This is a staff list for Teen Challenge of Michigan (Locations: Lansing, Muskegon, and Saginaw )
(we are working to acquire the complete records for ALL years)
We advise current and/or former staff to report any abuses you may have witnessed while working at Teen Challenge. For information on your rights and how to take action, visit www.heal-online.org/blowthewhistle.htm. If you were fired or forced to resign because you opposed any illegal and/or unethical practices at Teen Challenge, you have the right to take action.
If you were harmed (family or survivor) by Teen Challenge, please contact [email protected] if you remember the long-term employees and from which years. This will help! Also, if you recognize any of these staff as having worked at another program, please send in any information about their past or present employment at other facilities and/or cults.
Please don’t place your loved one in Teen Challenge and rescue them if they are there now.
Name |
Unit/Position |
Additional Information |
Joy Barrow | Women's Director | Lansing Location(s)--Men's Center, Sisters Maternity Center |
Pastor Jeff (Turner?) | Executive Director | |
Bill Meyer | Men's Director | |
Mark Blevins | Rally Coordinator | |
Rich (no last name) | Automotive Ministry | Overseer of unpaid labor. |
Jacob Amwake | Kitchen Ministry | Overseer of unpaid labor for Teen Challenge's commercial catering services. |
Ray Cartier | Coffee Ministry | Holy Grounds Fine Coffee--A Product of unpaid labor for Teen Challenge's commercial coffee enterprise. There is no additional information regarding staff at this location.* |
Stacy Preadmore | Women's Admissions | Muskegon Location--Western Michigan Teen Challenge |
Benjamin Lehew | Men's Admissions | Western Michigan Teen Challenge in Muskegon. There is no additional information regarding staff at this location.* |
Salvadore Flores | Director | Saginaw Location--Mid-Michigan Teen Challenge There is no additional information regarding staff at this location.* There are no enrollment materials made available to the general public for this program. |
Teen Challenge Information--See www.heal-online.org/StraightandTeenChallenge.htm | ||
HEAL Review-- Teen Challenge Ranch in Morrow, AR Contract & Enrollment Materials HEAL is in the process of reviewing the available enrollment materials for the above program(s). In the meantime, we invite you to read the review of the Teen Challenge Ranch of Morrow, AR contract linked in this segment as the contracts are likely very similar and the program ought to be avoided. |
*Teen Challenge, like many other programs in this industry, keeps a "tight lid" on any specific information regarding their staff, qualifications, and practices. Please contact us with the names of any staff of which you have firsthand knowledge or experience. Thank you for your help.
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