Mission150

Sam and David return for the last episode in the Mission 150 series. They talk about their favourite episodes and about what frequent themes emerged from the 53 previous podcasts. Thank you for listening over the last nearly two years! 

Sam and David return to the story of the pioneer missionaries to Peru, Ferdinand and Ana Stahl; in the second part of a two-part series, they focus on the Stahls' time in the Amazonian jungles of eastern Peru and of how they had an extraordinary impact not only on individual converts' lives, but also on wider society.

David and Sam, in part one of two, tell the story of the truly legendary Adventist missionaries, Ferdinand and Ana Stahl, who spent three decades as missionaries in South America. This episode tells the story of their time in the high Andes Mountains, working around Lake Titicaca.

Sam and David tell the story of legendary Adventist missionaries Leo and Jessie, who dedicated many years of their lives to mission to the people of the vast Amazon River region of Brazil. They built a series of mission boats, all called Luzeiro (Luzeiro I, II, III and so forth) to enable them to reach the remotest people groups of the Amazon which even today is mostly jungle and has few roads. But using their mission boats, the Halliwells travelled to even the most remote parts of the Amazon region and shared healing and Christian hope with thouaands if not tens of thousands of people.

David and Sam interview Erton Köhler, the Executive Secretary of the General Conference, about his history in ministry, and about his vision for worldwide mission. In particular, they talk about the GC's "Mission Refocus" initiative, which aims to revitalize mission and involve more of the world Church in mission to difficult territories and people groups.

Sam and David interview Douglas Venn, who with his family served ten years as missionaries in Southeast Asia. Doug now serves as leader of "Adventist Possibility Ministries", which aims to minister to (and mobilize for mission) people with disabilities, health challenges, and their careers.

David and Sam tell the story of how Adventist church leaders, in the depths of World War II, when some might have retrenched, instead adopted a bold plan to prepare missionaries for the first moment that missionaries would be able to be sent out again. And they focused on mission to the Islamic Middle East and to China––preparing for mission to non-Christian peoples.

David and Sam are joined by the distinguished Adventist historian Alberto Timm to talk about the origins and early history of Adventist mission in South America. The work began with a dedicated self-supporting lay missionary.

Sam and David are joined by Mildred Castillo, who talks about working in foreign countries for eighteen years, living in seven different countries on three different continents, and about helping to the children of trainee missionaries to understand what mission service will mean for them.

David and Sam are joined again by Adventist Church world president Ted Wilson. In this episode, Elder Wilson shares his vision for the future of Adventist mission, inspired by 150 years of history.