Meet an African Pastor Podcast

This podcast is designed to help Christians around the world to learn from and be encouraged by the African Church. A different pastor is interviewed on each podcast to share experiences and knowledge on various topics. The views expressed by the pastors interviewed do not necessarily reflect the views of the interviewer, Rev. Anthony Sytsma, an American missionary serving with Resonate Global Mission in Uganda. Feel free to recommend a pastor to be interviewed. (anthonysytsma@crcna.org). The podcast introductions were created by Andrew Rienstra.

Meet an African Pastor Podcast is a religion podcast hosted by Anthony Sytsma, with 79 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Anthony Sytsma hosts Meet an African Pastor Podcast, a religion show with 79 episodes published.

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  Episode #79

  Tanko on Evangelism in Nigeria

  Jul 16, 202643 min

  This interview is with Pastor Tanko from Nigeria. Tanko is an evangelist reaching out to Muslims and to people believing in traditional religion. In this episode you will hear about the joys and challenges of his ministry and some stories of God's power at work. Pray for Tanko's relatives as immediately after our interview he heard that most of his extended family had to run for their lives away from their homes due to a bandit attack and now are in an IDP camp. Interviewed July 16th, 2026. (42 minutes)

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  Episode #78

  Jacob Kasule on Christianity's African Shift

  Jun 26, 20261h 1m

  This conversation is with Jacob Kasule, pastor of Acacia Community Church in Jinja, Uganda. Jacob shares his reflections about the rise of Christianity in Africa, looking at the great things God is doing. But he also shares some of the sad realities concerning the large number of reported African Christians. We discuss issues of theology and contextualization. And we look at the responsibilities of the African Church in worldwide Christianity. Interviewed June 25th, 2026. (61 minutes)

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  Episode #77

  Nelson Phiri on Maintaining Influence as a Leader

  May 28, 202637 minS0

  <p>This conversation is with Nelson Phiri, pastor of the Mpika Congregation of the Reformed Church in Zambia in Mpika, Zambia. Nelson shares about his leadership experiences and the people who modeled good leadership for him. He then shares about some of the temptations that cause pastors to compromise their integrity and therefore lose the influence they once had. Interviewed May 28th, 2026. (36 minutes)</p>

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  Episode #76

  Otieno Sheth Oguok on Leadership from Below

  May 3, 202643 minS0

  <p>This discussion is with Otieno Sheth Oguok, associate pastor of Kenya Assemblies of God Bethel Church, Oyugis. Otieno unpacks for us a different notion of leadership than what is popular around the world. He wants us to see leadership as kneeling, leadership as seeing, and leadership as lament. In his explanation, he also touches on his ministry in informal settlements in Nairobi, Kenya. Interviewed April 27th, 2026.  (43 minutes)</p>

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  Episode #75

  John Johnson Aziato on Caring for the Poor

  Apr 9, 202628 minS0

  <p>This conversation is with John Johnson Aziato, pastor of Global Evangelical Church in Penyi, Ghana. We talk about the importance of caring for widows and orphans in our churches and communities. John wants churches to realize that even if they do not have a lot, there is something that they are able to do to help others. They should care for people's physical needs alongside of preaching to people about salvation. Interviewed April 9th, 2026.  (28 minutes)</p>

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