We know there are many different immigrant communities behind our corner shops, kebab houses and barbershops across Britain. How can we begin to understand their history and culture, to find where the Gospel might reach? With examples from the Kurdish culture, today’s guest helps us understand this particular group, with lessons that can help us reach many of our Muslim friends and neighbours.
Haircuts, History and the Gospel – PEP Talk
Our Guest
Jeremy Fowler is a writer and speaker based in Oxford, specialising in the Kurdish world. He lived for eleven years in Iraqi Kurdistan, where he ran a language consultancy and helped serve the churches in Iraq, and is now writing a biography of Roger Cumberland, martyred in Kurdistan in 1938. He studied History at Oxford and Theology at Oak Hill. He is married to Joy and they have four children.
Download Jeremy’s free New Year cards in Persian and Kurdish dialects.