My son was put in Teen Challenge by his mother in Bonifay, Fla. I called Teen Challenge and said that I wanted to talk to him. They gave me a run around and I told them I was sick of their shit. I
was told that I COULD NOT TALK THIS WAY TO THEM. I recently emailed pastor Dave Rutledge, but the bastard won't return my email, and has put a block on any future email that I try to send.
Teen Challenge is about money and only money.

I would like to choke that phony piece of shit pastor Dave.

Tom in N.Y.


I am so glad you set up this web site. I didn't know Teen Challenge was in so many places far and wide. The one my son went to had a pig farm that the patients had to work.

We lived in Dallas, and it was an hour or two bus ride from there. When he had been there about 2 months, he could not take it any longer. He stayed as long as he did because he was worried
we would be disappointed that he gave up on rehab. When he told them he was leaving they took him to the bus station and left him there w/no money. A lady who worked at the bus station saw
my son and figured out he was leaving Teen Challenge, she had seen many others dropped off like that. The bus station actually had a collection fund to buy bus tickets home for others that had
been dumped there the way Chris had been. So she got him a ticket.

The pig farm wasn't the real source of money for this Teen Challenge. Their money was made every Sunday, traveling all day from Pentecostal church to another and many times 3 per Sunday.
The kids were told to ride in the van w/no talking, no looking out the window, either! At the churches they visited, (pre-arranged) they were told to only speak to the parishioners if they had to, and
in church they were to look straight ahead. The church would announce that Teen Challenge was visiting, was a Pentecostal rehab, and the offering for that day was donated to Teen Challenge.

The head “counselors” were pulling a scam on these churches. They were a white man and a black woman. They were married to each other, but they felt these conservative Pentecostal
churches would be appalled by their biracial marriage, so they told them they were just co-workers. Even though it was known by all the kids that they were married.

It’s hard to believe they are all like this. Why aren't they closed down?

Star in Texas


I went to Teen Challenge at the age of 18 in New Haven, Connecticut. When I first got there and they went through my clothes, they informed me that most of them were "inappropriate" because
my shirts were not long enough to cover my butt and my jeans were not baggy enough. Therefore I had to exchange my nice designer clothing for the oversized junk at their thrift store. They also
are absolutely NOT a non-profit rehabilitation center. My parents handed them over a $500.00 check the day I was admitted. They gladly took it. Finally after 3 months I could not take the abuse of
being put to work like a slave and treated like a demon outcast because I didn't roll around on the ground like a person having a seizure or speak in tongues. When I told them I wanted out they
told me the devil would come after me, but I insisted on leaving. They drove me to the bus station and gave me one dollar. Now this was in Connecticut and I lived in PA. Luckily my mom called
Greyhound and bought me a ticket home with her credit card. I did not get clean from spending time there. I got out and continued to use. I am now 25 years old and have 3 years clean...no
thanks to them. I hope Sister Deborah and Sister Mary, who were the higher up staff there at the time read this. You both disgust me and I hope one day you both pay for all you have done in
working to hurt, brainwash and abuse these poor addicts who are only looking for a way to get sober!!!!!

Jessica F.
Pennsylvania


I went through the South Dakota program in the late 1990's and have since been a staunch atheist for all of the current millennium.

To start with, NONE of the counselors there knew their asses from holes in the ground. Every word spoken out of my mouth the whole time I was there was taken completely out of context and
used against me. Every word any of them ever read out of the Bible was taken out of context and used as a weapon. This was just the beginning.

While I was in the program, I thought then that I saw the logic of learning about the Bible as best I can to help me. This in itself became a crime. All of the 99% and 100% scores I was receiving on
the tests (all of them) were a "mockery" of the program, as I "must" have been doing it to prove myself smarter than the staff. Same with the memorization of large amounts of scripture, and
everything else that everyone else was getting punished for not doing enough of!!!!!

And yes, the work. 20 hours a week of labor at a door factory for 16 months, which no one saw a penny of. Forced classroom work, which I was punished for doing well.

Now to discuss the biggest asshole on the face of the earth, Dave Caire. This was by far the most verbally abusive man I had ever met or heard of, worse than anyone I've read about on your
site. A person would walk out of his office shaking like a leaf after committing such crimes as talking anything bad about any of the staff, saying anything that could be twisted around into a bad
thing (pretty much anything a person could say), or even going to the bathroom without permission, or needing to go in church, or after a 2 hour van ride. All of the "students" were also forced
spies on all the other students, by threat of punishment for not telling on others for saying any little thing that could be twisted around to sound evil.

