Alpha by the numbers
Alpha Support, A Case in Numbers
Alpha is Effective and Transformational
2004 Barna Research on the effectiveness of the Alpha Course showed that 50% of those participating in the course make a new commitment to Christ. This is made up by 16% in the research who made a life-changing commitment to Christ for the first time and 34% who, having grown cold in their faith, renew their commitment to living for Christ alone.
Thus, Alpha is having tremendous impact across the country.
| 2,100 |
Churches running the Alpha Course (as of January 2009) |
| 3,650 |
Churches running the Alpha Course (as of September 2009) |
| 3,125 |
Mean number of churches running Alpha in 2009 |
| 2.3 |
Courses run per year by the average Alpha church |
| 7,187 |
Course run annually in Alpha churches |
| 16 |
New participants in the average Alpha Course |
| 115,000 |
New participants taking the Alpha Course/ year |
| 57,500 |
New Commitments made to Christ either in first time or renewed commitments |
Over 50,000 lives transformed through the Gospel presented on the Alpha course.
The annual budget for Alpha USA in 2009 is roughly $5,000,000. With over 50,000 lives transformed, Alpha is a tremendous investment value.
| $5,000,000 |
Total budget |
| 50,000 |
Lives transformed |
| $100 |
Cost of transforming one life through Alpha |
Imagine a $10,000 gift to Alpha given its effectiveness . . .
With $10,000 gift - 100 lives would be transformed.
50 households could have the mother and father making a commitment to Christ.
Imagine, that is the equivalent of transforming your entire neighborhood for Christ for $10,000. You could work years witnessing (and still should) to have an impact and still never see 100 lives transformed in Christ.
But there’s more, think of the children:
| 50 |
Households transformed and active in their churches |
| 1.62 |
Average children per household |
| 81 |
Children impacted and in churches with a chance to respond to the Gospel |
And more still – the church is strengthened:
| 50 |
Households involved in churches |
| $50,740 |
Average income per household |
| 2.66 |
Average church giving as a % of income |
| $1,350 |
Dollars given per household in tithes to the local church |
| $67,484 |
Total dollars contributed to local church ministry |
Putting it all together (conservatively put):
| $10,000 |
Given to Alpha results in: |
| 100 |
New lives directly transformed through the Holy Spirit, through the Gospel in relationship with Jesus Christ |
| 100 |
People likely active and volunteering in churches, invigorating the church with new life and inviting their friends to come and see |
| 81 |
Children with an opportunity to begin their young lives in a relationship with Jesus |
| $67,484 |
To strengthen local church ministry – over a 600% return on investment in local ministry |
And that is just the first year – more lives, more children, more church growth, more capacity for the local church in each of the years to come – REVIVAL in America!
How does Alpha do it?
More than effectiveness – Alpha is efficient – consider this.
| 8 |
Assumed average number of volunteers running Alpha per church |
| 3,650 |
Churches running Alpha |
| 29,200 |
Volunteers for Alpha across the country |
| 45 |
Current Approximate FT equivalent staff across the country |
| 649:1 |
Ratio of volunteers for each paid employee of Alpha |
There are over 600 people giving their time for each FT equivalent employee at Alpha.
| 29,200 |
Approximate number of Alpha volunteers across the country |
| 55 |
Approximate Hours volunteered across Alpha Course (11 wks, training, weekend away) |
| 2.3 |
Courses per year |
| 3,693,800 |
Unpaid/ Volunteer hours contributed to the ministry of Alpha |
| 92,345 |
Equivalent number of 40 hour work weeks volunteered to Alpha |
|
Assume $7.25 (min wage) , this is equivalent to over $26,000,000 in labor |
| 1,847 |
Equivalent full-time paid employees (assuming 50 wks/yr) passionately supporting Alpha |
| 41:1 |
Passionate, full-time volunteer “employees” for each paid full-time paid employee |
With a balanced budget primarily consisting of income from individual donors, Alpha USA is able to generate the ministry work equivalent to over $26,000,000 – thus a 6.5:1 leveraged multiple on contributed dollars to increase Alpha capacity through passionate volunteers across the country.
We depend on gifts from individuals, corporations and foundations to touch the lives of thousands of individuals each year. Make a donation now, and your contribution will be quickly invested to transform society: one life, one church, one community at a time. All gifts to Alpha USA are tax deductible. Click here to donate.
Alpha USA is accredited by Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA).
Alpha is an effective tool. Alpha is an efficient tool. Alpha is a powerful tool that is rooted in prayer, run with passion, and reaping in obedience in a harvest field that is ripe and ready for more!
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