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Agape Moms Bonney Lake, WA

Our mission

Our vision

Agape Moms Middle Tennessee mamas


Welcome to Agape Moms!

Abby Sprague and Laura DiLeonardi, Agape Moms Middle Tennessee Leaders. R Fast Photography

We are a family network of mama tribes who are seeking after Jesus as we navigate motherhood together. In our family, you’ll be encouraged, not in competition, empowered, not just getting by, and embraced, regardless of your performance.

As we bring everything back to the gospel, it unleashes us to live lives of purpose for God in everyday, messy mom-life. We welcome moms into our tribe who don’t yet know Jesus, we care for each other like family in the highs and lows of life, and we continually experience the gospel bearing fruit in and through us, together on mission for Jesus.

Agape Moms is different because Jesus has changed and continues to transform everything about us. So, whether you are someone who has it all together, are an open-book hotmess, or maybe a little bit of both, we believe that Jesus is the one who fills the void in each of our souls.

Maybe you've never been to a churchy-type group, or maybe all you’ve experienced are Bible studies focused on trying harder to be better. This group is different- we believe everything comes back to the Gospel, and this is good news for the religious types and the unchurchy alike- there's nothing we can do that's great enough to earn God's love or bad enough to lose it, Jesus' gift of grace is what everyone desperately needs.

Agape Moms welcomes moms of all ages and stages to “bring your mess.” Whether that’s the mess inside the minivan or the messes that run a little deeper in our hearts, we want you to bring the real you. While we want you to bring the real you, we promise not to leave you in your mess, or glorify it, but instead we point each other back to Jesus in the trenches of motherhood. 

Agape Moms Middle Tennessee at The Journey Church in Lebanon R Fast Photography


What is Agape Moms?

We are a place for moms to come explore Jesus and how he makes all the difference in the world, maybe for the first time, for the first time in a long time, or for the first time finding a group of believing women who truly love each other with the unconditional agape love of God. 

We are also a space for you to grow into the fullness of who God created you to be. Agape Moms gives you an environment to live out Christ’s call for each of us to make disciples, as you live on mission in everyday, messy mom-life, while also plugging in your gifts into the Agape Moms tribe, living out the story God has already written for you (Ephesians 2:10). 

Our prayer is to be a bridge between formal church gatherings on Sundays, and the daily messy-mom world, one where many moms are left alone with the challenge of raising tiny humans. God didn't create us to do life alone, he designed us for community.

We mean it when we say "bring your mess,” there's no pretending or performing with us because we've found our answer in Jesus, not in ourselves, and we are kind of obsessed with sharing this news! 

We are gospel-centered in everything we do, from the way we gather, the studies we chose, the lens in which we apply Scripture and grow up into Christ. This is good news for those who feel far from God, and those who are striving to please him everyday. Jesus is the only way we can begin or maintain our relationship with God! In Christ, we can rest in the finished work for us in his death and resurrection. We couldn’t earn it or deserve it, and as we continually embrace God’s unconditional, agape love for us, it changes us from the inside out.

Jesus is the hope we are all so desperately searching for at every corner of the messy and sometimes dark mom world. Whether we seem pretty put together, or are an open book hotmess, our souls long for what only Jesus can fill. Living in the mom trenches alone is hard enough, but we believe finding a mom-tribe isn't enough, it's all about knowing Jesus and making Him known together in the biblical community that God has designed us for. Will you join us?

Agape Moms gathers weekly as moms are invited to “bring your mess.” We enjoy a light breakfast and coffee while we catch-up over the noise of our kids playing. We are family and so we include our kids in our gatherings and normalize interruptions. We are real about our struggles, support and pray for each other, open Christ-centered studies and continually point each other back to Jesus in everything.

We don’t just meet weekly, we do life together! We organize play dates, moms nights outs/in, celebrate new babies, show up for each other when hard times hit and celebrate the milestones too. We are a family and we believe that knowing God’s unconditional “agape love” changes us from the inside out and enables us to extend his agape love to each other too. Join one of our communities, or start an Agape Moms near you!


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The original Agape Moms in Tampa Bay, FL

The Agape Moms website was created with the vision of helping bring Agape Moms into as many moms lives as possible! Our mission is equipping moms to make disciples as they live on mission in everyday, messy mom-life.

Begin with the "About" drop down menu, and learn more about our values, tag line and story.

Checkout the "Find an Agape Moms" tab if you are looking to connect with a local Agape Moms.

Don’t miss the Agape Moms Community Blog where you'll hear from women from across the country share about how the good news of Jesus is changing everything about their life. You will undoubtedly feel like you're not alone in the challenges you face as a mom, and will be sure to be pointed back to Jesus at every turn. To submit a gospel-centered post, contact us.

If God is stirring your heart to launch a new Agape Moms in your community, creating space for moms around you to have a tribe to grow together in the gospel, then click on the "Start an Agape Moms" dropdown menu where you'll be walked through a training series, one step at a time. 

We're just a message away if you need prayer or support along the way, don’t ever hesitate to contact us.


Meet Laura DiLeonardi Founder of Agape Moms

Laura DiLeonardi is the founder of Agape Moms, a national network of missional communities for mothers that launched in 2016. Since early 2022, she’s served as the Director of Community at The Journey Church in Lebanon, TN where she oversees Life Groups, the Women’s Ministry and where she planted her third Agape Moms chapter. Laura is a writer, speaker and mobilizer for women of all ages to live on mission for Jesus in their everyday lives. She is married to her Moody Bible Institute sweetheart, Matt since 2009 and they have three kids, Jack, Selah and Lucy, and two fur babies, Bear and Lady. In her free time she enjoys hiking with the family, running, and good conversation over a cup of coffee. Laura's passion is seeing lives continually transformed by the gospel of Jesus Christ.