Mission and Philosophy

Mission Statement

It is the mission of New Horizons Youth Ministry to help struggling youth transform into healthy Christian adults

Who We Are

For over 35 years, New Horizons Youth Ministry has been assisting parents with their high-potential youth who are making at-risk decisions. They provide a therapeutic Christian education in a boarding school environment—with campuses in Indiana, the Dominican Republic and Canada.

The Three Foundational Pillars

NHYM incorporates a separate home-life, education and counseling department into each of the three types of inter-related schools.

Residential life: Students live with their house team in a family-type stetting. These closely knit family units help develop students' relationship skills, foster
feelings of self-worth and augment personal Christian growth.

Education: Both year-round boarding schools use a mixture of group and tutorial methods in small, stimulating classes that allow for close student supervision and
individual instruction. Schools are certified by the Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI) and cover all major subject areas.

Social Services: Social Services provides weekly individual counseling and group therapy sessions, crisis counseling as needed, individual case conferences and
treatment plans and regular progress reports.

Getting Results for Our Families

NHYM facilitates positive change in at-risk youth through relationships, structure, hard work and discipline.

Relationship: Regardless of whether a student is hammering a nail in the wall of a third-world schoolhouse or relaxing on the side of a mountain, it is within the context of relationship with each other and caring adults.

Structure: Most at-risk youth come to NHYM with little or no self-control. NHYM provides structure that is rigid in the beginning of a student’s stay and becomes more self-enforced as they progress through the program.

Hard work: Many youth come to NHYM with the attitude that the blessings their family has provided them are their rights—rather than privileges. When students cook and clean for themselves and others, this begins to change there perspective. And when they work at projects benefiting others less fortunate than themselves, it builds esteem, perseverance and character.

Discipline: It takes energy, commitment and love to say “no” to a teenager—and mean it. Once a student understands that there are program imposed boundaries to keep them safe, then they can begin to understand the freedom and privilege found in hearing “yes.” Students learn the value of making good decisions when they understand how to appropriately say “no” and “yes.”