David Wilkerson Leadership Circle
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During the past few years, we have been asking for God’s blessing to allow us to serve more students at Teen Challenge of the Midlands, as we were certain the need was present. God provided the necessary resources that have allowed us to nearly double our student capacity at Colfax. Concurrently, we have asked God to give us the additional referrals of men in need of Christ’s power to break the chains of addiction and sin. God has answered this request by increasing our student body by 35-50% over the past 6-8 months, with many of these referrals coming from the court system. These are men who would be in jail or prison without the Teen Challenge option. As we bring more men into our program, our monthly operating costs for food, staffing and other supports have jumped by 12-18,000 per month. Our giving and other fund raising for the ministry needs to keep pace with these additional expenses. We prayerfully ask you to consider leading the way in helping us deliver Teen Challenge’s impactful discipleship. In the past, you have demonstrated your support for our ministry to men that are hurting from the chains of sin and addiction and we’re asking you to respond again today!

Last year, our programs impacted nearly 150 men, ages 18 and up, and their families at the Colfax and Omaha centers. A $1000 investment in Teen Challenge will underwrite the annual cost of impacting one student with the following areas of our discipleship: lecture classes, GED, reading enhancement, certified construction classes, hands-on construction training, personal mentoring, small groups, prayer ministry, chapel services, church attendance, personal devotions, speakers & conferences, work ethic and leadership training, and Re-Entry (where they begin “living out” all aspects of discipleship).

In addition to the benefit of changing one man’s life through Teen Challenge discipleship, Wilkerson Leadership Circle members will receive a limited edition reproduction of our historical mural “Christ Restores Peter” from the wall of our Colfax Training Center and an invitation to join the men of Teen Challenge for Saturday brunch and a chapel recognition service.

If you are interested in leading the way and would like more information on the David Wilkerson Leadership Circle, please call Brian Near at (515) 674-3713. Together, we are making a difference!