Northern Ireland

Send us a textMusic, chat and laughter in this special Christmas episode where Kerry and Will meet Marie Lacey, founder and director of Belfast Community Gospel Choir.  She describes the choir as a way of helping people from all walks of life sing tr...

Send us a textThe Christian author and speaker, Lyndall Bywater, joins Kerry and Will to talk about her life and work.  She explains how she's never let her blindness interfere with any aspect of her life.  Known for uniting prayer groups across the...

Send us a textIn a time of weariness and cynicism about politics - locally and nationally - can Christians afford not to get involved?  In a special episode, Kerry and Will welcome three guests with a lot of insight on politics and their faith, inclu...

Send us a textLight and hope in great darkness.  Kerry and Will welcome Ben McMechan, the Northern Ireland lead for IJM, International Justice Mission.  In partnership with organisations and authorities across the world, they tackle slavery, violence...

Send us a textKerry and Will meet Chris Thompson, the Director of Tearfund NI and Lois Baillie, their Church and Supporter Engagement team Leader.  Talking about Church Partnerships.  How you can play your part to help train and equip local churches ...

Send us a textMeet one of the finest story-tellers you'll ever hear.  A talented broadcaster,  author and newspaper columnist, Rev Jim Rea is many more things besides.  A former Methodist President in Ireland, a pastor in both countryside and city al...

Send us a textSettled, adjusted, equipped and befriended.  That's the hope Avril Edgar has for every person in the Refugee and Asylum Community  in Northern Ireland.  It's why she joined a few friends to found Acacia Path which helps the Christian co...

Send us a textKerry and Will chat with Diane Holt of Thrive Ireland.  Last time we heard about a church which was reaching out to its community, in that particular case, to a local prison.  But most of us don't live near one!  What could other church...

Send us a textWith a prison on its doorstep, one church in south Belfast decided it would build relationships with it.  No small task, given that Hydebank College and Female Prison - like any other - sometimes appears in the news in anything but a po...

Send us a textIs Northern Ireland a place apart?  More "religious" than Great Britain?  Here's a remarkable snapshot of current Christian faith in Northern Ireland.  David Smyth, the head of Evangelical Alliance here, joins Kerry and Will to discuss...

Send us a textIn a triumph of diary matching, Kerry and Will meet David Montgomery, known as "Monty" to his friends and associates. He works as the Regional Director for IFES Europe.  IFES is the International Fellowship of Evangelical Students.   In...

Send us a textCost of Living Part 2.Kerry Greig and Will Leitch dig deeper into the issues surrounding the cost of living crisis, and the response of Christians to it.  Who is "standing in the gap"?   Last time they heard from three groups that are r...

Send us a textIn this special extra edition of The Commission Files, Will Leitch meets Alan McBride. Alan appeared on many news outlets in Autumn 2023 as people marked the 30th anniversary of the Shankill Bombing which killed ten people.  He's well-k...

Send us a textCost of Living Part 1."It could be you.."  That's a phrase Will Leitch and Kerry Greig heard over and over again as they researched and recorded this edition of The Commission Files, focussing on the cost of living crisis.  Many people...

Send us a textKerry Greig and Will Leitch welcome two new guests to Studio 2 at Commission to hear  how Christians work in so-called "restricted countries' - where traditional Christian outreach models simply aren't possible."Matt" from Business as M...