Faith Without Frontiers

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Faith without Frontiers tells human stories from around the world where Christian faith meets culture, society, and politics. Through intimate interviews and lived experiences, the podcast explores how faith informs decisions, shapes communities, and influences public life—sometimes quietly, sometimes controversially, always in deeply human ways. This is a podcast for listeners who value nuance, curiosity, and conversations that resist easy labels.

  1. hace 4 días

    My Uncle Was Martyred | David Bhatti

    David Bhatti, a 29-year-old Canadian lawyer born in Pakistan, describes his family’s Christian roots in Punjab, their immigration to Canada for religious freedom, and ongoing concern over persecution of minorities in Pakistan, especially under blasphemy laws. He recounts the influence of his uncle Shahbaz Bhatti, who began minority-rights advocacy as a teenager, founded major interfaith alliances, became Pakistan’s first federal cabinet minister from a minority faith as Minister for Minorities Affairs in 2008, achieved reforms like a 5% government job quota and Minorities Day, and was assassinated in March 2011 after pushing to reform blasphemy laws. Bhatti explains how these experiences shaped his early political volunteering in Canada, his alignment with the Conservative Party, his recent unsuccessful federal nomination run in Edmonton, and his goal to advance Canada’s international human-rights and religious-freedom leadership while urging citizens to engage and hold representatives accountable. 01:14 Meet David Bhatti01:38 Roots in Pakistan02:35 Faith and Freedom03:35 Persecution and Class03:51 Grandfather’s Legacy06:34 Shahbaz Bhatti Introduced06:53 Teen Activism Begins09:37 Minorities Alliance Movement10:55 Blasphemy Laws Explained11:48 Federal Minister Breakthrough14:32 Reforming Blasphemy Laws15:54 Mob Violence Reality17:49 Assassination Impact20:43 Final Visit and Asylum Offers22:14 David's Political Path23:47 Choosing Conservatives24:51 Faith and Conservatism26:05 Friends Across Parties27:12 Running for Nomination28:04 Politics Is Brutal29:17 Foreign Policy Vision32:04 Why Enter Politics36:56 Citizen Accountability39:50 Formed by Early Trauma42:10 Calling and Closing

    My Uncle Was Martyred | David Bhatti

  2. 4 ago

    Church or Hotel Planting for Christ? | Rebekka & Josef Schneider

    Josef and Rebecca Schneider, Austrians in Horn, describe moving seven years ago from stable jobs (Josef a high school religion/sport teacher; Rebecca a music therapist and then full-time mom) to renovate and run a former Catholic seminary as a 70-room, 180-bed hotel with event spaces and seminar rooms, while intending to plant a church. The hotel initially consumed 100% of their effort, but guidance from owner Daniel Liebeherr—who found business opened doors in Austria where church planting was resisted—shifted their vision from creating a “Christian bubble” to serving society with Christian values through excellent hospitality and leadership. They emphasize welcoming all guests, including esoteric groups, staying clear about their faith, and seeing fruit such as staff loyalty, community trust, baptisms, and provision during COVID-19. The hotel became profitable after seven years, they aim to multiply businesses, and they are considering taking over a struggling local restaurant while praying for direction. 01:00 Meet the Schneiders01:27 From Seminary to Hotel02:22 Teacher to Manager04:03 Renovation Adventure05:09 Hotel Today05:52 Calling and Vision Shift09:50 No Christian Bubble13:25 Fruit and First Baptism15:03 Handling Criticism19:29 Leading Staff Like Pastor20:39 Pastor In Business21:04 Paying Staff In Faith22:04 Lockdown Provision Stories23:18 Servant Leadership Culture23:56 Profit And Multiplication24:46 Church Skills As MBA27:09 Motivating Routine Work30:03 New Restaurant Opportunity32:26 Prayer Led Decisions33:55 Family Life In The Hotel36:10 Business Stress And No Plan B38:07 Music Therapy And Wrap Up

    Church or Hotel Planting for Christ? | Rebekka & Josef Schneider

  3. 28 jul

    Economic Crimes Demand Economic Solutions: Business Against Trafficking | Dr. Lauren Pinkston

