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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...

Will van der Hart on positive mental health during Coronavirus lockdown

27 Mar 2020
40:30

Will van der Hart is a pastoral chaplain at Holy Trinity Brompton, London and a director of The Mind And Soul Foundation. Since struggling with anxiety following his experience of the 7/7 London bombings Will has worked at the forefront of helping Ch...

Andrew Brunson: Prison broke me, but with faith, a prayer movement, and Donald Trump I came out stronger than ever

20 Mar 2020
50:36

Andrew Brunson is a American pastor who lived in Turkey for more than 20 years as a missionary with his wife. He was imprisoned for two years on what religious freedom campaigners say were bogus terrorism-related charges including leading Turkey’s fa...

Canon Andrew White: Working for reconciliation in the Middle East

13 Mar 2020
52:57

“How do we bring enemies together?” That’s the question which has dominated much of Canon Andrew White’s ministry. For many years he was the only Anglican vicar in Baghdad, staying there throughout the most recent Iraq war. He only left when the Arch...

Kidnapped missionary David Donovan: How I survived being held at gunpoint for 22 days

6 Mar 2020
01:01:26

Working in Nigeria as a medical missionary, David and his wife Shirley thought they were safe. “That was an illusion,” David now says. On 13 October 2017 the couple were awakened by a pounding on the door. The power lines had been cut as a gang storm...

Nims Obunge: The London Mayoral candidate who wants to pastor the city

28 Feb 2020
59:49

Nims Obunge loves an acronym. Hope stands for “Helping Other People Excel”, while Dream means “Develop Real Examples and Mentors”, he says. As a preacher and pastor, Nims is passionate about motivating his people to live for God and make a difference...

Paul Baloche: The pastor to worship pastors on discipleship, church unity and ‘grace passes’

21 Feb 2020
58:40

‘Open the Eyes of My Heart’ has been sung by millions of Christians across the globe. Writer Paul Baloche, who has also penned many other hit worship songs including ‘Hosanna’ and ‘Our God Saves’, never expected his music to travel as much as it has....

Facebook exec Nona Jones: God gave me the job of a lifetime

14 Feb 2020
48:49

When God told Nona Jones to quit her job, she was shocked. But minutes after she handed in her notice, Facebook called. They were offering her the chance to become the company’s head of global faith partnerships. In this in-depth interview with Premi...