Hope for those struggling with addiction and homelessness
Betel offers a free long term residential program in 17 countries and 100 cities worldwide
40+ years with a mission
Annual Report
Take a tour of Betel International by browsing the pages of our Annual Report magazine.
ACCESSIBLE TO ALL
Financial principles
We believe that entrance to Betel should be accessible to everyone, regardless of financial means and for this reason we charge no fees.
We gratefully receive donations of second hand furniture, food and household items as well as economic gifts.
recommended books
Latest book about Betel: Shooting Up
Shooting Up, by Jonathan Tepper is a boy’s-eye view as his American parents join the mission field and move their four young sons into San Blas, Madrid’s heroin capital in the 1980’s, turning their living room into ground zero for a global movement known as “Betel”. This memoir traces how one recovering addict helping his friends became an international network serving thousands of people in 100 urban centers worldwide.
“Tepper’s story about addiction, AIDS, and his parents’ work with addicts in Spain in the 1990s is an insanely entertaining and wild account. In fact, it’s the most riveting memoir I’ve ever read.” – Frank Schaeffer, author of Crazy for God
volunteer abroad
The Betel Internship Experience
Betel is looking for volunteers in Spain, United Kingdom, Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, India, Kazakhstan, Brazil, Portugal and Russia. An internship with Betel will provide you with practical hands-on training for a future in missions or social work.
charity shops
Betel businesses
We aim to be as self-supporting as possible, funding daily operations through our charitable businesses and workshops.
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“Some want to live within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop, within a yard of hell.”
— C.T. Studd (founder of WEC International)