WOMENS CENTER

BETHEL HOUSE

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OUR MISSION

Providing a comprehensive, Christian, faith-based solution to life controlling drug and alcohol addictions

The Bethel House – Women’s Center offers addiction treatment and substance abuse treatment specifically for women. Located in Troup, Tyler, TX, our center provides a safe and healing environment for women who are struggling with addiction and substance abuse.

Our program is tailored to meet the unique needs of women, and we offer a variety of services and programming to help women achieve and maintain sobriety. Our staff is compassionate and knowledgeable, and we are dedicated to providing quality care and support to every woman who enters our program.

Faith-Based Programs

Our goal is to help women achieve and maintain sobriety, and we work hard to create a supportive and healing environment for our clients. We are committed to providing quality care and helping women overcome addiction and substance abuse. If you are looking for addiction treatment and substance abuse treatment for women, please call us today.

CHRIST CENTERED

SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY

INDIVIDUAL
COUNSELING

RESIDENTIAL CARE

SPIRITUAL GROWTH

LIFE
SKILLS

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

GROUP
SHARE

WORK STUDY

Faith-Based Programs

Our goal is to help women achieve and maintain sobriety, and we work hard to create a supportive and healing environment for our clients. We are committed to providing quality care and helping women overcome addiction and substance abuse. If you are looking for addiction treatment and substance abuse treatment for women, please call us today.

CHRIST CENTERED

SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY

INDIVIDUAL
COUNSELING

COMMUNITY OUTREACH

WORK STUDY
PROGRAM

RESIDENTIAL CARE

SPIRITUAL GROWTH

LIFE SKILLS
DEVELOPMENT

GROUP SHARE

About The Program

For several years, the evidence has become more and more apparent, that there is a lack of residential facilities for young mothers, who are struggling with life-controlling issues, which can allow them to receive help and be able to keep their children with them. The Bethel House Women allow us to help the entire family!

This allows us to fulfill our mission of bringing Christ-centered restoration and healing to individuals and families that have been destroyed by chronic life-controlling issues or addictions such as: Behavior: anger, anxiety, depression, pornography addiction, gambling addiction; Substance: prescription medications addiction, illicit drug addiction, alcohol addiction, food addiction; Relationships: co-dependent, unhealthy or enmeshed, while empowering them to become productive members of society.

We are expanding our territory.

We are “expanding our territory” at the women’s center and offering more than just a recovery program.  We are going to reach out to women in the area that need a place to get involved, find community, and not just those struggling with addiction.

There are women today that may be struggling with addiction.  Maybe they need a program …. maybe they just need someone to listen.

There are women who don’t struggle with addiction but they struggle with depression or loneliness or anxiety. Maybe they don’t need medication ….. maybe they just need someone to listen.

And that’s what we at Bethel House are here to do… listen confidentially, without judgment, with understanding and with the love of Jesus Christ.

It is our desire to provide a safe place, not only to those who may need intensive support, but for all women who are seeking community and friendship, a welcoming place where the Holy Spirit can bring healing and wholeness

Women’s Staff

LISA FLECK

Co-Founder/Women’s Pastor

After 30 years in the corporate sector, Lisa left her position to join her husband and fulfill the call on her life to minister to women.  It is her passion helping women find an intimate relationship with Jesus Christ that drives her to challenge women not to settle for the ordinary.  To find, in Christ, the fulfillment of true love and forgiveness.

Lisa is an ordained minister with Independent Assemblies and a Certified Faith-Based Clinical Counselor through IIFBC.

SHELBIE DONELSON

Women’s Program Coordinator

Shelbie was born and raised in Colorado Springs, CO to a military family.  At the age of 15, she began a 33-year drug addiction. Shelbie became a mother yet continued in her life of addiction. She became estranged from all three of her children.

