At the heart of the Alpha course is the 'Holy Spirit' weekend. The 'Steps' weekend is the equivalent in the Freedom in Christ course. The seven Steps, usually undertaken in the company of a leader or Christian friend, are designed to go deep into the soul and to get rid of the spiritual baggage that holds you back - the condemning thoughts, the patterns of wrong behaviour, the spiritual struggles, the sense of hopelessness. The Steps are often used by more mature Christians as a regular spiritual health check. Steve Goss, UK leader of FiC, makes a point of doing them personally every six months. In essence they are a process of renouncing ungodly patterns of thought and embracing the full freedom in Christ which is every believer's birthright.
Neil Anderson was raised on a farm in Minnesota. He served his country for four years in the Navy. He worked four years as an aerospace engineer before being called into full time ministry. He has served the Lord as a high school campus pastor, and in local churches as a youth pastor, college pastor, associate pastor, and senior pastor.
He taught for ten years at Talbot School of Theology and was the chairman of the Practical Theology Department. He is the founder and now president emeritus of Freedom In Christ Ministries, which has offices in Canada, United Kingdom, Switzerland, India, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa. He conducts conferences for Christian leaders around the world in addition to maintaining a heavy writing schedule.
Neil stays involved with the academic community by teaching Doctor of Ministry classes at several seminaries. He has five earned degrees including a doctor of ministry, doctor of education, a masters of divinity and a masters in Christian education.
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