There
are 35 alumni currently working in 25 different Teen
Challenge Centers in the USA and the Bahamas
There are 29 students currently attending the Ministry
Institute representing over 15 different states and
the Bahamas.
Our students attend classes (3) days weekly. They
will take (40) courses during the (1) year while attending
the Ministry Institute.
Each student is involved in at least (1) community
outreach weekly. Some of the outreaches include street
evangelism, jail and juvenile visitation, school assemblies,
working at the City Rescue Mission, Abba's House,
and helping with new church planting.
All students will go work in a Teen Challenge Center
somewhere in the USA for a minimum of (1) year after
completing their year of studies here in Jacksonville.
There are currently 180 Teen Challenge Centers in
the USA and over 200 in 67 foreign countries. The
need is great for workers.
To discover how you can participate contact:
Teen
Challenge International Ministry Institute
3333 Phillips Highway, Jacksonville, Florida 32207
P.O. Box 5280, Jacksonville, Florida 32247-5280
(904) 398-0013
TCIMIJax1@aol.com
TEEN
CHALLENGE IS BORN
It was 1958 when David Wilkerson, author of The Cross
and The Switchblade, became burdened with the desire
to reach out and help youth, adults and families suffering
from life-controlling problems, primarily in the area
of drug and alcohol abuse.
To fulfill his vision, Mr. Wilkerson went to the heart
of the gang-controlled city slums in New York City
and began to share God's love with those in need.
This was the birth of Teen Challenge.
FULFILLING
THE VISION
Teen Challenge of Florida, Inc. was formed in 1984.
Now there are nine centers helping David Wilkerson
fulfill the vision of 1958. It is the purpose of Teen
Challenge of Florida, Inc. to reach those with life-controlling
problems, and to initiate the disciplining process
to the point where the student can function as a Christian
in society by applying Biblical principles to every
area of life.
A
PROGRAM THAT WORKS
Teen Challenge of Florida, Inc. endeavors to help
people become mentally sound, emotionally balanced,
socially adjusted, physically well and spiritually
alive by offering a one-year residential training
program. The training programs provide education,
pastoral counseling, Bible study and vocational/work
training. Teen Challenge is the most successful program
of its kind in the world with a documented 86% success
rate for those students who complete the one-year
residential program.
All adult facilities encourage voluntary entrance
and monthly support fees to assist with program cost.
These fees represent less than 2% of total revenues.
Our Juvenile programs do require monthly fees, due
to the additional education, counseling and program
costs.
STARTLING STATISTICS
- In 1995, alcohol, illicit drugs and tobacco
cost American society $400 billion. That's more than
$1,600 for every man, woman and child.
- Right now, as many as 5.5 million Americans
need help for substance abuse problems, with one in
four being in their early twenties.
- More than 17,000 Americans will die this
year in car wrecks caused by drivers under the influence
of alcohol or drugs. A third of those will be under
the age of twenty-five.
- The majority of teen suicides are drug related.
- Over 80% of violent crimes are committed
by individuals under the influence of drugs and/or
alcohol.
THE TEEN CHALLENGE RESPONSE: 86% SUCCESS RATE
- A government study of the Teen Challenge
program found that 86% of those helped by Teen Challenge
were still drug free seven years later.
- Teen Challenge maintains over 2,500 beds
nationally.
- Teen Challenge has 140 facilities nationwide.
- Over 87,000 people are provided residential
and non-residential counseling each year.
- There are over 250 different Teen Challenge
Centers in 67 foreign countries.
- No other program comes close to the success
rate of Teen Challenge.
