About Teen Challenge GA International

Tim and Barbara Newbon

About the Directors Since 1988, Tim has been involved with Teen Challenge and is deeply aware of what it is to be addicted to drugs. Addiction destroyed his marriage and landed him in prison. However, he soon became a student with Teen Challenge, and over time learned to apply God’s Word to his life. He found renewed purpose and desired to help others just as he was once helped with his drug addiction. After seven years of being estranged from his wife, God gradually restored his marriage and on December 4th, 2006, they celebrated 24 years of marriage!

We've Been Where You've Been

Many of us who work at Teen Challenge have been where you are right now; confused, angry, scared and not sure what to do next - but we made it through.

The staff at our Atlanta office is made up mostly of trained graduates of the Teen Challenge residential program, so we see a little of ourselves in each student we help. From our two-story farmhouse just East of Atlanta, we offer an intensive one year residential program as well as Christian outreach programs designed to help communities deal with life controlling behavior.

It’s all part of a larger organization that boasts the highest success rates in drug and alcohol programs nationwide. More than eighty-six percent of our graduates remain drug free after completing our residential program. That’s because, like you, we give one hundred percent to change.

 Why We Exist

Teen Challenge exists to provide Biblical solutions to individuals with life-controlling issues through residential and nonresidential care. We believe... Every human has value. Life-controlling issues are not permanent. Life-controlling behavior can be changed. Nonproductive individuals can be mentally stable, emotionally balanced, socially adjusted, spiritually alive and economically empowered.

Why Do We Serve?

Our communities. Families. Spouses. Teenagers. More specifically, we serve those who have no place else to turn. No other avenues for help or assistance. When other programs have failed, when facing prison sentences, when family relationships are falling apart, often Teen Challenge is the last place of hope.

 How Do We Help?

First, Teen Challenge strives to be the most successful program for individuals with life-controlling problems in the state of Georgia. By mentoring and training leaders, teaching job and skills management, providing transitional housing for Teen Challenge graduates and offering job placement assistance, Teen Challenge is able to prepare and strengthen our students for a life free of drug addiction. We also serve the community through school presentations, Turning Point classes and individual and family counseling.

 How We Began

Teen Challenge Georgia International is part of a much larger International group which began in 1958 by David Wilkerson. The Georgia headquarters was established in 1997 by Rev. & Mrs. Tim Newbon, with Tim being a graduate of the Teen Challenge program himself. In 2000, we purchased our facility and inducted our first students into Teen Challenge Georgia. By 2001, we had our first graduates successfully complete our initial program.