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On March 9-10, the Conversational Evangelism Conference will take place in Costa Mesa, California. Todd Hunter, the North American president for the Alpha Course is one of the speakers, and in fact, according to an interview, Alpha is hosting the event. Other speakers at the conference include Gary Poole from Willow Creek, former Willow Creek evangelism director Mark Mittelberg, and Lee Strobel.
Todd Hunter has been a proponent for the emerging church and also a speaker at Richard Foster's With God conference.Click here for more on the Alpha Course.
The
NEW AGE of Alpha
A critique of the Alpha Course for those who know
their Bible
Bayith Ministries, 2005
"THE Alpha Course has swept the globe and is being used by
an incredibly wide range of groups—including Anglicans and
Roman Catholics, Methodists and Seventh Day Adventists. Where other
evangelistic initiatives have petered out very swiftly, Alpha has
done the opposite. From its roots in the late 1970s, Alpha has grown
to stunning proportions today and millions have already participated.
What is the secret of its popularity—and what issues does this
raise?"—See
Entire Document
by Dusty Peterson/Elizabeth McDonald
Also-
Alpha's
Godfather:
Unearthing the Core of Sandy Millar
by Dusty Peterson
"In
recent years Millar has been somewhat overshadowed in the
eyes of many by Nicky Gumbel—his successor and long-time
colleague at HTB and the director of the 'Alpha Course.'
This is understandable, for it is the latter’s name which
appears on nearly every Alpha resource. Gumbel has also
been the one presenting the Alpha video talks themselves
and he has acted as front-man for much of the HTB-related
press, radio and television coverage since Alpha took off.
But this has all served to obscure the enormous influence
that Millar exerts on the Christian Church..." Read
entire article, Alpha's
Godfather.
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