Alpha's International Week
Delegates from multiple denominations including Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Baptist, Presbyterian, Methodist, Pentecostal and Anglican attended the various conferences throughout the week including a large number of Bishops and Archbishops.
A special Bishops’ Stream was hosted by the Bishop of London, who opened the two-day Alpha conference on Monday, June 6.
Some of the seminar topics included: Principles in Alpha, Alpha in a Catholic Context, Worship on Alpha, Reaching out to Migrant Communities, Alpha and Sport, and preparing a talk for Alpha ESOL.
There were also small group sessions where delegates shared their stories of leading Alpha.
UK Vision day on the Wednesday was an opportunity to find out what has been happening with Alpha around the world and where it is headed.
Alpha leaders from all over the world shared their stories and gave feedback in the ‘News from the Nations’ sections led by Nicky Gumbel on Wednesday and Thursday.
Nicky also gave a talk on his vision for Alpha moving forward and his desire to reach 100 million people by 2020.
There was also a leadership panel where delegates were able to find out how leadership in the Church works and what it looks like.
The Relationship Central conference was on Friday, hosted by Nicky and Sila Lee. The Marriage Course, the Marriage Preparation Course, and the new Parenting courses were discussed in-depth.
More from Front Page
Nicky and Pippa Gumbel led a team to an Alpha Conference in Mexico City earlier this month, attended by 300 Catholic church leaders including Archbishops, Bishops and priests.
Around 2,300 worshippers packed the HMV Forum in London’s Kentish Town in March for Worship Central’s first live recording.
Nicky Gumbel interviewed one of the UK's most dangerous men and found out how Jesus changed his life.
TV adventurer Bear spoke about the Alpha course when he was interviewed by Hillsong Sydney pastors Brian Houston and Sanga Samways at events attended by several thousand people in Australia.
The new Parenting Children and Parenting Teenagers Courses were launched this year at the Relationship Central Conference at HTB Brompton Road.
More than 16,000 people attended a big Pentecost celebration event hosted by three London Churches at the O2 Arena in August.
More than 1,500 delegates from around the world attended Alpha International’s big biennial conference at all three HTB sites last week.
In the last 18 months, Alpha courses have grown from 21 to 235 prisons in 11 countries with the biggest growth taking place in South Africa and Zambia where the prison authorities have given Alpha permission to run courses in every prison in their countries.
Nicky Gumbel and his wife Pippa led a team to the US National Alpha conference in Dallas, Texas this month.
