The Profile

The Profile

Find out what makes influential Christian leaders tick! Hear the faith stories of a huge range of church leaders, musicians, preachers and more, as they share how God has led and guided them through both valleys and mountain-top experiences. The Profile brings you in-depth interviews to help you learn from the wisdom and experiences of people who have gone all-in for God. Past guests include church leaders such as HTB’s Nicky Gumbel, the world renown DJ Moby, Bible teachers Joyce Meyer and John Mark Comer, missionary Jackie Pullinger, Gospel superstar Fred Hammond and worship leaders Martin Smith and Tim Hughes. New episodes are published every Friday, PLUS check out bonus episodes every Wednesday, where our resident leadership expert Andy Peck interviews a range of pastors, preachers and practitioners on the topic of Christian leadership. The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading Christian magazine. If you enjoy The Profile you’re sure to love Premier Christianity magazine which will help you understand the changing culture around us and what God is doing through his Church today, read for free now at premierchristianity.com.

Episodes

October 23, 2025 47 mins

Phil Knox is best known for his work with the Evangelical Alliance - an organisation which represents and connects evangelical churches and people across the UK and where he serves as evangelism and missiology senior specialist.

Knox grew up in a Christian household and attended church regularly. Home was a place where Scripture was regularly referenced. On car journeys he describes his parents teaching him to memorise Bible ...

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Andy Peck talks with two men involved in Wellbeing Church, a new style of church in Hertfordshire which creates opportunities for young people to engage with Christian faith. Jim Thornton is one of the pioneer leaders and Reiss Gillingwater on the team that develops connection with Gen Z through online gaming and Football. They discuss how this fresh expressions approach came about and the leadership challenges that have arisen. ...
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Andy Flannagan has an irrepressible energy. The Northern Irishman, who is now based in Luton, began his adult life as a medical doctor before quickly deciding that singing and song writing was a passion he had to explore.

His albums include Advertising the Invisible, Son, Drowning in the Shallow, with his music often addressing social injustice, global poverty, environmental concerns, and human suffering

His love of music...

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Andy Peck talks with the founder of Christians for Impact about their ministry helping Christians to invest their time in work that best serves God’s kingdom. They look at their selection of the key evidence-based areas of impact and look ahead to their conference in the UK on November 22nd and 23rd. The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading Christian magazine. Check out the latest offers at premierch...
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Australian high jumper Nicola Olyslagers has achieved a lot in her life already. Aged just 28 she is the newly crowned World Champion, winning the gold at the recent World Athletics Championships in Japan. She has won silver medals at the Paris 2024 & Tokyo 2020 Olympics. She is the Australian and Oceania high jump record holder (2.04m).

She is also the 2022 Commonwealth Games champion and will be looking to defend her title n...

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Andy Pecks talks with the pastor and director of The Steps course, which is based on 12 steps use with AA, but within an overtly Christian framework. They discuss why he felt the need to develop the course, the similarities and contrasts between his homeland of Denmark and the UK and how his training as a psychotherapist informs his ministry. The Steps Course is available at https://stepscourse.org The Profile is brought to you b...
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Academic Beth Allison Barr grew up in a Christian home a never really questioning the reality of God and was formally baptised aged 11. Not that there weren't a few theological question marks along the way.

She became an academic historian specialising in medieval history while her husband became a Baptist minister. And it was only when they began to challenge their own church concerning the role of women in leadership that her...

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Andy Peck chats with the CEO of UCCF: the Christian Unions, about his leadership as a junior doctor, as a pastor and now of a student charity. They look at why limits may actually be a blessing for the Christian leader and why students reaching students remains the best model for campus ministry. The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading Christian magazine. Check out the latest offers at premierchris...
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24-year-old Harry Clark shot to fame on BBC One's hit reality show The Traitors. He won the second series last year bagging £95,000 which he says he used to pay off family debt and make a small investment - nothing too flash.

Despite the high profile treachery and deceit it took to win, what many people might not know is that Clark's Christian faith is the thing that keeps him grounded.

Clark was born in Nottinghamshire i...

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Andy Peck chats with the founders of Altitude Mission, which develops teams of ‘Ski Angels’ to serve skiers and residents of Méribel in the Fresh Alps. They discuss God’s clear hand in the development of the Mission, what they have learned about leadership along the way and what the local population make of their work. The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading Christian magazine. Check out the latest o...
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Dr Selina Stone is a theologian who has written on topics as diverse as class, race within Pentecostal theology as well as racial inequality in the church and black spirituality.

Stone grew up in a working class family in Birmingham attending a Pentecostal church with her family. Her parents were teachers 'always reading' and from an early age she says she was steeped in church 'through and through.'

She says she was t...

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Andy Peck chats with the author of ‘Life in the Last Lane’ about his clarion call for older people not to be written off, nor write themselves off when they reach retirement years. They discuss why the elderly are so often undervalued, how to value every day and why you really shouldn’t get your dead dog stuffed. The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leading Christian magazine. Check out the latest offer...
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Artist Kirk Franklin is known to millions and has amassed a staggering 20 grammys since he first started making music in the early nineties.

He was born in Texas and from very early on, aged just four, Franklin began playing the piano; by 11 he was directing his church choir. Despite a sold grounding in Gospel music his own musical influences came from Hip Hop which meant when he came to make music of his own - founding Kir...

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As The Jesus Film is translated into its 2,200th spoken language, Andy Peck chats with the executive director about the success of a film first released in 1979 and now believed to have been seen by 11 billion people. What are the leadership challenges of finding actors and translators and how might UK leaders use it for outreach to ethnic communities in their neighbourhood? The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity,...
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Investment banker and philanthropist John Studzinski began his charitable life at the tender age of six when he opened a soup kitchen with his Catholic mother. She had been a nurse during WW2 and as he says in this interview it is sometimes easier to meet Christ 'in service', especially as a child.

He went on to work in banking, becoming one of the first practising Catholics to enter Morgan Stanley. He is now vice-chairman o...

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Andy Peck chats with the programme leader of London School of Theology’s, Music and Worship Studies about contemporary worship leading. What might a worship leader aim to do? How helpful are repeated lyrics? How do we embrace ethnic groups styles? How gifted do vocalists and musicians need to be? And what about when ‘worship wars’ break out in a local church? The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s leadin...
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When Jeremy Stalnecker fulfilled his childhood dream of joining the Marines he thought he had it made. He had grown up in southern California into a Christian family and his father was a pastor. Despite an early biblical grounding he did not see ministry as part of his future.

After he joined the Marines Corps he served in the first invasion of Iraq - Operation Iraqi Freedom - first as a rifle platoon commander in a helicopte...

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Andy Peck speaks to the founder of Join the Dots Solutions about her work helping churches and Christian organisations become better informed about trauma With studies suggesting over half of us will experience trauma at some point in our lives, how might we better serve those we lead and ensure our past experiences don’t adversely impact our leadership of others? The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s l...
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85-year-old Alexander 'Sandy' Millar is best known as co-founder of the worldwide introduction course to Christianity known as 'Alpha'.

Though thoughts of being a clergyman were far from his mind when he was child. GHe grew up in Scotland during the second world war with a father who was a Major General. He went to boarding school and onto Cambridge eventually fulfilling his dream of becoming a criminal barrister. ...

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Andy Peck talks to Transform Work’s CEO and the leader of Thrive 25, a conference series in Scotland aimed at inspiring and connecting Christians to live out their faith in the workplace. Why is Ros still committed to serving Christians in the workplace and how did Martyn get involved in serving Christians in Scotland? What kind of fruit do they see from this work? The Profile is brought to you by Premier Christianity, the UK’s lea...
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