Agape Europe
Agape Europe is the Western European ministry of Cru, an interdenominational movement that was founded in 1951 in the United States of America. "Agape" is the Greek word used in the Bible for God's unconditional love. Agape became a worldwide organisation {{as of|2004|lc=y}}, and around 20,000 people have joined Agape Europe.[http://www.agapeeurope.org/WhoWeAre/History.aspx Our Story at agapeeurope.org] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616004927/http://www.agapeeurope.org/WhoWeAre/History.aspx |date=June 16, 2013 }}
Agape Europe, currently headquartered in Kandern, Germany and Barcelona, Spain, has ministries for students in universities and secondary schools,[http://www.agapeeurope.org/what-we-do Youth ministries] sports,[https://web.archive.org/web/20000526081755/http://www.aiaeurope.com/ Athletes in Action Europe] media, families, communities, churches, musicians,[http://www.crescendo.org/ Crescendo network of Christian classical musicians] leaders{{Cite web |url=http://www.historyshandful.ch/ |title=History's Handful (German) |access-date=2004-07-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040729191944/http://www.historyshandful.ch/ |archive-date=2004-07-29 |url-status=dead }} and much more.
External links
- [http://agapeeurope.org/what-we-do/ Agape Europe's ministries]
- [http://agapeeurope.org/who-we-are/national-ministries/ Agape Europe member countries]
Leadership
Agape Europe has been directed by the following leaders:
- Gordon Klenck 1966 - 1977
- Kalevi Lehtinen 1977 - 1987
- Leo Habets 1987 - 1996
- Markku Happonen 1996 - 2006
- Javier García - 2006–present