Johannes Aagaard

Johannes Aagaard Johannes Monrad Aagaard (29 April 1928 – 23 March 2007) was a Danish theologian and evangelist. He was a professor of missiology at the University of Aarhus. He founded the Department of Missiology and Ecumenical Theology and the Center for New Religious Studies at the University of Aarhus. He was active in the Christian countercult movement as the founder of the Dialog Center International, an international educational organization concerned with groups it defines as cults and other new religious movements. He was a former president of the International Association for Mission Studies. He was a member of the Faith and Order Commission and was on the board of the Theological Educational Fund. He co-founded and chaired the Nordic Network for Missiology and Ecumenical Studies. Quotes … parents against cults are also parents against Christianity. “A Christian encounter with New Religious Movements and New Age,” “Update & Dialog,” I(1), 19–23 Quotes about Johannes Aagaard Although we disagreed on almost everything, I had a respectful relationship with the late Danish Lutheran counter-cultist Johannes Aagaard and was repeatedly a guest at his home in Aarhus. As early as 1991, he warned against parents of young members of new religious movements who used the “brainwashing” argument against “cults,” because he understood it could be easily used against Christian churches as well. … Aagaard was an insider in the European anti-cult movement and knew Roger Ikor, one of the founders of French anti-cultism. Massimo Introvigne, "Now They Come for Jesus: Anti-Cultist Admits She Aims to Destroy Christianity", Bitter Winter (July 16, 2026) External links Category:1928 births Category:2007 deaths