What The Press Says
The New York Times
"A novel approach to Christian education that has been catching on nationwide."
Time Magazine
"...many claim Alpha has changed their lives and appear genuinely happier for the experience."
The Economist
"Alpha is certainly a powerful medicine for a sickly old church."
Read the article about the Church of England
The Independent Newspaper (UK)
"The world's most popular course in Christianity."
Madeleine Bunting, The Guardian
"What Alpha offers, and what is attracting thousands of people, is permission, rare in secular culture, to discuss the big questions - life and death and their meaning.“
Newsweek
"Alpha...uses modern marketing methods to promote and explain Christian teachings around the world."
Times-News (North Carolina)
"Alpha, one of the world's fastest growing methods of evangelism."
The Express London
"Alpha makes Christianity relevant to modern life."
The Times (London)
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"What distinguishes Alpha from other initiatives is the easy-going, relaxed feel of the proceedings
- that, and
its astonishing success."
Evening Standard (London)
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..The only unqualified success there has been in recent years to arrest the seemingly inexorable decline in
attendances - the Alpha course."
Forbes Magazine (Susan Lee, Senior Editor)
“It works. I can testify to that. Indeed it even worked for old snobby me.”
Los Angeles Times
“Alpha helps students navigate through Christianity.”
News Articles
By Ruth Gledhill, The Times
12 February, 2010
By Eben Harrell, Time Magazine
21 December 2008
The Reverend Nicky Gumbel is described as the most influential vicar in England, and perhaps the
world. From Brompton Road to Beijing, millions have attended the Alpha course. But would Deborah Orr
be converted?
By Deborah Orr, The Independent Magazine
13 December 2008
Christianity is becoming a minority faith in Europe, as church attendance falls, the clergy ages, and
scandals and harsh doctrine drive people away. But the faith is reappearing — and thriving — in
all sorts of unexpected places. A search for God in Europe, 2003
By Jeff Chu, Time Magazine
8 June 2003
I say only three words, stand back and they have a life-changing experience'. Victoria Combe meets
the evangelist who is drawing the young back to church.
By Victoria Combe, The Telegraph
26 December 2001
It might surprise you to hear that a million people in the UK have taken a crash course in Christianity
called Alpha. But what's even more surprising is that many of them are thrusting young professionals.
By Mian Ridge, The Guardian
5 July 2001
Kids don't want cant. They despise spin. They are searching for answers. That's why they're saying God bless Christianity.
By Sue Arnold, The Observer
11 June 2000
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