Let us first open this overview of the Alpha
Course with several passages in Scripture that
warn us of the wolves that will enter the
church looking to pervert the Gospel and
introduce falsehood. We must always measure
everything by the plumbline of God's Word
because without that, deception awaits. 2
Peter 2:1-2 and 1 John 4:1 are essential to
understanding the danger of the Alpha Course.
When Scripture tells us to test all things,
this is not a mere take-it -or-leave-it
suggestion. We are clearly instructed that this
is an absolute needful thing for us to doand
it is needed more today than ever before. It is
becoming more and more clear that most churches
(and most individual Christians too) are not
doing this simple thing because the level of
apostasy and heresy in the church today is
mind-boggling and growing by the day.
Alpha
Course was started in 1977 by an Anglican
priest named Charles Marnham, serving at Holy
Trinity Brompton (HTB) parish in London. It is
important to recognize that Alphas creation in
the Anglican Church is significant, for the
Anglican Church is too close to Roman
Catholicism and has never achieved true
Biblical doctrine and practice. Anglicanism
finds a strong voice in evangelical circles via
the Alpha Course by those who value unity over
truth, social justice over the true Gospel, and
a strong desire to reconnect with our 'vintage'
faith marching off to reconcile with Rome at
the end of the day.
