AMG International is a

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ministry based in

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. The acronym AMG stands for "Advancing the Ministries of the Gospel." It was founded in 1942 in New York City as the American Committee for the Evangelization of the Greeks by George Georgakis. Shortly thereafter, it became the American Mission to the Greeks.

Spiros Zodhiates Spiros Zodhiates ( el, Σπύρος Ζωδιάτης; March 13, 1922 – October 10, 200ref name="CTFP"> was a Greek-American Bible scholar, author, and ministry innovator. He was best known for his work in developing AMG (Advancing the Ministri ...

became its director in 1947. Originally focused on the

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, it is now active in more than 40 countries.

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