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Joel Toombs is a Firefighter at South Yorkshire Fire and rescue and this Emergency Services Prayer Day, Premier's Esther Higham spoke to him about what it's like to be a person of faith in his line of work.
This week marks the 75th anniversary of Windrush, when HMT Empire Windrush brought 492 Caribbean migrants to the UK. Photographer Jim Grover and Margaret Grocia, whose family are Caribbean, joined Esther Higham to chat about a new exhibition celebrating the Caribbean culture of the first arrivals and what this has meant for future generations.
You may have heard of Messy Church, or Cafe Church, or even Forest Church, but what about Garden Church? Dave Lloyd heads up a network of 'Garden Churches' in rural Norfolk and he spoke to Premier's Esther Higham about the vision behind these missional communities of Christians.
89 million people around the world were forced to flee their homes last year. As Christians, how can we respond to this refugee crisis? Sue Butler, CEO of Welcome Churches, joins Esther Higham on On World Refugee Day to tell us more.
Tim Morfin, founder and Chief Executive of Transforming Lives for Good, joins Esther Higham for an exclusive chat after being awarded an OBE in the King’s Birthday Honours List.
Nicola Brady, General Secretary of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, joins Esther Higham from Tallinn, Estonia to chat about how churches in Europe have been responding to the conflict in Ukraine.
Teleri Jardine, a specialist in Child Protection and Refugees at World Vision, chats to Esther Higham about the Greece refugee shipwreck and the work being done to support displaced children across the world.
Dr Chidi Ngwaba chats to Esther Higham about healthy eating, exercise, and how a change in lifestyle can help reverse illnesses like Type Two diabetes.
Cassandra Maria, Premier presenter and comedian joined Esther Higham to chat about the reality TV show that's ruled our screens every summer since 2015... Love Island! Should Christians watch it? Esther asked Cassandra her thoughts...
Shane Claiborne, co-founder of Red-Letter Christians, chatted to Premier's Esther Higham about how a boy born into the conservative Bible Belt grew up to become one of America's most radical activists.
Murdo Fraser, Scottish Conservative MSP, joins Esther Higham to chat about the National Prayer Breakfast for Scotland and the unfair pressures faced by Christian politicians.
Jo Trickey, Church Advisor at LICC and Kevin Croft from London City Mission join Esther Higham to ask the question, is the Church too middle class?
Philip Als is a Barbados-born ocean rower who broke a world record after rowing across the Atlantic Ocean in 2003. He's now training to row the Northwest Passage, swapping tropical Caribbean waters for colder arctic temperatures...
For this week's Monday Morning Minister, we were joined by Rev'd Hayley Young, President of the Baptist Union. She spoke to Esther about what she's learnt at the end of her presidency.
Matt Redman is one of the biggest worship artists in the world , and has just brought out his 14th album. He sat down with Premier's Esther Higham to chat about new music, his inspirations and what he would do if he wasn't busy being Matt Redman...
