Agape Europe is the Western Europe

Western Europe

Western Europe is a loose term for the collection of countries in the western most region of the European continents, though this definition is context-dependent and carries cultural and political connotations. One definition describes Western Europe as a geographic entity—the region lying in the...

an ministry of Campus Crusade for Christ

Campus Crusade for Christ

Campus Crusade for Christ is an interdenominational Christian organization that promotes evangelism and discipleship in more than 190 countries...

, an interdenominational movement that was founded in 1951 in the United States of America. "Agape

Agape

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" is the Greek

Greek language

Greek is an independent branch of the Indo-European family of languages. Native to the southern Balkans, it has the longest documented history of any Indo-European language, spanning 34 centuries of written records. Its writing system has been the Greek alphabet for the majority of its history;...

 word used in the Bible

Bible

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 for God

God

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's unconditional love. Agape became a worldwide organisation as of 2004, and around 20,000 people have joined Agape Europe.

Agape Europe, currently headquartered in Kandern

Kandern

Kandern is a town in southwestern Germany in the state of Baden-Württemberg, in the Kreis of Lörrach. During the Battle of Schliengen, in which the French Revolutionary army fought the forces of Austria, the battle lines of both armies terminated in Kandern...

, Germany and Barcelona

Barcelona

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, Spain, has ministries

Christian ministry

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 for students in universities and secondary schools), sports, media, families, communities, churches, musicians, leaders and much more.

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 Garcia - 2006 - present