Agape Baptist Academy was a Christian boarding school located near the city of Stockton, Missouri, that functioned from 1990 until 2023.
It originally opened in the state of Washington on an old air force base, but it moved due to problems with asbestos.
[5] In January 2022, Agape's long-time physician, Dr. David Smock, was charged with 11 felonies relating to sex abuse crimes.
[6] In August 2022, Agape was indicted over the transportation of a youth who had an order of protection against his mother.
[7] In October 2023, the mother of a former student filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Agape, Cedar County Sheriff James McCrary, and the youth transport firm in federal court.