I Felt Trapped...with No Way Out. For 60 years God has used Teen Challenge to demonstrate the truth of what Paul wrote to the church in Corinth almost 2,000 years ago. If anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation. The old has passed away, the new has come. (2 Cor. 5:17) For [...]

Dawn Found Hope and Joy at Teen Challenge She began using drugs at 14 and continued for 22 years. She was abused. Her father left when she was one; she was five when her mother died. Imagine that life. Without hope, without joy. “I thought I was too far gone and that I’d be [...]

Once Unwanted, Now a Daughter of the King Unloved. Unwanted. That was Amber Lynne’s childhood reality. “My sisters and I were always a burden to my parents,” she said. Drugs were more important to her parents than their children were. At age 14, Amber Lynne numbed her own pain with drugs.  “I wanted a [...]

Merry Christmas! December 17, 2017 "For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, and The Prince of Peace." Isaiah 9:6 May this Christmas message of [...]

TCMI 2017 Review December, 2017 Thank you so much for your support this year! With your help we've been able to: Commission 47 graduates into Teen Challenge and local church ministry from Hawaii to Florida. Imagine, before these men and women were trapped in addiction and they now are released [...]

December 7, 2017 Thank you for giving to the Lord - End of Year Giving Opportunity 2017 Thank you for your generous donations throughout this year to Teen Challenge Southern California. Those who are hopeless and bound by addiction are daily finding freedom and deliverance at Teen Challenge by God's grace! As we close this [...]