    Dr. Lauren Pinkston, chair of the Freedom Business Alliance (FBA), explains how “economic crimes demand economic solutions” by equipping businesses to provide faith-adjacent, healing-centered employment practices that support survivors of exploitation and address root economic drivers. FBA, incorporated 10 years ago, connects about 120 businesses globally and is transitioning from primarily survivor-employing enterprises to engaging corporate workplaces, emphasizing trauma-informed management, psychological safety, and a “SPICE” model addressing spiritual, physical, intellectual, communal, and emotional needs. Pinkston discusses barriers survivors face, including legal status and criminal records, and cites WHO’s trauma prevalence and global GDP losses from workplace mental health incidents. She reflects on five years in Southeast Asia shaping her theology through hospitality and persecuted Christians, discusses global migration complexities, shares personal coping through therapy and faith, and describes her multicultural family and an adoption marked by complexity and identity challenges. 01:16 Meet Lauren Pinkston01:58 Freedom Business Alliance04:39 Barriers to Employment05:53 Healing Centered Workplaces08:34 Gen Z and Work10:36 Gen Alpha Attention Shift11:40 Southeast Asia Roots14:14 Theology from the Margins17:17 Migration and Refugees20:20 Coping with the Pain21:39 Doctorate and Calling22:22 Family and Third Culture Kids23:56 Adoption Realities26:50 Orphan Care Complications28:42 Business as Dignity32:16 Global Business Hope Story34:23 Redeeming Money and Work35:51 Going Upstream Conclusion

    Economic Crimes Demand Economic Solutions: Business Against Trafficking | Dr. Lauren Pinkston

  4. 21 jul

    Criminality is Not a Good Career Choice in Finland | Ville Hoikkala

    Gordon Showell-Rogers interviews Ville, a Finnish Christian attorney with a 20-year solo practice focused on immigration alongside criminal and family law, meeting him at a European gathering on forced displacement. Ville explains how volunteering with Iraqi refugees in the early 1990s led him to study law and build a largely word-of-mouth immigrant clientele, including many Hindus and Muslims, and he describes helping register a Hindu temple and the mutual respect this can foster. He recounts challenges in asylum cases involving converts to Christianity, outlining how he prepares clients and witnesses and noting the complexity of assessing risk in countries like Iran and Iraq; he estimates about 20% of his convert clients are ultimately sent back. Ville shares memorable criminal cases, including a bungled bank robbery and defending a Rwandan genocide suspect, discusses how he processes disturbing testimony, and reflects on threats and domestic violence, including harassment from ex-husbands, sometimes from Christian backgrounds. 00:54 Reconnecting in Europe01:40 Life as an Attorney02:31 Refugee Roots and Calling03:28 Law School in Lapland05:01 Starting a Solo Practice06:09 Immigration Law Perks07:22 Faith and Interfaith Respect09:41 Word of Mouth Clients11:05 Courtroom Stories and Crime14:19 Proving Genuine Conversion17:02 Culture and Christian Questions17:46 Church Witness Checks18:04 Iran Risk Reality19:57 Iraq Family Persecution21:02 Who Gets Sent Back22:46 Wild Criminal Clients23:26 Rwanda Genocide Case25:45 Coping With Darkness29:01 Defending The Unliked31:08 Rapture House Will32:30 Church Abuse Warnings35:18 Closing Reflections

    Criminality is Not a Good Career Choice in Finland | Ville Hoikkala

  5. 14 jul

    God Designed the Church to Work Together in Mission | Paulo Feniman

    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 Feniman02:00 AIM Brazil to Global Role02:52 Called Into Missions04:29 Leadership Shift and Pandemic06:38 Passions Mobilization Partnership08:16 Teenage Calling and Mentors11:20 Design Career Back to Mission13:01 COMIBAM Origins and Growth15:53 Latin America Mission Stats16:13 Collaboration Principles18:56 Unity Takes Effort20:55 Humility In Teamwork21:52 Training Through Partnerships23:28 Redefining True Riches25:02 Called To Connect Others28:02 Prayer Card Breakthrough31:27 Latino Missions Perseverance35:43 Capacity And Heart Check37:23 Great Commission Invitation40:05 Final Thanks And Blessing

