OIMC News

March 1, 2022

OIMC Christmas mission supports reservation school

During a mission trip to deliver UMCOR School kits to Standing Rock, North Dakota in August 2021, an OIMC team came across the Little Eagle Grant School. The school, nearly…
March 1, 2022

Campus ministry partnership helps Native children dream big

Nine years ago, a critical partnership between Southwestern Oklahoma State University (SWOSU) Wesley Foundation Campus Ministry and the Clinton Indian Church and Community Center began with a common goal to…
September 24, 2021

Six students awarded OIMC Memorial Scholarship

Six students were awarded the OIMC Memorial Scholarships for the 2021-22 academic year. Scholarships are awarded to students who are members of OIMC churches and attending college full time. Students…
September 24, 2021

School kits delivered to Reservations

Schools on the Standing Rock and Pine Ridge Reservations received school kits through the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) in August. Local churches across the connection prepare the school…
September 24, 2021

OIMC connects with VIM teams nationwide

Volunteer In Mission (VIM) teams, who normally travel internationally during the summer, focused on U.S. ministries such as OIMC due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More than a dozen members of…
September 24, 2021

Vacation Bible Schools are back with safety focus

Keeping children and community members safe was a priority for Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference (OIMC) churches holding Vacation Bible Schools this summer. Through micro grants provided by the Native American…
September 24, 2021

Abbreviated Annual Conference approves operational budget

Out of abundance of caution and in awareness of public health, the 2021 Annual Conference Session of The Oklahoma Indian Missionary Conference was altered due to the increase of covid-19…
September 9, 2021

OIMC members served Indigenous iron workers at Ground Zero in New York City

“It was the singular, life changing event for me,” said the Rev. Anita Phillips of her service as a Chaplain during the aftermath of the terrorist attack on New York…
March 18, 2021

2021 Wild Onion Dinner List

Several OIMC churches are having Wild Onion Dinners this spring. Most will be drive through or carry-out only. Below is a list of those that we have information on for…
November 3, 2020

Message from Bishop Jimmy Nunn

November 3, 2020 Dear Friends in the OIMC, I am deeply saddened each time I hear that someone else in our OIMC family has contracted the COVID-19 virus. Unfortunately, the…