About Agape

For by a single offering he has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

Hebrews 10:14 (ESV)

Faith-Based
Addiction Recovery
Agape Recovery provides gospel-centered, evidence-informed support for individuals seeking freedom from addiction. Our process begins with a comprehensive intake assessment to ensure each client receives compassionate, appropriate, and individualized care.
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About Agape
Agape Recovery is a faith-based addiction recovery center serving individuals and families seeking Christ-centred support and lasting change from addiction. We provide compassionate, structured care through assessments, counselling, and group programming that integrates biblical truth with evidence-informed practices in line with the Reformed faith. We will be operating out of Ancaster, Ontario starting January 2026. Intensive outpatient services and individual consultation calls will be available. Our mission is to walk alongside those struggling with addiction, offering hope, accountability, and a path toward restoration in community. For more information, find us on Instagram, Facebook or at agaperecovery.ca. Reach out directly to info@agaperecovery.ca. We would love to hear from you! 
Meet the Board
FAQs
Q. Is Agape affiliated with a specific denomination?
A. The structure of the Agape Board falls under the NAPARC conference of churches or those churches that subscribe to the Three Forms of Unity. All staff would have to subscribe to our statement of faith and code of conduct.
Q. How are the donations managed?
A. Until we have charitable status, donations will be handled through an organization called The Great Commission. When we achieve charitable status, we will partner with an accounting firm to ensure proper practice and accountability.
Q. What kind of support is available in Phase 1?
A. Phase 1 is listed as outpatient care. This phase allows for screening, addictions counselling, group workshops, and development of continuing care programs with other agencies.
Q. Will Agape be utilizing government funding?
A. Where possible we will be utilizing government funding opportunities with the mindset of protecting the independence of the mission. We are researching ways to ensure that we are being stewardly and that we remain aware of the programs that exist to further the mission of Agape.
Q. How is Agape different from Family Outreach?
A. Family Outreach directs inquiries to resources. Agape would be the destination for the start of the recovery plan/program.
Q. What if Agape cannot help an individual in need?
A. As part of our screening process, we will work in collaboration with other organizations to assist the individual and family through the recovery process.
Q. How is this different from "Teen Challenge"?
A. Agape Recovery Centre works with people who are balancing support in their lives while maintaining their other callings. We are walking through the gospel with very practical recovery tools while still maintaining their other commitments. Teen Challenge is a 1-year commitment.
Q. How can I volunteer or get involved?
A. It is imperative that we uphold strict confidentiality. For this reason, we will likely hire staff for Phase 1. There may be a rotation of things like meals or baking that the church community could support with.
Statement of Faith
Agape Recovery is an organization grounded in the Reformed faith and guided by the confessions known as the Three Forms of Unity and the Westminster Standards.

• The Belgic Confession
• The Heidelberg Catechism
• The Canons of Dort
• Westminster Standards

These confessional documents shape the beliefs and practices that direct our mission, programs and expectations for all who participant in Agape’s services because they are a faithful summary of the Bible.

Since these confessional documents are a faithful summary of the Bible’s teaching, they shape the beliefs and practices that direct our mission, programs, and expectations for all who participate in Agape’s services.

1. We affirm that the Holy Scriptures, as originally given by God, are divinely inspired, fully trustworthy, and without error, serving as the ultimate authority for faith and practice (2 Timothy 3:16; 2 Peter 1:21).

2. There is one eternal God who exists in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Deuteronomy 6:4; Matthew 28:19). Jesus Christ, the Son, is God revealed in human form.

3. We believe that God created the heavens and the earth out of nothing but his almighty Word and that he upholds and governs them and all that is in them by that same powerful Word (Genesis 1 and 2; Psalm 33:6, Psalm 104:27-30; Matthew 6:30; Hebrew 1:3).

4. We believe in Jesus Christ’s virgin birth, sinless life, divine works, suffering, substitutionary death on the cross, bodily resurrection, ascension into heaven, ongoing intercessory role seated at God’s right hand, and future return in power and glory (Hebrews 7:27; 1 Peter 1:20-21; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; Ephesians 1:20; 1 Thess 4:14-17).

5. Salvation is available only through faith in Jesus Christ and the merits of his shed blood for the complete forgiveness of sins. This salvation brings spiritual renewal through the work of the Holy Spirit who empowers believers to live holy lives, to share the gospel, and to serve Christ faithfully (Ephesians 2:8–9; Titus 3:5; John 14:16–17; John 14:25–26).

6. We believe that on the day of Christ’s return there will be a resurrection of all the dead and that God will judge all people, both the living and the dead, according to his perfect justice whereupon each person will enter his/her final destiny, either eternal life with God or eternal death in the lake of fire (Acts 24:15; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Matthew 25:31–46; Revelation 20:11–15).

7. We believe that God designed marriage as an exclusive, covenantal union between one man and one woman, and that all sexual relationships are to be reserved for and expressed within that biblical framework (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4–6; Hebrews 13:4; 1 Corinthians 6:18–20).

8. We believe that our physicality, male and female, and our sexuality are good gifts of God’s creation. As such, we do not affirm the resolution of the tension between one’s biological sex and one’s experience of gender by the adoption of a gender identity or expression discordant with one’s birth sex (Genesis 1:27; Psalm 139:13–16). 
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Agape Recovery provides gospel-centered, evidence-informed support for individuals seeking freedom from addiction. Our process begins with a comprehensive intake assessment to ensure each client receives compassionate, appropriate, and individualized care.

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