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The Todd Hunter Interview

with Jim Henderson

Todd Hunter is President of Alpha USA and one of our board members. A couple of years ago I interviewed Todd about Alpha and the Emerging Church - Oil and Water? I checked in with Todd recently to catch up and find out about Alpha’s upcoming conference on Conversational Evangelism.

What are some things people would be surprised to know about Alpha? Here is the most surprising thing: it is not a “modern” tool. Our present culture is transitioning and still mixed when it comes to worldviews—modern and postmodern.
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Jesus' Way to Heaven

By Helen Mildenhall

I went to church for about twenty years. At church they often would talk about how to be sure you’re going to heaven. They wanted to make no-one was confused about this vitally important topic. They taught it’s necessary to believe certain things and then pray a particular prayer. They said God will always answer the prayer if you mean it. Read more...

How to Be a Spiritual Friend

By Fred Peatross

Fred is the Conversational Editor @ New Wineskins Magazine. He has written for Christian Chronicle, Next-Wave Church and Culture and New Wineskins. Fred is currently working on a series of brochures (’pomo’s answer to modernism’s old bible tract’) which you can download from his blog sidebar.

In the modern world evangelism meant a “decision.” In the emerging culture it means a “long term journey”—where spiritual friends walk together and explore together. Read more...

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