Today I’m joined on the island by Pastor Dave Wade. Dave is an Assemblies of God minister, having been in full time ministry since 2001. He currently leads Bridge Church, based in Lincoln, with his wife Sian, and provides oversight to another local AoG church. He is also an approved tutor at Missio Dei providing teaching at their intensive weeks. He is a father to 3 children and is also a registered foster carer with Sian.

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Today I’m joined on the Island by Mark Steele. Mark is the General Manager for Audacious Church, A multisite Church with 7 locations in Manchester, Chester, Sheffield, Cardiff and Geneva. Mark is also a Head Coach for AoG’s Minister’s In Training Programme, C25. Mark is married to Michelle and has 2 children, Anna and Sam. 

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Today I’m joined on the island by Tom Geatches. Tom is the Chief Operating Officer for the One Church Network, which has locations 4 locations in the UK and 5 locations in Zimbabwe. Tom also oversees One Church Gloucester’s community and missions activities, and is part of the AoG Kids team, pioneering Young Lions Juniors. Tom is married to Laura and they have three daughters, Keziah, Elise & Ariella. Tom loves watching pretty much any sport, however particularly enjoys putting himself through the pain of being a Man Utd fan!

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Today I’m joined on the island by Lisa Daniels. Lisa is the location pastor at One Church Podsmead along with her husband Liam, where they have been pastoring since 2014. Together they have two children, Mayah and Mercy. Lisa & Liam also happen to be some of my best friends!

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My name is Chris Bright and I’ll be your host today. And today I’m joined on the island by Eliana Whyte. Eliana is the Principal of the International Bible Training Institute, a Pentecostal Bible college based in Burgess Hill, West Sussex. Originally from Italy, Eliana has spent 20 years in Italy, 20 years in Spain and almost 20 years in the UK. Eliana is married to her husband John. 

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Today I’m joined on the island by Pastor Glyn Barrett. In September 2007, Glyn & Sophia pioneered !Audacious Church, an AoG Church in central Manchester. It has grown from 50 people in a back street warehouse into a multi-site, multi-generational church of 7 locations - 3 locations in and around Manchester plus Chester, Cardiff, Sheffield and Geneva. Their central location has an active congregation of 4,000 people. They are currently about to break ground on a brand new purpose-built Church facility which will include within it a 2,500 seater auditorium.

A powerful and sought-after communicator, Glyn's preaching and inspirational teaching continue to challenge and grow people of all generations throughout the world. He has been a regular speaker at many of the AoG conferences around the globe and continuously helps leaders break growth barriers in churches of all sizes. He also has strong connections with some of the most influential church movements and ministries in the world, with many of them included in his friendship circle.

Married to Sophia for 28 years they have two children, Georgia and Jaedon. Glyn is passionate about Assemblies of God and the Church as a whole in the UK and always seeks to champion local leaders to become all that they can be. He is currently studying for his Docorate in Leadership and Global Perspectives recognising the ongoing need in himself to grow and develop.

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Today I’m joined on the island by Nick Hughes. Nick is the Senior Pastor at Emmanuel Gateway church in Lewisham in London, having previously worked as the Associate Pastor at Bethel – London’s Riverside Church from 1999 to 2012. Nick is also AoG GB’s area lead for the southeast. Nick is married to Debbie who is in ministry with Nick. Nick has 3 children and 3 grandchildren. 

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In this episode, Chris reflects on 5 learnings he's gained from Interviewing guests over the previous 19 episodes. Chris even has found out which dessert has been the most popular too!

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Today on the island I’m joined by… myself! That’s right I’ve had a break in recording Podcasts over Christmas so I’ve got 2 weeks free in the schedule before I’ve got new guests on so I thought why not talk to you about my favourite dessert and 3 favourite resources in the first episode, and then I’m going to give some of the learnings that I’ve gleaned from interviewing great leaders in the second episode. 

So firstly, a little bit about myself. I’m Chris, as you well know, and I’m the project manager for Continuous Professional Development with Assemblies of God GB. I also work for my local church, One Church, in the area of strategic development and project management, and I also help churches and church leaders on the side with strategy and organisational development. I live in Gloucester with my wife Amy, who I’ve been married to for 14 years and we have two wonderful kids, Indie and Judah. 

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Today I’m joined on the island by Mike Williams. Mike is the Location Pastor at One Church in Bristol and is the author of the book Dying to Get there: A vision of heaven to transform our lives on earth. Mike is also the head coach of AoG’s Ministers In Training cohort that graduates in 2026. Mike is married to Dani and they have one son, Jackson. 

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