Steve Murrell
Executive Director
Steve Murrell is the founding pastor of New Destiny Church in Durham and is the Executive Director of Agape Corner. Steve oversees the mentoring program at Agape Corner. He and his wife Celina have been married for 20 years and they have two children.
Judy Hackworth
Board Member
Judy Hackworth has been affiliated with Agape Corner as a Board member, teacher and mentor for over 30 years. Currently she serves as Treasurer of Agape Corner and LTW Ministries which cares for children, trains pastors and establishes churches in Guatemala.
Ian Howes
Board Member
Ian Howes first became involved with Agape Corner by volunteering as a part-time teacher in 1991. Professionally, Ian is a Managing Director of Accelerator Life Science Partners, a Seattle and New York-based venture capital company developing emerging biotech companies. Ian is an elder at the Chapel Hill Bible Church, has been married to his wife, Meg for 31 years and they have five children.
Louise Roudebush
Board Member
Louise founded Agape Corner in 1986 as a boarding school for under-privileged children in East Durham. For over 30 years Louise has dedicated her life to unconditionally loving and helping redirect the lives of hundreds of children by pointing them to Jesus Christ. Louise is a member of New Destiny Church in Durham.
Steve Murrell
Executive Director
Steve Murrell is the pastor of New Destiny Church in Durham and is the Executive Director of Agape Corner. Steve oversees the mentoring program at Agape Corner. He and his wife Selina have been married for 20 years and they have two children.
Ian Howes
Board Member
Ian Howes first became involved with Agape Corner by volunteering as a part-time teacher in 1991. Professionally, Ian is a Managing Director of Accelerator Life Science Partners, a Seattle and New York-based venture capital company developing emerging biotech companies. Ian is an elder at the Chapel Hill Bible Church, has been married to his wife, Meg for 31 years and they have five children.
Ross Green
Board Member
Ross Green grew up in Durham and graduated from NC Sate University . He married his wife Kristy in 1977 and is blessed with 3 children and 12 grandchildren. Following a 33 career with Nestle traveling the country they chose to settle in the Durham / Hillsborough area. A member of Blacknall Presbyterian church in Durham, he has been engaged with Bible Study Fellowship for 20+ years.
Sir Robert Burbridge
Board Member
Sir Robert is a serial entrepreneur who oversees the operations of the Agape Corner businesses. Sir Robert and his wife Johanna are members of New Destiny Church in Durham and they have six children.
Judy Hackworth
Board Member
Judy Hackworth has been affiliated with Agape Corner as a Board member, teacher and mentor for over 30 years. Currently she serves as Treasurer of Agape Corner and LTW Ministries which cares for children, trains pastors and establishes churches in Guatemala.
Sir Robert Burbridge
Board Member
Sir Robert is a serial entrepreneur who oversees the operations of the Agape Corner businesses. Sir Robert and his wife Johanna are members of New Destiny Church in Durham and they have six children.
Johanna Burbridge
Board Member
Johanna joined the board in 2023.
AS IRON SHARPENS IRON, ONE MAN SHARPENS ANOTHER.
agape corner
We are building a community with comfortable housing, job training and well-paid employment and mentoring so that young men from non-nuclear families can thrive and flourish.
Located in the heart of Durham, NC, we are a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to changing the lives of young men so that each man can reach his full potential; socially, economically, and spiritually.
agape corner
We are building a community with comfortable housing, job training and well-paid employment and mentoring so that young men from non-nuclear families can thrive and flourish.
Located in the heart of Durham, NC, we are a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to changing the lives of young men so that each man can reach his full potential; socially, economically, and spiritually.