Needless to say, I was hundreds of times worse off after this program than before, suffering years of depression, homelessness, and of course, drug and alcohol use.

I am now off the streets, back in school learning, and mostly drug and alcohol free. And an atheist.

Eric M.
“Godless Saint”


I went to Teen Challenge of New Mexico last June for four days. They told me I loved drugs more than I loved my dad. The four days I was there were the worst days of my life. I guess places like
Teen Challenge really make you thankful for what you have at home. Teen Challenge is a cult. It’s a sick and demeaning place. I'm glad I'm home, I'm glad I'm not in their care anymore, and I'm
VERY glad that I didn't turn into those Bible thumping clone girls.

I'm a normal 16 year old girl who went through a bad patch in my life. I'm a happy person! But this place isn't good. I'm lucky that I got out. It was a struggle leaving. But I think if you make an
orderly trip and skin her fat knees on the gravel road that's a good enough reason to be "thrown" out. Too bad - I asked to be out for days and they never gave in. Ha! Good, the bitch sister Leslie
deserves it. Don't go to Teen Challenge of New Mexico!

Ashlynn Babb
Oklahoma


I was in Teen Challenge on Elmwood Ave. (Providence, RI). Being there was the worst experience I have ever been through; I am a Catholic and they made me convert - saying I would have to
be kicked out if I didn’t - and I had no place to go but the street. I was there for 5 months living like a slave scrubbing garbage cans and weeding with tweezers, defrosting fridges with butter knives
- things I had never done before in my life, being forced to pray every night and every day 3 times a day. But the worst part was standing on a street corner asking strangers for money…and let
me tell you even when I was at my lowest homeless I never asked people for money. The first time I ever did it, it was 98 degrees out and the didn’t give me any sun screen; I was out there for 11
hours. I woke up the next morning with sun poisoning and my face swelled to the point I couldn’t see; they wouldn’t bring me to the doctor because the rule was you had to be in T.C for 2 months
before you  get any medical treatment…tell me, is there any sense in that?

I finally couldn’t take it any more; I was tired of being a slave and I requested to leave. They locked me in the chapel then proceeded to contact all the managers to try and talk me out of leaving.
They finally gave up trying and took everything for me and they made me wait outside in the freezing November cold with no jacket just a tee shirt…now let me ask you, is that something Jesus
would do?

My experience there was terrible, and I would not recommend that place for the life of me. To this day, I am still clean and sober; after I left I went to outpatient treatment and I think that did a better
job then TC ever did for me.

Rebecca Holden
Warwick, RI


After getting married, I got hired onto the Phoenix T.C. staff. One of the young men on my "counseling list" was quite troubled, he had told me stories of abuse that were simply appalling. I tried to
go to the director and  tell him that I was not able to adequately help this young man, and that he really needed someone professional. I was told to allow the Holy Spirit to guide me whenever I
"counseled" him. Anyway, one afternoon I was talking with this young man; he asked if he could lay down for a few minutes before going to "class". I said "yes", and told him that I would check on
him in a few minutes. After about 20 minutes I got up and walked to his room, opened the door, and saw this young man hanging by the neck. He had used his belt, wrapped it around his neck
and looped it around the top bunk. He then put all of his weight on his neck, and hung himself in just a matter of a few minutes.  

The director quickly did his best to "squash" the situation, and loaded up all of the students on the bus and took them away somewhere while the cops dealt with the situation. The director only
addressed the situation one time - at a staff meeting - and he made it clear that we were never to discuss this event with any student, or amongst ourselves. Basically, he wanted everyone to
"make it go away". The director never sat me down to discuss his horrible event with me, or ever suggested anyone that I could go to.

I still think about this event at least once per day, and pray that the Lord will forgive me for not doing more to get this kid help. Just before I left, I found out that a long time staff member had been
having homosexual relations with one of the young men in the program. The young man (who mentally was only about 12 years old) would sneak into the staff members room at night, where they
would look at pornography and have sex.  

Of course this was on the “no discuss” list as well. I simply could not take any more. I had to leave.

Erik Bundy
Illinois


I recently attended a Teen Challenge center in High Ridge, MO. In my short stay I was told that if I did not "get saved" that I would be kicked out of the program. I was also informed that if I did not
speak in tongues and flop around on the ground and be "filled with the holy spirit" that I was not worthy of getting into heaven.

