Start Here. Go to Alaska.—Maggie Johnson - Free Lutheran Bible College and Seminary
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Start Here. Go to Alaska.—Maggie Johnson - Free Lutheran Bible College and Seminary
Start Here. Go to Alaska.—Maggie Johnson
By FLBC
04/10/26
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After I moved to Naknek, Alaska to join the AFLC Alaska Mission team, I shared a photo of myself behind the mic in the KAKN radio station studio. It was spring of 2024 and I had just accepted a call to serve as the Assistant Station Manager at KAKN Radio, one of the ministries of the AFLC Alaska Mission.
The AFLC Alaska Mission, is a ministry of AFLC Home Missions located in the southwest part of Alaska and consists of KAKN, The Net ministry, village VBS, aviation ministry, and a Lutheran church.
FLBC President Wade Mobley, shared the photo, commenting “Start Here, Go to Alaska, Grounded in God’s Word.” If you are familiar with FLBC, that comment should sound familiar. “Start here, Go anywhere, Grounded in God’s Word.” I never imagined that “anywhere” would be Alaska!
While attending FLBC, I enjoyed listening to the speakers at the Missions Conferences. Even then there was a pull on my heart towards mission work but I pushed it aside thinking I wasn’t ready to move to a foreign country.
Alaska may not be a foreign country, but it is a mission field. Naknek is called the salmon capital of the world as 10- 15,000 commercial fishermen and cannery workers come from all over the U.S. and the world. This provides a unique opportunity to share God’s Word as the world comes to us.
After graduating from FLBC in 2021, I transferred to Crown College. In December of 2023, I was about to graduate with a communications degree. One day, my mom texted me a picture of a job description for the Assistant Station Manager position at KAKN. I reached out to the Alaska Mission Coordinator. After months of prayer, conversations, seeking the Lord, and visiting Naknek, I accepted the call to serve on the mission field. In September 2025, God called me into the role of KAKN Station Manager as the previous station manager Bob Lee retired.
Not only did God use my time at FLBC to place missions on my heart, He used it to help me be firmly grounded in His Word. I’m grateful for all the lessons I learned while at FLBC, from learning how to study the Bible, prepare Bible studies or Sunday School lessons, or even audio production from my time as a sound tech for the worship team. FLBC really helped equip me for this ministry.
—Maggie Johnson
FLBC Class of 2021
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Start Here. Go to Alaska.—Maggie Johnson
By FLBC
04/10/26
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After I moved to Naknek, Alaska to join the AFLC Alaska Mission team, I shared a photo of myself behind the mic in the KAKN radio station studio. It was spring of 2024 and I had just accepted a call to serve as the Assistant Station Manager at KAKN Radio, one of the ministries of the AFLC Alaska Mission.
The AFLC Alaska Mission, is a ministry of AFLC Home Missions located in the southwest part of Alaska and consists of KAKN, The Net ministry, village VBS, aviation ministry, and a Lutheran church.
FLBC President Wade Mobley, shared the photo, commenting “Start Here, Go to Alaska, Grounded in God’s Word.” If you are familiar with FLBC, that comment should sound familiar. “Start here, Go anywhere, Grounded in God’s Word.” I never imagined that “anywhere” would be Alaska!
While attending FLBC, I enjoyed listening to the speakers at the Missions Conferences. Even then there was a pull on my heart towards mission work but I pushed it aside thinking I wasn’t ready to move to a foreign country.
Alaska may not be a foreign country, but it is a mission field. Naknek is called the salmon capital of the world as 10- 15,000 commercial fishermen and cannery workers come from all over the U.S. and the world. This provides a unique opportunity to share God’s Word as the world comes to us.
After graduating from FLBC in 2021, I transferred to Crown College. In December of 2023, I was about to graduate with a communications degree. One day, my mom texted me a picture of a job description for the Assistant Station Manager position at KAKN. I reached out to the Alaska Mission Coordinator. After months of prayer, conversations, seeking the Lord, and visiting Naknek, I accepted the call to serve on the mission field. In September 2025, God called me into the role of KAKN Station Manager as the previous station manager Bob Lee retired.
Not only did God use my time at FLBC to place missions on my heart, He used it to help me be firmly grounded in His Word. I’m grateful for all the lessons I learned while at FLBC, from learning how to study the Bible, prepare Bible studies or Sunday School lessons, or even audio production from my time as a sound tech for the worship team. FLBC really helped equip me for this ministry.
—Maggie Johnson
FLBC Class of 2021
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