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Addict to World-Changer, Tom Tiemens
Addict to World-Changer, Tom Tiemens In 1968 Teen Challenge of Southern California was in its 5th year. Tom was in his 22nd. He was 6’1” tall but weighed just 135 pounds. Drugs were killing him. When he got arrested again his probation officer offered two choices: prison or [...]
TCMI – 2018 Review
December, 2018 Thank you so much for your support this year! With your help we’ve been able to: Commission 62 graduates into Teen Challenge Centers and urban outreaches all over the USA and around the world Reach more than 500 at risk youth whose parents are incarcerated [...]
Jason
Jason Graduated from Teen Challenge in 2005. Jason graduated from Teen Challenge in 2005 and was hired as an accounting clerk. Today, 13 years later, he is the Controller for Teen Challenge of Southern California. Since joining the staff he has earned several promotions, moving into positions of increased responsibility. [...]
Woody
“I was selling dope to a guy and it turned out he didn’t have any money, he pulled a knife, cut my throat, and I wondered if I’d live.” - Woody Woody’s Parole Officer was ready to obtain a warrant for his arrest when she saw him panhandling at [...]
Alberto
“I looked up and saw my father’s face as the EMTs put me in the ambulance. I never saw that face again.” It wasn’t Alberto’s first overdose. The man who found him unconscious called 911, then scrolled through his phone, found a number for his dad, and called. That [...]
Wise Family
Don and Luz sensed there was a problem with their son, David. David was born in Latin America, lived there for the first 13 years of his life, and was having trouble adjusting to life in America. He disliked school and began isolating himself from others. When [...]
AWAKE Conference 2018
Awake Women's Conference How wonderful it is to see God advancing his kingdom. At the AWAKE women's conference, Teen Challenge staff and students are finding victory and spiritual breakthroughs. 1 Corinthians 5:17 says, "If anyone is in Christ, they are a new creation; the old has passed away; [...]
James
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 [...]
Dawn Found Hope and Joy at Teen Challenge
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 [...]