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Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011–2014 « Teen Challenge USA
Tobacco use and addiction most often begin during youth and young adulthood. Youth use of tobacco in any form is unsafe (1). To determine the prevalence and trends of current (past 30-day) use of nine tobacco products (cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, e-cigarettes, hookahs, tobacco pipes, snus, dissolvable tobacco, and bidis) … Continue reading
New Study Shows Mixing Energy Drinks with Alcohol Linked to Drinking Abuse in Teens
Source: New Study Shows Mixing Energy Drinks with Alcohol Linked to Drinking Abuse in Teens « Teen Challenge USA ADCA released the following article. A team of researchers at Dartmouth’s Norris Cotton Cancer Center recently found that teenagers between 15 to 17 years old who ever consumed alcohol mixed … Continue reading
Shedding Light In Nashville
Best Practice. It’s a buzzword. It’s all the rage in management consulting and yes, even in ministry. “Best practice” was coined to describe a method or technique that has consistently shown results superior to those achieved by other means. “Best Practice” is thought of as a benchmark that evolves through … Continue reading
Leaving A Legacy
Legacy Giving One of the most important things we can do as believers is to plan for our death. Planning for death brings into sharp focus our beliefs about financial stewardship and the promises of God. The very idea of estate planning has to do with the gifts of God, … Continue reading
Annual Gala Coming Next Spring, In 2015!
On Thursday, May 8, 2014 we held our 50th Anniversary Gala at Ward Church in Northville. What a glorious night it was! A variety of former students, their families, area ministries, churches, clergy, lay people, and faithful patrons filled Knox Hall to celebrate five decades of God’s grace. The evening … Continue reading
Family Man
Born in Delaware, Maryland, a child of economic privilege and social standing, Bob Carey had all the prerogatives of upper middle class birthright. What should have been an easy ride into the creature comforts of a well-to-do life in the gated suburbs of Baltimore, turned into a pot-holed nightmare. Bob’s addictions … Continue reading
50 years today. A century tomorrow.
Herb Meppelink started Detroit Teen Challenge in 1964, just a few short years after David Wilkerson founded the original Teen Challenge in New York City. Herb came to Detroit from a small Dutch community in Iowa. Hearing the call of God, Herb and his wife pulled up stakes and moved their house … Continue reading
God’s Hand Is In It!
It began in the streets of New York City. It was a fateful February in 1958 when David Wilkerson felt compelled to pack a suitcase for the big city after seeing a photograph of seven teenage gang members on trial for murder. He couldn’t have known what to expect, but … Continue reading
Looking Back
EDITOR’S NOTE: Beginning next year, Life Challenge will celebrate its 50th year of ministry. In the coming months, The Challenger will interview some of the people that have guided and shaped the ministry and its culture through those many years of God’s grace. We’ll also be sharing a vision of … Continue reading