Healing preacher Svein-Magne Pedersen (b. 1948) comes from the place Håkvik near the city of Narvik, Norway. He has a Lutheran background and grew up amongst the Laestadians in northern Norway. His parents belonged to this direction within The Norwegian church. Today Svein-Magne belongs to the Pentecostal church Filadelfia in the town of Vennesla by the city of Kristiansand.
One day in 1964 he read the book «Healing the Sick» by renowned evangelist T. L. Osborne from America. The book grew belief and interest in him on the subject a divine healing.
One day during theology studies at Ansgar Theological Seminary in Oslo, he listened to a Lutheran charismatic preacher from America ( Herbert Mjorud ) who was teaching the theology students about healing through prayer. After this teaching Svein-Magne asked God to receive the gift of healing. This happened on May 29 in 1971. God baptized him in the Holy Spirit and gave him the power to heal the sick. Since then he has practiced praying for the sick. The first healing he experienced was when his sister-in-law Grethe was cured of flat-footedness while Svein-Magne prayed for her one day in July of 1971. She was 19 when the miracle took place. For her whole working life she has been a nurse and subsequently a teacher of nurses. She still walks with healthy feet with no signs of flatfootedness.
After four years of theological training, he moved to Mo i Rana in 1973. His wife Solveig was by then trained as a special education teacher. Since then he has worked mainly as an evangelist in Norway. During this time the Pedersen family lived in various locations in Norway.
From 1982 to 1988 the Pedersen family lived in Canada. On July 29, 1982 Svein-Magne with his wife Solveig and three children emigrated to Canada. The church Grace Apostolic Church in the town of The Pas in the province of Manitoba called him over as «Assistant Pastor». In the summer of 1983, Svein-Magne got a calling to be the pastor of another church, Full Gospel Christian Center in the city of Flin Flon, 140 kilometers further north. While living in Flin Flon, he started his own TV show "The New Dimension" on the local television channel. While Pedersen was a pastor and missionary in Canada, he had extensive work among the indigenous people in rural areas in and around the places where he lived. He also had a prison ministry.
On August 29, 1988 the Pedersen family moved back to Norway. In 1989 they all became Canadian citizens. They have both Norwegian and Canadian citizenships. One year after the Pedersen family came to Norway, Svein-Magne started his own ministry. On April 6, 1990 the ministry was approved by the County of Agder. The same year he started the magazine «Legedom». The following year (1991) he started his own publishing house - «Forlaget Legedom». Up until now Pedersen has published 25 books and pamphlets, most of them dealing with the subject of healing through prayer. In 1992 he began a telemarketing service to pay his employees, but this system was discontinued in 2018. Today the ministry has almost 20 on the payroll. Pedersen soon became nationally known because the media showed great interest in his ministry. It was the concept of healing through prayer that caught many people's interest.
Establishing Canadian Society. Since Svein Magne and family had lived six years in Canada and were Canadian citizens, they wanted to establish a solid work in Canada. They got in touch with a Canadian lawyer in the province of British Columbia. He sent an application to the Canadian authorities. On July 21, 1994 Jesus Heals Ministries Society was approved by the Canadian authorities as a Canadian society with a clear and distinct goal: Mission work in British Columbia.
Ph.Ds.
One day in June Svein Magne received a Theological doctorate Phd. from Life Christian University, Tampa, Florida. On 25 February 2012 he also received an honorary doctorate (Doctor of Divinity) for a long and extensive work in God's kingdom. Behind the doctorates were 23 theological colleges in India.
On October 12, 1995 he was a guest on TV celebrity Per Ståle Lønning’s talk show «Lønning Direkte». Five who had been miraculously healed through Pedersen's prayer, came forward and testified of the miracles that had taken place. Doctors and theologians participated in a very captivating debate. This gave Svein Magne one minute to pray for the sick viewers. Many could later confirm that they were now healed.
During the program the viewers could call a certain number if they believed in healing, or another number if they did not believe. An entire 81.6 percent of those who called made known that they believed. 604,000 watched the program, which broke the viewing record for TV2 that week. Thus Svein-Magne and Jesus Heals Ministries was known nationwide. Half a year later (March 7, 1996) he again was a guest on «Lønning Direkte». And the viewership increased to 613,000. 83.3 percent of the callers stated that they believed in this. Since then he has been a guest on numerous television programs concerning prayer for the sick (including "Reflex health", "Document 2", " Tabloid" (2X), "Holmgang" (3x), "Factor" and several more). Newspapers and magazines wrote many columns about his work.
