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| Fast Facts New Life Centers have over a 90%
success rate among Programs graduates. Among men and women who have completed
their required program, over 90% go on to live successful, drug-free lives. This
compares to about a 30-35% success rate among similar government-run programs. The New Life Crisis Center is founded, supported and operated by Word of Life Ministries. New Life Centers have
over a 90% success rate among Programs graduates.
Among men and women who have completed their required program, over 90%
go on to live successful, drug-free lives. This compares to about a 30-
35% success rate among similar government-run programs. Approximately 80% of New Life residents were homeless prior to entering the
Program. All graduates leave with a job, a place to live and money saved
while in the Working Stage of the
Program.
The New Life Centers are so
successful; courts offer it to men and women as an alternative to prison.
Approximately 92% of the
graduates who enter the Program directly from
prison never return to prison. (Government statistics say that 85% of men
released from prison will eventually
return.)
Many Program graduates
presently serve in various capacities on our full-time and volunteer church
staff.
Many Program graduates serve
as leaders or trainees in our home fellowship Care Groups (Bible Study Groups).
As of 2007, hundreds of men
have passed through the New Life Center since its inception in 1983 and over 250 have graduated. Since 1987,
our Women’s Center has served
hundreds, with over 175 graduates.
The majority of the women
graduates whose children had been taken away by the courts now have them restored. In 2006 New Life Centers opened
its doors to pregnant women dealing with substance abuse. Our rigorous curriculum teaches
residents how to apply the Word of God in their everyday lives so they can be
better mothers, better fathers, wives, husbands, employees, and better
contributors to society. Between daily classes and quarterly seminars, which
they are required to attend, residents receive teachings on many subjects
including: The Christian Family. Marriage Enrichment, Healing of Damaged
Emotions & Past Hurts, Spiritual Warfare and General Leadership. New Life Centers is a non-profit
501c3 organization. |