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Faith in the Valleys

Aled Jones travels through the south Wales valleys, meeting locals and uncovering stories of Christian faith in the hills. Aled joins BBC Radio Wales’s Roy Noble on three wheels to explore the landscape by trike. Roy unpacks the links between the people and the landscape, which was an epicentre of mining in the 19th century and the birthplace of the Welsh revival, a dramatic Christian movement that swept across the country and beyond. \n \nJames Lusted meets a group of South Korean missionaries as they 'pray for Wales', a country they trace their own Christian faith back to through one Welshman, Robert Germain Thomas, who brought the gospel to the shores of Pyongyang in 1866. James follows the missionaries as they visit the town of Pontypridd, praying on the hillside overlooking the valley and going to a school to speak to students. \n \nWelsh singer and worship leader Cath Woolridge has been praying with her husband for over a decade to conceive a child. Aled finds out how her faith motivates her to keep trusting in God that one day she will be a mother. \n \nHymns feature congregations across Wales, with a special performance from valley superstar Katherine Jenkins singing in the beautiful surroundings of the Great Glasshouse at the Botanic Garden of Wales, Carmarthenshire.

Source: BBC 1