" Jim Currell, Oasis,
Mozambique.
"Whatever you"re looking for in world mission information, this is a
great place to start."
Operation World
Website.
"I think that OSCAR is an extremely useful resource and it"s been
invaluable
in helping me to prepare for missionary life ... I really do think that
it"s the single best resource I have had in preparing to go overseas."
Carolyn.
"... should be on your "favourites" website list." Idea Magazine
(Jan/Feb 2002), UK Evangelical Alliance.
"a definitive source of mission information, opportunities,
vacancies, training and more"
World Christian Resource
Directory, USA.
"OSCAR ... consists of extensive, well-researched lists with hundreds
of UK contacts and resources to help all types of missionaries at all
stages of service. By using easy-to-use search facilities and indexes,
you can obtain details of a wide variety of services, opportunities,
organisations and resources. OSCAR is proving a popular visit."
World Mission Magazine (Nov/Dec 2001),
BMS, UK.
"Great service!" Martin Lloyd,
EasyEnglish Coordinator,
Wycliffe Associates (UK)
"OSCAR is a breath of fresh air." Inside Out magazine (Sept
2001), Council for World Mission,
UK.
"Great site"
Resurrected.co.uk.
"Excellent one-stop centre for UK world mission information and
support" Christian
Herald, UK.
"OSCAR is a brilliant site and a most excellent resource for
missionaries. An excellent site which is well worth a visit." Sharon
Martin, ACTS-on-the-Net,
UK.
"A growing website that provides top tips and advice on Christian
work overseas." Council for
World Mission, UK.
"An increasingly valuable resource, OSCAR is rapidly becoming the
starting point for mission information." Peter Brassington,
Webmaster, Wycliffe Bible
Translators, UK.
"OSCAR via email worked! Thanks, I"ll look forward to accessing some
of
the pages." Nik Matthews,
Mercy
Ship m/v Anastasis, West Africa.
"Thanks very much for creating the web page for us. The OSCAR website
is
excellent in every way and just keeps getting better. The work you are
doing is really a channel of blessing to us all."
Jonathan
Hill, Methodist Mission Partner, Zimbabwe.
"Excellent source of content! Nice design and layout! Great use of
technology!
Good work! Great site overall! 4 star rating (82/100)"
ChristSites.com
"May I commend you on its ease of use - especially to those of us who
are not particularly computer literate." Juliette Chwalibogowski,
MAF-UK, UK.
"Congratulations on reaching your first mark, your site itself and
vision, which is really great. This kind of information and
communication is greatly needed if we are to reach our global goals!" George Verwer, International
Director, Operation Mobilisation.
"Thank you so much for creating this website, it was just what I was
looking
for and has been extremely useful." Rachel Sinclair, 3rd year
student, St Martin"s College, UK.
"You don"t need to look long at [OSCAR"s] brilliant directory of all
sorts of services ... to see that this is a tremendous step forward in
missionary resourcing and equipping that just wouldn"t have been
possible even five years ago. Do the missionaries from your church know
about it? If not, why not?
And how about those people who are considering missionary service - but
don"t know where to start? OSCAR"s guide to vacancies and needs is a
great place to look. Get this URL on your church notice board now!"
Christianity Magazine
(November 2000), UK.
"WOW! I love what you folks have done." Anonymous, USA.
"Thanks for the incredibly quick action taken in posting our details
on
OSCAR. I"m most impressed!" Mark Radford, Chief Executive,
ECHO
International Health Services Limited, UK.
"Let me once again say what an excellent service this is." Clair
Gorman,
National Administrator, YWAM England,
UK.
"I just took a first opportunity to look at your new site, which is
excellent." John Rose, Chief Executive,
WorldShare, UK.
"We are missionaries in Constanta, Romania. We are delighted to know
that
somebody has taken the initiative to set up such a web-site." Neal
and Nicki
Goodwin, New Life Church, New Milton, Hampshire, UK.
"Thank you for putting together this much-needed ministry!"
Preston Hancock,
Director of People Development, Europe
International Teams.
"OSCAR is an excellent website for us on the field" T.J.,
South-East Asia.
"One of the best UK information sites I"ve come across - missionaries
and those who are thinking of short and long term missions, please, this
is a "must" web site to visit" Marie Chung, Christian Computer
Consultancy Ltd, UK.
"Good stuff!" Mike Wheate, International Personnel Director,
Operation Mobilisation, UK.
"Personally I think this is one of the best things that is happening
on the internet in the UK for world mission." "I am very impressed with
what you are doing. It"s great to see the internet being used to extend
God"s Kingdom!" Anonymous, UK.
"What a good idea!" Andy Dipper,
Tearfund/Across,
Nairobi, Kenya.
"Very impressed with the concept and content - looks to be an
excellent
resource" Mike Burn,
familyworship.org.uk, UK.
"Congratulations on OSCAR. Already an excellent site that looks set
to grow into an even more valuable resource." Peter Brassington,
Webmaster, Wycliffe Bible
Translators, UK.
"Looks cool" Tim Raynes, National Administrator,
Pioneer DNA, UK.
"Fantastic Stuff ... we will certainly use your services full time.
Thanks for your foresight in filling this need in Missions" Alex
Pearce, Missions Co-ordinator, Multicultural Christian Fellowship,
Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia.
"You have done a superb job" Roger Johnson,
Headway, UK.
"It looks great and I am sure that it is a valuable resource both for
missionaries and for the general Christian as a point of reference"
Steve Richards, Director,
Northstar UK.
"A fantastic idea which has been very thoughtfully implemented"
Martin
Lawless.
"Good idea ... Keep up the good work!" Marc Koelewijn,
Mission Aviation Fellowship,
Chad.
"Your site is turning into a wonderful resource centre, we are going
to point a lot
of people towards it because you are compiling the answers they are
looking for
all in one place. Very well done" Dr. Les Norman, Director,
DCI Trust, UK.
"It is wonderful. Such a refreshing idea. It must be one of the most
in-depth, Mission sites in the world. Clearly tons of hard work. Thank
you for all this knowledge and information. It is a massive credit to
your professionalism. What more does the uninformed Mission person
need?" Gerry Slessenger,
Mission Supplies Limited, UK.
"Brilliant ... keep up the good work" T.L.
"Your OSCAR update email is excellent. It gives a lot of attracting
and useful information. Well done! Excellent. ... very professional
touch and the information is useful. The most important thing is the way
you"ve organised the site is good. We can find what we want easily"
Marie Chung, Christian Computer Consultancy Ltd, UK.
"Most worthwhile and useful" David Boydell, Director,
Les Cedres Christian French
Language School, Paris, France.
"What a wonderful site ... well done" Glyn Davies, Church
Administrator, Woodlands
Christian Centre and Parklands Evangelical Church, UK.
"the CD ... it reads well and it has a lot of good stuff in it. It is
a great help to those of us on the field where poor phone connections
limit our web access to have the CD to browse. It should be issued to
all workers departing for the field!" T.J. South-East Asia.