Steve Chalke - Full Interview

Rev Stephen Chalke MBE is a British Baptist minister, social activist, broadcaster and writer.

He founded the Oasis Charitable Trust in 1985 and has presided over its development as a provider of grass-roots social services in the United Kingdom and internationally across housing, healthcare and education.

A prolific author and former GMTV presenter, he has written on Christian Social activism and Public Theology and is now a regular contributor and commentator on television, radio and other media.

The founder of the Stop the Traffik global coalition and a former United Nations Special Adviser on Human Trafficking, Rev Chalke was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2004 New Year Honours “for services to social inclusion”.
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Interview Timestamps
0:00 Croydon 1955: Family rejection and racism - An English mother and Anglo-Indian father, family rejection and racism
22:31Schooling and conversion (being saved in every conceivable way): Meeting God outside Crystal Palace Football Club:
45:12: The Seeds of Oasis: Ministry training at Spurgeon’s Bible college, mentors, experimenting with ministry enterprise
1:19:07 The first Oasis hostel: Calling to and miracles in Peckham
1:31:23 TV career: From interviews for TV to presenter for GMTV and BBC1, ITV and BBC Radio 4
1:40:20 The road to Oasis Waterloo: Minister of Haddon Hall Baptist Church, then Upton Chapel, Kennington
1:49:25 Working with central and local government: How to engage with government and politics
1:59:01 Church community work: Academy schools in the UK and schools in the slums of India
2:10:34 A million thumbprints: Stop the Traffik, A United Nations symposium in Vienna, special advisor to the UN
2:21:10 The future of Oasis: “We cannot achieve what we cannot imagine.”