Alpha Gamma Omega (, or AGO) is an American Christian fraternity. It was founded in 1927 at University of California, Los Angeles and now has chapters at universities in California, Colorado, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
History Alpha Gamma Omega was founded in 1927 at University of California, Los Angeles as a Christ-centered fraternity.
The preamble to the fraternity's constitution is as follows:
Alpha Gamma Omega has chartered chapters across the United States. It maintains a close relationship with its Christian sorority counterpart, Alpha Delta Chi, considered the fraternity's "sister sorority." Its headquarters is located in Laguna Beach, California.
Symbols Alpha and Omega represent the sovereign majesty of God and His dominion and lordship over all things. These letters come from the book of Revelation, where Jesus Christ says, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the first and the last, the beginning and the end." The letter Gamma, the third letter in the Greek alphabet, represents Christ, which itself begins with "C", the third letter of the English alphabet. It is in the center to represent Christ being at the center of the fraternity and the lives of its members.
In addition, the Greek letters spells the word "ago"
The fraternity's colors are blue and gold. Its flower is the Easter Lily. Its motto is "Fraternity for Eternity". The fraternity's Bible verse is II Timothy 2:15: "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth".
Activities Founders' Day – Scheduled annually on the last Saturday of February, the active and alumni members come together to celebrate the founding of the fraternity. All-AGO Pismo Beach Flag Football Tournament – Every October, the Kappa chapter hosts all chapters as they compete on the Pismo-Oceano Dunes against one another in a 7 on 7 flag football tournament. Annual alumni camping trip to Yosemite National Park.
Chapters Following is a list of Alpha Gamma Omega chapters. Active chapters are indicated in bold. Inactive chapters are in italics.
ChapterCharter date and rangeInstitutionLocationStatusAlpha1927University of California, Los AngelesLos Angeles, CaliforniaActiveBeta 1938–1943, 1948University of California, BerkeleyBerkeley, CaliforniaActiveGamma1962–1967, 1978–1994, 2014California State University, Long BeachLong Beach, CaliforniaActiveDelta1964–1969California State University, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CaliforniaInactiveEpsilon1965–1974, 1979San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, CaliforniaActiveZeta1987–2020University of California, Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CaliforniaInactiveEta1987–19xx ?, 2009–2020California State University, FresnoFresno, CaliforniaInactiveTheta 1989–1992Arizona State UniversityTempe, ArizonaInactiveIota1992–-20xx ?University of California, DavisDavis, CaliforniaInactiveKappa 1992California Polytechnic State University, San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, CaliforniaActiveLambda1993–1996University of California, IrvineIrvine, CaliforniaInactiveMu 1994–199x ?Illinois State UniversityNormal, IllinoisInactiveNu1996–199x ?Baylor UniversityWaco, TexasInactiveXi1997University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, ColoradoActiveOmicron1999–200x ?; 2017University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North CarolinaActivePi2001University of Southern California Los Angeles, CaliforniaActiveRho2011–2020Colorado State UniversityFort Collins, ColoradoInactiveSigma2012–201x ?University of California, Riverside Riverside, CaliforniaInactiveTau2013Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, CaliforniaActiveUpsilon2017Appalachian State UniversityBoone, North CarolinaActivePhi2017–2020University of Denver Denver, ColoradoActiveChi2018Liberty UniversityLynchburg, VirginiaActivePsi 2018West Chester UniversityWest Chester, PennsylvaniaActiveOmega2019University of Virginia's College at WiseWise, VirginiaActive
Notable members Bill Bright (Honorary), evangelist who founded Campus Crusade for Christ as a ministry for university students Percy Crawford (Alpha), founder of The King's College Harold Lindsell (Beta), founding faculty member of Fuller Theological Seminary, editor of Christianity Today Benjamin Weir (Beta), moderator of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) Beau Wirick (Pi), actor
See also Christian fraternities List of social fraternities
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