Transformed to Transform Others

VISION

Our vision is to see men with drug addiction problems experience the transformational power of God’s love, causing a lasting change in their lives.  

MISSION

Adullam Ministries, A.C. exists to help men with drug addictions leave their addictive habits and be restored in a new life with Jesus Christ, preparing them to be reintegrated into society with the possibility to continue serving God in ministry.  This is accomplished through attention to spiritual and moral needs, community service and recreational activities.

HISTORY

The issue of drug addictions is well known here in Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua. As a result of the rise in addiction rates over the past few decades, the city has seen an innumerable amount of negative consequences of this problem, including high crime rates, prisons filled to capacity and the disintegration of families. Each day the young people of Juárez face a growing danger of becoming entangled in this horrible trap. Due to these problems, a great need exists in our city for people who are dedicated to combating the issue of drug abuse.  

Adullam Ministries, A.C. began inside of the CERESO prison of Ciudad Juárez. By the end of the 1990’s, many men were rehabilitating from their drug addictions and turning their lives over serving God inside of the prison. However, they often faced difficulties in reintegrating into society once they left the prison due to the lack of a place for them to stay and receive Christian support. As a result of this problem, God placed the idea in the hearts of the leaders of the prison ministry to open a home where the men could find support when they left prison and where addicts from the streets of Juárez could come to find help. With this new vision and confidence in God’s guidance, the rehabilitation center opened in March of 2000 in the Colonia Guadalajara Izquierda.  Later, the center changed locations to the Colonia Felipe Angeles, where we are currently working.

PROGRAM

Our experience in working with people with addiction problems has led us to form the program we are currently using in the rehabilitation center. We believe that if the addict does not have the desire and will to see a change in his life, no treatment can cause a lasting change in him. For this reason we do not impose a specific length of time required for admitants to stay in the program, nor do we admit men into the program against their will. Each person responds differently to the rehabilitation process, and we have seen some ready to reintegrate into society in a few months and others who stay in the program for more than a year. Above all, we believe that God works within his perfect timing in each person involved in the ministry.

During the time that the men spend in the rehabilitation center, they take part in various activities within and outside of the home. Each of these activities form a part of the rehabilitation and restoration process, and we divide them into the following areas:

Spiritual Attention

Since we believe that God is the one who can truly change the lives of drug addicts, we place the majority of our emphasis on the spiritual needs of the men.  This is accomplished through a variety of activities:

Ø     Prayer and devotion as a large group

Ø     Personal prayer and devotion

Ø     Biblical teaching by visiting ministers

Ø     Attending a local church

Community Service

We have learned first-hand that a person who has experienced a change in his life often desires to demonstrate his gratitude.  We encourage the men in our program to accomplish this through community service. In recent years, this has included the following:

Ø     Visitation and ministry in local jails and prisons

Ø     Street ministry and handing out food in the Benito Juárez Monument Plaza

Ø     Ministry and handing out food in the drug houses

Ø     Service in two children’s soup kitchens

Ø     Help with manual labor needs in the community

Ø     Mission trips into the mountains of Chihuahua

Recreation

To complement the other areas of attention of our program, we also include activities that concentrate on physical health and that build unity among the men in the program. The following activities help us meet these goals:  

Ø     Sports or physical activities as a group

Ø     Movies

Ø     Carpentry classes

Ø      Recreational outings

FUTURE

Our desire is to see the men who go through the program at Adullam Ministries, A.C. experience a complete change in their lives and be able to transform other people through the transformation they themselves have experienced. It has been a great joy for us to watch as many of the rehabilitated men return to their families and establish a new life with them. We have also had the pleasure of seeing others who have felt the call to serve God in full time ministry open new rehabilitation centers and children’s ministries in other parts of Ciudad Juárez and Chihuahua. We keep in contact with the leaders of these organizations and offer them our support in the form of sending volunteers from the rehabilitation center to help them with their work. In addition to being a help to them, this has served as another great opportunity to encourage the value of service in the men in the program.  We have seen these new ministries flourish over the past few years, and we hope to see even more in the future. 

Please see this ministries web site for more details of their current developments. www.adulamjuarez.com

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CORRESPONDENCE

If you would like more information or would like to visit Adullam Ministries, A.C., you can contact us at the following:

In Mexico:

Ministerio Adulam, A.C., Calle Guanajuato #2331, Colonia Felipe Angeles, C.P 32100, Cd. Juárez, Chih.

Telephone:   011-52-(656) 684-62-37 (rehab center)    011-52-656-275-33-14 (cell)

E-mail: ministerioadulam@yahoo.com.mx

In the US:

Laura Salazar   Attn: Ministerio Adulam, A.C.,  417 Cullen Ave.,  El Paso, TX  79915

Telephone: (915) 490-7306

E-mail: laurajeansalazar@hotmail.com