The Missions Podcast

Welcome to the Missions Podcast! In this episode, we conclude our series From Jerusalem to the Ends of the Earth by exploring one of the core aspects of missions: sharing the Gospel with those who have not yet heard or believed. How can we communicate the Gospel across different cultures and contexts? Tobias Mannehed and Daniel Pasha share personal experiences, practical insights, and inspiring st...

As we continue the series on missions near and afar, we turn our eyes to preaching the Gospel not only through words but also through actions. In Matthew, Jesus tells us that "whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.', but what does that look like in our world today? How do we see and care for the least of our brothers and sisters, both nearby an...

Welcome to the Missions Podcast! Today we're continuing the break from our current series to talk with two young missionaries who have recently been serving in countries where Christians are a small minority. This episode explores how you can approach sharing the Gospel in cultures shaped by completely different worldviews. 

We take a short break in our ongoing series for an interview with two second year students who have stepped out on the missions fields in South America and Asia. Noomi Larsson and Hanna Pålsson share about the experience of stepping into the unknown, the importance of resting in God and how our testimony can mean more than we expect.

Welcome to the Missions Podcast! Today's topic is discipleship. In this episode, we're joined by two Bible school teachers who both teach and actively live out discipleship in their everyday lives. Together, we share what mentorship has meant to us and explore how we can be more intentional in leading and guiding others in their walk with God. Jesus is our ultimate example of discipleship, and we...

In today's episode, Missions Director and pastor Christian Åkerhielm and pastor Rune Borgsö share their experiences of planting churches. They open up about the heart behind their decision to move to Russia and Siberia in the 90s to start churches—despite the challenges. It wasn't easy, but a deep conviction of being in God's will became their driving force. Pastor Rune also shares about planting...

In this episode, we draw from years of experience in building and leading Bible schools. Simon Ahlstrand, current dean of Word of Life Bible School, and Calle Lilja, former dean and pioneer of Bible schools in six countries, share their insights on why Bible schools are so impactful. They've witnessed lives transformed as people encounter the Word of God and grow in understanding His character thr...

Welcome to the Missions Podcast! In this new series, we are exploring the local and global dimensions of the Great Commission.  In today's episode, Word of Life Missions Director Christian Åkerhielm and Senior Pastor at Word fo Life Uppsala David Ekerbring share their thoughts on the role of the local church in global missions. Jesus is building His church, and from the time of the apostles we see...

Welcome back to the second part of this short series on what missions is all about. Missions Director Christian Åkerhielm continues to share about the need for missions today and how Word of Life has been engaged in missions over the years. The need for workers in today's harvest is evident, and we explore how you can be involved in God's great mission to reach the world with His gospel.

The Missions Podcast is back, and we're starting this new season with a two-part series on what missions is all about. In the first of two episodes, Missions Director Christian Åkerhielm shares his perspective on the need for missions today. We see the urgency for missions both in the Great Commission in the Bible and in the continuing need for the gospel to reach all people. We hope this episode...

In this last episode before Christmas, we finish off the series on sending young missionaries with an interview with Laura and Adam. Two young people who got the opportunity to join a missions trip serving in North Macedonia at only 15 years old. This conversation explores what it is like stepping out at such a young age, and what they learned from the experience. Happy listening!

Leading up to Christmas, we're diving into young people experiencing missions. In this episode, Sofia Holm sits down with Szymon Handke and Andrea Jørgensen, who traveled to Japan last spring as part of a bible school team. They share how the Holy Spirit led them into unexpected, divinely prepared connections in a completely new field, and how this experience shaped their understanding of mission...

Leading up to Christmas, we're diving into young people experiencing missions. In this episode, Sofia Holm interviews Maria and David Borowiak from Word of Life Kalisz along with one of the youth from their church. Together, they explore why it's so important to experience missions early in life, what churches and families should consider before sending youth out, and how these experiences can sha...

From Austria to Bible school in Sweden and into missions in Portugal, Patrick shares his journey of obedience and how he discovered God's mission purpose for him and his family. This episode will inspire you to find God's mission purpose for your own life.

The Balkans stole Jan's heart, and now he is a missionary in this beautiful region of Europe. In this episode, he shares how you too can be inspired to go into missions.

In this program Samuel, a missionary in North Macedonia, shares what God is doing in the Balkans and how lives are being changed.  

God has a purpose for your life. There is a missions adventure waiting for you. In this program we hear Ville and Christian share their missions stories and their journey of calling.

"How does it feel when they say they will execute you?", is one of the questions posed to Dmitry Bodyu, pastor in Kiev and leader of Word of Life Ukraine movement. In the early days of the Russian full scale invasion February 2022, he was captured and imprisoned by the invading forces. In this talk with Missions Director Christian Åkerhielm he shares about his calling back from the US to Ukraine,...

Pastor Ankit Sajwan is the founder of one of the most growing church movements in India. In this episode he will share what is happening in India right now and how we can receive the same Spirit of Faith for Europe.

Ville Männistö talks with Johannes Sundin about his new books "Time to go out" and "Time to come home".

An interview with Bohumila Nemeckova, Milovice, Czech Republic, Bible school administrator who shares the importance of having Bible school for a local church.

In 1987, pastor Aleksandar Vuletikj, met with the Word of Life Missions team in North Macedonia. That encounter change his life, let him to start multiple churches and to be a pastor in a growing church today in the capitol in North Macedonia.

An interview with Peter Curik, pastor in Bratislava, Slovakia, who shares about faith, the future of Europe and what God is doing in Slovakia right now.

In this episode Christian shares from his recent trip into the war torn Ukraine. He joined a Word of Life relief team in the city of Kherson where they delivered food while artillery shells were being fired not far away. As believers, we are not immune to suffering but in this episode we hear about how to deal with suffering and endure it but most of all see the Lord deliver us from it. 

In this episode of the podcast, Christian Åkerhielm shares the story of a small Vietnamese group in Moscow that grew into a movement of over 200 churches that stretched far beyond Vietnam. The Lord spoke a prophetic word that proved to be the visionary foundation for this vibrant movement. Enjoy this inspiring story of the apostolic power at work through a word from God!