Equipping your parish in its mission to help people encounter Jesus
In 2019, over 5,600 Catholic parishes and organisations around the world ran Alpha with an estimated 310,000 participants.
Watch this short video to find out more about the impact of Alpha around the world.
What is Alpha?
Alpha is a parish tool for evangelisation where everyone is welcome. The same Alpha content is run all over the world, by Christians of all traditions, sharing the good news of Jesus. Each session has three key ingredients:
What does an Alpha Session look like?
Connect
Friendship and fun are essentials on Alpha. Whether in person over a hearty meal or virtually with a cup of coffee in hand, every Alpha session starts with a time to connect, relax and build friendships.
Having food and games together every week creates a space and culture for people to share life on a deeper level.
Content
The Alpha talks are designed to engage people from all walks of life and inspire conversation.
Explore the big questions of life, unpack the basics of the Christian faith, and address questions like “Who is Jesus?”, “Why and how do I pray?” and “How does God guide us?”
Conversation
A very important part of Alpha: the chance to share your opinion, and discuss in a small group. There’s no obligation to say anything and there’s nothing you cannot say.
It’s an opportunity to hear from others and contribute your own perspective in an honest, friendly and open environment.
Alpha offers a very human, nonthreatening door for everyone to enter. I encourage people to try this model of evangelisation.
Alpha is not a silver bullet; it’s a tool. When used as part of a larger pastoral strategy, it is the best tool that I’ve found for jump-starting and sustaining parish renewal.
We have lost the art of evangelising those who don’t know the gospel at all. Alpha is re-training us how to do that.
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After Alpha
Alpha is just the beginning. Once guests experience Alpha, they understand who Jesus is and can start to explore their relationship with Him.