What is Celebrate Recovery?

Our society is becoming more and more complex. Kids now have three sets of grandparents. Sexual addiction for men and women is growing at an exponential rate. Divorce is at an all time high — for Christians.

This is our reality.

20 years ago, Saddleback Church launched Celebrate Recovery with 43 people. It was designed as a program to help those struggling with hurts, habits and hang-ups by showing them the loving power of Jesus Christ through a recovery process. Celebrate Recovery has helped more than 17000 people at Saddleback, attracting over 70% of its members from outside the church. Eighty-five percent of the people who go through the program stay with the church and nearly half serve as church volunteers. Celebrate Recovery is now in over 19,000 churches worldwide!

In Celebrate Recovery groups across Australia and the world only one in three who participate in Celebrate Recovery are there for drugs and alcohol.

So why are they there? They want to celebrate their recovery from any kind of addictions — overeating, stress, worrying, sex, obsessive compulsiveness, anger, depression and a multitude of life's hurts, habits and hang-ups.

Be a part of this proven program that takes a Biblical approach to overcoming addiction.

The Celebrate Recovery program involves 8 principles from the beatitudes of the New Testament, and 12 biblical steps of recovery.

This program is distinctly Christian, uncompromisingly biblical, and proven to work within the church. It has clearly brought people together to discover a new level of care, acceptance, trust and grace.

And, for those who seek to mature spiritually, making better decisions that will help them become Christ-like in character.

"Welcome to the 'Road to Recovery.' You are in for an exciting and amazing journey as you take the hand of the true and only Higher Power, Jesus Christ, and walk with Him toward healing and serenity." — Pastor John Baker founder of Celebrate Recovery

Our churches and communities are filled with people who are struggling with pain, shame and addictions.

John Baker is passionate about recovery ministry because he has experienced it first hand. 20 years ago, God gave John a vision for a Christ-centred recovery program. Out of that vision, Celebrate Recovery was born and because of his faithfullness, over 700,000 lives have changed.

"John Baker and I share something in common, we used to drink too much.. our hearts changed, and then we quit. That is a tried and true formula. The problem is government is not good at changing hearts, but people like John Baker have been."
US President George W. Bush