Author of The King's Gold and Co-Director of Firelighters Grace Turner's Q&A!
When Grace Turner, Co Director of Firelighters - the ministry aimed at setting hearts and churches ablaze igniting people to live radically transformed lives for Jesus - decided to write a 'manual' for the TIDE course, (Training in Discipleship and Evangelism) she couldn't predict the result.
The King's Gold, an inspiring Christian title urging people to seek out the real gold, has proved incredbily popular! Find out why for Grace, who is also involved in anti-slavery charity Treasures of Darkness, writing this book was incidental to her true passion.
(PICTURES: GRACE TURNER, THE KING'S GOLD, GRACE TURNER)
Please tell us about yourself?
I am married to Nick who is a retired solicitor and co-director of the two charities we run. We have a married daughter Abi, a son in law Dan and an eight week old grandson, Jacob.
I am Director of Firelighters which is a mission sending and discipleship 
organisation, and also Director of Treasures of Darkness which seeks to rescue children at risk of modern slavery.
Your book The King's Gold - is a real best seller with lots of acclaim with Christians! Why do you think it resounds so well with Christians?
I don’t think it is a best seller, but I hope that it challenges Christians to go for what is lasting rather than temporary in their lives.
What is the main core message you got across in that book?
The message is that if we want to become like Jesus, God’s methods are not always the ones we expect…He uses all sorts of tough things like suffering and waiting, as well as the joyful things like healing to transform us into world changers.
Was it your first book?
No, I wrote a book many years ago on what God was doing in Europe, and more recently a manual to accompany our discipleship course the TIDE course.
How would you describe it?
Its usually is found in the 'Christian Life' section of bookshops.
How did you feel as you wrote that book? Did it inspire you as you went?
I felt that God was calling me to write something about true gold rather than temporary fixes. The book rather wrote itself!
What do you hope people get from reading it?
I hope God will challenge them as He has challenged me to want to be like Jesus and to change the world!
What are your hopes for the future - what would you like to write 
next?
I will only write if I feel God is challenging me to do so on a particular issue.
As a reader what do you find yourself reading?
I am a very eclectic reader, I read a wide range of books.
What are your hopes and dreams for your future?
The answer to that is the same as the answer to No.7 – I want to be like Jesus and change the world!