Aglow International is an interdenominational organization of Christian people. Formerly known as Women's Aglow Fellowship, it has more than 200,000 members. Local Aglow groups hold monthly meetings in 171 nations. There are more than 21,000 Aglow leaders worldwide. An estimated 17 million people participate each year through over 1,250 communities, neighborhoods, and workplace groups in the US, as well as 3,101 local groups internationally. The organization was born in 1967 out of the charismatic movement that swept the US in the 1960s. The name Aglow is taken from the book of Romans 12:11.