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Visit CompassionUK.org slash premiere. Hello. Hello, welcome back to Premier.

I'm Luke Martin.

And today my guest is Dr. Andy Bannister.

Andy is a well-known speaker and a thinker and he is specialised in the area of Islam. So Andy, great to have you on the show today. Great to be with you, Luke. Thanks for inviting me on. So Andy, you are an evangelist. What is that briefly? Well, it's great that you've picked that word because there are many words,

you know, often used to describe me. I guess in a nutshell, an evangelist is someone who loves talking about Jesus and the difference that he makes, particularly to those outside the church.

My passion is engaging those who would not call themselves Christians, whether they range

from people who are skeptical, even hostile, through to increasingly today's age,

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