Hello All

I went to this ranch as a teen, and they helped me out tremendously, now they are under attack, because they are faith based, leadng troubled teens to christ, they need people to pray and touch the throne room of GOD, please pray

thanks so much

Kurt Hayman


November 27, 2007
No Supreme Court support for Teen Ranch

by Kim Trobee
The justices declined to hear the case brought by the Christian-based juvenile rehabilitation program on Monday, ending its bid to retain government funding. At the center of the controversy: faith-based programming.

Teen Ranch has been fighting four years in the courts, trying to retain its Christian mission and government funding. The case began when the Michigan Department of Human Services refused to refer troubled kids to Teen Ranch because it’s faith-based. Other courts ruled in favor of the state, now the Supreme Court has refused the case. That’s good news to Rob Boston with Americans United for the Separation of Church and State.

“The government, under certain circumstances can fund religious groups to provide secular services, but they’re not required to do that. And certainly they’re not required to give them money to promote a religious agenda.”

Joel Oster, Alliance Defense Fund attorney for Teen Ranch, disagrees.

“Every court, the district and the appeals courts, both agreed that the state could fund this program and allow kids to go to Teen Ranch.”

Both courts also decided they couldn’t force the state to refer kids to the program. That’s a dangerous precedent for future religious freedom cases, according to Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council.

“This really opens the door for discrimination against faith-based organizations in providing social services in spite of laws that are supposed to guarantee that they have the right to participate.”

Since the moratorium took effect, ranch numbers have dropped.

“Certainly that loss of funding has a serious impact on their ability to fulfill their mission.”

Teen Ranch denies it forced young people to attend religious services.