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Eric Gaudion: Suffering with the most painful condition known to humanity

10 Jul 2020
41:17

Church leader Eric Gaudion endured one of the most painful conditions known to humanity for 22 years. He was admitted to hospital more than 100 times and went through 30 surgeries before a groundbreaking transplant gave him his life back. In this int...

KXC’s Pete Hughes: Discovering God’s plan to make all things new

3 Jul 2020
52:17

In this week’s episode, church planter and author Pete Hughes talks to Sam Hailes about coronavirus, racism, ministering to millennials and Gen Z in London and why and how the church he leads in Kings Cross has grown. The figures - 40 congregants to....

Rich Wilson: Head of student mission movement, Fusion

26 Jun 2020
55:37

Rich Wilson is passionate about raising up the next generation of students who love Jesus, and then unleashing them on the world. In this in-depth interview he shares his own journey to faith and reveals some of the remarkable things God has done alo...

Paul S Williams: The Marketplace and Mission in a post-Christian world

19 Jun 2020
59:47

Paul S Williams is CEO of Bible Society, which for 200 years has sought to bring the Bible alive to every man, woman and child.  He shares how he was dramatically brought back to faith as a student at Oxford University before going on to work in fina...

Lisa Bevere on thriving in lockdown // Rev Anthony Thompson on forgiving the racist who murdered his wife

12 Jun 2020
56:00

It’s a double bill of The Profile podcast this week. Rachel Matthews is in conversation with bestselling author and founder of Messengers International, Lisa Bevere. In part two Claire Musters interviews Rev Anthony Thompson who lost his wife in the....

Dr Rowan Williams: The former Archbishop of Canterbury on the Rule of St Benedict

5 Jun 2020
52:38

Dr Rowan Williams is hoping to move back to Wales. “I don’t know exactly when it will be possible” he tells Catherine Larner, “but I still hope to be back by late autumn. I’m waiting to see what lies ahead, but I’m not looking to fill the diary. I’m...

Nigel Ipinson-Fleming: Keyboards, drugs, The Stone Roses and my journey to Jesus Christ

29 May 2020
53:24

Nigel Ipinson-Fleming is a Gospel artist, keyboard player and music producer with a history playing in bands such as Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark and The Stone Roses. First broadcast in 2016, in this interview he chats with Muyiwa Olarewaju abou...

Stef Reid: World champion Paralympian

22 May 2020
51:11

In this week’s show, Rachel Matthews meets the five time world record holding Paralympian Stef Reid. In this in depth interview, Stef talks about the accident which changed her life and how her perspective on what it means to be a Christian has matur...

Marilyn Baker: A lifetime of music and ministry // Timo Soini: The former Finnish deputy PM

16 May 2020
01:02:03

It’s a double bill of The Profile podcast this week. Premier’s John Pantry is in conversation with the much loved Christian singer-songwriter Marilyn Baker, while our head of news sits down with the former Finish deputy Prime Minister (and larger th....

Kings Kaleidoscope's Chad Gardner: Turning apathy to art

8 May 2020
45:19

It's not often that you put indie-rock star and third-generation church leader in the same sentence, but there's nothing kosher about the way Kings Kaleidoscope's Chad Gardner works, not, at least when it comes to creating worship music. In a despera...

David Bennett: A celibate gay Christian has tea with his enemies

1 May 2020
01:02:29

David Bennett’s testimony doesn’t fit into any neat categories. His story of going from an atheist gay rights activist to born again evangelical Christian is far from straightforward. It involves a homophobic attack, prophetic words and searching for...

Rhidian Brook: 20 years of broadcasting on Thought for the Day

24 Apr 2020
53:23

Recorded at the very beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, Rhidian Brook speaks to Premier Christianity’s Sam Hailes about Godbothering – Rhidian’s new book which collates some of his best musings as first broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s Thought For The...

Nadim Ednan-Laperouse: Encountering angels and coming to Christ

17 Apr 2020
55:21

When 15-year-old Natasha Ednan-Laperouse died from a severe allergic reaction to an unlabelled Pret a Manger sandwich in 2016, her young face graced newspapers across the country and her story travelled the world. What failed to be reported at the ti...

Kim Phuc Phan Thi: How the bombs led me to Christ

10 Apr 2020
50:57

Known as ‘Napalm Girl’, Kim Phuc is recognised globally as the nine-year-old running from a napalm attack during the Vietnam War. The image was recently voted the most iconic photo of all time. In this in depth interview with Premier’s Jess Lester, K...

Lockdown special: J John, RT Kendall, Rob Parsons and Philip Yancey

4 Apr 2020
01:04:52

Justin Brierley speaks to church leaders, evangelists and authors from lockdown in their homes about what the Coronavirus means for them, their ministry and the church. Evangelist JJohn talks about faith instead of fear in the storm, RT Kendall belie...

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