The Profile

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Desmond Tutu’s daughter Mpho Tutu Van Furth on her father’s legacy and gay marriage

1 Jul 2022
58:01

The daughter of the late Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks to Megan Cornwell about apartheid, the legacy of her famous father and how her gay marriage led to a break with South Africa’s Anglican Church.    You can also read this interview in Premier Ch....

Natasha Hemmings: The former Miss England shares her dramatic conversion

17 Jun 2022
47:00

Natasha Hemmings has spent her career smashing stereotypes. Can you be a Christian and a Miss England star? Can you be a classically trained vocalist who makes pop music? The answer, it seems, is 'of course!'. Speaking to Premier Christianity's Sam H...

Nia-Cerise Conteh: From hedonist to evangelist

10 Jun 2022
52:37

Nia-Cerise Conteh was living a life of pleasure and idol worship before an encounter with the Holy Spirit in her kitchen changed the trajectory of her life. In this episode of The Profile Nia-Cerise tells Premier Christianity's Megan Cornwell how Go....

Bazil Meade MBE: Celebrating 40 years of London Community Gospel Choir

3 Jun 2022
56:03

As London Community Gospel Choir celebrates its 40th birthday, their founder explains why he’s still intent on making music for the masses. Rev Bazil Meade MBE is no ordinary septuagenarian. The 71-year-old co-founder of Europe’s leading gospel choir...

Anba Angaelos: The first Coptic Archbishop of London

27 May 2022
53:48

The beheading of 21 Coptic Orthodox Christians in Libya by Islamic State in 2015 brought worldwide attention to a Church that has endured persecution throughout its 2,000- year history. The first Coptic (the word means ‘Egyptian’) Orthodox Archbisho....

*BONUS EPISODE​* Franklin Graham on defying his critics

24 May 2022
18:51

Franklin Graham is in good spirits when he meets Premier's head of news Marcus Jones in London's Hyde Park Corner. He's excited to be visiting Speaker's Corner, the place where many evangelists have preached and debated over the years. Many there hav...

Rev Dr Israel Olofinjana: The reverse-missionary on building multi-ethnic churches

20 May 2022
55:56

Ordained Baptist minister Rev Dr Israel Oluwole Olofinjana grew up in Nigeria in a polygamous family. In this interview with Premier Christianity's Sam Hailes he explains more about his 'tough' family background and the story of how he came to the UK...

Churches Together’s Shermara Fletcher: Ministering on the margins

13 May 2022
38:37

Shermara Fletcher might be the Principal Officer for Pentecostal, Charismatic and Multi-cultural Relations at Churches Together in England, but she's also learned to appreciate - and even embrace - other Christian traditions. In this interview with P...

Maverick City’s Dante Bowe: The Grammy-award winning artist doesn’t want to be a celebrity

6 May 2022
50:09

Ahead of his UK debut at Big Church Day Out, the trailblazing worship leader (Bethel Music, Maverick City) and fashion model (Tommy Hilfiger) talks to us about breaking boundaries, hearing from God and why he’s ‘traumatised’ by the thought of being.....

Mandisa: How the Grammy award winning artist found Christ

22 Apr 2022
26:45

Dami Okeke sits down with the popular singer and Gospel artist Mandisa to hear about her journey to faith. Mandisa first shot to fame after appearing on American Idol. Her new book is Out of the Dark: My journey through the shadows to find God's love...

Strictly star Rhys Stephenson: How ’desperate’ prayers got me to CBBC

15 Apr 2022
52:11

When Rhys Stephenson joined Strictly Come Dancing, most people over the age of twelve would have been forgiven for not knowing who the CBBC presenter was (the 28-year-old has spent the majority of his professional life interacting with a puppet dog c...

Graham Kendrick: Celebrating 50 years of songwriting

8 Apr 2022
01:06:05

He might be best known for penning congregational hits such as ‘Amazing love’ and ‘Shine, Jesus, shine’ (the latter is now fondly referred to by millennials as a “primary school assembly banger”), but Graham Kendrick started out by writing story-ba.....

Baroness Cox: A voice for the voiceless // Paul Woolley: Making ’whole life’ disciples

1 Apr 2022
01:07:25

It's a double bill this week as Jemimah Wright interviews the legendary campaigner and humanitarian Baroness Cox, and Sam Hailes sits down with the head of the London Institute for Contemporary Christianity (LICC) to talk about the importance of who....

Genelle Aldred: The communications pro on stillbirth, racism and Jesus the radical

25 Mar 2022
53:58

The journalist and activist Genelle Aldred was just 19 when an unplanned pregnancy ended in the stillbirth of her daughter. It was an experience that still drives her to tackle inequality wherever she sees it. In this interview with Abi Thomas, Aldr....

The Astronaut’s Wife: Stacey Morgan on watching her husband blast into space

18 Mar 2022
53:19

Stacey Morgan kissed her husband goodbye before he donned his space suit on July 20, 2019, and headed to his waiting Soyuz rocket. With an overwhelming mix of pride, excitement, and terror, she and her children held hands and watched the rocket igni....