Off Grid Christianity is a podcast for Christians who feel disconnected from Church…whether they attend one or not! Hosted by Martin Purnell, former ‘Drivetime’ presenter on the UK’s first FM Christian Radio station, ‘Cross Rhythms City’, in Stoke-on-Trent. Martin also pioneered the legendary lunchtime discussion programme ‘The Soapbox’ on national Christian radio station ‘UCB’.
In recent years, Martin took a step back from direct involvement in broadcasting to focus on family life in his adopted home of Northern Ireland. However, throughout that time, the concept behind OGC has been developing on the ‘back burner’ and we’re excited to bring that to fruition, through this regular podcast.
Another year over! Martin and Noel re-join me for this special festive podcast with yet another quiz before we tackle some questions that might tax your brain cells! So please sit back, enjoy and listen to some laughter along with some silly facts plus serious statements in which to ponder. If you’re feeling lonely over […]
Do you need encouraging? Please listen to today’s guest. Martin discusses his church’s operation called Havilah. Why did this simple idea eventually get recognition with A Queen’s Award For Voluntary Services? How do you support people in the community with mental health issues and drug addiction? I had a few topics to discuss with Martin
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Why would the son of a dairy farmer become a scientist only to end up taking on the UK Government and eventually win? Why was there no licensed Christian Broadcasting prior to the 1990s? Why did get Gareth involved as MD in the early days of UCB? Why did he write a book called Scandalous
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Charlotte is a Doctoral Researcher at Royal Holloway, University of London specialising in religious conflicts and Medieval History, including the Crusades which were not about what I had initially thought. Do you know your Enlightenment from your Reformation and your Aquinas from your CS Lewis? What about the Medieval theology compared to today’s? What would
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I thought this podcast would be about his new book Turning The Tables On Ecclesiology. It is but it isn’t. It’s also another of those podcasts where we end up on a subject that wasn’t in the script but wow! am I glad we did. Why did Chris and his wife Meg adopt when they
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I started my career in the UK Christian Media in the 90’s. There are 2 people I would now name that laid the foundations for what we have today. Peter is one of them and wow! What a podcast this is. If you wanted a This Is Your Life type edition (we do discuss Peter
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What happened when a Policewoman came to raid his student accommodation? How did an atheist end up becoming a full time Prison Chaplain for 10 years 8 months and 2 days? Why should you put lead in the boot of a certain sports car? Chris explains how his background in business helped him deal with
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I last interviewed Jonny way back in my radio presenting days around 1998. Jonny was one half of Jonny’s in The Basement and I have often wondered what happened to him since the CD was given airplay. We discuss his work with Christian Mission Society and his involvement with the Greenbelt festival which celebrated its
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However, I have been really pleased with such positive feedback for last week’s special edition podcast (#59) with Jeannie Kendall. If you haven’t heard Jesus And Women In The Gospels – Let’s Get Beyond The Soundbites, please have a listen and let me know what you think. You can also find this episode on our
Jeannie Kendall, Minister and Lecturer at Spurgeon’s College, returns for this special stand alone podcast. What do we know about the women Jesus spent time with? What was a woman’s role 2,000 years ago? Were some of them disciples? What does the word Disciple mean? What does the word Apostle mean? What do we really
