Rev. Rodger Anderson – Executive Director
By 2002 I found myself at Teen Challenge broken and totally stripped of family, businesses, and everything I worked for all my life. God used the TC staff to help restore me and my family. I graduated from TC in 2003 and began working as TC Intern. I am grateful to Teen Challenge for helping me become a man of character and integrity. I am blessed with a beautiful Godly wife Monica, who is also an ordained minister. We served as a team for several years in foster care ministering to young children and teenagers. Teen Challenge has truly impacted my children, family, and friends. This has truly been an amazing journey with God! For me, there is no better ministry than helping men, women, children, and youth to get their lives back on track!
Philip Parsons – Program Director
Philip has always had a heart for youth and families. He was raised in a large Christian family as a Preacher’s son, and church was a very big part of his life. Phil has been involved in ministries of various types all of his adult life, including youth leader, Royal Ranger Outpost Commander, and together with his wife, led a Marriage Ministry team of 7 couples for 14 years. He has a passion for seeing the changes God brings in the lives of people as they apply God’s Word. Philip has experience working with troubled teenagers from working in inner-city high schools in Phoenix for several years. Phil married his high school sweetheart, Barbie, in 1983. They have three grown children and nine grandchildren.
Jeff Pirtle – Therapist and Administrator
Jeff was born and raised in Borger, Texas, a small town in the Texas panhandle. He earned his Bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Texas Tech University in 1985 and his Master’s degree in Educational Psychology from Tech in 1990. He holds licenses as a Licensed Professional Counselor, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, and a Licensed Child Care Administrator. For the past 30 years, he has worked in numerous inpatient and outpatient settings and has gained a great deal of experience in many different aspects of therapeutic care. Jeff has specialized in working with adolescent males and their families for the majority of his professional career. He was the Administrator and Clinical Director of a residential program for at risk adolescent boys for over 20 years and has maintained a successful private practice since 1993. Jeff has been married to his wife, Tiffany since 1990 and they have two adult children.
