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Facts and Figures
UK
Awareness of Alpha
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23% of the
UK
population are aware of Alpha as a Christian Course (MORI,
October 2006)
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The Spread of Alpha
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7,129 organisations in the
UK
and 33,500 organisations worldwide are running Alpha in 159
countries
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The total number of people who have been on an Alpha course
in the UK since
1993 is 2,144,000
It is estimated that over 9 million people worldwide have now
attended an Alpha course
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Attendance at 2006 Alpha courses
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Total attendance at 2006 Alpha courses in the UK was 167,800
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The average number of people on a 2006 Autumn Alpha course
in the UK was
19.5 per course
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In 2006 the average age of non-churchgoers on UK Alpha
courses was 3
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Worldwide Growth of Alpha
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Year
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Worldwide Number of Alpha Courses
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Worldwide Total Number of Guests
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1992
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5
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1993
|
200
|
4,600
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1994
|
750
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25,000
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1995
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2,500
|
105,000
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1996
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5,000
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360,000
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1997
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6,500
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766,000
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1998
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10,500
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1,3m
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1999
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14,200
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2m
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2000
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17,000
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2,8m
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2001
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19,800
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3,8m
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2002
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24,400
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4,7m
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2003
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27,340
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5,7m
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2004
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29,051
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6,8m
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2005
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31,167
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8m
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2006
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32,592
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9m
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