Contact Information / About Us 

PO 1089, Cape Girardeau, MO 63702-1089  (573)335-6508 Fax: (573)334-3643   Physical Address: 303 MATC Lane, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701
                                   
Executive Dir, Jack Smart, D. Min (573)335-7488 jsmart@teenchallengemidamerica.com  
Program Director, Wayne Soemo (573)335-6508 waynes@teenchallengemidamerica.com  
Vocational Director, Greg Priest (573)335-6508 gregp@teenchallengemidamerica.com 
Choir Director, Regional Representative, Phil Breithaupt philb@teenchallengemidamerica.com                                                                                                                                                    Choir Director Assistant, John Bechtel john@teenchallengemidamerica.com                                                         

Teen Challenge of Missouri Boarding Academy:  bvance@tcmboardingacademy.org  Program Director: Bill Vance

Other Teen Challenge links: 
Teen Challenge USA (417) 862 69696 www.teenchallengeusa.com                                                                                                       Note: An interactive map and listing of all Teen Challenge Centers is available at the Teen Challenge USA website.
Global Teen Challenge: www.globaltc.org

Email addresses:

TCIMA information waynes@teenchallengemidamerica.com
Hot Springs Teen Challenge www.teenchallenge.com/hotspringsvillage
Teen Challenge of The Four States: www.tc4s.org
Saint Louis Teen Challenge www.saintlouistc.org

PDF forms: applications to other centers  

Teen Challenge International of Mid-America in Cape Girardeau, MO is a  long term, residential, Christian program that ministers to men with drug, alcohol and other addictions. We are part of a worldwide network of ministries that include about 200 centers in the U.S. and approximately 1060 throughout the world.

We minister to young men ages 16 and above.  Because addiction knows no age boundary, we minister to men in their 20’s, 30’s, 40’s and even older. Most are in their 20’s and 30’s.

We typically have between 130-140 or more stdents who are with us for ten months at a time.  In a single year we  typically minister to around 330 young men.

We minister to the men academically through Bible and Bible-related classes and GED studies.  We provide support for their emotional needs through pastoral counseling provided by our staff.  They are given practical tools for life through our General Work Experience program.  Spiritual needs are addressed through chapel and church services, prayer times and through the Turning Point small group ministry.

Studies through the years on Teen Challenge have consistently shown a 70% to 86% sucess rate in helping men stay off drugs.  In 1997, Dr. Aaron Bicknese did a study of graduates of TCIMA and two other centers and found that 86.4% of the graduates studied had been abstinent from drugs in the six months prior to the interview.

There is one word, or rather, a one person explanation for our sucess:Jesus.  Our program is based on the principle that only Christ can change a life.  Our major goal is to help the student develop a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and learn how to apply that relationship to every aspect of life.

Our impact often goes well beyond the student in the program.  Many families are reconciled and touched as well.  TCIMA benefits society when these transformed addicts are no longer committing crimes to support their habits, no longer need to be incarcerated and become productive citizens in society.