{"id":5929,"date":"2025-01-20T12:57:39","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T11:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha-emena.org\/?p=5929"},"modified":"2025-10-07T15:02:16","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T14:02:16","slug":"alpha-helps-us-create-an-atmosphere-of-love-in-our-church","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alpha-emena.org\/he\/blog\/2025\/01\/20\/alpha-helps-us-create-an-atmosphere-of-love-in-our-church\/","title":{"rendered":"Alpha helps us create an atmosphere of love in our church"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"645\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha-emena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/01\/Pastor-Dan_Kyrgyzstan_banner.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha-emena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/01\/Pastor-Dan_Kyrgyzstan_banner.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/alpha-emena.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/29\/2025\/01\/Pastor-Dan_Kyrgyzstan_banner-768x413.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Kyrgyzstan is a Muslim country and we have many restrictions,\u201d says Pastor Dan. \u201cIt\u2019s hard for churches to even exist.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yet the church Pastor Dan leads in the capital city, Bishkek, is flourishing, with more than 400 regular congregation members. Alpha, he notes, has been key to its success, enabling it to welcome <strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-red-color\">2,500 people on nearly 70 Alpha courses<\/mark><\/strong> over the past two decades \u2013 an impressive number for any church, let alone one in a context like Kyrgyzstan.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote alignright has-text-align-center has-border-color\" style=\"border-color:#414141;border-width:5px;border-radius:13px\"><blockquote><p><mark style=\"background-color:#e42312\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">I heard about Alpha and saw that the heart of its message is Jesus.<\/mark><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;When I started the church in 1995 I had no idea how to run a church or what to do,\u201d admits Pastor Dan. \u201cBut then I heard about Alpha and saw that the heart of its message is Jesus.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, Pastor Dan\u2019s church welcomes an average of 40 guests on each Alpha \u2013 significantly more than when they first began back in the early 2000s, when sometimes very few people would turn up.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Most people in Kyrgyzstan believe Jesus is a prophet, not a saviour. 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We <\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:#e42312\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">understood that this is <\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:#e42312\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">something that people <\/mark><br><mark style=\"background-color:#e42312\" class=\"has-inline-color has-white-color\">really need.<\/mark><\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Both became Christians and cried when they gave their testimonies, saying that never in their lives had they experienced such love. And so we understood that this is something that people really need. When we train our team we tell them that the most important thing is to serve our guests as you would serve Jesus himself.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The practicalities of preparing and serving meals to guests each session were challenging, particularly in the early 2000s, when the church first began running Alpha.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;Our church was really small back then, and there was no money to prepare food,\u201d recalls Pastor Dan. \u201cSo we decided that each team member would give a donation, and from that we were able to make a delicious meal each week.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It&#8217;s a tradition that we continue to this day and this has enabled us to keep going with Alpha. This not only blesses our guests but it also helps our team members grow spiritually through service and sacrificial giving.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Appealing to young people<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The church also initially lacked some of the tools needed to create a \u2018restaurant atmosphere\u2019, which Pastor Dan felt was important in showing people love and respect, and would appeal to young people in particular. The average age of the population in Kyrgyzstan is 23.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;We didn\u2019t have enough money for things like tablecloths and so on,\u201d Pastor Dan explains. \u201cSo we prayed about it and then a hotel in America, which was closing, donated all their tablecloths, napkins and other stuff to us, which we now use. 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