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Teen Challenge New England & New Jersey company history timeline

1964

The committee soon purchased a building in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts and in 1964 dedicated it to the Lord as Boston Teen Challenge.

Ministry throughout New England emanated from the first center located in Boston established in 1964.

1968

The Boston center needed a larger facility, and relocated to nearby Brockton, Massachusetts in 1968 under Directors Bob Beuscher and Jim Vitale.

1972

The popularity of The Cross and the Switchblade (which sold 11 million copies in the first 10 years and in 1972 went to the big screen) was a phenomenon fueled to a great extent by word of mouth.

1982

In 1982, a new men’s center was re-opened in Boston as Boston Outreach Ministries by a former graduate Rodney Hart.

1989

A few years later in 1989, another men’s home in Providence, Rhode Island was opened and Bob Strothoff, another former graduate, became the Director of both centers.

1996

In 1996, Teen Challenge men’s campus was opened in New Haven, Connecticut with Floyd Miles as the Director.

1999

The Directors of Brockton, New Haven, Boston and Providence merge into one unified organization, Teen Challenge New England, Inc. in 1999.

2005

Teen Challenge Johnson, Vermont’s men’s campus was opened in 2005 under the leadership of Director Rick Welch, another graduate.

2014

Pasco A. Manzo was appointed as the President of Teen Challenge New England, Inc. in January 2014.

2017

In January 2017, a short-term program Bloom – a Place For Girls opens for adolescent girls aged 12-17 struggling with addiction, rebellion, or former sex trafficking.

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