About NGM

NGM is a passionate creative ministry which has been in existence for 40 years

Ray and Nancy Goudie left Scotland in June 1980 with a vision to see lives transformed by the love and power of God. They started a band called Heartbeat that became a vehicle through which thousands of people came to know God for themselves. Many people were also healed physically as God supernaturally moved in their concerts/events. They changed the name to NGM during the 1980’s and in the 1990’s the vision began to grow! They trained thousands of young people in the arts throughout the following years, many of whom have gone on to work in the mainstream music industry, media, theatre world, clubland or the church.


Nancy started her innovative and unique Spiritual Health Weekends for women in 1997 and still today they remain extremely popular with women coming back year after year. Again, many each year are transformed physically, spiritually, mentally and emotionally by the love and power of God.  Nancy is a sought-after speaker who has written 18 books and 6 meditation CD’s. Ray produced several creative musicals which toured the UK.


Ray sadly passed away in 2016, but Nancy continues with this life changing work. NGM continues to exist to see lives transformed through conferences, events and by supporting churches through our personnel and the many resources we produce. NGM is based in Thornbury, Bristol at Caedmon Complex our specialist performing arts venue.


Founder & CEO
Nancy Goudie

Trustees
Richard Collier-Keywood,OBE
Doug McGinn
Dr Jaqueline Harding
Jayne Banful

Council of Reference
Lyndon & Celia Bowring
Graham & Jill Kendrick

Patrons
Rosemary Conley
Graham Kendrick

Heart & Vision

Our heart is to see lives transformed

NGM loves creativity, loves God and loves people! We believe that we have been created in God’s image and that by loving God and loving people we can show a glimpse of who God is. Philippians 2 in The Message says: Go out into the world uncorrupted, a breath of fresh air in this squalid and polluted society. Provide people with a glimpse of good living and of the living God. Carry the light-giving message into the night. In all we do at ngm we want to show people who our great God is and how much he can transform each of our lives.

Whether it’s through Nancy Goudie’s Spiritual Health Weekends, days or events, or through the many books, magazines, CD’s and meditations we produce, everything we do is for the benefit of our world. We believe God is the ultimate artist and he loves creativity; because we are made in his image we too love creativity. We love our world and want to transform and create culture that helps people become more fully alive and more fully human. We live to see the world become the way God intended it to be.

Our Values

Faith


To have a vibrant, living relationship with Jesus


To believe God for the miraculous happening today

To have God as the cornerstone of our lives

Intimacy


To know God and to be known by Him


To do what God tells us to do and to go where He tells us to go


To encourage ourselves and others to live life to the full in intimacy with the Lord

Prophetic


To listen and hear from God and to release His words to the world today


To flow in the rhythm of Heaven and to respond to God’s every call


To flow in the Gifts of the Spirit

Excellence


Not to settle for less than God’s best


To look for and portray excellence in everything we do

Compassion


To reach the lonely, unloved, hurting, disadvantaged, excluded and broken in our society


To show God’s heart of love to all we meet


History

Nancy Goudie is the CEO & co-founder of NGM. In 1980 God very clearly called Ray & Nancy to leave their home, jobs, family, friends and even their dog in Scotland and follow him on an adventure for the next 40 plus years. During their first nine months they founded the band called Heartbeat. Ray was the drummer and Nancy was one of the singers in the band. Heartbeat wrote the songs ‘Come On And Celebrate’ and ‘Heal Our Nation’ as well as many others. Through the work of Heartbeat, they literally saw thousands of lives transformed. Many became Christians and came to know and love God. Many were healed and touched physically, emotionally and spiritually by the love and power of God.


In 1985, God gave Heartbeat a deep desire for revival. During this time, they also released singles that broke into the mainstream charts. Heartbeat appeared on many radio and television shows including the BBC’s chart show, Top of the Pops. As they continued to develop in line with their growing vision to see a new generation reach for God, they changed their name in 1989 to NGM. With Heartbeat finishing in 1991, a new chapter had begun.


NGM birthed many new bands and artists including 65dba, dba, Steve, T-Girl, Andy Hunter, Hydro and Underdown amongst many others. They also established partnerships with many churches where they planted new wineskins to reach out to unchurched young people and see them develop in their faith. Many artists and musicians were sent to work with the churches to help them reach out to their community through the NGM bands and artists.

