Troubled Teens

Abundant Life Academy Ministries is a non-denominational academic/boarding program for kids who are academically unmotivated, in rebellion toward their parents, and captivated by the “trickery” of the world (deceit). Our students have been caught up in the magnetism of the flesh (temptation). Essentially, ALA Ministries is a Christian boarding school for troubled teens… serving kids who are off track, caught up in the pursuit of the fleshly deception, looking for fulfillment in all the wrong places. At ALA Ministries our students are restored to academic success, restored to a life of principled values, and to the Christ-like character that once was abundant in his/her life.

There is no more important unit that God has created and ordained than the “Christ-centered” family. It is within the Christian home that we learn to be Godly people. God has designed the family so that in it, we could acquire every foundational thing we need in regard to emotional and spiritual growth. We learn to interact with others in a Godly fashion through our interactions with members of our immediate family, as well as our church family. We acquire Biblical standards of living through our Christian upbringing. We learn how to worship God and to give Him all the glory through our Christian rearing. Our happiness and purpose is realized through our families, as happiness is largely a function of the health of our relationships with those in our home (family). Through the “troubled teen” Satan has found a way to rob the joy and happiness that God promises to those who love Him. Our families are under attack, and the attack is coming right through the front door.

ALA Ministries is an early intervention program for the young man/woman who was once the model child, but now is becoming more and more dishonest, untruthful, and manipulative. This formerly good child is heading toward becoming (or already is…) sneaky, (often leaving the home without permission), sexually active, drinking, experimenting with drugs, and only interested in having fun with negative friends. Parents of struggling teens, who wait too long, failing to enact a substantial early-intervention program, usually regret that they waited. Our suggestion is that you don’t wait… get help before it is too late from an early-intervention program. Whether you enroll your child into ALA Ministries or another school, don’t wait! It only gets worse.

Right now the rebellious child is only “self-centered” and “selfish”, emotionally immature, entitled, and is making really dumb choices. At Abundant Life Academy Ministries turning the “self-centered” child around is not that difficult. But if you wait too long, you may be looking at something far different… something that is more permanent (pregnancy, drug addiction, high school dropout, etc.) and other irreversible behaviors that have lasting detrimental consequences.

At ALA Ministries we encourage change through our Christ-centered leadership training and mentoring, thereby redeveloping the foundation of character and integrity. Additionally, we provide Godly coaching for the purpose of redirecting the students back to a life of promise. Our goal is to break the negative patterns of selfish behavior by confronting those with “entitlement” issues. We stop the “ugly” self-centered progression and the destructive behavior that is linked to the selfish attitudes of the rebellious teenager. Since “self-centeredness” and “selfishness” is extremely destructive in and of itself, we believe it is better to “nip it in the bud” before it gets out of control permanently.