The Profile

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Leadership Special Mark Hendley: ‘Leading through ministry uncertainty’

10 Dec 2024
00:28:06

Andy Peck chatted with the founder of ‘The Stones Cry Out’ about how planned Holy Land tours were halted by the Israel v Hamas hostilities but ended up adjusting his work in even better ways. They also discuss why the traditional nativity scene is wa...

Rico Tice on Evangelism

6 Dec 2024
00:53:25

Evangelist Rico Tice had a classically English boarding school upbringing but his early life was more international. Born in Chile he grew up in Africa, later attending Sherbourne boarding school in Dorset in the sixties and seventies which he descri...

Leadership Special Ashley Cooper: ‘Theological education for leaders’

4 Dec 2024
00:27:39

Andy Peck chats with the Principal of Cliff College, Derbyshire about the challenges of leading a Theological College. How has the focus changed over the years? How are issues regarding sexuality covered given the divisions with the national Church?...

Lex Renick - the pastor who turned her back on a transgender identity

29 Nov 2024
00:42:39

Lex Renick has lived many different lives and she's still only 27-years-old. When she was still in middle school she began to experience gender dysphoria going on to identify as a transgender man taking testosterone and even having a double maste...

Leadership Special Chris Gillies: ‘Leading in the workplace’

27 Nov 2024
00:25:23

Andy Peck talks to the author of ‘On the way to work: a Christian approach to thinking differently about success and fulfilment’. Chris has 30 years’ experience working at director level in financial services and shares four important principles for...

Musician and Evangelist Nancy Goudie on following the voice of God.

22 Nov 2024
00:55:27

At the age of just six Nancy Goudie felt the powerful presence of God to the point she was unable to move. She became a Christian and later with her husband Ray set up the band Heartbeat which had mainstream, international and TV success appearing on...

Leadership Special Dr Shola Oladipo: ‘Leading with energy’

19 Nov 2024
00:27:24

Andy Peck talks with the CEO of Food For Purpose (FFP) about how our diet and exercise levels affect our life as a leader. If we are to ‘love God with all our strength’, what should be eating and not eating to ensure we are capable of leading well fo...

Bishop Guli -the Anglican with Iranian roots speaking out on injustice

15 Nov 2024
00:59:33

The Rt Revd Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani has been Bishop of Chelmsford for nearly 4 years. As a woman, she's one of 18 female bishops in the Church of England out of 42 in total. She was born in Iran in the sixties and it was her early life and exper...

Leadership Special Kat Osborn & Tania Bright: ‘Leading a merged charity’

13 Nov 2024
00:28:48

Andy Peck talks with the CEOs of Safe Families and Home for Good about how God led them to merge their complementary activities helping vulnerable families and children. How did the merger come about? How did it feel to have a new set of leadership c...

Leadership Special Kate Coleman: ‘Transforming into leaders for tomorrow’

6 Nov 2024
00:27:43

Andy Peck talks with the founding director of Next Leadership about her latest book, ‘Metamorph: transforming your life and leadership. Inspired wisdom from the extraordinary ordinary people of the Bible.’ They look at why ‘metamorph’ is a key word...

Femi Oguns - from actor to agent

5 Nov 2024
00:40:59

According to the actor turned agent Femi Oguns it was God who told him to take his talents behind the screen. At 26-years-old Oguns had a great career. He had played the lead alongside Helen Mirren in the 90's hit Prime Suspect and just starred i...

Switchfoot's Jon Foreman on music and inspiration

1 Nov 2024
00:41:05

American rock band Switchfoot had early success in the Christian rock scene in the late nighties and early noughties later gaining mainstream recognition. They released their major album The Beautiful Letdown with hits including 'Meant to Live' and '...

Leadership Special John Hindley: ‘Leading through disappointment’

30 Oct 2024
00:26:24

Andy Peck talks with the pastor of Broad Grace Church in Norfolk, about disappointment, looking at themes from his book: ‘Dealing with Disappointment: How to know joy when life doesn’t feel great’. They look at disappointment with ourselves, with ot...

Chris DeFlorio - a real life Exorcist

25 Oct 2024
00:46:05

It's a unique person that answers the call to deliverance ministry but that's exactly what happened to Chris DeFlorio who writes about his experiences as a demonologist in his book Called into Darkness. The retired New York police officer had ple...

Leadership Special Alan Palmer: ‘Leading through illness’

23 Oct 2024
00:27:35

Andy Peck talks with the recently retired lead chaplain at James Paget University Hospital in Great Yarmouth, who has served in pastoral ministry in Suffolk, Canada, and Brussels, about the time when his wife and then he himself were seriously ill. H...