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Off Grid Christianity
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 develop...
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Off Grid Christianity – Episode 47 – Sam Hailes 23.06.2023 1:01:51
Sam discusses what his role is as editor of Premier Christianity magazine. What is Premier Christianity magazine? What stories won’t he run? What stories was he glad to be challenged about? What are his views on social media and how influential is it? Sam answers all these questions and more with wisdom, kindness and humour.
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 46 – Randy Knie 16.06.2023 1:01:52
Pastor of Brew City Church, Milwaukee, USA, Randy shares why he has been ridiculed on social media and mostly because of the name which happens to be the city’s nickname. Why does co-present a popular podcast? Can philosophers be christians? Does he drink beer? Also discussed is how we can be relevant in today’s society […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 45 – Ian and Pauline Bothwell. 09.06.2023 59:02
Where were you on April 10th, 1987? This was the day I met Ian and Pauline from Crossmaglen, Northern Ireland. Why did they bring a mini-bus full of young adults to England? Over 35 years later, I am able to re-unite with this couple who had a profound effect on my life. What is Crossfire […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 44 – Jennie Pollock 02.06.2023 1:00:00
Popular speaker and writer, Jennie explains why she wrote her book If Only – Finding Joyful Contentment In The Face Of Lack And Longing. However, I end up sharing what contentment means to me, whoops I mean a friend of mine, and anyway what does contentment mean? Why does my friend feel that he might […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 43 – Tony Cummings 27.05.2023 1:07:50
Ever wondered what it must have been like to be at the forefront of the 60s music scene? Tony discusses his life during this time as a music journalist and his love for soul that saw him move to Los Angeles for a leading music publication. Why did he leave? What made him start to […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 42 – Bob Prater 19.05.2023 1:07:02
I thought we would be discussing Bob’s own Podcast series A Christian And A Muslim Walk Into A Studio. We only got to Question 3 out of the 5 standard openers when the discussion went somewhere I wasn’t expecting. This is another of those episodes in which what I thought we would be discussing ends […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 41 – Andy Robinson 12.05.2023 56:51
Until 2022, Andy was the pastor at a thriving Oxford Baptist Church but then resigns to go into other areas of ministry. How do you know when God is calling you elsewhere? What’s it like to pastor a church only to tell them that you are gay but celibate? What’s the difference between same sex […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 40 – Dana 05.05.2023 1:09:02
It is Eurovision Song Contest Week and Dana shares her memories of the night she won in Amsterdam. But this is only a little part of an amazing podcast. Why did she enter politics? Why could she not speak or sing at times in a 5 year period? Why did she and her family move […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 39 – Kyle Rice 28.04.2023 1:07:04
A USA rancher visits a UK pub and shares with a local farmer that it took 3 days to drive around all of his land. The local replies that he used to have a car like that! This joke isn’t in this podcast. However, Kyle shares about growing up on a 10,000 acre cattle ranch, […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 38 – Aaron and Grace Dunlop 21.04.2023 1:12:30
This podcast was supposed to be about why Aaron and Grace went to Africa and what it was like to leave Canada with their 5 children. Instead of discussing the pros and cons of home schooling in the bush, Aaron and Grace open up about their children, 2 of which have Cystic Fibrosis. What is […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 37 – Dee Jay Doc Harrill 15.04.2023 1:11:21
Doc shares how Hip-Hop has become his occupation by developing and running programs in this genre within schools. Doc also shares how he was then asked to take his Hip-Hop skills into a local Children’s hospital as part of the therapy framework. How do you cope when someone pulls a gun on you? What happened […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 36 – Easter Special 07.04.2023 1:24:39
Here is another chance to listen to our Easter Podcast Special which was released last weekend and features Noel Richards and Martin Scott. Not only do they do battle in an Easter (loosely) themed quiz, but they answer topical Easter questions as well. Did Jesus have to die on the cross? Did Judas go to […]
Off Grid Christianity -Episode 36 – Easter Special 31.03.2023 1:24:39
