OSBORN MINISTRY REVIEW
THE GLOBAL MISSION of Christianity is to witness of Christ and of His resurrection to the entire world—to every creature.(See Mk.16:15)
The Apostle Paul said, …“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”Rom.10:13
T.L. and Daisy Osborn shared a worldwide ministry together for over five decades, before her demise in 1995. T.L. continued his global ministry to multitudes until his passing in 2013.
The Osborn daughter, Dr. LaDonna, is the President and CEO of Osborn Ministries International, the ministry founded by her parents in 1949. Her ministry touches practically every continent via face-to-face ministry, through public mass evangelism Festivals of Faith and Miracles and transevangelical Gospel Seminars.
Dr. LaDonna’s visionary leadership and expertise are making possible the expansion of this ministry in nations around the world. Learn more about the Osborn global outreaches through their official website at osborn.org.
Drs. T.L., Daisy and LaDonna Osborn have reached millions for Christ in over a hundred nations during more than six decades already. This ministry-brief is included here to inspire young believers that they, too, can carry the gospel torch into all the world.(See Mk.16:15)
Tommy Lee Osborn and Daisy Marie Washburn were married in Los Banos, California in 1942, at the ages of 17 and 18. In 1945 they went to India as missionaries but were unable to convince the people of these ancient religions—Muslims and Hindus—about Christ. They had not yet discovered the truths about healing miracles. They returned to the USA dismayed and disheartened—but not dissuaded.
Soon after their demoralizing return home, the Lord appeared to them both, at different times, as they searched for the answer to their dilemma.
Jesus was…accredited by God to you by miracles, wonders and signs, which God did among you through him, as you yourselves know (emphasis added).Ac.2:22
These dynamic truths created in their spirits fresh faith in God’s Word. With this new lease on life and having discovered the scriptural facts about miracles they, along with their children, re- launched their soulwinning saga in 1949—this time in the Caribbean island-nation of Jamaica.
During thirteen weeks of ministry there, hundreds of biblical miracles confirmed their preaching.
That success motivated their new global ministry, proclaiming the gospel to multitudes. In the era when developing nations were mostly colonized by European governments, the Osborns pioneered the concept of Mass Miracle Evangelism. Such methods had not been witnessed since the epoch of the Early Church. T.L. and Daisy addressed audiences of tens of thousands throughout the dangerous years of nationalism when the awakening of many developing nations was repulsing foreign political domination.
Their example inspired national men and women, globally, to arise from their restrictive past, and to become leading gospel messengers and church builders in the unevangelized nations of the world. Many of them are numbered among the most distinguished and successful Christian leaders today.
The largest churches in the world are no longer in America or Europe. Anointed and talented national pastors are raising them up. Single churches in Africa seat 50,000 plus people. To God be the glory.
Drs. T.L. and Daisy’s partial testimony is recorded for posterity in their 512 page unique Memorial Edition pictorial, THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO T.L. AND DAISY.
During T.L. and Daisy’s unprecedented years as an evangelism team, they inaugurated numerous programs to reach the unreached. Their concept of National Missionary Assistance resulted in them sponsoring over 30,000 national preachers as full time missionaries to unevangelized tribes and villages where new, self-supporting churches became established globally.
The Osborn literature is published in more than 130 languages. Their DocuMiracle crusade films, audio and video CDs and DVDs are produced in over 70 languages and their digital productions (including Bible courses) are circulated around the world.
They have provided airlifts and huge shipments of literature and of soulwinning tools for gospel ministries abroad. They have furnished scores of four-wheel drive vehicles equipped with films, projectors, screens, generators, public-address systems, audiocassettes and cassette players, plus literature for reaching the unreached.
Dr. Daisy’s five major books are pacesetters in Christian literature for women—unique examples of inclusive language that consistently addresses both men and women.
Dr. T.L. has authored over 20 major books. He wrote his first, HEALING THE SICK, during their mission to Jamaica in 1950. Now in its 46th edition, it is a global favorite, used as a Bible School text book in many nations.
The publisher calls HEALING THE SICK—A Living Classic—a faith-building best seller since 1950. Over a million copies are in print, circulating healing truth throughout the world.
Dr. LaDonna’s book, GOD’S BIG PICTURE is published in scores of languages and is heralded globally as the single most important book to make clear the story of the Bible, from Genesis to Revelation. Through this book, people discover their place in God’s plan.
Some of her other books, such as CHAOS OF MIRACLES, JESUS IS TOUCHING SOSHANGUVE and UNKNOWN BUT NOT FORGOTTEN are modern day accounts of Christ’s ministry in action through her as she ministers the gospel among some of the world’s unreached masses.
The history of the Osborn Ministries International is also recorded in their unique and historical 24-volume Encyclo-Biographical Anthology. It contains more than 23,000 pages, 30,946 photos, 636 Faith Digest magazines, 2,024 pages of personal hand-written diary notes, 1,011 pages of Osborns’ news letters, 1,062 pages of unpublished historical data about their world ministry, 2,516 world mission reports, and 6,113 Christian ministry reports.
These 24 giant tomes span over six feet of shelf space and have taken their place in the archives and libraries of institutions of higher learning around the world, including such renowned universities and libraries as: University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England; University of Oxford, Oxford, England; Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, USA; British Library, London, England; Central Bible College, Springfield, USA; Christ for the Nations, Dallas, USA; Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, USA; Messenger College, Joplin, USA; National Library, Sofia, Bulgaria; Oral Roberts University, Tulsa, USA; Ramkhamhaeng University, Bangkok, Thailand; Regent University, Virginia Beach, USA; Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico, Ponce, Puerto Rico; Université de Cocody, Abidjan, Ivory Coast; University of Ghana, Legon-Accra, Ghana; Université de Kinshasa, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo; Université de Lomé, Lomé, Togo; University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya; University of Maseno, Maseno, Kenya; Université Marien Ngouabi, Brazzaville, Congo; Université Omar Bongo, Libreville, Gabon; University of Wales, Bangor, Wales; Vernadsky National Library, Kiev, Ukraine; Word of Life, Uppsala, Sweden; (plus many more), and the archives of many leading denominational headquarters.
Dr. LaDonna C. Osborn continues to enlarge the scope of the Osborn ministries of evangelism and training to nearly every continent as she carries the torch of the gospel into this century’s new frontiers.
Like the Apostle Paul, Dr. LaDonna says:
I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes… Rom.1:16
She believes that:
The World is the Heart of the Church, The Church is the Hope of the World.
She contends that:
Without the World, the Church is meaningless—Without the Church, the World is hopeless.
Dr. LaDonna C. Osborn knows the ministry of World Evangelism. Since childhood, she has lived on the front lines of global SOULWINNING—from the days of colonialism, through the turbulent years of nationalism, and into this century of globalism, mass evangelism and national and international Church growth.
She holds forth these simple truths:
1. The Bible is as valid today as it ever was;
2. The divine calling for every believer is to witness of Christ to the unconverted;
3. Every soul won to Christ can become His representative; and
4. Miracles, signs and wonders are what distinguish Christianity from being just another philosophical religion.
To demonstrate these biblical issues is the essence of the global MISSION of Christianity.
Just as with the Apostle Paul, Dr. LaDonna states:
…the task the Lord Jesus has given me—the task of testifying to the good news of God’s grace.Ac.20:24 …we can preach the gospel in the regions beyond…2Cor.10:16
Their witness is expressed best by the words of the Apostle John:
who testifies to everything he saw—that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ.Rev.1:2 We testify …of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that (our) …testimony is true.Jn. 21:24 NKJV