Analyze the reasons why interactive small-group outreach Bible study on the Alpha model is so successful.
Compare the principles of Adult Learning with the
Alpha model.
What is the role of relationships within an Alpha-type study?
Why are we more likely to accept ideas from friends, than from strangers?
Compare Alpha-type meetings with other small-group methods used in previous eras of the Church.
Discuss the role of a shared meal in your culture, other non-Western cultures, and the Bible.
In what ways does it uniquely imply commitment, love, and bonding.
Research has shown that Alpha-type courses work best as part of an integrated strategy of
whole-church committed evangelism. What does this (as we might expect) tell us?
Find more about optimal small-group sizes. At what lower end do people start to feel threatened
and uncomfortable? At what upper end do people start to feel shy or excluded? Do these figures
vary in different cultures?
What are the likely strengths and weaknesses of an Alpha-type course operating on the Internet?