However, even with these challenges, they continue to share Jesus with their friends! An amazing story that came out of Calgary is of a group of students across different churches who joined together to run Alpha online. The online space helped create a community for youth who were feeling isolated and alone and gave them a chance to ask questions about life, faith and God.
“I texted a friend and said, “Hey, I know you’re not that big into Christianity, but I thought I’d invite you to Alpha. We’re just talking about Christianity, but you’re also going to meet a few people. So do you want to come?” And he came. And then he became a leader for the next Alpha.”
-Joel, Alpha Online Host
Joel’s friend was one of several students that had their lives transformed by the gospel during Alpha online and came back to help at the next one!
“Oftentimes in church you always look at adults and this is their area of authority. This is their area of influence. But when it came to online, we were the experts. So when everything shut down and everything had to go online, it’s like we already knew what we were doing.“
– Sarah, Alpha Online Host
We’re so encouraged by the way youth across our nation are paving the way in showing us how effective Alpha online can be!
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Donate Now Match Campaign Terms and ConditionsNick grew up in the church but rejected his faith and walked away from Jesus in his late teens. He was invited to an Alpha online and Jesus radically transformed his life.
Our desire was to respond to the needs of the church as quickly as possible and so on March 26th, 13 days after in-person gatherings came to a grinding halt, we started training churches to run Alpha online. At that first webinar, we had over 480 leaders attend and since that time 4000 leaders have participated in our webinars leading to over 2000 Alphas online!
Ashlyn felt compelled to share the gospel with her co-workers. Even though she was nervous, she knew that it would spark meaningful conversations. Ashlyn’s coworker, Miranda, attended Alpha in Ashlyn’s home and came to faith in Jesus!