Our Legacy Society
An Invitation to Join the Heritage Society
Members of the Heritage Society have expressed their commitment to Operation Mobilization through a very special and important form of financial support.
These donors have named OM as the beneficiary of a planned gift. Such gifts might include a bequest, appreciated securities, gifts of real estate, gifts of life insurance.
Once you complete your estate plans, please fill out our member profile form to let us know. We would like to thank you for your generosity by including you in the Heritage Society.
Membership Benefits
Your membership involves no dues, obligations or solicitations, but it does allow us to thank you and recognize you for the plans you have made, and it may inspire generosity in others.
The most important benefit you will receive from joining the Heritage Society is the satisfaction derived from making a lasting contribution to our long-term success.
The OM Legacy—George's Story
“Take ownership in the Great Commission, like a stockholder does in a company, and in heaven you'll be a spiritual millionaire.”
In 1957, George Verwer and two friends followed God's call and used their summer school break to take a truckload of Bibles to Mexico. This first mission trip was the start of the OM legacy. During the last six decades, George kept the work expanding throughout Europe, into the Middle East and India. As OM grew, George grew to be a voice for radical commitment to God.
George continued to invest in his legacy with a vision of reaching the entire world for Christ. OM has grown from its start with three college students to a ministry of more than 4,500 people from 130 countries. Through George's leadership and voice for missions, more than 250,000 people have served with OM and countless more have been mobilized into other ministries, approximately 300 ministries have been started by people who served in OM, more than 1 billion pieces of Christian literature and Bibles have been distributed around the world, and thousands of churches around the world have embraced God's vision for the world.
On April 14, 2023, George completed his mission and went to be with the Lord. OM International Director Emeritus Lawrence Tong said, “I believe he was God’s man for the 20th century, who changed the course of modern missions.” George leaves a dynamic and catalyzing mission organization committed to continuing what he started and carrying out God’s work around the world.
“God is seeking men and women of reckless faith today…to be reckless in your faith does not mean to be unthinking, but the reverse—concentrated, single-minded in your concern that God should be glorified, and souls won.”