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I get tired of people asking..... and myself not having good enough words to describe it.....
So, here!!

Our mission:
The Agape Center for Spiritual Living’s mission is to develop a spiritual community which honors all paths to God. Through teaching and practicing a positive practical way of life, we uplift ourselves and make the world a better place.

We teach daily practices that empower us to transform our lives and experience a deeper relationship with God.

We come to Agape to better understand how to live our lives, centered in love, and to be with like-minded people.

Our vision:
To positively impact the world by empowering people.

We believe:
in God, the living Spirit Almighty; one, indestructible, absolute, and self-existent Cause. This One manifests Itself in and through all creation, but is not absorbed by Its creation. The manifest universe is the body of God; it is the logical and necessary outcome of the infinite self-knowingness of God.

We believe in the individualization of the Spirit in Us, and that all people are individualizations of the One Spirit.

We believe in the eternality, the immortality, and the continuity of the individual soul, forever and ever expanding.

We believe that heaven is within us, and that we experience it to the degree that we become conscious of it.

We believe the ultimate goal of life to be a complete freedom from all discord of every nature, and that this goal is sure to be attained by all.

We believe in the unity of all life, and that the highest God and the innermost God is one God. We believe that God is personal to all who feel this indwelling presence.

We believe in the direct revelation of truth through our intuitive and spiritual nature, and that anyone may become a revealer of truth who lives in close contact with the indwelling God.

We believe that the Universal Spirit, which is God, operates through a Universal Mind, which is the Law of God; and that we are surrounded by this Creative Mind which receives the direct impress of our thought and acts upon it.

We believe in the healing of the sick through the power of this Mind.

We believe in the control of conditions through the power of this Mind.

We believe in the eternal Goodness, the eternal Loving-kindness, and the eternal Givingness of Life to all.

We believe in our own soul, our own spirit, and our own destiny; for we understand that the life of all is God.

[ Trippy huh? :3 Hehehe, oh yes, written by Ernest Holmes ]

Our roots:
The Agape Center for Spiritual Living is a “New Thought” spiritual community and is an affiliated member of the United Centers for Spiritual Living. New Thought is simply the premise that with every new thought we can create a new life.

The New Thought tradition dates to the 1880s and has its roots in the Transcendentalist Movement of the 1830s. New Thought has a long and respected history, and includes luminaries such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Phineas Quimby, Thomas Troward and Emma Curtis Hopkins. Some of the better known authors today whose writings parallel our teachings are Norman Vincent Peale, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Neale Donald Walsch, Eckhart Tolle, and many others.

Our teachings incorporate the ancient wisdom of all spiritual traditions through the ages. People on all spiritual paths -- Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, Hindu, Islam, New Age and others -- are all welcome in our Agape community.

Our Founder
Dr. Ernest Holmes (January 21, 1887 - April 7, 1960) was the Founder of United/International Centers for Spiritual Living. Dr. Holmes’ book, The Science of Mind, is recognized today as one of the leading viewpoints in modern metaphysics and New Thought. Ernest Holmes incorporated the mystical (an experience of God) with the metaphysical.

Dr. Holmes developed a universal philosophy and tools for spiritual living which profoundly resonate to this day. His work provides us with a personal spiritual path, an understanding of our relationship with the Universe, and a connected and joyful approach to daily living.