George Verwer
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[edit] George Verwer
- George Verwer is the founder of Operation Mobilization (OM), many years leader of OM, Speaker in many mission conventions, a great motivator for mission with a burden for the Least-Reached peoples, Nationality: American. He lives with his family in the UK.
[edit] The early History
- At college, George and two friends met regularly to pray. They became burdened by the spiritual needs of Mexico. In 1957 the three friends sold some of their own possessions to raise money and gave up their summer holiday to distribute Gospels and other Christian literature in Mexico.
- In 1958 a second time George Verwer together with Dick Davis, Wes Fitting, Henry Digby went back to Mexico and actually started a ministry — opening a Christian bookshop in Saltilloand then Monterrey. A Bible correspondence course was launched as well as a radio broadcast. Officially the movement was registered in New Jersey in the United States of America under the name Send the Light.
- When they graduated in 1960, George and his friends traveled to Europe. They began work in Spain, sharing the Gospel and distributing literature. But the task of reaching the whole of Europe seemed overwhelming.
