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Today, there are two Teen Challenge organizations, Teen Challenge USA headquartered in Springfield, [[Missouri]], and Global Teen Challenge headquartered in Columbus, [[Georgia]]. Teen Challenge USA is affiliated with the Assemblies of God denomination; Global Teen Challenge is a separate organization and is non-denominational. Teen Challenge works on [[drug]] and [[alcohol]] recovery and outreach to at-risk youth such as gang members.

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~~The Christian group Teen Challenge reported the following:~~

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{{Cquote|Teen Challenge claims of a 70% cure rate for the drug addicts graduating from their program attracted the attention of the U.S. Federal Government in 1973. Most secular drug rehabilitation programs only experienced a cure rate of 1-15% of their graduates. The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), part of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, funded the first year of this study to evaluate the long term results of the Teen Challenge program.<ref>http://teenchallengeusa.com/studies2.php</ref>}}

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Teen Challenge has a number of studies that indicate the high effectiveness of their drug treatment program compared to other programs.<ref>http://www.acadc.org/page/page/2495014.htm</ref> Studies indicate that consumers of secular counseling [[psychology]] programs show hardly any benefit at all for [[alcoholism]].<ref>[http://www.spring.org.uk/2005/07/psychological-treatments-for-alcoholism.php]</ref><ref>http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/5/75/abstract</ref> The [[Apostle Paul]] in a letter to the church of [[Corinth]] indicated that [[Christianity|Christians]] were able to overcome being drunkards through the power of [[Jesus Christ]] (I Corinthians 6:9-11).

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