The director of students, a man named Paul, was totally condescending. He told me repeatedly that I was a liar and a no good criminal and that maybe since I wouldn't conform to their way of
doing things that I needed to go spend time in jail.

Teen Challenge Mid-America is a cult and has no place as a rehabilitation facility. It is nothing but a bogus organization centered around money and forcing others to live according to their
standards! Feel free to use this e-mail on your site. I believe that what your doing is important to keep other people that truly need help from their addictions from stumbling into the psychologically
brainwashing program known as Teen Challenge.

Matt W.
Small Town, IL
scooby8_my_doobie2007@yahoo.com


I’m not a Teen Challenge hater....I’ve only been in one. For a year. I saw kids get their noses broken, kids get beat and mentally abused. They refused to allow me to call the teen abuse hotline.
They refused to allow me to call my lawyer.

I know for a fact their success rates aren’t as high as they say. I was a sneaky kid. I snuck into the office, read files. In short they are nothing but con artists, or they really are just insane. Either
way I have had first hand knowledge and I know exactly how West Florida Teen Challenge in Bonifay operates. And nothing anybody does or says could ever take away the nightmares or truth
about what happens in that "cult".

Pastor Dave Rutledge and his family are con artists. And if they could read this I would tell them if they ever walked into the store I manage it would be well worth the assault charge. Because
they deserve it. For everything they did to me and are doing to other kids right now at this very moment.

Christopher Perry


I was a client at the Sanford, Fla. Location, and I have to agree 100% that the place is crooked. I was there when the news was investigating the whole telemarketing scheme. The place went on
the news and said that they didn't sell anything. BULLCRAP!!!!!!!! I worked briefly at the call center located on the property and sold timeshares to people over the phone for a whole whopping 33
cents a day!!! We were trying to pitch a timeshare opportunity at either Disney World or Universal Studios, with an option of either Daytona Beach or a rental car for a week with unlimited miles.
The thing that got me later on was the DIRECTOR of the place got on Channel 9 news and said we don't sell anything!

Jeff
Florida


I just endured 15 months of pure hell at the Dublin campus in Georgia. I totally agree with your views on that money making machine hiding behind a mask of god. It really makes me sick, and
that is one corrupt campus. I’m sure you heard about the whole scandal with Mitch Melton, the executive director that they fired for drinking and doing drugs along with the entire staff body down
at Savannah - and all the money that disappeared while he was director. It makes me sick to even think about the place, and it’s a part of my past that I’d like to block out.

Matt
Georgia


If this program is Christ-centered, then I do not want to be a Christian. The program is a facility to launder money of the unfortunate. I was allowed after 3 days of incarceration to go to the chapel,
and on the 4th god spoke to me and told me to get the hell out of the place. Everything you wrote on this web site - unlike their percentage rate of 86% - is 100% accurate. The most disturbing
event of my life.

“Brother Francis.” Ya, right, they don’t know what brotherhood means, dropped off at a bus station, no money or cell phone, left that with my fiancé when she dropped me off 4 days earlier. Their
last comments: "How are you going to get a bus ticket dude, there are no people here to PANHANDLE for money..." Christ provided and I made it home 38 hours later - normally a 5 hour ride -
overnight at South Station in Boston.

Francis
New England


I did the 4 month thing at Nashville after I had graduated. After being called a whore and a tramp, plus having my money stolen by Brenda and the two British people, I was through.

Nikki
Knoxville, TN


I was introduced to Teen Challenge via a casual acquaintance, who described it as 'religious', but did not specify that all activities not related to 'Born Again' philosophies might as well be
considered ground to a halt - including one's mind. I found incorrect Biblical reference in program material upon which one was tested in an autocratic atmosphere that appears to consider even
other Christian denominations exclusionary and misguided. We were even told specifically how to pray. I was forced to remind these clinically underqualified people that my Constitutional rights
were protected for not agreeing with everything they did.

The Philadelphia intake director, a 'Miss Jerri', has a Dr. Jekyll and Mister Hyde personality that precludes rational thinking. She appears to have a hidden agenda of harassment, until people
decide that she is crazy. With an MS in counseling, I am more than qualified to find her methodologies inappropriate and similar to brainwashing. She attempts to conceal her contempt for others
with hidden bathroom cleaning inspections. After four days of this Nazi tactic, the game is over - for Teen Challenge. No one in their right mind would submit to such harassment except as a
result of brain washing. They should consider revising their website to say 'Born Agains only need apply'. They are revoltingly grandiose in their pretense that emotional abuse will create humility.

