The new edition of Alpha News is published today and is set to be mailed out to 60,000 addresses in the next fortnight.

It will also be inserted into the Church Times, which has a circulation of 30,000.

The main front page story reveals that more than 190,000 people went on Alpha courses in the UK last year – a 15 per cent increase on the previous year.

There are also three pages on Sir David Frost's recent ITV series Alpha: Did It Change Their Lives?, which tracked down the group of 10 guests he followed through the Alpha course seven years ago for a series entitled Alpha: Will It Change Their Lives?

The group of ten describe how their lives have changed since attending the Alpha course.

As in every edition of Alpha News, there are also a large number of first hand accounts from people who became Christians on Alpha courses.