The International Christian Recovery Coalition is an informal, international fellowship comprised of Christian leaders and workers in the recovery arena, together with Christians in recovery and others seeking the power and love of God as a means of recovering from the ravages of alcoholism, addictions, and other life-controlling problems. Our Two-Part Mission Statement "To glorify God by making known the roles played by God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Bible in the astonishing 75% and 93% success rates (overall, and in Cleveland, respectively) early A.A. claimed among ‘seemingly-hopeless,’ ‘medically-incurable,’ ‘real’ alcoholics who really tried to follow the original recovery program developed by A.A. cofounders Bill W. and Dr. Bob in Akron, Ohio, beginning in the summer of 1935." "To glorify God by helping Christian leaders and workers in the recovery arena substantially improve their effectiveness in reaching those who still suffer by including accurate information about the original, highly-successful Akron A.A. program, its principles and techniques, and its historical setting into their recovery efforts." Completing the Dr. Bob Core Library and Dr. Bob Biography This is currently the "top priority" project for the International Christian Recovery Coalition. Please click here for details on this project. Summary of International Christian Recovery Coalition Objectives To establish, publicize, and complete the stocking and funding of existing recovery resource libraries, which are focused on the roles played by God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Bible in the astonishing successes of early A.A., such as:
To establish and fund with a Coalition participant or entity in Southern California a Christian-oriented recovery information center, with a view to housing, displaying, and disseminating throughout the world: · The Christian recovery resources developed by participants in the International Christian Recovery Coalition; · The “Dick B. Historical Treasures” [e.g., the photocopy of the complete, pre-publication manuscript of DR. BOB and the Good Oldtimers; photocopies of (most, if not all, of the) numerous pre-publication drafts of Lois Remembers; and a photocopy of the manuscript of Anne Smith’s personal journal(s) she kept between 1933 and 1939, and read parts of to Bill W. and Dr. Bob during the summer of 1935] displayed at “A Nationwide Recovery Conference with Dick B.” in May 2009; · The Dick B. Christian Recovery Guide by Dick B. and Ken B. developed in conjunction with a presentation to International Christian Recovery Coalition participants at a July 2009 Conference in Orange County, California. Learn More! · DVDs, booklets, tri-fold brochures, and other materials that inform Coalition participants and others of successful Christian efforts to carry effectively the message to those who still suffer with life-controlling problems and self-destructive behaviors such as alcoholism and drug abuse; and · Books—such as those by Dick B.—and historical documents which the establish the integrity of statements made by Dick B. and other Christian writers and speakers as to the roles actually played by God, His Son Jesus Christ, and the Bible in the astonishing successes in early A.A. in curing “seemingly-hopeless,” “medically-incurable,” “real” alcoholics who thoroughly followed the Akron A.A. program developed in Akron, Ohio, beginning in the summer of 1935 by Bill W. and Dr. Bob. (For example, benefactors made possible the distribution of entire cases of historical books by Dick B. to all 14 prisons in the State of Hawaii correctional program.) To provide publicity on the “International Christian Recovery Coalition” web site (www.ChristianRecoveryCoalition.com) and on the web sites of individual Coalition participants that: · provides an attractive text description of each Coalition participant’s program(s), contributions, and resources; · allows an opportunity for banner displays on the Coalition’s web site to the same effect; and · enables other web sites to incorporate, link to, and publicize the common and individual efforts. |
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Contact: International Christian Recovery Coalition c/o Dick B. P.O. Box 837 Kihei, Hawaii 96753-0837 Ph/fax: (808) 874-4876 Email: dickb@dickb.com © Freedom Ranch Maui Incorporated 2009. All rights reserved |
Established July 2009 |