Thursday, April 12, 2018

In the News ... "Teen Challenge focuses on Jesus"

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• Program’s strict discipline tackles drugs, alcohol and other addictions

By Bob Campbell, Reporter
Odessa American


MIDLAND, TEXAS - Teen Challenge of the Permian Basin is well-named because, while most of its students are not teenagers, they’re strenuously challenged to shun drugs, alcohol and other features of their previous lifestyles and commit to the disciplines of Christianity.

Executive Director David Day says the year-long program, part of a national organization that also has centers at Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio and El Paso, “is comparable to a boot camp except that it is a spiritual boot camp ...

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