Iain Pickett

Dr Iain Pickett grew up in the UK. He put his trust in Jesus as a young child, and as a teenager God began stirring his heart for mission. At the age of 18, he joined an OM team for one year in a pioneering, cross-cultural context. This was foundational for Iain’s understanding of living and serving cross-culturally, and formative in his ongoing personal discipleship journey with Christ. Iain and his family continue to live and serve in a cross-cultural context.

Iain’s educational background is in linguistics (PhD) and for most of his adult life, he has served with OM cross-culturally. Two threads have characterised this: the first is a desire that those who do not know Jesus should have an opportunity to do so. This is Iain’s heartbeat. The second theme has been serving in leadership. While Iain didn’t join OM intending to be a leader, he has served in different regional leadership positions, and for eight years served as part of the international leadership team.

As International Director, Iain's on-the-ground experience and his passion for those who do not yet know Christ continue to energise his leadership.