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.
Shaun is a psychotherapist, mindfulness researcher, an author of several books as well as a Baptist Minister. His latest book is Mindful Formation: A Pathway To Spiritual Liberation has just been published. Shaun is the honorary chaplain to The Scargill Movement. What is the Scargill Movement? As a psychotherapist, what has he learned about God […]
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Sarah is an author. Her first book In Search Of Lost Glitter was published last year. How cathartic was it for Sarah to write this book which explains how she found her husband of 16 years dead? Sarah had only just returned to their home having popped out for a few minutes. How does her
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Bishop Matthew is the author of several books and has a Masters degree in Evangelism and a Doctorate in Church Planting. He also has a Bachelor’s degree in History. Why did he write his latest book The Art Of Fasting (published by Authentic Books)? Who was David Watson and what can we learn from him
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A brand new season of Off Grid Christianity commences this coming Friday, 5th September. Here is a preview of just some of the forthcoming episodes.
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Randy Morocco, for his Facebook Page and podcast, interviewed me recently as he wanted to know more about why I do Off Grid Christianity. What have I learned from over 100 episodes? What are my favourites? Have any recordings not been released? Who am I and what is my testimony? I thought regular listeners might
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Maybe you have heard of Tony Campolo who passed away in November 2024, maybe you haven’t. However, Tony affected many, many people throughout the world, including me, by challenging our faith when speaking at conferences, festivals or on tapes (yes it was a thing in our day) and books. One of my guests was instrumental
Dave Bilbrough and Noel Richards, phenomenal singer/songwriters and international worship leaders from the UK, return to celebrate this particular milestone. Recorded live in September 2024, Dave and Noel play some of their compositions. Together with stories behind the songs plus their thoughts on some of the subjects that have been covered in the previous 99
IWAN RUSSELL-JONES. In this special episode with theolgian, historian and all round good egg Iwan Russell-Jones, we discuss faith and politics. To be more specific, faith wrestling with politics. Who was Roger Williams? What have depth charges got to do with faith? What was the Southern Christian Leadership Conference? Then there was the Roman Empire,
Jeannie Kendall. In last week’s repeated special Jesus And Women In The Gospels with Jeannie, it was hinted that we should do another podcast but this time base it around Paul’s letters. The feedback from listeners agreed a podcast about this subject would be welcomed. Here it is. Please have an open mind as to
JEANNIE KENDALL. A 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
