MOUNTAIN VIEW — One night a week, 30 to 50 people come to First Baptist Church in Mountain View to share a meal and to receive help to deal with their “hurts, hang-ups and habits.” In 2010, Bill and ...

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From left Michelle Frey and husband Pastor Bill Frey of the Thrive Worship Center in Vienna manage the Celebrate Recovery program at the church. (Photo by Jess Mancini) VIENNA — Pastor Bill Frey of ...

WARNER ROBINS -- Simply put, Celebrate Recovery is a Bible-based, Christ-centered recovery program. But ask Celebrate Recovery ministry leader Pat Chastain what it is and the definition expands.

Over 25 years, the program has made churches a safer space for recovery. If you’ve heard a sermon, small-group discussion, Sunday school lesson, or testimony that addressed one of those once-taboo ...

There was a time when Jeff Stultz enjoyed hurting people. As president of the Ghost Riders Motorcycle Club, physical and sexual assault defined who he was. As a crack addict later in life, he thought ...

On a recent sunny Monday evening, 80 people walked into Manheim’s LCBC Church to confront the darkness they recognize within themselves. Some struggle with alcoholism, some with drugs, some with sex ...

(RNS) — When he first came to Saddleback, John Baker’s life was unraveling. A successful businessman and Air Force veteran, Baker, who died unexpectedly this week at 72, once dreamed of going into ...

Helping people deal with their hurts, habits, and hang-ups is the goal of an international recovery program that includes groups in Marion County. Celebrate Recovery, according to the official website ...

(RNS) — John Baker, co-founder of Celebrate Recovery, an evangelical support group that helps people with “hurts, hangups and habits,” has died. The ministry, started at Saddleback Church in the 1990s ...