Connections

By Jim Lowans, Director of Teen Challenge of the Four States in Neosho, MO The western skies looked as dark as I had ever seen, our weather radio was blaring with tornado warnings for Newton and Jasper County, MO. From my home I made a … [ read more ]

Teen Challenge USA, is a member of the Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (CADCA).    In response to a 2011 national poll, which rated drug abuse and childhood obesity as the top health concerns for our nation’s youth CADCA Chairman and CEO Gen. Arthur T. Dean … [ 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 ]

Review For those who have somehow missed all the updates to this point, here’s the summary. Three months ago Teen Challenge USA hired an additional IT staff, Ted Slater, to take over the day-to-day duties of the office so that I can begin full-time work … [ read more ]

In my years of Teen Challenge ministry I struggled many times with a great dilemma: how to teach students to live an overcoming life without causing them to become bound by legalism. A student enters our program bound by all kinds of sinful behaviors and … [ read more ]

2010 Survey Released The use of illicit drugs among Americans increased between 2008 and 2010, according to a national survey conducted by SAMHSA. The National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) shows that 22.6 million Americans age 12 or older (8.9 percent of the … [ read more ]

Got Vision? – It’s not just for directors! Vision. We often believe that the Executive Director is the only one that has or should have vision for the ministry. Another false assumption is that vision is only relegated for bigger or more. I would like … [ read more ]

CASA Columbia Releases 2011 Teen Survey: National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XVI: Teens and Parents This week, The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University released the National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XVI: Teens and Parents. … [ read more ]

You’re a Teen Challenge director who suddenly finds your way blocked and staring at the business end of a reporter’s microphone.  You are about to experience what is called in the media industry the “Ambush” interview.  The story about your Teen Challenge ministry will probably … [ read more ]

Silicone, debossed wristbands are here!  We’ve had requests, we’ve listened and we’ve researched to find an afordable solution to the rubber wristband craze.  They are available in the basic Teen Challenge colors: red, blue and yellow and feature the “Starman and Teen Challenge” on one … [ read more ]