Adult & Teen Challenge
Restoring lives through Christ BY INEZ KIRCHNER
WRITER
They’ve hit rock bottom and are
seeking help. They’ve been court-ordered
and are angry and in pain. All of
them are tired of running. However
they find their way, addicts are being
called to Adult & Teen Challenge to
experience real and lasting transformation
through Christ. Adult & Teen
Challenge is redefining traditional
rehabilitation services by providing a
yearlong, wholly Christian faith-based
residential program to youth and
adults struggling with drug and alcohol
addiction and behavioral issues.
According to the Adult & Teen
Challenge website, more than 27
million people nationwide reported
misuse of prescription and illegal
drugs, and almost three-fourths of all
U.S. families are
struggling with
active addiction.
In Texas, Bexar
County remains
the third highest
for overdose
deaths per capita.
David Wilkerson,
author of the
Adult & Teen Challenge
is redefining traditional
rehabilitation services
by providing a yearlong,
wholly Christian
faith-based residential
program to youth and
adults struggling with
drug and alcohol
addiction, and
behavioral issues.
bestseller “The
Cross and the
Switchblade,”
first started the
ministry by
saving gangs of
young teens desperate for Jesus from
off the streets of New York in the 1950s.
Adult & Teen Challenge has grown to
207 recovery centers nationally. There
are now seven campuses in Texas, with
a 100-acre facility serving men and
women in San Antonio. While there is
a one-time admission fee, scholarships
and donations ensure no one has ever
been turned away due to finances. The
employees include Adult & Teen
Challenge graduates and non-graduates.
Volunteers function on a part
time basis.
If I wasn’t getting out of prison I was
on my way back in. I chose drugs over
my daughter, my parents, my
freedom, my God. I found my
way into Adult & Teen Challenge
and today I have freedom in my
life from addiction. I’m learning
how to be the responsible and
reliable father my daughter
deserves. I’m so thankful
I have a future and a hope
and that is the direct result of
Jesus Christ working in my life.
- Aubrey
9 www.saBeacon.com February 2019
/www.saBeacon.com