In an interview, Nicholas Glyn Paul Gumbel, known as Nicky Gumbel, the former vicar of the largest Anglican church in the UK and the pioneer of the successful evangelism course Alpha is gearing up for a ten-year strategy in which he hopes to make the gospel accessible to everyone in the world.

“17th April is Easter Day 2033, which as you will know will be 2000 years from the 2000th anniversary of the resurrection of Jesus, and the Great Commission that followed shortly after that. And what we would love to do is to play our part in seeking to make the gospel available to everyone on the planet by 2033,” he said.

Although Nicky Gumbel recently preached his last sermon at Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) as the church’s vicar, he shows no sign of slowing down in Christian ministry during his retirement.

The Anglican priest is also in partnership with Bible translators who are working on getting the New Testament into every language in the world by 2033.

“And our part in it is to try and make Alpha available to everyone on the planet by 2033. So that’s going to involve the new film series, which we’ve… already been working on for a couple of years, but we’re going to have to focus on the filming of that. And that will take place next, God willing, next summer, and would involve ten international trips, just for the filming,” he added.

On top of making the successful evangelism course accessible worldwide, Gumbel and his wife aim to visit all the 127 church plants Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) started and attend Alpha’s conferences.

He said, “We have so many friends from HTB who planted out over the years and so we’ll be revisiting. There’s a sense of belonging we have and longing to see all these amazing people who planted churches… so brave, some of them go into very, very difficult situations, and very deprived areas and doing amazing things.”

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