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Phil McCallum

Phil McCallum is the Senior Pastor of Evergreen Church in Seattle. In this interview, Phil shares about his faith journey, their massive Christmas lights outreach, his heart for Israel, and how the Alpha course is reaching many with the Gospel in Seattle. Phil is also the Founding Pastor of New Hope Brisbane. Listen in to his story! (I’m very grateful that Phil believed in me, and gave me an opportunity to become a Pastor over 18 years ago! – Matt)

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Rachael Brown

Rachael Brown is a UK born worship Pastor with a powerful testimony! After a successful season in the fashion industry, she found herself asking the question, “Is there more to life than this?” She ended up serving in a Christian Orphanage in Cambodia and was overwhelmed with the love of God. She then came to Christ in a Church in Australia, and was discipled mainly through the Alpha Course. She’s now on Staff at that Church, and has a passion to share her story with the world!

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Ger Jones

Ger Jones is senior pastor at Vintage Church in Los Angeles. His church has swelled to 1200 members thanks largely to the enormous growth in its Alpha course. From five people at its first Alpha six years ago, the course attracted 450 people recently. Listen in to Ger’s testimony and his message for Australia on his 2019 national tour.

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Power of a Name [Godspot]

Nicky Gumbel from the Alpha Course shares a story about Barbara Clapham who came to live in London. At the age of 33, she decided she was going to look for a church. One Sunday she arrived at Holy Trinity Brompton. The young woman who was welcoming people at the door smiled at her and more »

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Kelly Newton-Wordsworth

Kelly Newton-Wordsworth is an award-winning singer/songwriter from Western Australia. She shares her testimony of her involvement in the New Age movement and her radical transformation during an Alpha Course.

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Pippa [Godspot]

Nicky Gumbel from the Alpha Course shares lots of stories about how he loves his wife Pippa. But he says there is a difference between knowing his wife and knowing about his wife. He said that if there was a book about his wife called “The Book of Pippa”, he could read through it and more »

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Jesus [Godspot]

Nicky Gumbel the founder of the Alpha Course tells the story about how he met Eric Idle, one of the comedians behind the famous Monty Python films. They sat next to each other on a chair lift in the Swiss Alps just after Nicky had conducted a wedding. He said they had a great chat more »

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Bishop Sandy Millar

Bishop Sandy Millar is one of the founders of the Alpha Course which has reached millions around the world. He shares about how the Alpha Course began, how Bear Grylls has helped promote the course to a whole new generation, and he shares about how many churches are starting Alpha after Easter all over Australia.

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Pastor Glen from Open Doors

Pastor Glen from Open Doors shares his conversion story, his love for the Alpha Course, his vision for church planting and about the work of Open Doors, reaching out to persecuted believers all over the world.

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Melinda Dwight

Melinda Dwight is the National Director of Alpha Australia. Melinda shares about her years of experience as a pastor, and some great stories about how lives have been transformed through Alpha, a short course for those exploring the Christian faith. She also shares about the latest changes and additions to the Alpha course, with some amazing stories about Alpha in prisons, Student Alpha, the Marriage course, and the Parenting course.

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