Alpha is a multi-week course exploring the basics of the Christian faith. Each session looks at a different question around faith and the talks are designed to create conversation in small groups afterwards. Find out more about Alpha.

Every Alpha is different, but generally they have three things in common: hospitality, a talk and discussion.

Hospitality – Whether in person over a meal or virtually with a cup of coffee, all sessions start with a time to connect, relax and build friendships.

Talk – The talks explore the basics of the Christian faith and are designed to inspire conversation. Usually around thirty minutes long, they can be given as a live talk or played as an episode. Preview an Alpha talk.

Discussion – There is time after the talk where you can share your thoughts and ideas on the session’s topic. You can say anything.

Just head to Try Alpha and type in your town or postcode to find an Alpha near you – then you can contact the team running it to let them know you’re interested in coming and ask any questions you might have.

Try selecting ‘Any’ from the ‘Starting in’ dropdown menu. If you still can’t see an Alpha running where you are, get in touch and we’ll do all we can to help. If you are a pastor/ministry leader serving in the Gulf region and interested in running Alpha visit the Run Alpha page or contact us and we can help you further.

Alpha is completely free. There is no cost for any of the resources we provide, and, if you attend an ‘in-person’ Alpha you even get a meal for free

Just head to Try Alpha, search for a course run by a church in your location and contact them to get more information. If you don’t find a course, please contact us and we will do our best to assist you

If you want to attend an Alpha course, you can search for one at Try Alpha. Otherwise click on this link and we will get back to you asap.

Register your course on myAlpha.

Create your course on myAlpha and choose to ‘Promote’ your Alpha.

You can download promotional materials from myAlpha, in the ‘Promote’ section.

You can buy promotional materials for your Alpha from our Alpha Shop.

All of our training materials are online and can be downloaded for free in the Learning Centre. Head to myAlpha to access it.

Please email us at gcc@alpha.org or get in touch via the Contact us page.