"God if you're there, please help me." - Nicole's Story When Nicole’s dad and stepmom separated, she reached out to her biological mom for help. “But she introduced me to meth instead,” Nicole recalls. That led to a 10-year addiction that also included turning to a gang member for support. She knew he was [...]
Arise Crusade 2016 The Arise Crusade 2016, presented by Teen Challenge of Southern California on October 16, was an amazing event! That evening, 198 people professed faith in Jesus Christ in response to a dynamic message brought by guest speaker Nick Vujicic. See his message here, presented in both English and Spanish. [...]
I was the King of Bad Decisions." - Carlos' Story Meet Carlos Osnaya, who is more than a teacher-advisor at our men’s Christian Life training center in Riverside. Six years ago he was a student there, learning how to overcome an alcohol addiction through the power of Jesus Christ. “I was the King of [...]
Change. It’s hard. A year of new disciplines. 365 days that point to new life. They come together in celebration on a special Sunday morning – Graduation Day. "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come." 2 Corinthians 5:17 [...]
Radical Miracles and Life Transformation: Greg and Cheryl's Story Danna’s son, Jordan, had struggled with addiction and as a result, ended up in jail. Then one day she received a phone call. Jordan was at the Teen Challenge induction center in Shafter, CA. There he had a life-changing encounter with Jesus Christ and was [...]
A Life Restored - Michael's Story Nearly every day we encounter the story of someone whose life was changed because of the ministry of Teen Challenge. However, sometimes the story doesn’t go the way we expect it should. Today I want to tell you about Michael. He has just such a story. When only [...]
Reaching Souls in Southern California through Billy Graham My Hope Events On November 7, 2015, every Teen Challenge center in Southern California hosted an evangelistic event in cooperation with the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Of the half-hour TV special ("The Power of Repentance") created by the BGEA video crew, this portion was filmed at [...]
Michelle grew up in a stable Christian home, an independent, bright young woman—until she started drinking and smoking marijuana. Even though she had grown up in church, she went the opposite direction and immersed herself in a lifestyle of parties and drugs. Michelle eventually became so difficult to live with that her parents finally asked [...]
Lost in Gangs and Drug Addiction, but God Intervened - Melissa's Story While deep in gangs and drug addiction, Melissa was betrayed by friends and her life threatened—but God miraculously intervened and saved her. “God showed me that I was his daughter and that he still had a plan and a calling for me.” [...]
The Tebbets Family Journeyed through—and Beat—Addiction When someone struggles with addiction, it impacts so many others around them. But for the Tebbets family, the pain was especially acute. That’s because both of their children were addicted to drugs. Recently we were able to sit down with Gail Tebbets and her daughter, Sarah, and talk [...]
