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The Profile
Find out what makes influential Christian leaders tick! Hear the faith stories of a huge range of church leaders, sport stars, media personalities and more, as they share how God has led and guided them through both valleys and mountain-top experiences. Past guests include church leaders such as HTB’s Nicky Gumbel, Bible teachers Joyce Meyer and John Mark Comer, missionary Jackie Pullinger, Gospel superstar Fred Hammond and worship leaders Martin Smith and Tim Hughes. New episodes are published…
Episodes
The ProfileDr Simon Stuart of Arocha International – Tragedy and hope in creation care
Award–winning conservation expert Dr Simon Stuart is the newly-appointed Executive Director of the leading Christian conservation charity Arocha International…
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Skip Heitzig: Pastoring in a pandemic and writing God’s biography
Skip Heitzig, pastor of Calvary Church in Albuquerque and author of the new book ‘Biography of God’ joins Justin Brierley. They chat about Skip’s journey of…
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Joshua Luke Smith: Merchant of mystery
The poet and podcaster Joshua Luke Smith tells Sam Hailes about his upbringing in Croydon and Pakistan, how he overcame the "triple threat" childhood diagnosis…
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When worship goes viral: Kari Jobe and Tim Hughes on The Blessing
Two of the worship leaders behind the hugely popular worship song 'The Blessing' talk to the Premier Christianity magazine team about the story behind the…
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Robert and Liz Glover: how God helped us place over 1 million Chinese orphans in families
Robert Glover OBE and his wife, Liz, have spent several decades working in China to establish its first ever adoption programme, in which they've seen over 1…
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Rev Paul Cowley MBE: Thief, prisoner, soldier, priest
Paul Cowley was behind bars at the age of 15. In the years since then, he's served in the army, become a Christian and has even been awarded an MBE for his…
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CBeebies' Gemma Hunt: How God called me to work in TV // Faith Child: Making music that changes lives
It was a prophetic word given at Soul Survivor which inspired Gemma Hunt to pursue a career in the media. In this in depth interview with Premier's Ruth…
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Mike 'Big Daddy' Weaver: How I'm learning to trust and obey
The Big Daddy Weave frontman Mike Weaver speaks to Premier's Simon Tuck about his life and faith, and how God has sustained him and the rest of the band…
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Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks: Jewishness, Jesus & Richard Dawkins
Following the news that Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks has passed away at the age of 72, we are re-airing this interview with him. The former chief rabbi and winner…
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Jonathan Veira: How the Bass Baritone found his voice
Jonathan Viera has performed across the globe in a variety of roles and musical styles from Mozart through to John Adams. He's also well known in the Christian…
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Chris Eaton: Songwriter to the stars // Gospel artist Jekalyn Carr: Finding the motivation to win
It's a double bill of The Profile this week as Premier's Simon Tuck sits down with two Christian music stars. Chris Eaton has written many classic songs…
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Bryn Haworth: The guitar virtuoso on his conversion to Christianity
The legendary guitarist and Christian singer-songwriter Bryn Haworth has released over 20 albums and toured the length and breadth of the UK over the course of…
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X Factor runner-up Jahmene: Surviving child abuse and meeting a father to the fatherless
It could be argued X Factor launched his career, but Jahmene doesn't share that perspective. In this in-depth interview with Premier Christianity's Sam Hailes…
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Steve Harvey: One of America's biggest entertainers on his mistakes and God's grace
He might be one of America’s biggest entertainers, but life hasn’t always been rosy for the larger-than-life celebrity. Steve Harvey says his rags to riches…
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Robin Mark: Writing 'Days of Elijah' and longing for Revival in Belfast
Northern Irish worship leader Robin Mark is the writer of much-loved worship songs 'Days of Elijah', 'Revival' and 'Take us to the river'. In this look back on…
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Iona Rossely: The former ladies ski champion on her long journey to faith
Iona has represented Great Britain in speed skiing and holds the title of Ladies British Overseas Champion and New Zealand Ladies Champion. She successfully…
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Leroy Logan: My life as a black police officer in London
Leroy Logan is a Christian, a black man and a police officer. And he sees no contradiction between any of these aspects of his identity. The former…
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Ari Sorko-Ram: The Messianic Jewish leader who believes all Israel will be saved
Ari Sorko-Ram has had a varied life and career which has included working as a professional Rugby player in France, an actor in Hollywood and a church leader…
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Max Lucado: The prolific author on his lockdown struggles // Jo Saxton: The leadership coach with a passion for mentoring women
In this week's double bill, Rachel Matthew meets the prolific Christian author Max Lucado and Claire Musters interviews well known leadership coach and popular…
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Damian Stayne: The Catholic charismatic on healing, prophecy and deliverance
Damian Stayne is a healing minister in the Catholic Church. He is the founder and the leader of Cor et Lumen Christi, which aims to equip fellow Catholics in…
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John Mark Comer: How to ruthlessly eliminate hurry from your life
The American pastor's new and much-praised book The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry is out now. And you can get it FREE when you subscribe to Premier…
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Rev Chris Lee: The viral vicar reaching 1 million people a week
He has more followers than the Archbishop of Canterbury and tens of thousands watch his 60-second sermons. BBC News has dubbed him “an internet sensation”, but…
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Lisa Fields: Jude 3 Project, Racism in the Church, US politics
Lisa Fields is head of the Jude 3 Project, an apologetics organisation with a focus on helping African Americans better understand and share their faith. Lisa…
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Ken Costa: Following Jesus in the world of banking and finance
Ken Costa is part of the leadership team at Holy Trinity Brompton and has had a career in banking and finance. In this interview first broadcast in 2016 he…
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Pastor Sam Robertson: Supernatural encounters // Shadow Faiths Minister Janet Daby MP: My testimony
On this week’s show, Premier’s Maria Rodriguez speaks to Sam Robertson from the Glasgow Prophetic Centre about the unusual supernatural encounters he’s…
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Dr Francis Collins: The Christian geneticist on conversion, creation and Covid-19