Robin A. Albright, MS


Teen Challenge Houston was the most terrible brainwashing experience I've ever had. I left, and they put me out on the street at 11 at night in a bad neighborhood and wouldn't let me use the
phone. I had nowhere to go to, so I sat there crying for an hour until one lady came out and said they told her I couldn't use the phone, but she was gonna let me anyway. I came the next day to
get my stuff and they told me I’d have to wait until a director or someone else was there. So I make my hour drive back home, call them and find out what time to be there. They said after 5, so I
show up, they still wouldn't give me my stuff, and Rex tried to fight my little brother when he told him we’re not leaving without my stuff. They had all my belongings - my clothes, purse, money,
checkbook credit cards, everything - and my meds, which I had to have. Rex still wouldn't give me my stuff; he said it wasn't his problem that I chose to leave. Anyway, we had to call the police,
and finally they made him go in and get all my stuff. Pretty sad Christian, right? Long story short, TC Houston is full of a bunch of insane hypocrites. Don't send your children there.

D.G.
Texas


A couple of years ago, a friend of mine checked herself into Teen Challenge in Bakersfield's female program. She wasn't ordered there by the court or anything, but did so voluntarily because she
really wanted help. Having gone through this program yourself, I know I don't have to go into details with you about the rules they had; the Bible verses, the lessons, the homework, the prayers
and the punishments that were meted out if you did not meet those standards. Religious principle wasn't taught to them in a loving way, but pounded into them, and drilled into their heads!!!
There was something so fake and felonious about that to me. I was raised in a religious environment, but I was taught to believe that our God is a LOVING and FORGIVING God. To me, this
method of teaching HIS principles was akin to Communism and Jihad.

They sometimes did and said horrible things to her - things that were only meant to break her will, but it seemed to me that they sought to make her feel filthy and sinful and not worthy of God's
love. It annoyed the hell out of me that they would beat her down and make her feel so unworthy. It didn't make sense to me that they would want to do that to someone.

She often told me she felt like she was living in a prison camp, rather than a loving nurturing Christian environment. If they saw her looking out the window in her room at how pretty the sky looked
that day, they accused her of "thinking about worldly things" and drilled her about what she was thinking as she looked out the window. They accused her of "plotting" to leave or run away. And
even the slightest sign of objection to their methods brought on further "punishment" and admonishment. I did not approve of the tactics they used; they did these things to hold people prisoner
there for as long as they could. They made them feel inferior so they would be scared to go anywhere else, and they sent them out like little soldiers to collect money for them.

If our story can help you in your quest to expose this program for what it is, you are welcome to use it. Sincere Good Luck to you ....

J.P.S.
California


I was in TC in FL in the 80's. I was 16 yrs old. The 3rd day I was there we had to go to church and give our little speeches about how great everything was. I didn't feel good and kept telling them
my stomach hurt...bad. They made me get up there anyway or I would get kicked out. I got up there and lied my tail off so I wouldn't get kicked out. Talk about feeling like a hypocrite. They told me
how wonderful I did.

That stomach ache I had...I started my period (I thought). Three weeks later after spending most of the time in bed in so much pain I could have kicked the walls down, begging them to take me to
the doctor, they wouldn't take me. They said it was God getting the evil out of me. My parents finally were allowed to visit, and when they were leaving I ran outside and begged my mom to take
me to the doctor. Of course my mom, being a mom, went ballistic when I told her what was going on. She took me to the doctor. I’d had a miscarriage because my blood type was not compatible
with the baby's. I had to have a Rhogam shot because I am A-negative blood type. The doctors I have talked to since then have informed me that I could have died also.

I had a miscarriage because they would not take me to the doctor. If they would have taken me to the doctor at the beginning of my symptoms I could have had the shot then, and then another
shot every 3 months until the baby was born. I blame myself for getting pregnant but I blame TC for the miscarriage because they would not take me to the doctor.

M.W.
Florida


I’m so grateful to find this site. I feel confirmed that I’m not crazy; what I saw and felt while briefly employed at Teen Challenge Canada was truly happening and not imagined. The organization
here is just as “legalistic” and work driven as described on this page. The men are convinced the harder they work the closer they are to God and the further away they are from their addiction.

