The Profile

Canon Yvonne Tulloch was born into a Christian Brethren household and grew up attending church several times a day. From a young age she had a close relationship with God, married as a teenager, trained as a secretary but with her heart set on missionary work.

Following a series of powerful visions she felt God call her to ministry despite the fact that as a woman at that time, she was barred from entering. But she did go on to become an Anglican church minister and by 2008 was serving as a Cathedral canon.

Tulloch's later work in bereavement support grew directly out of personal tragedy when she was suddenly widowed following her husband's heart attack, a loss that upended her life. Within a few months she went from being high-functioning to facing job loss, home loss, and suicidal thoughts.

The experience taught her something she felt society as a whole had failed to grasp: that grief is poorly understood, and bereavement support in the UK was fragmented.

She began consulting with bereavement charity leaders in 2015 about creating a single, trusted place bereaved people could find the right support for their circumstances and the experience led to AtaLoss, a signposting website directing people to specialist services, now spanning more than 2,000 services nationally.

In this episode of The Profile Tulloch speaks to Premier Christianity editor Sam Hailes about her childhood, her dramatic visions from God and how the loss of her husband led to a new chapter in her life.

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British entrepreneur and Christian philanthropist Peter Vardy leads the Vardy Group, the automotive dealership business built by his family over three generations. Now 47, he is the son of Sir Peter Vardy, whose Sunday Times Rich List fortune is estimated at around £140 million.

Like his father before him, Vardy has shaped the family business according to his faith. It's one that was delivered to him as a child in a simple and direct way|: God loves you, look what he has done.

In his own business, every employee, from CEO to cleaner, wears the same uniform, reflecting his conviction that all staff hold equal value in God's eyes. He also made the contentious decision to close showrooms on Sundays, a policy that proved commercially successful despite early scepticism.

Alongside his father, Vardy is a prominent philanthropist. The Peter Vardy Foundation funds numerous Christian charities and ministries, including Premier, Alpha and The Message Trust.

In this episode of The Profile he speaks to Premier Christianity editor Sam Hailes about his favourite car (it's a BMW 507), the divisions within the Church and the power of hard work.

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As a child, Lebanese-born broadcaster Rita El-Mounayer had first-hand experience of war. Both her parents were Christians, but came from different traditions. After her mother died, her father used to distract his family from the violence outside by hooking up a car battery and turning on a black-and-white TV. It fostered a lifelong interest in broadcasting and how powerful it could be.

El-Mounayer began her career studying History and Social Science at the Lebanese University in Beirut later training in communications. In 1996 she became the first presenter to appear on screen for SAT-7 when it launched with a two-hour weekly Arabic broadcast, hosting its debut programme Ears of Wheat which ran for twelve years and became one of the channel's most successful shows.

Later her role expanded to Programming Director for SAT-7's children's programmes when she launched SAT-7 KIDS, becoming the much-loved host of Bedtime Stories with Rita.

SAT-7 is the oldest and largest Christian satellite broadcaster in the Middle East and North Africa. It broadcasts free-to-air across 25 countries in the region and around 50 countries in Europe.

In this episode of The Profile she talks to Premier Christianity magazine journalist AJ Gomez about her childhood living under conflict, the honour she has had in broadcasting and working with children and who Jesus means to her.

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British Theologian and Apologist Dr. Amy Orr-Ewing began her early academic work at Oxford and holds a doctorate there in theology, later serving as President of the Oxford Centre for Christian Apologetics.

Her faith has shaped a career spent defending Christianity's intellectual credibility to sceptics, students and secular audiences worldwide, from university campuses to the UK Parliament and US Capitol Hill and in 1996 it took her to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, smuggling Bibles and engaging Islamic leaders in dialogue about faith.

She has authored several books, including the bestselling Why Trust the Bible? and her more recent Forgiveness, Reclaiming Its Power in a Culture of Outrage and Fear.

In this episode of The Profile she talks to Premier Christianity's deputy editor Emma Fowle about early attempts of academics to dissuade her from her faith, receiving death threats in Peckham and the weaponisation of forgiveness.

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WayMaker founder Andy Robinson grew up in a Christian household in Leigh-on-Sea in Essex, describing Jesus as just 'always there'. As a younger teenager he took the opportunity to forge his own unique relationship with God and consciously became a Christian, deciding to dedicate his life to Christ.

He went on to have a family and a successful career in software, and, at the same time volunteered as a youth leader at Lifespring Church, later linked to Brighton Road Baptist Church in Horsham and went on to became a church leader.

In January 2023 Robinson was diagnosed with terminal stage 4 bowel cancer, given two to three years to live, a prognosis he has since outlived. Adopting the motto "The Big C in Me - Christ in me, not cancer," he wrote the 2023 memoir of that title, followed by a second book, The Thread.

Robinson also founded WayMaker, an international development charity which operates in Africa.

In this episode of The Profile he talks to Premier Christianity journalist AJ Gomez about what his relationship with God is like whilst living with a terminal illness, how he received a greater peace upon hearing the initial news and why he's stopped thinking 'why me' and now asks 'what's next?'

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