Dr Francis Collins is a renowned geneticist who directs the National Institutes of Health in the USA, at the forefront of finding a vaccine for Covid-19. He…
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Eric Gaudion: Suffering with the most painful condition known to humanity
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…
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KXC’s Pete Hughes: Discovering God’s plan to make all things new
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…
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Rich Wilson: Head of student mission movement, Fusion
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…
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Paul S Williams: The Marketplace and Mission in a post-Christian world
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…
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Lisa Bevere on thriving in lockdown // Rev Anthony Thompson on forgiving the racist who murdered his wife
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…
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Dr Rowan Williams: The former Archbishop of Canterbury on the Rule of St Benedict
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…
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Nigel Ipinson-Fleming: Keyboards, drugs, The Stone Roses and my journey to Jesus Christ
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…
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Stef Reid: World champion Paralympian
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…
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Marilyn Baker: A lifetime of music and ministry // Timo Soini: The former Finnish deputy PM
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…
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Kings Kaleidoscope's Chad Gardner: Turning apathy to art
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…
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David Bennett: A celibate gay Christian has tea with his enemies
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…
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Rhidian Brook: 20 years of broadcasting on Thought for the Day
Recorded at the very beginning of the coronavirus outbreak, Rhidian Brook speaks to Premier Christianity’s Sam Hailes about Godbothering – Rhidian’s new book…
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Nadim Ednan-Laperouse: Encountering angels and coming to Christ
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…
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Kim Phuc Phan Thi: How the bombs led me to Christ
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…
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Lockdown special: J John, RT Kendall, Rob Parsons and Philip Yancey
Justin Brierley speaks to church leaders, evangelists and authors from lockdown in their homes about what the Coronavirus means for them, their ministry and…
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Will van der Hart on positive mental health during Coronavirus lockdown
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…
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Andrew Brunson: Prison broke me, but with faith, a prayer movement, and Donald Trump I came out stronger than ever
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…
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Canon Andrew White: Working for reconciliation in the Middle East
“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…
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Kidnapped missionary David Donovan: How I survived being held at gunpoint for 22 days
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…
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Nims Obunge: The London Mayoral candidate who wants to pastor the city
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…
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Paul Baloche: The pastor to worship pastors on discipleship, church unity and ‘grace passes’
‘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…
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Facebook exec Nona Jones: God gave me the job of a lifetime
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…
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SPECIAL - Franklin Graham: my apology to the LGBT community
In this bonus edition of The Profile podcast, Marcus Jones interviews the controversial evangelist Franklin Graham ahead of his planned UK tour. The son of the…
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Peter Lynas: The Evangelical Alliance UK director on Trans issues, religious freedom and meaning
Peter Lynas joined the Evangelical Alliance weeks after CEO Gavin Calver told this programme the organisation needed to be “braver”. Is moving a former…
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Noël Tredinnick: The conductor, composer and Prom Praise founder on his lifetime of music ministry
Noël Tredinnick tells Justin Brierley about his life and work in musical ministry, leading the All Souls Choir and Orchestra and Prom Praise musical…
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Will Torrent: The award winning Pastry chef wants to change how you think about chocolate
Will Torrent eats chocolate for breakfast. He recommends the practice. “Your taste buds are ready to have something exciting!” he says. In this in-depth…
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Katia Adams: How I discovered what the Bible really says about men and women
Having grown up as a Christian in Iran, Katia Adams is deeply aware of the persecution which many Christians are facing around the world. In this interview…
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Simon Guillebaud: demon possession, death threats and raising children in a conflict zone
In this week’s show Megan Cornwell sits down with veteran missionary Simon Guillebaud to hear about the miraculous ways God has protected him and his family…
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Shaun Bailey: The Conservative London Mayoral candidate on coming back to faith and tackling knife crime
In this week’s show Sam Hailes sits down the Conservative candidate for the 2020 London Mayoral election, Shaun Bailey. Although he grew up in a Christian…
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Mark Scandrette: Meet the prophetic teacher urging the Church to re-think spiritual formation
In this week’s show Sam Hailes sits down with the San Francisco-based author and activist Mark Scandrette to talk about a whole host of issues which centre…
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William McDowell: Miracles, signs and wonders are breaking out at the Gospel artist’s church
In this week’s show Sam Hailes sits down with the Grammy nominated Gospel artist William McDowell to hear how the miraculous has been invading Deeper…
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Ann Widdecombe: The outspoken MEP on converting to Catholicism, leaving the Conservatives and appearing on Strictly
In this week’s show Cara Bentley delves into the life and faith of the outspoken and at times controversial politician, Ann Widdecombe. When Widdecombe last…
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Rev Nadim Nassar: The CofE’s only Syrian Priest on holding onto faith during war and building peace in the Middle East
On this week’s show, Rev Nadim Nassar, the Church of England’s only Syrian priest, talks to Megan Cornwell about growing up in Syria and the constant threats…
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Mark Sayers: The church and culture guru on secularism, tech, relevance and revival
On this week’s show, Mark Sayers, the pastor of Red Church in Melbourne, Australia talks to Premier Christianity’s Sam Hailes about his life and ministry. Mark…