For being honest and sincere, which I have been taught Christ calls us to be, Teen Challenge terminated me, and escorted me off site, in a matter of 1 hour. I shared that I didn’t agree that I
personally was cured from my addictions.  I shared that I found Christ in A.A and believed others could have that same amazing experience. I shared that because addiction is an illness not a
moral sin, and that I continue to grow and learn from my mistakes and don’t benefit from being punished. God forbid anyone ever share in honesty with these people.

I also pray for all families who send the sons, brothers, or husbands on site believing that they are safe when in reality their very souls are being filled with fear, and they are being used to “provide
employee paychecks.” That is the bottom dollar. Teen Challenge needs a challenge from the government. A.A is the solution for those needing recovery; I can say I have 10 years of sobriety with
a deep faith in Christ that was FREE!

Olive
Foam Lake, Canada


I just finished restoration at Teen Challenge in Hot Springs, Arkansas. You would constantly hear staff tell you that if you leave Teen Challenge early there is no way you will make it out there, that
you will fall, that it was God that brought you there. It is a cult brainwashing you and they don't help you with what your problem is. They have exaggerated their figures of how much it costs for
just one student. In Hot Springs they say it is $1,200 a day. I don’t know where they get their figures. They won’t take you to the doctor if you need to go, and it only costs $5 to go to the one they
take you to. If you don’t have the money in your account they wont let you borrow it from another student no matter how badly you have to go. They take 80% of any money sent in to you.

If you don't have the money or can't make them money you are kicked out. The bottom line is the almighty dollar not the almighty savior our Lord Jesus Christ.

I was told about your website while in the program by a good friend of mine, and was told to keep silent about it while in the program. I told my wife, and she too was very interested in checking it
out. The truth about the program must come to the light so others will know the real Teen Challenge. If you want to you can put it on your website. I just want others to know the truth and as my
wife as always told me is that the truth don't hurt nobody.

Jason Corley


Teen Challenge is run like an organization that is extremely Bi-Polar and “refuses” to seek help. It is just like a “cult” operation, training its participants to perform tasks mindlessly without question
for the staff authority. I had a bunk mate next to me that was pscytsophrenic and was constantly under pressure to be “prayed over” to be healed so he would not have to take his medication that
helped to stop the voices.

The one here in Sanford is one sick place, no doubt.

Mark
Lake Mary, FL


I took my child to Midland Tx Teen Challenge. It was a MISTAKE!! They took his mouth wash and shaving cream. They told him that his past life was all a mistake and if he wanted a life he had to
give all to Christ. He had to pray for 5hrs a day or he didn’t get to eat and had to wear a yellow vest so he was know as a outsider and no one was allowed to talk, look speak of him he was a
ghost. There was no heat, no hot water. Left over food cold cereal. It was 38 degrees outside. This place is a nightmare!! There was no Christ like atmosphere and they call it a boot camp for
Christ. When he left they called him a fool and a joke and that he would never make it in life.

Hollie
Irving, TX


My 24 year old son was just granted a program change from Teen Challenge. I had to hire an attorney, as they do NOT believe in any other rehabs. (NOR do they believe in 12 step programs)
Once they got wind that he had requested me to ask probation for a change, they told him "Pack your bags, I'm sending you to prison". How Christian of them, huh? They primarily  teach healing
by Jesus Christ, pressure you to speak in tongues, pressure to recruit you to be "trained" by THEIR religious program (TCMI) to be a staff member. It is NOT a drug/alcohol rehab, as all they offer
is hyper-religiosity to replace drug addiction. The residents and interns work and make them money. My observation from my son's ordeal is that if you don't succumb to the brain-washing, you
will be ostracized and mentally tormented. Those that have a prison/jail sentence looming, (if you "fail" your program) empowers them. It is IMMORAL how they give probation "bad reports" for
those that don't sign up for the "speaking in tongues", and these poor souls who suffer from addiction end up in prison. Residents are told that they need to be "broken" some more in jail, and that
they will return.

I feel that Christians that donate and support Teen Challenge are not aware of the abuse that goes on. For those who can't sign up for their "truths", the retaliation is scary. Because the courts
refer to this program for alternative sentencing, it is an issue that needs to be looked at very closely. I am appalled by the whole organization. I don't believe that some of the "nice" directors at the
top of the food chain are completely oblivious to what is happening in there. When they hear untruths being spoken about a resident, instead of investigating the situation, I've seen them back up
their staff and chastise the resident that is being abused. If you stick up for yourself, you will be severely punished. I never knew something like this could grow and exist in America. Teen
Challenge had my son sign a waiver to give up all of his rights. Also the waiver stated that he could not sue them. Isn't THAT interesting? Now I understand and appreciate organizations that
oppose faith-initiative money being handed over to these types of abusive cults.

