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Leadership Special Trevor Waldock: ‘Championing the value of elders’

28 Aug 2024
00:29:09

Andy Peck talks with the founder of Emerging Leaders and The Youth Compass Project about the value of true elders in church and society. How can the next generation spot their need for elders in their own lives? Might you be the solution for those as...

Elite sports chaplain Ashley Null: Why identity in God is the only place to find true joy

22 Aug 2024
00:52:35

Though you will have heard of many of the household names that Ashley Null has worked with, he will not discuss any of the athletes he works with in this interview, nor are we permitted to namecheck them in this introduction. Too many wish to trade o...

Leadership Special Nigel Argall: ‘Leading an organisation through change’

21 Aug 2024
00:28:18

Andy Peck talks with the author of Do Manage Lead: Essential Bible Tools for leaders, about some models for understanding how we should manage change. They discuss how Christian leaders might usefully use these models to effect the change God is look...

SPECIAL: What is God doing among Gen Z?

16 Aug 2024
00:49:38

‘It’s bonkers’, ‘God is blowing my mind’ ... Despite the dire statistics around church attendance in the UK, stories of God working miracles are proliferating, especially among young people. Emma Fowle is joined by four ministry leaders to discuss wh...

Leadership Special Ali Campbell: ‘Developing new leaders’

14 Aug 2024
00:28:17

Andy Peck chats with the Youth and Children's Ministry Consultant and manager and founder of Paraklesis, who has developed umpteen leaders, especially young people. They look at what attributes to seek in a potential leader, what red flags to look fo...

Paralympian Karé Adenegan: Going for gold, rooted in Christ

9 Aug 2024
00:49:26

The motto of the London Olympics in 2012 was “Inspire a Generation”. For one eleven-year-old from Coventry whose disability meant she’d never been allowed to play sport at school, this slogan became a reality. Just four years later, Karé Adenegan wou...

Leadership Special Stuart Gregg: ‘Leading a supernatural church’

7 Aug 2024
00:27:33

Andy Peck talks with the co-founder of Celebrate Church, Bradford about his transition from a Baptist Church to develop a different kind of church with distinct values that seek God’s presence. They discuss his leadership of social enterprise projec...

Rev Dr Sam Wells: The Bible is all about poverty

2 Aug 2024
00:58:20

Rev Dr Sam Wells has been described as one of the most influential public theologians in the world today. He's also the Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, which is situated opposite Trafalgar Square in central London. The church is well known for host...

Leadership Special Nigel Argall: ‘Managing your time well’

31 Jul 2024
00:28:57

Andy Peck talks to the author of 'Do Manage Lead: Essential Bible Tools for leaders', about how to assess our tasks in the light of a wise focus for living. They look at tried and tested time-management tools, the role of personality and how not to...

Leadership Special Mark Williamson: ‘Leading like Jesus’

23 Jul 2024
00:27:57

Andy Peck talks with the founder of One Rock International about how to lead like Jesus, especially when the Gospels don’t give us a detailed account of how he led. They look at what elements of Jesus leading were transferable and the all-important...

TV and film pioneer Norman Stone on why most Christian films are awful

19 Jul 2024
00:55:50

Norman Stone began his career in television as the youngest producer/director at the BBC. Moving from documentaries, and a pioneering children's show, into popular drama, Norman later achieved international success with the BAFTA award winning Shadow...

Leadership Special Derek Tidball: ‘How the New Testament views leadership’

19 Jul 2024
00:35:55

Andy Peck talks to the former Baptist Minister and Principal of London School of Theology about how the idea of leadership evolved in the New Testament era. They discuss how this translates to the very different size and style of church today and con...

Spurgeon's College Principal Philip McCormack: From battlefield to Bible

12 Jul 2024
00:59:22

In this engaging interview, the principal of Spurgeon's College, Rev Prof Philip McCormack reflects on his work as a miltiary chaplain in Afghanistan, for which he received an MBE. Talking about the strong influence of faith from an early age he shar...

Leadership Special Mark Arnold: Leading through ‘neurodiversity’

9 Jul 2024
00:30:02

Andy Peck talks with Mark Arnold, the Additional Needs Ministry Director for Urban Saints and the co-founder of the Additional Needs Alliance. They discus the neurodiversity language, how leaders can better lead those with additional needs and whet...

Preston Perry: The poet and evangelist on brutal honesty, marriage problems and losing the argument

5 Jul 2024
00:52:04

The apologist and spoken word poet Preston Perry speaks to Emma Fowle about growing up in gangs, finding Christ and how God convicted him about his old approach to evangelism. Preston is the author of new book How to Tell the Truth: The story of how...