--- title: "Amanda's Story" date: 2019-04-03T00:00:00+01:00 author: Jacob Hilton canonical_url: "https://www.eauk.org/great-commission/stories/amandas-story" section: Stories --- Great Commission is the Evangelical Alliance's evangelism and mission hub for stories that inspire and resources that equip us all to share Jesus. - [Great Commission](/great-commission) - [Stories](/great-commission/stories/all) - Amanda's Story # Amanda's Story #### Amanda discovered there’s more to life than a tick-box approach when a friend from work invited her on the Alpha Course [ ![Https vimeo com 320455240](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Https vimeo com 320455240](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) #### Courses exploring Christianity | 0:00 ## Amanda's Story ](#%0A%09%09%09) [DetailsAbout the video](#) [TranscriptWhat it says](#) [DownloadSave it offline](#download) Amanda discovered there’s more to life than a tick-box approach when a friend from work invited her on the Alpha Course ##### Featured Resources [ ![](data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAaEAAAEqAQMAAACGEX2aAAAAA1BMVEUAAACnej3aAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAACZJREFUaN7twTEBAAAAwiD7pzbFPmAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQOz7cAAG8Je16AAAAAElFTkSuQmCC) #### Roofbreakers An initiative to help you reach the world’s largest unreached people group: disabled people - 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