In more specific ways the spiritual influence of group involvement was also apparent: of the people currently involved, 90 percent claimed they were better able to forgive others, 79 percent said they had been enabled to
share their faith with others outside the group, 78 percent felt closer to God and 66 percent had experienced answers to prayer.
The
Faith Alive group in Southampton has in the past decade initiated Alpha courses, an ecumenical programme
sharing ideas about leadership, formation and outreach methods
with other denominations, a city guildhall event
with a Catholic inspirational speaker and prayer teams, a city mission, an introductory programme for «new seekers», that is people interested in the Church and who might wish to continue
with the RCIA, displays
outside a church on a main road and a manned gazebo to provide information and resources to passers - by during the papal visit, and the Anchor catecheticscourse making use of the «way of beauty» for evangelising parishioners, seen as a primary target.