Episodes

  • Isabel Vaughan-Spruce on standing up for the unborn

    Isabel Vaughan-Spruce on standing up for the unborn
    Jan 10 2025
    Isabel Vaughan-Spruce is one of the most outspoken pro-life activists working in the UK today. She is the Director of 40 Days for Life and March for Life UK which uses volunteers and prayer to encourage women to believe that their pregnancies are important. Last year she was arrested twice for praying outside abortion centres and has fought -successful - to challenge those arrests and the buffer zones which now operate outside some termination centres. Where did this fervour come from? Isabel grew up in large family but admits there was no big moment of faith and always just felt 'pro-life'. However after reading an article about a woman who left her phone number at an abortion centre for any women to call if they needed help, she felt moved to do something similar and has been doing so for two decades. On this episode of The Profile she speaks to Deputy Editor of Christianity magazine, Emma Fowle about her passionate belief that foetuses are babies, loved by God and that helping women to keep their unborn babies is pro-women.
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Leadership Special Kate Coleman & Cham Kaur-Mann: ‘Leading in a multi-racial setting’

    Leadership Special Kate Coleman & Cham Kaur-Mann: ‘Leading in a multi-racial setting’
    Jan 8 2025
    Andy Peck chats with Kate, the founder of Next Leadership and her co-director Cham. As the first black and Asian ministers in the Baptist Union of Great Britain respectively, they share their experience as pioneers. They look at what racism is, and what we can do to tackle the issue in the settings where we lead. The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading Christian magazine. Check out the latest offers at premierchristianity.com
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    28 mins
  • Christine Caine on shame

    Christine Caine on shame
    Jan 3 2025
    Australian-born Christine Caine is an author, and activist. She grew up to Greek immigrant parents in Sydney but from the age of 3 she was sexually abused by men living in her house. In her childhood and early adult life she lived with great shame but in this episode explains how Jesus set her free from it. As an adult she found out she and her brother was adopted. She discovered her own name was recorded as “unnamed” “birth number 2508 in 1966" but says it did not define her identity. She's the founder of anti-human trafficking organisation A21 and with her husband Nick she has also launched Equip & Empower, a ministry that helps people live out mission for Jesus. In this episode she talks to Fiona Stewart about what it feels like to be abandoned, abused and adopted and how shame holds you back but doesn't need to. The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity Magazine, the UK’s leading Christian magazine. Through our publication, you’ll access thought-provoking Christian content, including the latest news, inspiring interviews, and exclusive commentary. Take advantage of our special offer - just £6 for 3 issues plus full digital access to our website and back issues. Enrich your faith journey and subscribe today at premierchristianity.com/subscribe.
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    51 mins
  • Leadership Special Alan Fadling: ‘Unhurried Leadership’

    Leadership Special Alan Fadling: ‘Unhurried Leadership’
    Jan 1 2025
    Andy Peck chats with the author of ‘The Unhurried Leader’, who is the founder of a range of ministries, resources and events for leaders who wish to slow down. They talk about Alan’s journey to near burnout, how he recovered and what he says to leaders who fear they can’t keep going at their present pace. The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading Christian magazine. Check out the latest offers at premierchristianity.com
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    26 mins
  • Actor David Gyasi on love

    Actor David Gyasi on love
    Dec 27 2024
    Actor David Gyasi (pronounced 'Josse') is on a career high. He's appeared in Hollywood films such as Interstellar with Matthew McConaughey and alongside Halle Berry in Cloud Atlas. You can also catch him as UK Foreign Secretary in the Netflix series of The Diplomat. But getting there had its struggles. He and his wife - became teenage parents unexpectedly. It meant adjusting to a different kind of life while they were studying but the actor says friends, faith and his relationship with his partner got them through. When his mother encountered Jesus through her twin brother in Ghana 'the atmosphere in the house changed'. It was his first encounter with 'this guy' Jesus. His father became a Christian shortly afterwards and God became a part of his childhood. In this interview he spoke to Premier Christianity's Emma Fowle to talk through how he prepares for a role (and whether to take it or not), Church life and his relationship with family and friends. The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity Magazine, the UK’s leading Christian magazine. Through our publication, you’ll access thought-provoking Christian content, including the latest news, inspiring interviews, and exclusive commentary. Take advantage of our special offer - just £6 for 3 issues plus full digital access to our website and back issues. Enrich your faith journey and subscribe today at premierchristianity.com/subscribe.
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    55 mins
  • Leadership Special David Instone-Brewer: ‘A Christmas narrative for leaders’

    Leadership Special David Instone-Brewer: ‘A Christmas narrative for leaders’
    Dec 25 2024
    In a classic re-run, Andy Peck chats with the retired Baptist minister and Cambridge scholar about how we should best understand Luke and Matthew’s portrayal of the events surrounding the birth of Jesus. Does the likely scandal surrounding the events mean that there is rather more going on that we have imagined The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading Christian magazine. Check out the latest offers at premierchristianity.com
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    28 mins
  • Michelle John on music and God's Providence

    Michelle John on music and God's Providence
    Dec 20 2024
    Gospel singer songwriter Michelle John has sung with some great names in the music industry including Eric Clapton and Maria Carey though as she says - she still feels like "Michelle from Peckham". John grew up on a council estate in South London and was encouraged to go to church by a neighbour and local institution 'Mr Grant'. She began singing in the choir. Through Providence and talent she was picked to sing lead vocals in an episode of BBC One's Songs of Praise. A music producer spotted her and her career took off. As a professional backing singing she has sang for some truly great names including George Michael, Annie Lennox, Barak Obama and even the Queen. But it wasn't until she featured in BBC One's The Voice UK on Will.i.am's team, reaching the final, that she broke out as a solo artist. Now she's released her first solo album, God Is, which is a selection of Gospel songs from her childhood. She spoke to Premier Christianity Editor Sam Hailes about music, growing up mixed race and God's Providence. The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity Magazine, the UK’s leading Christian magazine. Through our publication, you’ll access thought-provoking Christian content, including the latest news, inspiring interviews, and exclusive commentary. Take advantage of our special offer - just £6 for 3 issues plus full digital access to our website and back issues. Enrich your faith journey and subscribe today at premierchristianity.com/subscribe.
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    48 mins
  • Leadership Special Matt Hogg: ‘Enabling lay leaders’

    Leadership Special Matt Hogg: ‘Enabling lay leaders’
    Dec 18 2024
    Andy Peck chatted with the leadership enabler at CPAS (Church Pastoral Aid Society) about the work of equipping lay leadership to serve in the local church. They discuss how moving from Holy Trinity, Brompton to revitalise a church in Fulham helped shape his ministry and what we might look for and why it is that so are reluctant to step into leadership roles. The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading Christian magazine. Check out the latest offers at premierchristianity.com
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    29 mins