Connections

Promoting non-residential ministry takes on a whole new perspective compared with what our programs do residentially. It’s an easier task helping the public understand why we have students in a structured setting, and they can easily visualize the facility, and have some understanding of residential … [ read more ]

A tremendous opportunity abounds for all of us in Teen Challenge ministry to take our program & ministry to the local county corrections facility. A once-a-week ministry at the correctional facility can give us incredible evangelism ministry that may give us referrals for both our … [ read more ]

Long-term sustainability is key to any successful ministry! It’s much more exciting to start a new endeavor than to keep an existing ministry moving forward with the same level of passion that was present in the beginning stages. Many find out that the luster looses … [ read more ]

Teen Challenge has always attracted volunteers from many walks of life who want to be involved with this life-changing ministry. And with hundreds of graduates yearly from across the country, we must do something to keep them active in ministry and free from relapse! Lifeline … [ read more ]

In today’s economy it is a challenge to keep Teen Challenge centers open and functioning, and establishing a new residential center is increasingly difficult. But the desperate and addicted continue to cry out for help. In many urban areas, small towns, and especially rural America, … [ read more ]

Teen Challenge Directors & Staff, the following directives will assist your ministry in multiplying the number of people you help, for a fraction of the cost of our residential centers, utilizing volunteers from their own communities!                                                     Initiate Initiating a Community-wide small group ministry (Lifeline … [ read more ]

The Lord has provided the opportunity for me to promote and develop Lifeline Connection full-time and on a national scale. It has been my goal from the beginning for Lifeline Connection, which is simply a variation of Living Free, to become the non-residential component of … [ read more ]

How many calls are received through your office weekly from a well intentioned individual or Pastor, pleading for you to help them start a Teen Challenge in their community? Here in our Great Lakes Region, we have rural communities that struggle with addictions at a level equal … [ read more ]

Lifeline offers ministry to the larger percentage of the addicted population who will not commit time to a residential program unless court-ordered. Research shows less than 10% of addicts enter residential recovery/treatment facilities Lifeline serves as a point of contact for our Teen Challenge residential … [ read more ]