Noel Richards and Martin Scott return for another special podcast. Not only do they do battle in an Easter (loosely) themed quiz, but they answer topical Easter questions as well. Did Jesus have to die on the cross? Did Judas go to Heaven? Was the Last Supper meal like a Doner Kebab? What is a […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 35 – Paul Jones and Fiona Hendley 25.03.2023 1:12:37
Paul shares more than just his time as the Manfred Mann vocalist and then as co-founder of The Blues Band. Together with his actress wife, Fiona, they discuss being in films and on the West End stage. What’s it like to go for an audition? What was it like to be an atheist and a […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 34 – St Patrick’s Day Special Part 2 18.03.2023 59:44
Martina Purdy and Elaine Kelly continue our tour of the sites associated with St Patrick around Downpatrick, Northern Ireland. What is St Patrick’s Breastplate? What is at Slieve Patrick? What can we see at Struell Wells and Down Cathedral? Where is St Patrick’s grave? I truly hope that not only will you enjoy the two […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 33 – St Patrick’s Day Part 1 14.03.2023 54:35
Martina Purdy and Elaine Kelly (see Episode 28) are qualified tour guides and offer walking tours of sites around Downpatrick, Northern Ireland that are associated with Patrick. Who was Patrick? In Part One we find out where he first came ashore as a missionary and visit the site of his first church. This episode will […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 32 – Ann Widdecombe 04.03.2023 57:41
In this episode, the former MP and MEP, Ann Widdecombe talks about her faith and much, much more. She discusses her late brother the vicar and evangelical Malcolm Widdecombe and what he thought of her leaving the C of E to become a Catholic. How do you deal with the press when they make up […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 31 – Sara Billups 25.02.2023 57:49
What was it like growing up as a Christian in the 80 and 90s in the USA? Why were so many people discussing or even arguing about dispensationalism? Baggage, what baggage? Sara has just had her first book, Orphaned Believers released by a major publishing group. You may be one of those that became disillusioned […]
Off Grid Christianity -Episode 30 – Wayne Jacobsen 18.02.2023 1:04:41
Wayne shares why his wife left him in April ’22. She had been given bad advice by her therapist. The trauma and forgiveness that followed is incredible. Maybe you are part of or can identify with a new movement called The Dones. who is a Done? What happened when Wayne collaborated with the author of […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 29 – Kendall Vanderslice 11.02.2023 57:50
What is Edible Theology? What is so special about making and eating bread? How many similarities are there between bread making and being a Christian? Author of We Will Feast and By Bread Alone, Kendall answers these questions and more. If you don’t want to run out and buy and share even a pizza after […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 28 – Martina Purdy and Elaine Kelly 04.02.2023 1:19:49
In this full length episode, Martina Purdy (former BBC NI Political Correspondent) and Elaine Kelly (former Barrister) share what is was like to tell families, friends and work colleagues that they were leaving to join a convent. However, this podcast is much more than that. They discuss what forgiveness means to them. Lynda Gould (episode […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 27 – Ron Hutchcraft and Wes Francis 28.01.2023 1:03:52
I honestly thought that this episode would be a chance to hear the wise words from legendary Christian Broadcaster Ron Hutchcraft and highlight some of his ministry past and present. Ron suggested that it would be good to have Wes Francis from the On Eagles Wings project. Want to have a laugh? Want to know […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 26 – Elaine Heath 21.01.2023 1:07:45
Today’s guest grew up in poverty and was forced out of home whilst still at school aged 16 yet was still able to rise to the top of academia. What is an Abbess? Why and how would you set up a modern day monastic community in North Carolina? Her latest book, Trauma – Informed Evangelism […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 25 – Andrea Van Boven 14.01.2023 1:05:09
What’s it like to be caught up in an African Coup D’Etat as a missionary? What’s it like to have Malaria and also Typhoid? What is a Prayer Consultant? Andrea Van Boven answers these questions and also discusses why she wrote a book about someone that the majority of Christians have never heard of. However, […]
Off Grid Christianity – Episode 24 – Bill Wade 07.01.2023 1:09:04
Bill Wade shares how he has been able to lead and run his 'Inlet Dance Theatre' company plus other previous projects, whilst not forgetting his community in Cleveland, Ohio.
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