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What does it actually look like to reach the people the Western church has largely abandoned? Mez McConnell has spent 30 years doing it — in Brazilian favelas, Scottish housing schemes, and some of the most deprived postcodes in the UK. In Part 2, he pulls no punches. This is a conversation that will unsettle comfortable Christianity and inspire anyone who's ever wondered if the church could — and should — do more. Mez's raw honesty about mission, sacrifice, and what genuine community transformation looks like is worth every minute.

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Of all Mez’s books, if you want to engage with poverty and church-planting in the UK, go for The Least, The Last and The Lost: Understanding Poverty in the UK and the Responsibility of the Local Church

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Arthur White had it all - a great wife, healthy kids, a successful business, a villa in Spain - as well as being four-time World Powerlifting Champion. But when someone handed him a pill in the gym to speed his recovery, it was a slippery slope to addiction, infidelity, and losing it all. By all accounts, he should be long dead, but three decades after a remarkable encounter, he’s still fighting fit, (re)married to the same woman, and sharing his story far and wide. Listen here:

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David’s unexpected story of being a gay activist discovering Jesus is told in his book ‘A War of Loves’. Now an academic at Oxford University, he is living out his call to obedience to Jesus as a celibate gay Christian - a life-script nobody in their wildest imaginations would have predicted.

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This was soooo good, it just blew me away! Russ Parker saw stunning fruit almost immediately after his dramatic teenage encounter with Jesus. That propelled him into a life of radical witness across many nations, from reconciliation in Northern Ireland to preaching from the platform where Martin Luther King Jr delivered his final sermon. Russ focuses on listening to the inner voice of the Spirit, healing, and reconciliation. You won’t want it to end, it’s such a beautiful listen!

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This conversation covers Michele’s costly conversion from Judaism, the four-year wait for her lovemate to recognise she was the one, her fruitful gospel ministry with youth in Manchester and then during the miners’ strike in an impoverished community, her successful media career before working in the NHS, her writing of many books, her now living with chronic pain, and more. She’s feisty, larger than life, and a great storyteller!

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John Eldredge is an author, counselor and teacher. His books have sold over 16 million worldwide. Wild at Heart as a ministry has exploded in impact, but I love how John has followed God’s instruction to keep the organisation small and give it all away. Staying humble, rooted in community, and listening to God’s voice have been the keys to longevity in fruitful ministry through the decades where many others have been taken out. Who indeed would have guessed that this former drug-fueled delinquent raised by alcoholics, kicked out of school, and with a criminal record, would be transformed into a healing voice used to lead many people across the globe back to a healthy relationship with their heavenly Father? Only God! There’s lots of gold in this great conversation!

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Amy Boucher Pye comes from the USA but is now a London-based author, speaker, retreat leader, and spiritual director. She oozes gentle wisdom, and shares openly from her own painful life experiences. Most of us in the frenetic West could do with slowing down, breathing deeply, and hearing God’s words of tender affirmation and acceptance of us. Hearing it through Amy is a gift, so do take a listen.

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