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Teen Challenge is a network of Christian faith-based corporations intended to help teenagers, adults, and families with problems such as substance abuse. With headquarters near Springfield, Missouri, Teen Challenge USA (TC USA) oversees the US network consisting of ~80 501(c)3 corporations representing ~200 residential programs.〔http://teenchallengeusa.com/centers?type=all_residential〕 Unaffiliated Teen Challenges (though related in purpose) have also been be started around the world, with ~100 countries representing ~1000 programs,〔http://www.globaltc.org/html/about_us.html〕 and are served by Global Teen Challenge based in Columbus, Georgia. ==History== The ministry that would later become Teen Challenge was founded in 1958 by David Wilkerson, an Assemblies of God pastor who left a rural Pennsylvania church to work on the street among teenage gang members and socially marginalized people in New York City and who, perhaps, is best known for later authoring The Cross and the Switchblade and founding Times Square Church. It wasn't until 1962 that Teen Challenge started its first residential program—the model it uses to this day.〔http://teenchallengeusa.com/about/history〕 In 1973, 15 years after the ministry began, Teen Challenge established a national headquarters.〔 In 1995, Global Teen Challenge was founded to assist the growing number of Teen Challenges starting up outside the US, but struggling to acquire the necessary resources and training.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Teen Challenge」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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