OZark mission project history

OMP began with one camp and 35 participants. Today we host multiple missions each summer, serving across Arkansas.

In 1986, Ozark Mission Project began with one camp and 35 participants in Imboden, Arkansas. Today, OMP hosts multiple summer mission weeks for middle and high schoolers, OMP 101 missions for elementary-aged children, and works with individuals, families, and groups to do work year-round. Approximately 1,500 youth, young adults, and families annually participate in OMP, serving close to 30 counties and all four corners of Arkansas.

OMP was incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit in 1995 and was run solely by volunteers until 2004, when OMP hired its first executive director. In 2012, Bailey Faulkner became the Executive Director, and under her leadership OMP has continued to grow in mission and financial support. OMP was a finalist for the Nonprofit of the Year award by Arkansas Business and received the award for Outstanding Volunteer Organization by Arkansas Fundraising Professionals in 2019.

A piece of our past:

“In 1986, after years of waiting on committee agendas, OMP held its first camp at Wayland Springs. Thirty-five people traveled to NE Arkansas to attend OMP’s first camp in Imboden. The camp resulted from the vision and dedication of several volunteers who heard a call, saw a need and committed themselves to serving neighbors in their communities.” -Prologue of the OMP Silver Anniversary Book

Past Mission Themes:

2023: Masterpiece / Ephesians 2:10

2022: All In / Colossians 3:17

2021: Labor of Love / John 15:12

2020: Spirit of Power / 2 Timothy 1:3-9

2019: Linked / Philippians 2:1-11

2018: Never the Same / 2 Corinthians 5:17

2017: Along The Road / Luke 24: 13-32

2016: Selfless / Philippians 2: 3-4

2015: Relentless / Isaiah 43: 1-4

2014: Get out / Matthew

2011: Sustain / Isaiah 46: 3-4

2010: Inside Out / Romans 12: 1-2

2009: Love Out Loud / Matthew 22: 37

2008: Rooted

2007: Heroes Made Super / 2 Timothy 1:7

2006: Overflow

2005: ONE-One Day, One Week, One Life

2004: Under One Armor

2003: I Am…..Created

2002: This is the Time

2001: Fishers of Men / Matthew 4: 19

2000: Moving Mountains / Matthew 17: 20-21

1999: Labor of Love / John 15:12

1998: Fruit of the Spirit / Galatians 5: 22-25

1997: Are you my neighbor? Be a neighbor. / Luke 10: 25-37

1996: Beyond All Limits / God will make a way / Romans 8: 37-39

1995: Step Out in Faith / James 2: 14-24

1994: Do You Love me? Feed my Sheep

1993: Doers of the Word / James 1:22-24

1992: Live It

1991-1989: THEME Unknown

1988: Living The Light

1987: Powered by the Son

1986: YEAR ONE