Teen Challenge began in Brooklyn, New York fifty years ago, in 1958, when Rev. David Wilkerson, a rural Pennsylvania country preacher was lead by the Spirit of God to go to New York City to reach out to youth gang members and drug addicts.

 

From those early days until now, Miracles have been the foundation of the Teen Challenge ministry. Today there are 230 Teen Challenge centers in the USA and 450 centers globally in 92 nations.

 

Gang member, Nicky Cruz was one the first to find a new life drug free, and over the last fifty years, tens of thousands of lives have been changed. Teen Challenge’s success over the years has been a result of Miracles of new lives, facilities, donor funding, staffing, and most of all, God’s favor.

 

Rev. Snow Peabody

Executive State Director

Teen Challenge of Arizona