Challenging Outreach International (OI)
"Too many people spend too much time trying to be the captain of someone else’s boat. Learn to be a lighthouse and the boats will find their way."
-unknown
thank you for visiting this site
Welcome! This site is intended to be a lighthouse for you.
The pages and links within this site have been constructed to illuminate the broader impact of Outreach International, an organization founded in 1967 by Tony Kostas. While the original fellowship began in Melbourne, Australia, its members are now spread across the globe.
No matter where you live, if you’ve met people from Outreach International and are exploring this faith community and its people, we welcome you to consider the impact it has had on the people who have left. It’s those people and their voices you’ll find here.
Come, explore, get informed and be empowered.
Information
"Information is power. Disinformation is abuse of power."
-Newton Lee
Accountability
"It is not only what we do, but also what we do not do, for which we are accountable."
-Moliere
Empathy
"When you show deep empathy for others, their defensive energy goes down."
-Stephen Covey
“Many live with untold stories, not because they never want to tell them, but because they never encounter safe people and safe places where their stories can be heard.”
-Wade Mullen
Choose to be Informed
Our Goal
To share the impact of Outreach International on many who have left it.
Resources
To empower individuals with helpful and informative tools.
Ex-Member’s Views
To give former members the opportunity to speak.
Voices of Ex-members
In their own words…
“Christians often quote the verse: ‘Lean not to your own understanding,’ (Proverbs 3:5) so you teach your mind NOT to question. Now, today, I feel that if we are serious about what we believe, we should ask questions.”
Anonymous Ex Member
Australia
“I often ask myself why I joined this group. On reflection, I see that I was searching for something more credible than the church of my childhood. I had been feeling disillusioned anyway and the alternative I was presented with was attractive.”
Anonymous Ex Member
Australia
Anonymous Ex Member
Australia