Alpha Friends
Nicky Gumbel featured in The Independent Magazine
Wednesday 17th December 2008 11:28AM
HTB Vicar, Nicky Gumbel, was interviewed by Independent journalist Deborah Orr. The article on Nicky, who also featured on the front page,
was entitiled 'The meaning of life by Reverend Nicky Gumbel' and was published in The Independent Magazine on Saturday 13th December 2008.
The article begins:
'It's not quite the Old Vicarage... [read more]
Alpha Scotland Vision Day 09
Friday 28th November 2008 9:49AM
Be inspired and equipped to play your part in transforming lives...
Saturday 7 February 2009, 10am-4pm
St Paul?s & St George?s
York Place, Edinburgh
10m - 4pm
Key talks and ministry led by senior church leaders.
Unpacking our vision to 'Make Jesus the talk of Scotland'.
Key speakers include:
Rev Nicky & Sila Lee | HTB... [read more]
Prepare for another 1 million
Wednesday 26th November 2008 11:08AM
More than a million Britons who haven?t done Alpha are interested in attending a course ? if they can find out more information about it.
That is the astonishing finding of a new poll conducted by research organisation Ipsos MORI in October.
The poll also found:
More than five million people in Britain ? 11 per cent of adults ? have either been... [read more]
Student Alpha course launched at Soho nightclub
Wednesday 26th November 2008 11:01AM
A Student Alpha course was launched at a nightclub in London?s Soho in October.
The course, hosted by students from Holy Trinity Brompton, was set to be held throughout the autumn term at Sugar Reef nightclub on Great Windmill Street, Piccadilly Circus, London.
More than 200 students crowded into the nightclub for launch night, which included live... [read more]
UK hosts its big Alpha party
Wednesday 26th November 2008 10:51AM
THOUSANDS of churches hosted Alpha launch events across the UK as part of the national Alpha Invitation. Supper parties, drinks parties and a wide range of other events including a street party barbecue for 750 people have taken place to kick off local Alpha courses.
The events coincided with the national poster campaign with the theme, ?If God did e... [read more]
Hundreds join international ?GAT? teams
Wednesday 19th November 2008 4:36PM
MORE THAN 1,800 delegates worldwide have now been trained on how to run Alpha through the initiative known as Global Alpha Training (GAT).
The initiative aims to send teams of between four and eight people from churches in one country to those of another to train those interested in running Alpha.
Nineteen different teams consisting of around 150 p... [read more]
Hundreds join international ?GAT? teams
Wednesday 19th November 2008 4:36PM
MORE THAN 1,800 delegates worldwide have now been trained on how to run Alpha through the initiative known as Global Alpha Training (GAT).
The initiative aims to send teams of between four and eight people from churches in one country to those of another to train those interested in running Alpha.
Nineteen different teams consisting of around 150... [read more]
Bill Hybels welcomes Nicky to Willow Creek
Wednesday 19th November 2008 4:09PM
ALPHA SPEAKER Nicky Gumbel was invited to pray a blessing for around 4,000 people attending a service at Willow Creek Community Church ? one of the largest churches in America ? while visiting the USA in July.
The invitation came from Willow Creek Senior Pastor Bill Hybels, who had been meeting with Nicky and his wife Pippa during a visit to Willow C... [read more]
Nobel prizewinner praise for new Delusion book
Wednesday 19th November 2008 3:32PM
ALPHA speaker Nicky Gumbel?s new book Is God a Delusion? was published in July and has been praised by Nobel prize-winning scientist Sir John Houghton.
Sir John, who won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, said, ?Nicky Gumbel on the one hand skilfully exposes the weakness of the arguments of atheist... [read more]
1,100 at Chicago event
Thursday 13th November 2008 4:09PM
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?What is this Alpha deal that?s sweeping the world?... It must be God? says Billy Graham Centre director.
Around 1,100 church leaders from all over America attended an Alpha conference in Chicago last June involving a team from Holy Trinity led by Nicky and Pippa Gumbel.... [read more]