A Christian Community of Recovery

Mission and Vision Statements:

Chad's Hope Teen Challenge exists to provide men with an effective and comprehensive Christian faith-based solution to life controlling drug and alcohol problems in order to become productive members of society.   Chad's Hope Teen Challenge endeavors to help people become mentally sound, emotionally balanced, socially adjusted, physically well, and spiritually alive.

Our vision is to provide complete prevention and recovery to men, women and youth throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond.  This complete program will include a prevention program for youth and residential and non-residential programs for men and women of all ages.

The dynamics of our mission are:

• To provide a relevant prevention program for youth to stop addictions before they start.

• To provide residential treatment centers for men, women, and youth in Kentucky and beyond

• To provide non-residential treatment options for those unable to enter a residential facility.

Recovery begins with a change in behavior and the elimination of blinding life-controlling habits.  Teaching faith in Jesus Christ alerts behavior and instills positive values that allow a person to holistically heal.  Teen Challenge firmly believes, and results show, that an addict must establish a personal relationship with Jesus Christ if he wishes to find permanent freedom from bondage.  This central spiritual dynamic is the foundation on which all aspects of the Teen Challenge program are built.  Teen Challenge rests upon one reason for success: "The Jesus factor".

Teen Challenge does not view a person as a statistic - but rather a unique life set apart by God.  The mission of Teen Challenge is to provide a successful faith-based solution to individuals of all ages with life-controlling issues.  Recovery programs hinge upon biblical principles.  Teen Challenge endeavors to help people become mentally sound, emotionally balanced, socially adjusted, physically well and spiritually alive.  We know that to be successful an addict needs to move from a self-centered paradigm to a Christ-centered paradigm.

The Long Range Transformation

Organization history:

Teen Challenge  was founded by Rev. David Wilkerson in 1958 and gained international recognition through his first book The Cross and the Switchblade.  Since then, Teen Challenge has grown substantially with over 200 centers throughout the United States, as well as over 300 centers in over 40 other countries around the world.  In 1997, Clayton and Beth Arp, who have served in Teen Challenge since 1978, became Executive Directors of Teen Challenge of Kentucky.  For their first several years in Kentucky, Clayton and Beth focused on reaching out to men, women and youth in jails and detention centers, facilitating Living Free Seminars to teach churches and community groups how to combat the drug epidemic in their neighborhoods.  In September 2008, the ministry of Teen Challenge of Kentucky was expanded with the taking over of Chad's Hope, a 12 month residential recovery center for adult men in Manchester and beyond.  Teen Challenge of Kentucky currently has over 20 non-residential programs across the commonwealth as well as two more homes available to start additional residential programs.

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Chad's Hope Teen Challenge

Meeting the needs of men with addictions by providing quality residential recovery care.

Hope

Chad's Hope assists men in understanding and overcoming their addictions while helping them to rebuild their lives on a strong foundation.

Change

The benefits of recovery from substance abuse are countless.  For every life that is transformed at Chad's Hope, the lives of countless family members and friends are affected as well. Children have their fathers back,  Mothers have their sons back, and marriages can be restored.

 The Long Range Transformation