Teen Challenge was established in 1958 by David Wilkerson, an Assemblies of God pastor who left a rural Pennsylvania church to work among teenage gang members and socially-marginalized people in New York City. Teen Challenge was launched from a small office on Staten Island.
In 1960, the Teen Challenge headquarters was relocated to a large historical house in Brooklyn, New York from its humble beginnings, Teen Challenge has grown through the world and now islocated in more than 80 different countries putting hope within the reach of every addict.
