The daughter of missionary parents, Dr Ruth Valerio, has been actively connected to many of the major initiatives in the charismatic renewal and social justice for most of her life.
She has been the youngest speaker at Spring Harvest (which she later chaired), a researcher at the Evangelical Alliance, and then head of its Social Responsibility department; whilst in her church life, Ruth has witnessed the birth of the 24/7 Prayer Movement.
Increasingly drawn to embedding the values of social justice, environmentalism and simple living in her own life, Ruth helped to galvanise A Rocha UK, a Christian environmental organisation, into greater influence through its Eco Church programme.
Interview Timestamps
0:00 Jewish merchants, Missionaries in China, Harlow Essex, Japanese Internment Camps, and All Nations College 29:00 Commuter belts, CofE, Public School, and Cambridge 39:07 Roger Forster, Chichester, Spring Harvest, Evangelical Alliance, and Ecology 53:08 LST Masters degree, Clive Calver research assistant, BBC World Service, Ethiopia, Spring Harvest and EA’s social responsibility director 1:01:30 Living on a Chichester council estate for 26 years 1:08:40 Christian revival, Toronto Blessing, the first 24/7 Prayer Meeting 1:13:40 Allotments and pig co-operatives 1:18:00 A Rocha UK, Eco-Church, and theological advising 1:25:20 Kings College London: Doctorate and writing a book, ‘Just Living' 1:50:37 Simple living and capitalism: tracking levels of income against happiness 2:00:33 Global Advocacy and Influencing Director for the international NGO Tearfund 2:10:15 Writing a new book, ‘Saying Yes to Life’, and children’s book, ‘Planet Protectors, 52 Ways to Look after God’s World -- For all things ExtraECC, go to: ExtraECC.com Audio versions of these interviews are at: @extraecc Follow us on FB www.facebook.com/ExtraECC, and Twitter @ecc_extra