Open Door Ministries 6-Week Program is the place for you. With only an entry fee of $390.00, Open Door is a 42-day residential program that teaches victory over sin through Jesus Christ and the Bible. This is done through classroom teaching, audio tapes, pastoral counseling, homework, worship services and work projects. Daily teaching, pastoral counseling, devotionals, personal Bible study and prayer provide the means by which these objectives are accomplished. This, combined with a disciplined schedule, healthful climate, nutritious food and relaxing recreation, soon restores a measure of physical health and a more positive mental outlook. The residents also participate in routine maintenance of the facilities, general upkeep of the grounds and community projects. Open Door's program is primarily designed to produce in each man a more effective lifestyle in which he allows Jesus Christ to take control.
TYPICAL DAY
Wake-up call is at 6:30 a.m., followed by breakfast at 7:00. After making beds and cleaning rooms, the men assemble together in the classroom for 25 minutes of devotional and quiet time, including assigned Bible study. Morning Bible teaching continues from 8:30 a.m. until 9:30 a.m. Work assignments for the day are then made and residents work until approximately 4:30 p.m. with a break for lunch, and a mid-afternoon break. Work assignments do not produce an income, but are designed to produce discipline and responsibility. Evening services are held on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday, and study-related videos are shown on Wednesday evening. This required schedule teaches participants to better manage their time and supports the goal of adding more manageability to their lives.
OVERVIEW OF THE BASIC 42-DAY PROGRAM
- Morning classroom Bible Teaching.
- Cd teaching 3 afternoons a week (Charles Stanley and others).
- A four book Bible study series from the Navigators Studies in Christian Living.
- Individual Christian Pastoral Counseling. Homework is then assigned on an individual basis according to a person's individual needs.
- A 38 page 3-ring notebook is given to each man consisting of three parts. (A) guidelines, visitation rules, daily schedule (B) prayers: model spiritual warfare prayers are included and each man is required to read them each at least once a day and encouraged to incorporate them in his private praying. (C) helps: Scriptures for sin problems including such articles as "Knowing God's Will", "Confession", "Total Commitment to Jesus Christ", "Are You Taking Possession of What God Has Given You?", and "Should a Christian Drink?".
- The notebook also contains a sheet on moral inventory in which each man is asked to evaluate himself weekly, to help him see how he is progressing. Pages are included which define the terms more clearly for him.
- Daily Work Projects: Each man must consent to working before coming. Work projects are assigned after morning class and continue until lunch, and from lunch until 4:30 p.m. Monday thru Friday.
- Sunday Morning Worship Service: 10:30 a.m.
- On Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday evenings, one of the following is held: (A) Classroom Teaching (B) Evening Worship Service (C) DVD Video Teaching (Includes written Cd response)
- Recreation includes basketball, volleyball, occasional softball games, T.V. (with viewing limited to sports, news, nature and religion.)
- Volunteer Prayer Groups are encouraged on evenings when other activities are not scheduled and as students desire.