The Ragged Podcast

In this weeks episode, Mez and Ian introduce The Ragged Podcast — a collaboration between 20schemes and Medhurst Ministries, bringing honest, gospel-centred conversations about life and ministry in some of the UK’s poorest and most overlooked communities. They explain why the podcast exists, what listeners can expect, and why reaching working-class and deprived communities with the gospel matt...

Tommy or Timmy? Tim Farron’s article on patriotism and idolatry (https://www.evangelical-times.org/the-mucky-question-when-does-patriotism-become-idolatry/) prompted Ian to write Before You Diagnose Idolatry, Listen to the Working Class. In this episode of The Ragged Podcast, Ian and Mez pick up that conversation. Why do some working-class people feel that Tommy Robinson hears their concerns m...

What does it take to be a church where people on the margins find welcome, care and belonging? In this episode of the Ragged Podcast, Ian and Mez talk with Jonathan Parkinson, CEO of Caring for Life (https://www.caringforlife.co.uk/) and pastor of Grace Community Church Leeds North (https://www.gccleedsnorth.org/) , about how churches can better reach and care for those society often overlooks....