
The Commission Files
Will Leitch and Kerry Greig bring you regular Christian faith stories and meet the people making a difference in society. Produced by Commission Christian Radio
Episodes
24 episodes
The Big House
"A peaceful, friendly, calm place". That's how Dr Angie Minion describes The Big House, "a place to discover more of God's love". She...
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Season 1
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Episode 24
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44:43

Hope is a Name
Will meets Daniel Jackson of The Genesis Network - which offers support to Ireland's people of business. Can you imagine a marketpl...
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Season 1
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Episode 23
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45:46

God's image, in us...
How do you begin to get a grip on the conflict in the Middle East? Gaza? Israel? Death and Suffering? What do you pray for? Do you pick a side? Will has been meeting
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Season 1
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Episode 22
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13:44

A Journey
What is Northern Ireland to you? Home? Or a strange and alien land? To people using the International ...
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Season 1
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Episode 21
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47:55

Counting the Cost
What does "counting the cost" mean for 380 million Christians around the world? Chris from Open Doors UK and Ireland joins us to explain why they keep a
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Season 1
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Episode 20
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42:28

Different and the Same
There hasn't ever been a generation which didn't quite understand its young people, nor a group of teenagers who didn't roll their eyes at their parents. They're different. And they're just the same. Will a...
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Season 1
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Episode 19
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46:29

Freed to Flourish
A sadly all-too-common news story - a police raid on a property, and people rescued from their abusers. People who'd been trafficked to Northern Ireland and forced into sex work. But what happens after the story...
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Season 1
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Episode 18
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40:16

Storymakers
Three guests join Kerry and Will in the Commission studios they know very well already. Commission's Head of Programmes Colm Flanagan accompanies Hilary Jewhurst and Drew Gibson. All three are Commission a...
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Season 1
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Episode 17
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50:21

Mama Lacey
Music, chat and laughter in this special Christmas episode where Kerry and Will meet Marie Lacey, founder and director of Belfast Community Gospel Choir. She describes the choir as a way of helping people from all wal...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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50:36

Everything and All to Me.
The Christian author and speaker, Lyndall Bywater, joins K...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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52:30

Pastoring the Politician
In a time of weariness and cynicism about politics - locally and nationally - can Christians afford not to get involved? In a special episode, Kerry and Will welcome three guests with a lot of insight on politics and t...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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47:42

No Superhero Cape...
Light and hope in great darkness. Kerry and Will welcome Ben McMechan, the Northern Ireland lead for IJM, International Justice Mission. In...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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44:00

Seeing the World Through Different Eyes
Kerry and Will meet Chris Thompson, the Director of Tearfund NI and Lois Baillie, their Church and Supporter Engagement team Leader. Talking about Church Partnerships. How you can play your part to help train an...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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41:59

Pastor to the People.
Meet one of the finest story-tellers you'll ever hear. A talented broadcaster, author and newspaper columnist, Rev Jim Rea is many more things besides. A former Methodist President in Ireland, a pastor in b...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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50:15

Settled, Adjusted, Equipped, and Befriended
Settled, adjusted, equipped and befriended. That's the hope Avril Edgar has for every person in the Refugee and Asylum Community in Northern Ireland. It's...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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44:53

Helping Your Community Thrive
Kerry and Will chat with Diane Holt of Thrive Ireland. Last time we heard about a church which was reaching out to its community, in that particular case, to a local prison.&nbs...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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44:34

"A Part, but not Apart."
With a prison on its doorstep, one church in south Belfast decided it would build relationships with it. No small task, given that Hydebank College and Female Prison - like any other - sometimes appears in the news in ...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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48:41

"Good News People"
Is Northern Ireland a place apart? More "religious" than Great Britain? Here's a remarkable snapshot of current Christian faith in Northern Ireland. David Smyth, the head of
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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47:11

Never Just a Holy Huddle.
In a triumph of diary matching, Kerry and Will meet David Montgomery, known as "Monty" to his friends and associates. He works as the Regional Director for
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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41:48

"Standing in the Gap".
Cost of Living Part 2.Kerry Greig and Will Leitch dig deeper into the issues surrounding the cost of living crisis, and the response of Christians to it. Who is "standing in the gap"? Last time they hear...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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39:38

To Live, to Love, to Laugh, to Dance Again...
In this special extra edition of The Commission Files, Will Leitch meets Alan McBride. Alan appeared on many news outlets in Autumn 2023 as people marked the 30th anniversary of the Shankill Bombing which killed ten people.&...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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38:47

"Holy Discontent..."
Cost of Living Part 1."It could be you.." That's a phrase Will Leitch and Kerry Greig heard over and over again as they researched and recorded this edition of The Commission Files, focussing on the cost of li...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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50:04
