Stories

“So, you know we will go out and he will be talking about God and Jesus. I was just so annoyed.” – Melinda

Kevin and Melinda had a rocky start to their marriage and when Kevin became a Christian just one year after they were married, it added more tension between them. But it all changed when Kevin was invited by his friends to attend Alpha.

“I actually don’t have peace in my heart. And I started to question, ‘Where can I find this kind of peace?’” – Kevin

“我一向认为基督教是属于西方人的宗教。但自从我参加了启发之后，就彻底改变了这个想法。”

从前，家俊对基督教不太了解；只知道有困难的时候向神求助。当他被邀请参加启发之后，才真正开始探讨并认识上帝。

“I used to think that Christianity was for western people. But since I attended Alpha, my perspective was changed completely.”

Kah Jun never really understood Christianity. He used to think that God was just someone who could solve problems. When he was invited to try Alpha at his girlfriend’s church, he realized there was so much more to it than he expected.

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a group of young people from Tamil Methodist Church Tamil Settlement Ipoh started running Alpha online. They were inspired by God to reach out within and outside their church community to share the love of God.

Throughout this journey, they saw how people were encouraged and many new friendships were formed.

Last year, Stephanie, Joshua, and Zach from SS Gospel Centre, ran Alpha online for the very first time.

Prior to Covid-19, Stephanie had found it difficult to commit time and energy to run Alpha physically. But when church had to move online due to the pandemic, she and the other leaders took on the challenge to try running Alpha online.

在去年MCO期间，槟城圣公会圣保罗堂借此机会开办了线上启发。

教会会友们邀请了很多朋友参加线上启发，而这些朋友的生命被耶稣改变了。

When MCO happened last year, St Paul’s Church from Penang, decided to take the opportunity to run Alpha online.

They invited many friends to join their Alpha who then had their lives transformed by Jesus.