Testimonials From Houston
"Alpha is a great value. The gospel story is the best story. The only
agency responsible for telling it is the church. The church's delivery
system needs help. That's what Alpha does. And the great thing is that
it tells the story so effectively to both
insiders and outsiders and its track record makes it clear it crosses
cultures and colors,"
- Dr. David PetersonSenior PastorMemorial Drive Presbyterian Church
"As the Pastor of Evangelism at First Methodist Houston, I am seeing
more and more people join the church and begin the road to discipleship
because of Alpha. In addition, great leaders are emerging from the
Alpha Classes. The Alpha Houston office told us
this would happen. They were right! The Alpha Houston office has gotten us back on track. When I wasn't
sure how things were progressing at our church, Alpha Houston came to
our rescue. They have given us helpful tips about advertising and
keeping the program on-going. I always leave their
office inspired and ready to go at it again!"
- Rev. Ann Spears
Pastor of Evangelism/ Assimilation
First Methodist Church
"We are in our second year of Alpha. Nothing I have seen in my many years of ministry can compare with what I have seen in the first year. People are coming to Christ. Baptisms have picked up. But not only are people coming to Christ, they are also connecting in the church and are becoming vital participants in our local expression of the body of Christ. Further, Alpha is creating an atmosphere of witness in the church which is resulting in other forms of evangelism being ignited. One tenth of our Sunday attendance (600) came to Christ last year."
- Bert Waggoner
Nathional Director
Vineyard, USA
"The first Wednesday night I arrived about 1 hour early at the Downtown campus to find that as of that date we had 12 people officially signed up for the course. To my amazement we had 24 people show up for our Downtown course and as it turns out we had about 20 people signed up for our Westchase course and 30 people attended the first night there. I found out that many of the participants found our course via the Alpha USA website by typing in "77002" which is the primary Zip Code for Houston as well as our Downtown Campus.
I was amazed at how the participants did not want to be in the same groups every week and as a result have bonded as an entire group rather than just the few people they would otherwise be associated with. We had a rather eclectic group of longtime First Methodist members, relatively new church members, church visitors, members of a Lutheran Church and members of a Baptist church.
I can't thank the Alpha Houston office enough for the support, encouragement and prayers they have showered on us and I wanted them to know the difference the Lord is already making in the lives of those involved with the Alpha Course. "
- Greg & Robin Smith
Houston
"Before starting ALPHA, my spirituality was virtually non-existent. I doubted most everything associated with faith and religion. ALPHA essentially proved the existence of God and has sparked an interest in me to learn more about Jesus."
- Participant
St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church
The theme for Dominion Chapel this year is impact (I Must Produce A Christ Transformed
life). The ALPHA training held at
our church was in God’s awesome timing as many of the members of our
evangelism team were impacted by the teaching.
Our team was especially moved by the testimonies shared of lives that were transformed through the ALPHA course.
Many of our members that attended realized the importance of
meeting people where they are and letting go of their preconceived ideas
about non-Christians to enable them to bring others to Christ. We
believe and know that God is going to use the ALPHA
course at Dominion Chapel to reach out to the Stafford-Houston area to
make an IMPACT in the lives of those who are searching for truth.
- Pastor Bayo Fadugba
Senior Pastor
RCCG Dominion Chapel
I just wanted to thank you and the Alpha Houston team along with praise to my/our Heavenly Father. If you remember I asked you all to pray for me for an addiction I have been dealing with over the past 10 years. I would like everyone to know from that moment you all prayed, I was cured, 100 percent! There is no trace of it, even when confronted with it! No desire, no thoughts, nothing. What a truly great God we serve. Thank you all for be willing vessels.
- "S."
A Participant
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