Support Groups
Faith-based recovery support groups meeting weekly in communities across the country.
First Steps
Recovery is a lifelong process for many people, yet change is possible. Recovery-Through Christ provides the tools that allow a new way of life to become reality — but the outcome is completely dependent on your willingness to change. In Colossians 3:1-10, Paul called this process "being renewed." That renewal comes from completely letting go of the old life and starting to live again, made possible through a new awareness of God, a deeper understanding of the struggles we face, and a support group that helps us stay focused on the narrow path leading home.
We understand that everyone struggles at some point in life. Even though each person's situation is different, the power to rise above comes from the same place — Jesus Christ. In Him, we have hope, peace, love, and forgiveness. It is only through Christ that we can ever truly recover.
The format of the support group is designed to create a bond among its members. It is a 40-week curriculum that meets once weekly for two hours. The first hour brings a lesson on the step, using Scripture to show how God's Word can help overcome life-controlling issues. The second hour is the heart of the ministry — where participants dig deep to achieve real healing as they break into male and female small groups.
Step Zero / Transformations
Step Zero — also called Transformations — serves as both a maintenance group for those who have completed the 12-step program and a preparation group for those who have yet to walk the steps. Its purpose is to provide an opportunity to discover yourself, God, and others without a timetable, and to explore your concerns and struggles without any pressure to label yourself as anything less than a child of God.
This group is a safe place to take a closer look at the things in your life that cause harm, pain, trouble, or inconvenience to yourself or others. Together we walk, find clarity, truth, and vision for a new way of life — and take the necessary steps to make that life a reality.
Through this phase of the program we build on the foundation Jesus provides in the greatest commands (Mark 12:28-30), through which the Lord teaches our heart to trust, allows our soul to understand truth, trains our mind to make right choices, and uses His strength to help us change.