Agape Boarding School

Agape Boarding School is an affordable, non-profit Christian boarding school located in Missouri, designed to counsel and care for troubled or rebellious boys; also giving them a quality college prep education and offering competitive sports. The campus is first-class, the approach is loving, and their belief is that a change of heart comes only from God.

Agape specializes in working with and counseling boys who are defiant, unmotivated in school, hanging around with the wrong crowd, or have been experimenting with alcohol or drugs. They also work with teens diagnosed with ADHD, ODD, ADD, or experiencing depression.

Agape Boarding School is a safe, clean, organized and affordable therapeutic program where boys that struggle with authority or who have been swayed into misbehavior by their peers can get their lives back on track. For over twenty years, Agape Christian Boarding School has helped thousands of boys that were once labeled as drop-outs and misfits, transforming them into respectful and respectable graduates, and prepared for college with a bright future.

With the sincere desire to help the lives of troubled and rebellious boys, Agape was born. It was founded in April, 1990, by James and Kathy Clemensen. The Clemensen’s had the goal of building an effective and affordable program for teens in crisis.  Today, the facility has grown to include: office area, dining hall, shower room with 180 student closets, dormitory that sleeps 180, full size gym, outdoor volleyball court, in ground swimming pool, indoor recreation center, theatre room, outdoor riding arena, baseball field, football & soccer fields, fishing, small lake (canoes, paddleboats, and kayaks), amphitheatre, horse barns, outdoor rodeo arena and rodeo grounds, courtyard, and staff housing for 28 staff families. This has been made possible through donations from caring individuals and annual fundraisers.