Agape International Spiritual Center

Name

Agape International Spiritual Center

Legal name

Agape International Spiritual Center of Truth

Website

https://agapelive.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1986

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Spiritual and Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Civic and Social Organizations (813410)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Mindfulness, Meditation & Stress Management Education (EDAAAHAD), Meditation Apps, Digital Courses & Online Communities (HSADAJAH), Wellness Retreat Centers (Yoga, Meditation & Mindfulness) (THAGAMAB), Mindfulness & Mental Wellbeing Experiences (Stress Management, Sleep Retreats, Coaching) (THAJAHAH)

Keywords

• Spiritual services
• Spiritual education
• Pastoral counseling
• Meditation and prayer
• Humanitarian outreach

Headquarters

HQ city

Culver City

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Donations: Primary revenue stream from members and congregants through tithes, one-time donations, and the AutoTithe recurring donation program. Donations support administration, ministries, local and global humanitarian outreach services. Agape is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
2. Planned Giving and Legacy Donations: Charitable remainder trusts, charitable gift annuities, charitable IRA rollovers, estate plans, and donor-advised funds for long-term organizational support.
3. Bookstore and Merchandise: Online bookstore (Quiet Mind Bookstore) selling books, media content, and spiritual materials including Dr. Beckwith's publications.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Agape International Spiritual Center is a trans-denominational spiritual community that delivers weekly Sunday services, daily prayer and meditation sessions, structured spiritual education through Agape University, and a suite of pastoral care ministries. The organization offers spiritual counseling through trained Agape Licensed Spiritual Practitioners, hosts community gatherings, and runs a global humanitarian program supporting communities in multiple countries.

Product overview

Agape International Spiritual Center is a trans-denominational spiritual community founded in 1986 by Dr. Michael Bernard Beckwith, offering a comprehensive portfolio of spiritual products and services centered on the New Thought/Ageless Wisdom tradition. The core offerings include Sunday Services held at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills and livestreamed globally, Agape University providing transformational spiritual education with programs ranging from core transformational courses to the advanced two-year Professional Practitioner Studies Program (PPSP) for training licensed spiritual practitioners. The product portfolio encompasses the Life Visioning Process spiritual technology developed by Dr. Beckwith, 24/7 Prayer Ministry, pastoral care through One From the Heart, and diverse ministries addressing Youth & Family, Young Adults (Odyssey), Global humanitarian work, Community outreach (CommonUnity), LGBTQ support (One Love), Freedom Path for addiction support, and specialized programs including Laughter Yoga, Living Food, and Bereavement Support. The organization reaches over 10,000 local members and viewers across 212 countries through its digital platforms, offering daily prayer and meditation sessions, online spiritual gatherings, and special events like annual graduation ceremonies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Agape University: A transformational education program designed to cultivate conscious evolution spiritually, intellectually, and professionally, based on New Thought/Ageless Wisdom principles.
• Life Visioning Process
• Agape Licensed Spiritual Practitioners (ALSP)

Products and services

• Sunday Services Weekly in-person spiritual services held at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills and livestreamed online, featuring meditation, prayer, music, and teachings for individuals seeking spiritual growth.
• Livestream Services Online streaming of Sunday services, daily meditation, and prayer sessions delivered via the Agape website, YouTube, and Facebook Live for a global community of viewers across 212 countries.
• Agape University Global spiritual education community offering transformational courses, cohort-based programs, and practitioner training designed to support personal awakening, spiritual embodiment, and conscious leadership.
• Professional Practitioner Studies Program (PPSP) Two-year advanced training program preparing students to serve as Agape Licensed Spiritual Practitioners (ALSP), the healing arm of the Agape spiritual community, focused on spiritual counseling and community leadership.
• Foundations Program Prerequisite foundational program for students new to Agape University or those intending to apply to the Professional Practitioner Studies Program, providing foundational spiritual development training.
• Life Visioning Process Proprietary spiritual methodology developed by Dr. Michael Beckwith for conscious evolution, authentic living, and life purpose discovery through an intuitive process of receiving Spirit's vision.
• Core Transformational Courses Seasonal spiritual courses including Meditation 2.0, Quantum Healing Activation, The Power of Prayer, and Transcendent Masters open to the entire congregation and global community.
• Agape Prayer Ministry 24/7 prayer support staffed by Agape licensed prayer practitioners providing affirmative prayer and spiritual support via phone and email to individuals seeking spiritual comfort.
• Agape Practitioner Core The healing arm of Agape providing confidential spiritual counseling, coaching, and therapy sessions utilizing affirmative prayer, meditation, visioning, and sacred listening.
• One From the Heart Ministry Pastoral care ministry offering compassionate support for illness, conscious dying, bereavement, and life crises including crisis support, grief support, and home/hospital visitation.
• Youth and Family Ministry Programs for children and teens from infants through age 28, drawing forth Divinity through tools of affirmative prayer, meditation, and service.
• Global Works Ministry International outreach programs providing philanthropic support for orphanages, feeding programs, schools, clinics, and disaster relief across 8+ African countries plus Asia and South America.
• CommonUnity Ministry Community outreach programs integrating spiritual practice and social action including feeding homeless individuals, teaching conflict resolution, protecting ecological resources, and serving marginalized communities.
• LGBTQ/One Love Ministry Ministry founded on experiencing unity through appreciating diversity, hosting monthly enriching workshops, prayer, dialogue, hikes and celebration for LGBTQ+ community members.
• Freedom Path Ministry Support ministry for those challenged by attachments or addictions in a sacred atmosphere of unconditional love, healing, and open-hearted sharing, incorporating 11th Step prayer and meditation practices.
• Odyssey Young Adults Ministry Ministry for ages 20-35 providing a community to live by divine spiritual principles among peers through gatherings held bi-monthly via Zoom.
• Laughter Yoga Monthly yoga class combining laughter exercises with breathing techniques for stress relief, fellowship in spiritual joy, and gentle muscle stretching.
• Bereavement Support Groups Online grief support groups meeting monthly for those experiencing loss, including animal bereavement support, provided in a safe and loving environment.
• Daily Community Prayer and Meditation Sessions Daily prayer sessions at 8:00 AM PT and meditation at 12:00 PM PT Monday through Saturday on Facebook Live, accessible globally to spiritual community members.

