{"id":16811,"date":"2024-09-05T13:07:04","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T13:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/?page_id=16811"},"modified":"2025-09-17T13:47:52","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T13:47:52","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wp-sites.ccci.org\/agapeuk-old\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Home<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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We’re Agap\u00e9 UK.<\/h1>

We want to inspire people to discover Jesus, grow in their faith and go make disciples.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Agap\u00e9 UK exists to help people discover Jesus together.\u00a0Our vision is that every person will have the opportunity to discover Jesus and live their lives to the full in relationship with Him.<\/p>

We are a UK charity, registered with the Charity Commission, with staff based in 9 cities across the UK.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

We are led by an Executive Leadership Team, governed by a Council of Management (Trustees), and supported by a Panel of Reference.\u00a0<\/p><\/blockquote>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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DISCOVER<\/strong><\/p>

Inspiring people to discover Jesus.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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GROW<\/strong><\/p>

Encouraging people to grow in their faith.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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GO<\/strong><\/p>

Enabling people to go and make disciples.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Lesley Cheesman, UK Director<\/strong><\/p>

Lesley has been involved with Agap\u00e9 UK since the day she came to know Jesus as a teenager. Apart from a short stint in banking, she has been an Agap\u00e9 UK staff member for most of her working life. Starting in youth work in the North East, her passion for seeing people grow and thrive led her into directing Leadership Development before her current role as UK Director, leading the UK ministry to help people discover Jesus together.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Jude Daniel, Field Director<\/strong><\/p>

Jude has been part of Agap\u00e9 UK for the past 17 years, first as a university student leader within his local campus movement, and then as a member of the student ministry. In 2020 Jude took on the role of Field Director to give strategic direction and focus to our field teams, who are helping people discover Jesus in different walks of life, at home, at work, at university and abroad.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Geoff Shave, Director of Church Engagement<\/strong><\/p>

Geoff has been with Agape UK for over 3 decades, but he is young at heart. He has done a couple of those decades in student ministry in Birmingham, Newcastle, London and Namibia. More recently he has led the workplace ministry in Cape Town to support marketplace multiplying discipleship. Since 2023, based in London, he has with his wife Caroline been leading the nationally focused Church Engagement team, aiming to inspire, encourage and enable churches on their missional journey.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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You can read our Governing Document (which includes our charitable objectives) and our Annual Reports and Accounts on the Charity Commission website here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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Agape Ministries Ltd. Registered in England No 949989<\/p>

Registered office: Agap\u00e9 UK Hub, 167 Newhall Street, Birmingham, B3 1SW<\/p>

Tel: 0121 765 4404\u00a0<\/p>

Email: info@agape.org.uk<\/p>

VAT No 200 1787 10<\/p>

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