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Celebrate Recovery is a safe place to find freedom from your hurts, hang-ups, and habits.

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Our history:

Celebrate Recovery was founded in 1991 as a ministry of Saddleback Church by Pastor John and Cheryl Baker. John shared with Senior Pastor Rick Warren a vision God had given him for a new Christ-centered ministry where people could find freedom from their hurts, hang-ups, and habits.

The first night 43 people attended, and Celebrate Recovery was born with only four Open Share Groups — Men’s and Women’s Chemical Dependency, and Men’s and Women’s Co-Dependency. Over the years, thousands of people have gone through the program at Saddleback Church. Many of them have gone on to serve in Celebrate Recovery and other areas of the church. 

Thousands of churches have started a Celebrate Recovery ministry around the world, and that number continues to grow. Celebrate Recovery is not just growing in churches, but in recovery houses, rescue missions, universities, and prisons around the world. It continues to be a growing global movement! 

The need for Celebrate Recovery is unmistakable, being a safe place for people to find freedom from the issues controlling their lives.

Who Is Celebrate Recovery For?

Celebrate Recovery is for EVERYONE!

No one should have to face their pain alone.

We are a grace-filled community of strugglers who courageously enter this safe and beautiful space to get honest about our pain, and the negative ways we may see ourselves, God, and others. In this process, we come to accept that some of the habits we have developed to escape our pain may have hurt us and those close to us.

OUR FOUNDERS:
Pastor John and Cheryl Baker

John and Cheryl Baker are the founders of Celebrate Recovery, a ministry born out of their personal experience and calling at Saddleback Church in 1991. Together, they created a program that has helped countless individuals and families find healing in their lives through Jesus Christ. Side by side, they led CR for 30 years.

In February 2021, John went home to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Celebrate Recovery continues to carry on through their son and daughter in law, Johnny and Jeni.


Meet with a CR Group online from anywhere, every Wednesday at 12pm PST.
Our online Zoom group makes it possible for anyone to find the help they need, especially if there isn’t a CR Group close to where you live, or if you need immediate encouragement in your recovery journey.

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“THROUGH CHRIST ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE”