Paulo Feniman, a Brazilian leader with Africa Inland Mission (AIM), describes his transition from 26 years serving AIM Brazil/South America—20 as executive director focused on mobilizing churches to send missionaries—to becoming AIM International’s collaboration director, building connections with the African church and mission movement. He recounts an early calling to mission and pastoral ministry shaped by local service, later using his marketing/media background in mission communications. Feniman explains COMIBAM as a Latin American mission movement launched with a 1987 São Paulo congress that reframed the region as a “mission force,” leading to major growth, including about 35,000 cross-cultural missionaries (22,000 from Brazil), many among unreached peoples and Muslim contexts. He emphasizes partnership—setting aside “ego and logo”—training through collaboration, perseverance amid economic challenges, and the Great Commission as a privilege for the whole church.

01:29 Meet Paulo Feniman
02:00 AIM Brazil to Global Role
02:52 Called Into Missions
04:29 Leadership Shift and Pandemic
06:38 Passions Mobilization Partnership
08:16 Teenage Calling and Mentors
11:20 Design Career Back to Mission
13:01 COMIBAM Origins and Growth
15:53 Latin America Mission Stats
16:13 Collaboration Principles
18:56 Unity Takes Effort
20:55 Humility In Teamwork
21:52 Training Through Partnerships
23:28 Redefining True Riches
25:02 Called To Connect Others
28:02 Prayer Card Breakthrough
31:27 Latino Missions Perseverance
35:43 Capacity And Heart Check
37:23 Great Commission Invitation
40:05 Final Thanks And Blessing

In Nairobi, Gordon interviews Andy Mburu, leader of Litmus Africa, about engaging Africa’s overwhelmingly young population and why many churches struggle to connect with Gen Z, who face countless information sources and often question the Bible’s authority. Andy explains that in shame-honor cultures, questioning can be seen as rebellion, leaving issues like sexuality, gender identity, and whether Christianity is “good news” for Black Africans—amid renewed interest in ancestral practices—largely unaddressed in church. Litmus creates spaces for apologetics and critical thinking, welcoming questions and emphasizing that truth is ultimately a person, Jesus. Andy shares examples, his own journey after his first wife Priscilla died in a traffic accident soon after their wedding, his training at the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics, reflections on the Ravi Zacharias scandal, and his hope to equip Kenyan youth as “undercover missionaries,” especially those studying abroad.

01:33 Meet Andy Mburu
02:01 Swahili Youth Greetings
03:22 Africa Is Young
06:00 Gen Z Worldview Shift
07:25 Questions Seen As Rebellion
10:51 Why Litmus Exists
14:05 Truth Is A Person
15:34 Real Questions Teens Ask
18:59 Faith And African Identity
23:22 Called Into Ministry
24:39 Accident Details
26:02 Was It Gods Will
27:58 Pain Suffering Questions
28:47 Discovering Apologetics
30:44 Training At Oxford
32:39 Ravi Scandal Fallout
35:09 Truth And Coverups
36:52 Comforting Victims
38:37 Grief Ten Years Later
42:24 Hope For Kenyan Youth
44:21 Undercover Missionaries
47:09 Final Thanks Farewell

In an interview, Javad (born in Iran to Afghan parents, later living in Norway, Germany, Afghanistan, and now Austria) describes how his family fled Afghanistan during the Soviet war, and how at age nine he first learned he was a refugee when UNICEF aid was distributed at school, leading him to hide his identity and resent his parents’ choice of Iran. As an adult and Christian, he later understood his father’s decision as a practical move to provide quickly due to shared language and culture. Javad recounts discovering Christianity after watching The Passion of the Christ, being welcomed by churches in Norway and Germany, and then being deported to Afghanistan due to lack of documentation, where he secretly followed Jesus, connected with an underground church, and faced Taliban violence, including the killing of a YWAM teacher and his children. He escaped via Iran–Turkey–Greece and gained asylum in Austria, where he married and serves refugees, emphasizing Jesus as his true identity, the prodigal son’s themes of shame and restoration, and the need for “hamyar” companionship in church, while acknowledging the cost of putting Jesus first, including separation from family.

01:06 Where Is Home
02:05 Family Flees To Iran
02:46 Languages Of Afghanistan
03:51 Finding Out He's A Refugee
05:46 Second Class In Iran
07:30 Faith Reframes His Past
11:05 Dreams For Afghanistan
11:54 First Trip Back
14:02 Discovering Jesus
19:21 Asylum Struggles In Europe
21:39 Deported to Afghanistan
22:07 Secret Faith and Shame
23:01 Underground Church Connections
24:33 Taliban Threat and India Escape
25:49 Back to Europe as Refugee
27:23 Dangerous Border Crossing
29:16 Asylum and New Purpose
31:08 Norwegian Pastor Hospitality
33:53 Prodigal Son Through Honor
37:33 Identity Found in Jesus
39:29 Hamyar Companions for Life
41:55 Cost of Following Christ
42:59 True Belonging Conclusion