Our Missions

Harry and Kathy McMichael felt they were called to be missionaries before they were married in 1964. They didn’t actually step into that role until 1992. They both have their PhD and are ordained as Apostles. McMichael’s have also served with African Inland Mission in Nairobi as volunteers working in housing and general maintenance.

In 1992 they made their first of several mission trips to the Philippines. 1999 found them in Uganda for the first time. Since then, they have returned to North and East Africa once or twice a year staying for three to six months at a time, holding three to five day pastors’ conferences in remote areas.

In 2007 while working with the Maasai in remote regions of northern Tanzania, the village people experienced powerful miracles. On Harry and Kathy’s return in 2008, they were given twelve acres of land. A Bible Training Center, Kishapuy English Medium School and Rescue Center for young girls, have been built on this site. This has now become a place to bring pastors and leaders to be trained and mentored, children to be educated, and safe place for young girls that have been rescued.

The land was officially registered in the ministry’s name in 2008 using the name Calvary Missions Tanzania. The ministry received its’ Non Government Organization papers in Tanzania in 2012. The ministry name and site have been drawn into the official maps of Tanzania. The ministry name in the United States is Calvary Connection Miniseries International and Calvary Missions Tanzania in East Africa.

A Bible School began in 2009 using International School of Ministry (ISOM) curriculum. The following September twenty-five Maasai students received their diplomas. Immediately after graduation a new class of students began their studies. In 2017 the eighth Bible School Class will graduate.

Kishapuy English Medium School was started under a tree with thirty students in the spring of 2010. The children range in age from three to fourteen. The school became officially registered with the Tanzanian Government in January 2016. January 2017 two hundred-seven children were registered.

A Rescue Center for girls eight to twenty was opened in 2015. Sixty-five year old men want these little girls for their eighth or tenth wife, to become a wife the girls must be circumcised. In the safe environment, that the school provides, they receive education and life skills to prepare them for life in a modern world.

The ministry now has ten permanent buildings and one temporary ones. Current construction is underway on the Multi-Purpose building that will meet many of the ongoing government. requirements. The kitchen has been completed . Currently approximately three hundred ninety people are fed by the ministry each day.

Calvary Connection Ministries International is a nonprofit organization in the state of Washington operating under their own 501(c)(3). They manage all their finances with the over site of a Board of Directors.

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Ty currently lives just outside Brussels, Belgium in a little village called Steenokkerzeel with his 2 kids Jaxon (17) and Ellia (14). He has been involved with OM for over 12 years but actually was involved with global missions since the early 2000’s both with Northwestern University and several churches.

Upon arriving in Belgium, Ty has held various positions and roles within the OM Belgium team. Before COVID hit, He had the vision and dream to see a communal living space for younger singles/couples to learn and do life together. This is driven by the same calling all Christians have; to live and be disciples. Discipleship looks different for everyone. At its core it is the idea of learning and teaching about all God has to offer us.

So what does that look like? His family lives in an old farmhouse where they invite others to come and go and “live and learn” in community. They would host concerts in the barn or out in the garden for their neighbors, church and community. In the past 3 years, more than 100 people have stayed in their home with them.

One of Ty’s greatest joys is empowering younger musicians and artists to excel in their creativity! At the moment there are 3 others living in the other house on the property. Ty has also recently been asked to join as one of the leaders of a Flemish based discipleship group called Recruits. This is one of if not the most successful multiplying discipleship organizations in all of Belgium in the last decade.

His role is to help with the planning and execution of the larger events and overview of the yearly program. This includes one of his deep loves for worship music in leading and coaching future worship leaders. He also is playing a key role in connecting like-minded groups in the US and Europe to see the birthing of a wave of new Christians and churches planted. This is where the uniqueness of being both a US and Belgian citizen has been incredibly helpful. He brings a balance of multiple cultures and emotional intelligence to allow all sides to both learn and teach each other.

He continues to play in other bands, do all things “art/technical,” and teach when he can, as he serves as one of the discipleship team in OM Belgium. He loves playing and making music with his family and friends in multiple languages.

Ty Stewart

Ty.Stewart@om.org

OM Belgium | NewLife Steenokkerzeel

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