Episodes

  • Carey Nieuwhof on church leadership

    Carey Nieuwhof on church leadership
    Jan 24 2025
    Podcaster Carey Nieuwhof has said being a pastor 'nearly killed' him. Not that he felt a particular call to church leadership initially. Nieuwhof grew up in a Christian home to immigrant parents who lived in Canada but it wasn't until he was 13 and his parents had moved to an Evangelical Presbyterian church that he felt he gave his life to Christ. Ministry did not initially attract him and instead he became a lawyer for a short while but felt the pull later and founded Connexus Church in Ontario helping it to grow their congregation. Growth and success have always been important to him. Now he speaks on leadership, and faith. He hosts the Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast, where he interviews influential leaders from different industries on how to grow their own influence. In this edition of The Profile he talks to Assistant Editor of Christianity Magazine Emma Fowle about the challenges all pastors feel whatever the size of their church and the successes and failures on how to really reach people emotionally.
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    56 mins
  • Leadership Special Nicholas & Sheila Rowe ‘How your upbringing impacts how you lead’

    Leadership Special Nicholas & Sheila Rowe ‘How your upbringing impacts how you lead’
    Jan 22 2025
    Andy Peck chats with the authors of Healing Leadership Trauma: Finding emotional health and helping others flourish (IVP). They discuss how past trauma can impact a leader’s style and approach, what signs we should look for, and what we might do to get support. 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
  • Jason McCarthy on football and Jesus

    Jason McCarthy on football and Jesus
    Jan 17 2025
    After a tough year Wycombe Wanderer's Jason McCarthy was looking to assess his priorities. He was having a successful career as a defender but after a close relative died and during a nasty spell when he got held up at knifepoint he began to question what success was. One day he overheard teammates talking about Jesus and became intrigued. He asked more, prayed and gave his life to Christ but initially his family - including his fiancé - were not supportive. In this episode of The Profile he speaks to Christianity's Emma Fowle about how he felt after becoming a Christian and how he got his now wife onboard with The Gospel. To listen to the whole interview just head to premier.plus/theprofile or stream it wherever you get your podcasts. You can also catch it right here on Premier Christian Radio every Saturday from 8 pm.
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    27 mins
  • Victory Boyd on scripture and music

    Victory Boyd on scripture and music
    Jan 17 2025
    Singer and songwriter Victory Boyd grew up in a big musical family. She's one of nine children and credits her parents for her musical success and the investment they put into her and her siblings. As a family they moved to New York with little money but a lot of faith and sold CDs around the city which helped support their family. Now she's a successful musician signed to Roc Nation, a music label owned by Jay-Z. Victory's music fuses soul, folk and gospel and draws on her own faith. In this interview with Premier Gospel's Cassandra Maria she talks about how reading and then playing the Psalms helps ease her soul. 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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    27 mins
  • Leadership Special Phil Moore: ‘When what and how you lead needs to change’

    Leadership Special Phil Moore: ‘When what and how you lead needs to change’
    Jan 15 2025
    Andy Peck chats with Phil Moore about his transition from serving as pastor at Everyday Church Wimbledon for a new kind of discipling based ministry. They explore his new book, ‘The Forgotten Manifesto of Jesus’ and how new believers can become leaders within their sphere of influence. 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
  • 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