“BUT GOD”

Shelbie’s struggle with addiction ended at the age of 48 when she had an encounter with Christ. Shelbie entered a one-year, faith-based program in San Antonio to help change her path of destructive behavior. After graduating from this program, she began to realize her deep desire and passionate calling to help other women find freedom in Jesus Christ. The Lord completely restored the relationships of Shelbie and her three children and seven beautiful grandchildren. Today Shelbie is a servant leader in women’s Restoration ministry

ALYSSA MORENO

Women’s Residential Coordinator

Alyssa Moreno was born and raised in Dallas, Texas, and is the oldest of seven siblings. She has been surrounded by faith and community from a young age, including spending two years at a Christian children’s home. In high school, Alyssa served as a peer counselor, where she began developing a heart for walking alongside others through difficult seasons.

Although she had a strong faith background, Alyssa struggled with depression for many years. Following the loss of her fiancé, she experienced a season of deep grief that ultimately led her to the doors of New Creation Restoration Center. In January 2025, Alyssa entered the program as a student, where she encountered not only healing and restoration but also a renewed and personal relationship with Jesus Christ. God met her in her darkest places and began restoring what sorrow had taken. What once felt like unbearable loss slowly became a testimony of redemption.

Alyssa continued as an intern and felt called to remain at New Creation Foundation; where she supports residents with compassion, structure, and hope rooted in her own testimony of transformation.

Alyssa’s life is anchored in Mark 8:35: “For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me and for the gospel will save it.” Surrendering the life she once tried to control became the very thing that set her free. Today, Alyssa is passionate about walking alongside others as they discover the same freedom and new life in Jesus Christ that she has found.

ADMISSIONS PROCESS

3 Steps to Apply!

STEP ONE

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The first step in getting help for drug addiction is having a desire in your heart for change in your life.

Without this desire, true and lasting change cannot be achieved.

STEP TWO

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Read through the application documents on this website.

Click below to fill out the application form for New Creation Gideon House. 

STEP THREE

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Contact the admissions office.

Be prepared to honestly and candidly answer some serious questions about your life, your health, your family, and your legal situation during a pre-screening. You may be asked to make an appointment for a personal interview.

For decades, I was enslaved to PTSD. None of the specialists, healers, nor I myself self medicating could help me cope. After my failed suicide attempt, I turned to New Creation Restoration Center for help. They provided me with a safe place to surrender all my trauma to God and truly heal. I have a newfound hope for the future and rests competently in God’s promises.

LYDIA D.

After being delivered from drugs and alcohol, I found myself battling other addictions that were beginning to take me to some of the same terrifying places and causing me so much pain. I knew God was asking me to let these things go and fully surrender to him, but I just didn’t know how. The New Creation Restoration Center has been a beautiful place of healing and growth, where I have been able to work on truly surrendering, dying to self, and letting go of the ways of the world.

TYLER M.

Things to Know

MEDICAL – The completed Health Screening Form is required before you can enter the New Creation Restoration program. If you are unable to pay for your medical tests, there are many avenues to have these done at little or no cost. A Help Card is available from each campus to assist you with finding clinics in the surrounding area.

NON-REFUNDABLE INDUCTION FEE – The $1,600 induction fee will need to be discussed before program entry. While this fee does not pay for your entire stay at New Creation Restoration Center, it is necessary to help defray the initial costs during your first few weeks here. After the initial induction fee there will be a $300 per month program fee for the duration of the program. All fees are non-refundable.

RESIDENCY AVAILABILITY – Open beds are made available to new students on a first-come / first-served basis. If we are full, you may be placed on the waiting list. You must demonstrate a firm desire to come by having your Health Screening done and sent to our office, as well as by completing an interview.

PRACTICAL ADVICE
If you are struggling with chronic substance abuse, or any other life-controlling problem, remove yourself from that environment. Easier said than done, right? But, if you are really serious about changing your life, you are going to need to do everything you can to stay away from alcohol and drugs, and away from the people that use them. That temptation is always going to be there, but for now you need to get as far away from it as possible until you build your faith to resist it. You are also going to need to find other people who are willing to help you and support you in your decision to change your life. Have you burned a lot of bridges getting to where you are today? God can restore those relationships, but it’s not going to happen overnight. Find the courage to tell others about your decision, and you will find someone that agrees and wants to help you. Five Things You Can Do Today

PRAY. Don’t ever underestimate the power of prayer. When you pray, you are establishing a relationship with God that will endure through the good days and the bad days.

