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Building
for a New Generation
God has given our Pastor, Michael Gantt, a vision and a passion for
multi-generational ministry that will extend the influence of the
Kingdom of God not only into our local community - but to the whole
world, and to generations not yet born. "Children are like
arrows in the hand of a mighty man," says the Psalmist and at
Agape we are honing our arrows to a sharp edge and training them for
true flight, right at the heart of the enemy. Children aren't just
the subject of ministry, the next generation is the heart of our
ministry
We must
not only protect our children, we must prepare them. We must raise up
godly men and women who will penetrate the culture in every venue -
government, the judiciary, education, economics, philosophy, and
science.
At Agape, we are not just training up preachers and
Sunday school teachers, we are raising up a generation of leaders who
will impact their culture at every level. America can be turned
again toward God, but not through the ballot box or in the
legislature but as we pass the baton to a generation of godly voices who
will call the nation to confession and repentance of our national
sin.
We
live in critical times for our nation and Agape Christian Fellowship is
endeavoring to become a leader in the community calling our nation back
to God and believing for a national reformation that will sweep the
nation and avert the judgment of God.
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A
Church in the Heart of the Community
with the Community at Heart
When Jesus came, he came
to the forgotten of His generation. The "publicans and
sinners", the oppressed, the sick and the poor. He announced
His ministry by declaring, "the Spirit of the Lord is upon me and
He has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor.
Some years ago, Agape was on the brink of building a new church in an upscale
neighborhood. At that time we were in an old building in a run down part of
town and our thought was to build a world class ministry center in a
much nicer and safer part of town. However, as the time for the move approached the leadership
of the church became convinced that God's call for us was not to move to
a better neighborhood, but to stay and to help make our neighborhood a
better place to live.
Through strong alliances
with members of the community, and an anointed ministry to the poor, our
neighborhood is a better place to live and we are pleased to be a part
of our local neighborhood community. With hot meals, and bag
groceries, ministry to the homeless, emergency clothing, and children's
meals programs, "downtown" is a place we are glad
to call home. Many members of our local community now partner with
the church in making a difference where we live.
In
the book of Acts we see the believers in the early church living in,
worshiping in, ministering in the local community and "finding
favor with the people." It is our desire that the residents
of downtown Brattleboro and the surrounding area will see that Agape
Christian Fellowship is a church with the community at
heart.
Contact Information:
Phone (802) 257-4069
Fax: (802) 254-4239
Mail: Agape Christian Fellowship
30 Canal Street
Brattleboro, VT 05301
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Around
the World for Jesus!
George
and Sandy Handy are almost lost in a sea of happy faces in Nairobi,
Kenya. George is an elder at Agape, one of our treasured gifts
from the Lord. He and his faithful wife, Sandy, have traveled all
over the world, representing Agape on numerous mission trips to Africa
and Brazil. They are especially loved by all the children they
meet. Here, they are frolicking with just a few of the hundreds of
children that were immediately attracted to this couple who live with
the light of Jesus in their eyes.
As our vision for our part in the evangelization of the world crystallized,
Agape committed to being much more than a
"checkbook" for missions. Right now, several families
from the church are serving full time in missions, and many others
regularly take part in short term missions around the world to places
like Peru, Brazil, Kenya, Uganda, and Sudan, Haiti, Dominican Republic,
and El Salvador.
Agape
is materially involved in the support of mission projects in Peru,
Brazil, Mexico, Turkey, Vietnam, India, Thailand, Nova Scotia. Our
pastor has developed strong partnership relationships with ministries in
Kenya, Uganda, Sudan, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. The
prayer that was uttered in the early days of Agape's founding,
"Around the World for Jesus" is becoming a reality.
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