Two ministries are partnering to establish a Christ-centered addiction recovery facility in Bartholomew County.
Chain Breaker Ministries, a nonprofit organization formed by concerned Columbus-area Christians, is teaming up with the Indianapolis-based Wheeler Mission in the effort.
If area churches and others are willing to assist, the two ministries hope to transform a 2,282-square-foot former church parsonage at 1218 California St. into an abstinence-based intake center for six to eight men with alcohol or drug addictions, according to Chain Breaker project leader Rick Colglazier. The facility will be named Chain Breaker House.
The former parsonage, with three bedrooms and a finished basement, is large enough for the intake center, organizers said.
Representatives of Chain Breaker canvased 61 homes within a four-block area surrounding the parsonage and nearby former church, and hosted three neighborhood meetings about the project, Colglazier said.
The intake center will house no more than six recovering addicts at one time and is not designed as a half-way house, organizers explained. The individuals in recovery will be supervised by a program manager, as well as two senior leadership trainers, said Cal Nelson, Wheeler vice president of men’s programming.
Each client would stay for not more than six weeks in the Columbus facility before being moved to a remote location north of Bloomington for several months of long-term addiction treatment, Nelson said.
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