The Profile

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 h...

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 challeng...

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...

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? H...

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 min...

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...

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 du...

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 workpl...

Don’t believe the hype. That’s what God told Pat Barrett just before his songs became global sensations. Ahead of his appearance at Big Church Festival, the worship artists tells Sam Hailes why he loves coming to England. The Profile is brought to yo...

Andy Peck talks to UCCF staff worker Fearghal Kelly and graduating student Dan Roberts about the leadership journey of the CU student. How did Fearghal facilitate the process and what has Dan learned? What would help the current newbies as they atten...

When John Bostock gave his life to Jesus, aged 15, he thought God would give him sporting glory, just like his footballing hero, Kaka. A year later, at 16, he became the youngest ever first team player for Crystal Palace FC, then Tottenham Hotspur. H...

Andy Peck speaks to the authors of ‘Mid Faith Crisis’ about the challenges they have faced that nearly knocked them off course. They look at stages in the faith journey and ask whether pain has been sanitised out of the rhetoric of church life. What...

Musician and singer-songwriter Cory Asbury grew up in church and always loved music. But by the time he was a teenager, his lifestyle was spiralling out of control. Out partying on a Saturday night before leading worship on a Sunday morning, his pare...

Andy Peck speaks to Rev Canon Jo McKee Head of Leadership Development and the Director of the Arrow Programme at CPAS. They talk about good practice when it comes to developing and running teams in churches. Can psychometric tests help and what are t...

Surgeon Gary Parker and his wife Susan have spent over 40 years living and working aboard Mercy Ships, bringing life-changing surgery to the world's poorest and most forgotten people. In this remarkable episode, they share jaw-dropping stories of med...