The Future of Mission
Aud. Armfelt in Arken, Tehtaankatu 2, Turku
Organizer: Finnish Evangelical Lutheran Mission, Åbo Akademi University and the Polin Institute
Missiological Symposium
January 20, 2026, at 1–6 pm (EET)
Tehtaankatu 2, Turku + Zoom
Language: English, translation available in Zoom.
The topic for the symposium is “The Future of Mission” and the symposium will explore questions such as:
• What are the future scenarios for mission work?
• What kind of transformation is Western mission undergoing?
• Who will be doing mission work in the future, how, and where?
• What is the role of Western mission organizations and workers?
Program
13.00 Rev. Dr Anupama Hial: Future scenarios for mission
14.00 Rev. Pauliina Parhiala: Comments and reflections
14.30 Go home, missionary. Discussion by Anupama Hial, Pauliina Parhiala, Dr Magnus Riska, video by Dr Bruk Ayele
15.10 Break: Coffee and tea
15.40 Dr, Dos. Martina Björkander: Nordic Pentecostal Mission in Transition
16.25 Dr Chongpongmeren Jamir: Comments and reflections
17.00 Rev. Suvimarja Rannankari-Norjanen: Do we still need missionaries?
17.10 Does mission have a future? Discussion by Iida Silfverhuth (Felm Youth), Rev. Tomas Ray, Moa Karlsson (theology student), facilitator Prof. Björn Vikström
18.00 Closing remarks
Sign up by January 13th:
https://felm.suomenlahetysseura.fi/symposiumiin-20-1-2026/