NGM also developed their unique training programmes for creatives which has seen many exciting artists released in strategic places in both the mainstream industry and in serving the church. Many of those who have been trained in NGM are now working across the world in the mainstream industries such as in the music industry, clubland, theatre world and also in the media. Others went on to work in the church as youth workers, worship leaders and pastors.


In 1997 we saw the birthing of the Nancy Goudie Spiritual Health Weekends which are rapidly expanding both in the UK and also in Spain. When Heartbeat finished, Nancy began to speak in various churches, events and conferences. As well as being a speaker, Nancy is also an author who works in TV and Radio too. She has written 18 books to date and has produced many meditation and spoken word CD’s. For many years she has produced her own Spiritual Health magazine.


Ray pioneered new musical productions such as the very successful Pop Opera luv esther. Ray also directed Broadway Live and co-wrote and produced The Prodigals which premiered at The Edinburgh Festival and went on to do a run at The Belgrade Theatre, Coventry. Since Ray’s death in 2016, NGM continued with productions called Jazz On Broadway and Songs from the Shows.


In 2001 Ray, Nancy and the whole of NGM completed a huge walk of faith, where they saw God release £3 million to purchase and build an amazing performing arts facility in Thornbury, just outside of Bristol, where we are based. The premier arts facility includes recording studios, performance venue, rehearsal rooms, dance studio and podcast studio. Nancy has written a book called Who Would Ever Have Thought which is autobiographical in style and tells this remarkable story as well as many other miraculous stories of provision and ministry over the last 40 years of working for God.


We work across many different denominations and have friendships with lots of national church leaders. Our main heart and vision to see lives transformed continues to run through everything we do.

NGM Trustees

Richard Collier-Keywood, LLB, Barrister, FCA, OBE

Richard retired from the most senior global appointed role in PWC after nearly 30 years’ service in February 2017 on the basis that he wanted to spend a balance of time between businesses, civil society and the public sector with the consistent platform to improve society through resetting the social contract between business and society both systemically and in specific areas. His current roles are built on his reputation and experience as a senior leader in PWC where he passionately believed in equal opportunities for every individual and that organisations have a responsibility to consider their impact on all stakeholder groups, including society. 

William Douglas McGinn

Doug is a Chartered Director (Institute of Directors) and has been for almost 20 years with a diploma in Company Direction and Business Management.  He was Business Director and CEO for over 20 years managing a variety of businesses in the Military, Aerospace and Government Security sectors.  He led the business through two trade sales whilst maintaining performance against agreed targets.  He is experienced at company restructuring and business turnaround.  He managed numerous production and development contracts prior to assuming the role of business director.  Latterly, he has been Operations Director for Medium Size Church and managed the church through a major building project.

Dr. Jayne Banful

Reg. ACC (ACCRED) Reg. MBACP

Jayne Banful is a Professional Counsellor and Life Coach. She has a private practice and also leads Soul Counselling Service in London.  She specialises in working with trauma but also works with various life issues including anxiety, depression and esteem issues.

Jayne is also the Associate Pastor of Praise Christian Centre based in London. Her deep driving passion is to see people who are broken and hurting set free and healed and having the life they were purposed to live. The mission statement that encapsulates her work is ‘speaking a word in season to those who are weary’.  She is a dynamic Bible teacher and communicates the word of God with true divine power mixed with her witty sense of humour. She is married to Kofi and they have two adult daughters.

Dr Jaqueline Harding, MA, Cert Ed, SFHEA

As an international child development and education expert, Dr Jacqueline Harding is recognised for her work advising the UK government, practitioners and parents. She is an Honorary Visiting Research Fellow at Middlesex University. Jacqueline is chair of the Bright Start Foundation. She also represented the UK in developing essential digital criteria and establishing best practice for broadcasters, parents and teachers across Europe. Jacqueline was privileged to pioneer and manage the Parentchannel.tv platform for the UK government which was a ground breaking film-based resource for parents and practitioners. She continues to work on children’s TV shows, such as Peter Rabbit, Teletubbies, Clangers and Bing…a new show called BeddyByes is about to be released on CBeebies this Spring.  She is a frequent speaker in the media and author of best-selling books for parents, practitioners and children. Her latest book is called The Brain that Loves to Play, which continues to attract substantial media interest, such as Newsweek, New Scientist, The Independent.  She is a former BBC Education Editor, Government Consultant, and Headteacher.  Currently, she is working on four new books: The Brain that Loves to Laugh and Little Brains Love to Talk – plus two accompanying children’s books…and working on research for Broadcasters.

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