Mission to many parts of the world. From the healing center Svein-Magne prays for close to 100,000 individuals each year (telephone, meetings, letters, e-mails and in person). He has had healing meetings and seminars about healing at home and abroad, in churches, community centers, in hotels and at alternative fairs. He holds campaigns at home and abroad where the main focus is on salvation and healing. In 2005 Pedersen started with TV. The first two years "The Miracle is Yours" was sent across 52 countries in Europe through Gospel Channel. Here is a closer view of the work:
Overview of Jesus Heals Ministries' missions activities:
1. TV broadcasts to Scandinavia. JHM broadcasts the TV program "The Miracle is Yours" weekly to Norwegian viewers in Scandianvia via TV Vision Norway. It started in 2010.
2. TV broadcasts to over 100 countries. JHM airs the TV show "The Miracle is Yours" weekly in several languages to approximately 120 countries; Asia, Middle East, North and East Africa, Canada and throughout Europe. The plan is to reach the whole world with the TV program. TV broadcasts across Canada since 2010, Gospel Channel Europe from 2013.
3. Meeting Campaigns. JHM arranges meeting campaigns at home and abroad. Here many can hear the gospel. Many are saved and healed.
4. JHM has supported a ministry among Canada's First Nations (The band Stolo Nation in British Columbia), and is reaching out to Scandinavians in this province.
5. JHM supports ministry among drug addicts. JHM supports a ministry among drug addicts in British Columbia, Canada.
6. JHM has supported a prison and orphan ministry in Moldova, Europe's poorest country.
7. JHM has financed the building of two orphanages in India. From 2012, 2 orphanages with altogether 24 units have been built. The first, with 10 units in Orissa, were completed on June 23, 2013. Several hundred orphans were living there, until the summer of 2015, when a terrorist attack led to the closing of the orphanage. The second orphanage, with 14 units, was built in the city of Chennai - also with room for several hundred orphans. The units were completed on January 30, 2016. The work has been carried out in collaboration with the Indian Foundation Sharing Hands Trust.
8. Support for the ministry in India. JHM also supports another foundation in India: Maranatha Visvasa Samajam headquartered outside Hyderabad. The support is given to three orphanages.
9. JHM has supported missions among lepers in Chennai from 2015 to 2018. This support went through Sharing Hands Trust.
10. JHM finance wells for the low cast people in India. 12 wells have been drilled outside the large city of Chennai. JHM is planning more wells for the low cast people in India.
11. JHM has financed a well in Tanzania for New Life Foundation in Moshi (2016).
12. Prayer over the phone. JHM offers prayer over the phone every day from Monday to Friday (9 am-4 pm).Thousands call and many are helped.
13. JHM runs a Tele Church. ("Telephone Church") with two meetings, each for half an hour every Wednesday at 20:00 until 20:30 and from 21:00 to 9:30 p.m.. Many are saved and healed through this ministry. (+47 955 15 160)
14. Devotions over the phone. JHM has two devotional phone lines: +47 955 15162 and +47 955 15 163.
16. Publishing: Through the publishing house «Forlaget Legedom». JHM publishes its own books, booklets, tracts, and CD and DVD releases.
17. JHM publishes the magazine «Legedom» with many thousand subscribers.
18. Correspondence Course. «Nasartskolen» - correspondence course with a focus on healing.
19. Correspondence Course for new believers. "Veien Videre "- two courses (Part 1 and Part 2) for new believers and others who want to be familiar with Christianitys ABCs. In English the course is called “Passport to Heaven”.
20. Ministry through letters. JHM sends every year over 130,000 letters to the sick and friends of JHM who needs encouragement and help.
22. Prayer at the center. Every Thursday JHM arranges prayer for the sick at the center in Vennesla where people from all over Norway and other countries come seeking help: Miracle Thursday. Here you need to have an appointment for prayer. Svein Magne prays for the sick.
23. Some Saturdays through the year JHM arranges healing meetings in Vennesla: Miracle Saturday. Here anyone can come and receive prayer from Svein Magne without having an appointment in advance. The meetings at Miracle Saturday always start at 13:00, but the doors open at 11.00. All who want prayer get a queue number.
In conclusion: This is a summary of JHMs history and its branches of ministry. Please contact us if you want to know more about JHM, or if you would like to support the ministry in the extensive work conducted from the base in Vennesla. Every year, thousands are saved and healed in JHMs work in many parts of the world. Those who support JHM are sowing into very good soil. The fruits can be read about in the magazine «Legedom».
Phone number: +47 381 500 50
Website: www.mjl.no
E-mail: mjl@mjl.no
