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About Agape International Ministries

Agape International Ministries is committed to planting cross-cultural, reproducing, indigenous and autonomous Bible schools and churches, where local leadership is equipped to take the Gospel to the world and to train and equip future leaders to take the Gospel to the world.

17

Bible Schools

500

Global Students

160

Church Plants

11

Countries

History

1982 | In the beginning...
In 1982, Dr. Mike and Stephanie Harrison founded Agape International from a local church in Cullman, Alabama, USA. In their desire to obey the Great Commission, “… Go into all the world…”, the Harrisons began using the methods they had successfully used to launch several churches in Southeastern USA to plant churches and Bible schools in the Philippines. Growth from the Philippines spread quickly to numerous other nations in Southeast Asia, resulting in many more churches and Bible Schools being established over the next 26 years.
2008 | Leadership...
Chris Harrison was named President of Agape International Ministries (AIM) in 2008. Global mission indicators showed that the traditional model of missions would never suffice to complete the Great Commission. AIM leadership searched the scripture and sought the Lord for the most effective missions strategy. Both were clear that mission strategies must empower everyone from everywhere to reach those still living and dying without ever hearing the Good News of Jesus. Accordingly, the AIM 10/40 approach began to decentralize organizational control and implement rapid, locally contextualized, discipleship making methods.
2013 | The dream...
AIM moved its USA headquarters to Palm Desert, California, where the vision of church-planting was continued through another church plant, Church212º.
AIM’s work of global missions expanded to include seven nations and the leadership team grew to include unprecedented diversity. This diverse group of Spirit-led leaders became increasingly convinced of the necessity to equip disciples from the majority-world* for the work of cross-cultural missions.
*“majority-world” refers to geographic regions other than what is most commonly referred to as “western” or “1st world”.
2015 | Seven-Fold Process...
AIM refined its “seven-fold” process which is rooted in two very important endeavors that AIM had been engaged in for many years, (i.e. church and Bible school planting). AIM invests in training national leaders through Synergy Schools of Ministry in various international locations. These indigenous leaders in turn plant churches to reach their villages, cities and nations. Short-term trips are organized to allow people from other nations, such as USA and Canada, to visit these indigenous movements to gain a holistic perspective of God’s heart for the whole world. We encourage, support, resource, and empower our national leaders to obey the Great Commission in their parts of the world, as well as mobilize everyone God has called to cross-cultural mission work.
2017 | 10/40 Window...
AIM honed its focus on the “10/40 Window” (this is the section of the globe between 10 and 40 degrees latitude where over 3 billion people live without an adequate witness of the Gospel). Every effort of AIM10/40 is either directly engaging unreached people groups or is in parts of the world where AIM can train and/or mobilize workers into the unreached areas of the world.
2019 | Heading East...
AIM established its international headquarters in Chiang Mai, Thailand, which provides direct access to a huge proportion of the people AIM is reaching with the Gospel. This location also provides an environment highly conducive to training cross-cultural workers heading into nearby countries where creative access is required to teach and preach the Word of God.

Team

Chris Harrison

President

“Biography”
Chris Harrison is an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God to the unreached people groups of the nations. He currently presides as the President and Chairman of Agape International Ministries (AIM1040); a great commission ministry headquartered in Chiang Mai, Thailand. God has raised up AIM1040 in these last days to effectively bring Jesus to as many places, in as many ways, to as many people as possible.

Called to engage and equip the next generation of those living in the 10/40 window, Chris trains indigenous people to reach their home and neighboring countries with the gospel. They are born-again, Spirit-filled, and empowered to go forth and preach the love of Jesus, healing the sick, raising the dead, casting out demons, making disciples, baptizing them, and teaching them to observe all that He commanded them (Matt 10:7-8; 28:18-20).

None of this would be possible without the love and support of his family. Chris has been married to his best friend, Heather, since 1996 and together they have three daughters. In early 2019, Chris and Heather resigned the thriving church they planted in America to serve overseas full-time. With focused attention on evangelism, healing ministry, and teaching, Chris has led a highly skilled team of influencers and church leaders to plant 17 Bible Schools and over 400 churches.

Current projects include; a human trafficking prevention program, remodeling two homes for rescued children, church planting, English teaching programs, discipleship making curriculums, and creating a ministry training center to equip teams for work in all areas of ministry across the 10/40 window.

Some consider it a burden and the price too steep to serve the Lord during such tough times in far-removed places, but Chris declares Romans 1:16 as he boldly leads believers toward fulfilling the great commission in this generation – “For I am not ashamed of the gospel, for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, to the Jew first and also to the Greek” (NASB).

Frank Anderson

Executive Director

John Wolfley

Executive Vice President

“Biography”
John Wolfley is originally from the United States, now living and serving in Thailand with his family. He is honored to serve the LORD as Executive Vice President of AIM1040 as well as AIM1040 Global Director of Church Planting.

John says, “My first responsibility is to agree with God’s word and follow the guidance of the Holy Spirit as I lead and empower my family and AIM1040 teams in the fulfillment of Christ’s great command to make disciples of all nations. I love serving as a catalyst to mobilize believers into that call, as well as being a personal harbinger of the gospel to those who have never heard it.”

Heather Harrison

Office Manager

Justine Wolfley

Director of Communications

Jan & Yangchen Choden

Director of Operations
Mission Training

Chris Reynolds

Refugee Ministry Missions Mobilizer

Silas Thapa

International Bible School

Philip Thapa

Bhutanese Nepali Refugees

Tito & Nelrose Sasam

Philippines National Director

Dawa Singye

Himalayan Ministry
Siliguri, India

John Monger

Synergy School of Ministry, Bhutanese Nepali Refugees

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