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Mim Skinner: Discovering authentic faith inside a women’s prison // Steve Maltz: Why the Church needs to get back to its Jewish roots

30 Aug 2019
55:38

It’s a double bill on The Profile this week. Megan Cornwell meets Mim Skinner, the author of Jailbirds: a book about women’s prisons, while in part two, Sam Hailes talks Steve Maltz, a Christian author best known for his teaching on the Hebraic roots...

The Bruderhof’s Bernard Hibbs: Living in community // Bishop Philip North: Remembering the poor

23 Aug 2019
53:56

Megan Cornwell meets Bernard Hibbs from The Bruderhof – a Christian community where all possessions are shared, faith sits at the centre of daily life and crime is non-existent. In part two, the Bishop of Burnley Philip North talks about his work in...

Bec Hill: The Australian comedian speaks candidly on faith, church and paper-puppetry

16 Aug 2019
54:46

On this week’s show, Megan Cornwell sits down with comedian Bec Hill, who is currently performing at Edinburgh Fringe. Born in Australia but now based in London, Bec Hill’s one liners have been featured in The Telegraph, The Guardian and Buzzfeed. Sh...

Tim Farron: How prophecy and apologetics led the former Lib Dem leader to faith

9 Aug 2019
01:02:22

On this week’s show, Tim Farron tells Sam Hailes how reading books on prophecy and apologetics played a key part in his decision to become a Christian. Farron also comments on how the “trials and tribulations” he experienced while leading the Liberal...

Paul Harcourt: Leading New Wine, encountering the Holy Spirit and longing for another move of God

2 Aug 2019
55:00

On this week’s show, the national leader of New Wine sits down with Premier Christianity’s Sam Hailes. Paul Harcourt explains how encountering the Holy Spirit at an early age dramatically altered his relationship with God and allowed him to “let go”...

Alexander Mclean: Bringing justice to African prisons

26 Jul 2019
54:34

There are people walking the streets today who were formerly on death row in Uganda. Alexander Mclean is the man who has helped win their freedom. The founder of African Prisons Project, is a lawyer, humanitarian and award winning philanthropist who...

Lyndon Bowring: Compassionate campaigning on abortion and homosexuality

19 Jul 2019
55:13

The co-founder of Christian charity CARE reflects on a lifetime of campaigning in this in-depth interview with Premier Christianity’s Sam Hailes. Lyndon Bowring may not have changed his mind on the fundamental issues, but the way he talks about diffi...

Ben Lindsay: youth violence, racism and parenting

12 Jul 2019
53:17

Pastor and founder of Power The Fight, Ben Linsday, shares his faith journey with Ruth Jackson and talks about his work with at-risk young people in South London. He offers advice about what the Church can do to curb the rise in youth violence. Ben c...

Kojo Anim: Doing Britain’s Got Talent & God moment

8 Jul 2019
01:07:44

Kojo Anim talks to LadyT about his time on Britain’s Got Talent, why he did the show, getting the golden buzzer from Simon Cowell and why that moment changed everything. He also talks about being broke, homeless, in foster care and the impact that ha...

Natalie Collins: women, equality and where the Church has gone wrong

5 Jul 2019
57:29

Natalie Collins is a Gender Justice Specialist who works with Christian organisations and others to educate them on gender equality and the abuse of women. Collins was in an abusive marriage herself and gave birth to her second child prematurely afte...

Pete Portal: Finding Jesus in a Cape Town ghetto

28 Jun 2019
56:45

Pete Portal tells Justin Brierley his conversion story (involving a fight in a takeaway restaurant) and what that led him to establish a Christian rehab community in one of South Africa’s most infamous ghettoes. Pete shares the joys, struggles, mirac...

Rev Dr Clifford Hill: Prophecy, Brexit and The Reshaping of Britain

21 Jun 2019
59:50

The Rev Dr Clifford Hill is a sociologist, theologian and founder of the magazine Prophecy Today. In this in-depth interview with Premier Christianity’s Sam Hailes, Dr Hill recalls his early life and explains how he was called to ministry at the tend...

Bishop Rachel Treweek: Smashing the stained-glass ceiling

12 Jun 2019
57:17

Long before Rachel Treweek shattered the so-called stained-glass ceiling by becoming the first female diocesan bishop in the Church of England, she was challenging the status quo. As a young girl growing up in leafy Hertfordshire, the church she atte...

David Hilborn: The Moorlands principal on education, theology and Brexit

7 Jun 2019
01:04:40

Rev Dr David Hilborn has spent most of his career working in theological education. The current principal of Moorlands college was previously principal of St John’s College, Nottingham and also played an influential role in the beginnings of St Melli...

JD from Hillsong United: Revival, worship and unity

31 May 2019
51:09

Jonathon Douglass (aka ‘JD’) has been making music with Hillsong United since the very beginning. What began as a church youth band based in Sydney, Australia has become a global phenomenon. Hillsong United have led worship in some of the world’s big...

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