Quantifiable outcome

• 10,000+ local members and global community across 212 countries
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Integration5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Association for Global New ThoughtcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Beckwith is co-founder and president of the Association for Global New Thought, which hosts conferences featuring world peace leaders including His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
• Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN)flagshipGTM or Marketing PartnerDr. Beckwith is a member of Oprah's SuperSoul 100 and has appeared on OWN's SuperSoul Sunday and Help Desk programs, significantly expanding his and Agape's reach.
• Saban TheatrecoreOthersAgape holds its Sunday services at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, California. This is the primary in-person gathering location for the spiritual community.
• Los Angeles Tribune Film DivisionminorGTM or Marketing PartnerDr. Beckwith joined the cast of 'Pillars of Power: The Hidden Secret Behind Achieving Greatness' documentary set for global release in 2026, reuniting with original 'The Secret' cast members.
• Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and CultureflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerDr. Beckwith serves on the Advisory Board of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Center for the Study of African American Religious Life (CSAARL).

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Centers for Spiritual Living: Headquartered in Golden, CO, Centers for Spiritual Living (formerly Religious Science) is the closest doctrinal peer, sharing the New Thought tradition with Agape and operating a global network of congregations and online teachings.
• Unity Worldwide Ministries: Unity is a trans-denominational New Thought spiritual organization offering Sunday services, online programming, and educational pathways through Unity Institute. It directly parallels Agape's ministry and educational model.
• Self-Realization Fellowship: Los Angeles-headquartered global spiritual organization founded by Paramahansa Yogananda, offering meditation teachings, monastic retreats, and global outreach—comparable in scale, longevity, and LA-anchored global reach.
• Hay House: Carlsbad, CA-based spiritual publishing and media company founded by Louise Hay, producing books, podcasts, online courses, and events in the same self-help/spiritual transformation category that overlaps with Agape's Quiet Mind Bookstore and media strategy.
• Chopra Foundation / Chopra Global: Deepak Chopra's meditation, wellness, and education platform offering retreats, certifications, and digital content. Comparable trans-denominational spirituality positioning, celebrity-led brand, and educational product mix to Agape University.
• Insight Meditation Society: Barre, MA-based nonprofit offering residential retreats, online courses, and teacher training in Vipassana meditation. Comparable education-and-retreat nonprofit structure with global digital reach.
• Spirit Rock Meditation Center: Northern California Insight Meditation nonprofit offering retreats, online courses, and a residential teacher-training pipeline. Parallel nonprofit structure and meditation-education model.
• Maharishi Foundation / TM Movement: Global organization teaching Transcendental Meditation with paid courses, certified teachers, and retreat centers. Comparable proprietary meditation methodology with trademarked curriculum and a global practitioner network.

Broad incumbents

• Calm: Market-leading digital meditation and wellness subscription platform serving tens of millions of users. Competes for the same meditation-seeking audience that Agape serves via livestream and Facebook Live, but at much greater scale and with a paid app model.
• Insight Timer: Largest free meditation app globally, offering live and recorded meditation sessions from independent teachers. Directly overlaps with Agape's livestreamed meditation, prayer, and spiritual content offerings, and competes for the same practitioner audience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/agapeisc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/AgapeLiveTV
• Facebookfacebook.com/AgapeInternationalSpiritualCenter
• Instagraminstagram.com/agapespiritualcenter

Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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