AMG International is a

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ministry based in

Chattanooga Chattanooga ( ) is a city in Hamilton County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located along the Tennessee River and borders Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the south. With a population of 181,099 in 2020, it is Tennessee ...

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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 (; 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 Ministries of the Gospel) International, a ...

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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* Organizations based in Chattanooga, Tennessee Evangelical organizations established in the 20th century 1942 establishments in Tennessee {{Christian-org-stub