    God Designed the Church to Work Together in Mission | Paulo Feniman

  6. 7 jul

    Lives Full of Questions: Reaching Africa’s Next Generation | Andy Mburu

    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 Mburu02:01 Swahili Youth Greetings03:22 Africa Is Young06:00 Gen Z Worldview Shift07:25 Questions Seen As Rebellion10:51 Why Litmus Exists14:05 Truth Is A Person15:34 Real Questions Teens Ask18:59 Faith And African Identity23:22 Called Into Ministry24:39 Accident Details26:02 Was It Gods Will27:58 Pain Suffering Questions28:47 Discovering Apologetics30:44 Training At Oxford32:39 Ravi Scandal Fallout35:09 Truth And Coverups36:52 Comforting Victims38:37 Grief Ten Years Later42:24 Hope For Kenyan Youth44:21 Undercover Missionaries47:09 Final Thanks Farewell

    Lives Full of Questions: Reaching Africa’s Next Generation | Andy Mburu

  7. 30 jun

    Born As A Refugee - But I Didn’t Know That Until I Was 9 Years Old | Javad Bakhtiari

    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 Home02:05 Family Flees To Iran02:46 Languages Of Afghanistan03:51 Finding Out He's A Refugee05:46 Second Class In Iran07:30 Faith Reframes His Past11:05 Dreams For Afghanistan11:54 First Trip Back14:02 Discovering Jesus19:21 Asylum Struggles In Europe21:39 Deported to Afghanistan22:07 Secret Faith and Shame23:01 Underground Church Connections24:33 Taliban Threat and India Escape25:49 Back to Europe as Refugee27:23 Dangerous Border Crossing29:16 Asylum and New Purpose31:08 Norwegian Pastor Hospitality33:53 Prodigal Son Through Honor37:33 Identity Found in Jesus39:29 Hamyar Companions for Life41:55 Cost of Following Christ42:59 True Belonging Conclusion

    Born As A Refugee - But I Didn’t Know That Until I Was 9 Years Old | Javad Bakhtiari

  8. 23 jun

    How Do We Prevent Suicide Among Your Teenage Friends? | Geordon Rendle

    Geordon Rendle is a Canadian raised in Colombia whose parents served with Prison Fellowship International and who has lived mostly in Latin America (including Argentina, Venezuela, and Costa Rica) while serving with Youth for Christ (YFC). Rendle describes Venezuela’s danger, diaspora, and natural beauty, then argues YFC’s answer is to reset a generation through integrity/holiness, the fear of God, and giving teenagers agency and mission. He recounts being sent at age 12 to share the gospel with “sicarios” in a Medellín prison, and explains YFC’s juvenile justice work, including being called to sit with youth offenders. Rendle advocates “upstream leadership,” applied listening, and equipping, endorsing, and entrusting youth, sharing examples like an eight-year-old leading a church in prayer and his daughter leading YFC social media. He also discusses five Ironmans, two cerebral aneurysms and surgeries, and his message that there is always hope in Jesus, with an ultimate hope that two billion teenagers know God loves them. 01:11 Reconnecting With Geordon02:26 A Global Citizen Story03:36 Life Across Latin America04:17 Venezuela Under Chávez05:23 Why Venezuela Captivates07:33 Integrity Holiness And Youth08:24 Agency For Teenagers09:57 Meeting Marilyn On Mission11:33 Integris People And Imago Dei15:08 Medellín Prison Ministry Origins16:32 Sharing The Gospel At 1218:47 Juvenile Justice Ministry20:51 Advocating Teen Leadership22:02 Kids Leading in Prayer24:34 Upstream Listening on Suicide26:35 Passing the Baton Well30:07 Applied Listening to Leaders32:30 Equipping and Entrusting Teens34:59 Scripture Fueled Mission36:35 Ironman and Body Stewardship37:26 Aneurysm Scare and Recovery41:32 Always Hope in Jesus

    How Do We Prevent Suicide Among Your Teenage Friends? | Geordon Rendle
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Faith without Frontiers tells human stories from around the world where Christian faith meets culture, society, and politics. Through intimate interviews and lived experiences, the podcast explores how faith informs decisions, shapes communities, and influences public life—sometimes quietly, sometimes controversially, always in deeply human ways. This is a podcast for listeners who value nuance, curiosity, and conversations that resist easy labels.

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