NICKY GUMBEL

'Nicholas (Nicky) Glyn Paul Gumbel' (born April 28, 1955 in London) is an Ordained Anglican priest, Vicar and author. He is most famous as the developer of the Alpha course, a basic introduction to Christianity.
Gumbel took an MA at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1976. He became a practising barrister. In 1983 he began theological studies at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. Giving up his practice as a barrister, Gumbel joined the staff of Holy Trinity Brompton Church in London as a curate is 1986. He was ordained priest in 1987. In 1990 he took over the running of the Alpha Course that had been running there since 1973.
Gumbel was officially installed as Vicar of Holy Trinity Brompton Church in September 2005 after the Reverend Prebendary Sandy Millar retired from stipendiary ministry but moved on to be Priest in Charge of St Mark's Tollington Park, in North London.
Gumbel is the author of a number of books related to the Alpha course, including ''Questions of Life'', which has sold over 1,000,000 copies, was voted "Christian Book of the Year" in 1994 and has been published in 48 languages.
Nicky Gumbel is married to Pippa and has three children.

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Websites and resources

Websites and resources

Holy Trinity Brompton Church - The church where Nicky Gumbel is vicar.
Many of Nicky Gumbel's talks may be found on the HTB Sunday Talks podcast
He recently (2006) preached a sermon on the Da Vinci Code using historical documents explaining how gnostic texts of Phillip quote the New Testament and therefore, contrary to Dan Brown, cannot be earlier:

★ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6957514137139557953&q=da+vinci+code
Gumbel speaking at the Alpha course:

★ http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=3582267845277891274&q=nicky+gumbel