San Francisco Adult & Teen Challenge is a faith-based leadership development program that empowers individuals to pursue holistic freedom from high-risk lifestyles. Our goal is to empower students by showing them how to simultaneously cultivate faith, work hard, and build meaningful relationships with people in their community.
Rescuing individuals is where we start.
Rebuilding healthy lives is what we do.
Restoring relationships is why we live.

Who We Are • What We Do
”“I was homeless and hopelessly addicted to drugs and alcohol on the streets of San Francisco ...and the Lord saved me. I thank God for Teen Challenge.”
David W.SFATC Graduate
Our efforts focus on meeting three primary goals.
Rescue Individuals
Experience healing in a safe community where the core issues of high-risk lifestyles can be addressed.
Rebuild Lives
Cultivate transformational relationships with God, self and others, by faith, in a grace-filled environment.
Restore Hope
Discover your created purpose and build a lasting foundation for a joyful, fruitful and fulfilling life.
Our team is built on a solid foundation of faith, hope and love.
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Addiction Recovery is where we start.
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Life Transformation is the primary objective.
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Our treatment model centers on healthy relationships.
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We model servant leadership.
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We embrace empowering grace.
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We pursue wholeness and holiness.