Brenda
Clovis, CA


Very good article! Validated many suspicions. Keep on writing!
" J." - Florida


I was at Teen Challenge in Nashville, and I can honestly say that I left because I felt as if I were part of an infomercial for Teen Challenge to receive money. We were guests at many churches in
and around the area and each time we were all herded to the front of the church and without choice and whether or not we were okay yet we were to tell our story of how the program had
completely changed our lives, even if we had only been there for two days. I can understand the God part of it because I do know that he is the only one that can completely heal us of our
addictions, but come on....once you get out of there you need to have been taught the skills to live in the real world and not the world of Teen Challenge where each and every move you make is
monitored and punished. You cannot force someone that has no Christian background to stand up in a church and praise God and beg for money to help others like themselves if they haven't
even gotten the help they need yet. It is like Bible College and Military Boot Camp all rolled into one and for someone who may not even know who they are yet it can be so overwhelming. I do
know it helps some people, because I have seen it, but I also know that it can drive some people right back to the world they came from because if you feel that it is not the place for you and
discuss leaving with them you are given the third degree and told by EVERYONE you come on contact with on your way out that you are making the worst mistake of your life and that you will
never make it. You will die if you leave there because Satan will attack you so hard that you cannot possibly survive. That IS NOT what an addict who is really trying to get better needs to hear.
You cannot scare someone into getting sober. It is a hard thing to do in the first place and to me compassion and love go a lot farther than bullying someone into becoming a "Robot " for the sake
of Teen Challenge's survival as a program. Let time be the proof, when many who have been helped simply let others know that Teen Challenge may be what they need, because it helped them.
If you have more people dropping out of the program then staying and "Graduating" then there is obviously a problem.

Rene
Trenton, TN


I went to the TC in Sanford. I was there for 5 months and left the program. I just can’t see how someone can work for free and have all of their liberties taken from them for a whole year. I went
into a federal program for veterans and now have a good job. Had I stayed there god only knows where I would be today.

Alexander
Matthews, GA


I personally am GRATEFUL for Michael's Website. It validated what has happened to us, and many others. There are forums for defectors of cults, a place for people to vent. I believe it is healing.
Also nice to hear that you're not CRAZY, as our experience w/TC was horrible. I do believe they profit off broken souls. And I pity those broken souls that need recovery from addiction, and are in
a place where religious dogma is the only "cure" offered. It may work for SOME, but it also damages many mentally.... Yes, let's all write our local senators and ask for more secular rehabs!

Cherokee Lady,
Fresno, CA


I went to a Teen Challenge centre in the UK and left after a week! I was given false info which led me to give up my flat, leave my family and job, all to return to nothing. I was told I could leave
anytime I wanted but when I tried my money was withheld, I was not allowed to phone home and was told if I left the front gate I would be going into Satan’s arms once more!! Also they said I
couldn’t have any love for my boyfriend if I left. Thank goodness I managed to get away. The girls there were all clones who ended up not being able to think for themselves in fear of going to hell.
People really should get as much info as possible before going, and really think it through.

Lindsey
London, UK


...do yourself a favor,  keep working that 3 step, thats about as far as your going, later nigga, hope to see ya in one of the rooms, NOT LOL

Tom Mitchell
Grace OverComers Christian Recovery Ministry,  Dover Plains, NY


Sanford Teen Challenge has 4 different phone rooms, or telemarketing rooms, here that you work 40+ hours a week in. You only get paid 33 cents a day, or if you’re lucky, you might hit a "spiff."
If you get fired from your job, they tend to kick you out of the program, sometimes they'll give you a chance in another room. This gives testimony to the remark on the home page of the web site
"almighty god runs a distant second to the almighty dollar." I am just trying to hang on to graduate, let alone work on any issues. I fear that if I "confess" any "sins" that they'll use it against me to
kick me out. This is more like a work release center for the Florida Dept. of Corrections than a place to come and get help.

Kyle Kiernan
Michigan


I know for a fact all the things posted on Teen Challenged Exposed are true. I lived it and everything said is right on point one hundred and ten percent. Believe that.

fwatl
Georgia


LINKS

Minnesota Teen Challenge Exposed!

Teen Challenge: A typical week in the 'Jesus Gulag'

International Survivors Action Committee (ISAC)

Investigating Teen Challenge

Mercy Ministries Survivors

Pam's House Blend
Testimonies