About Streetwise

• For those who want to find out more about following Jesus
• For those who have seen our work and been enthused by the gospel being presented in this way.

OAC Ministries is an international organisation operating in 26 countries. It is an interdenominational organisation.

"Streetwise" is the London branches street ministry and training programme.

The London Branch of OAC is committed to street preaching and evangelism because it effectively reaches people who are outside the church community. Many good programmes have been run, and are indeed being run, by churches of all denominations but few are reaching the lost in large numbers. Jesus himself was an open-air preacher and as we know many flocked to hear his message being proclaimed in such a clear way.

We believe we need Christians today to be following his example and proclaiming the good news to ordinary men, women, children in a way which is accessible to all.

The style we adopt is non-threatening as we attempt to clearly present the truths of the gospel. Our message will usually contain a challenge to those who are not under the Lordship of Jesus to turn to him in repentance and faith. Although we would encourage every person towards trust in Jesus, we do not press individuals to prematurely say a prayer of commitment. We want people to come to real faith, from which their new life can flourish.

We have a strong emphasis on the importance of the local church and we are not in the business of building or maintaining any one church tradition. Our advice and counsel to those who have, or are, turning to Christ is to join a local church. We hope to point our contacts to fellowships which would both welcome them and provide them with the on going discipleship they will need as new believers or those expressing a desire to know the saviour.

We usually work with local churches and our experience has been that men and women with a heart for evangelism join us on a regular basis. We seek to the serve those churches by pointing any contacts in the direction of a fellowship which seems best for that individual.

The London Director is Peter Kennelly who is based in North London.

There are two other evangelists Steve Gurnett, based in South London and David Mwaniki based in East London. We are grateful to those who pray for us daily and support the work financially. We also work with many individual committed volunteers and church teams who come out with us on a week by week basis. Our work would be impossible without these dear friends who want to make the name of Jesus known.

"OAC have helped me to become confident in using the sketchboard. I recently went on their course (over the 6 Saturdays once a month) and as a result I am increasingly using the sketch board in open air work, teaching at family services and school assemblies. I found the team that do the teaching very encouraging and great fun to be with.
They take time helping you produce the best possible results and I for one received many helpful suggestions to help me improve my speaking and sketchboard presentations communicate clearly. I appreciated their clear presentation of the gospel and their step by step approach to learning a good technique on the sketchboard. They also have a treasure trove of tricks, good advice for work on the streets, with children and in family services.
I have recently come back from India and Poland where I used the sketchboard. Those watching were intrigued with the words appearing on the board as I spoke and helped to underline the message. I would thoroughly recommend the OAC team and courses to anyone wanting to learn to communicate and add tools to reaching people for Jesus as well as helping in children’s work both inside and outside the church.
Roger Cole (Minister of Henley-on-Thames Baptist Church)

"The OAC Team have been an immense help to our local church. We have an enthusiastic but small team of evangelists and to have the support of the team on a monthly basis over the past three years has been of enormous value. They are true servants, passionate for the lost, skilled in preaching the gospel through the sketchboard and one-to-one conversation and are committed to supporting the local church in evangelism"
Rev Glen Podd (Elim Penticostal Church, Romford, Essex)