READ THE BIBLE. The Bible is God’s Word that has been given to us all. Its contents are simple and deeper than you could ever imagine, and will help you in times of struggle. Reading the Bible gives you new insight on this world and the problems we all face.

SEEK FELLOWSHIP. Spending time with other Christians is an important part of the growing process in general, and is a great way to get some advice on the personal things you have going on in your life right now.

WRITE DOWN YOUR PLAN. You need to map out your game plan on paper. If you are really going to change your life, you must have a plan! These plans may change, but you need to have a plan to follow when you hit a weak point.

WHAT TO BRING. Download the document “What To Bring” to see a list of items you can and cannot bring. DOWNLOAD WHAT TO BRING

STUDENT HANDBOOK – DOWNLOAD HERE

Frequently Asked Questions

What are life-controlling issues?

A life-controlling issue is anything that master’s our lives. Life-controlling issues fall into three categories:

  1. Behavior: Gambling, pornography, outbursts of anger, cutting, etc.
  2. Substance: prescription medications, drugs, alcohol, food.
  3. Relationships:  Co-dependent, unhealthy or enmeshed relationships.
Is New Creation Women's Center a medical program?
NCRC believes in the faith model and concentrates on focusing attention on God and His will for those that enter the program.  While NCRC recognizes the need for expertise in some areas, NCRC does not subscribe to the medical model of helping an individual involved in drug abuse.
Why is this program effective?
You might believe it is the length of the program (12-18 months) along with the religious environment that helps a person kick the habit.  We believe it is because of someone we call Jesus Christ.  When a person finds a relationship with God, they become a New Creation and everything changes.  New priorities, attitudes, reactions, plans and goals in life add up to change.  The new replaces the old lifestyle and the attitudes and behaviors underlying them.
Is this program open to people of all faiths?
The recovery program is based foundationally on a literal interpretation of the Protestant Bible.  Certainly, people of other faiths may enter the program but, as they are informed of the nature of the program, they voluntarily choose to participate.  It is not required that a participant have a conversion experience to enter or complete, but conversion is regarded as the greatest hope for breaking a life-controlling issue.
How can I get help?
Contact the campus at (903) 405-5656 and ask for the Admissions Coordinator.  They will provide you with entrance and program information.  The applicant must schedule a phone interview and speak to the Intake Coordinator personally.  It is preferred that the applicant interview in person if you live within a one hundred (100) mile radius of the campus.
Does it cost to go to this program?
We ask for a $1,600.00 non-refundable induction fee at the time of entry. While this fee does not pay for your entire stay at New Creation Restoration Center, it is necessary to help defray the initial costs during your first few weeks here, although no one is turned away for lack of funding.  While it costs an average of $2,200.00 per month to provide room and board and cover program costs we only ask for $300.00 per month and that can be raised through sponsorships.  The money for remaining costs are raised through individual donations, fundraising and work programs. Costs and fees are explained more fully in the application.
If a person drops out of the program, can they get their money back?
It is the policy of NCRC that no entry fee will be refunded.  This is shared at the time of admissions and will be provided in writing.
Do you have lock-down facilities?
As a general rule, NCRC is for those who voluntarily want to enter the program to receive assistance with life-controlling issues.  At this time, NCRC does not have a true lock-down facility.
Can a person get court ordered into the program?
Yes, a person may be court ordered, however, because of our faith-based nature, the court is required to give the individual a choice, (i.e., either 12 months in a correctional facility or complete the NCRC program).  It is important that such a person understand that biblical principles are fully integrated into the program at NCRC.
Will my family members be able to visit me while I am in the program?
NCRC has a visitation policy that will be covered at the time of the pre-intake interview.  Generally, only immediate family members or a minister is allowed contact with the participant.  Contact between the participant and other individuals will be severely restricted for the same reasons as other programs of similar nature.  If you would like to tour the NCRC campus, we would be happy to accommodate you.  Please call beforehand so that we will have someone available to provide a tour.