Specialties
Bethesda Recovery is a women's residential treatment recovery center. Many programs utilize a twelve step approach to recovery. But Bethesda's unique 12 Gate approach is based on the scriptural account of Nehemiah rebuilding the Wall of Jerusalem. The Gates offer profound insights to the actions that are essential to recovery and restoring personal wholeness.The sober recovery achieved here includes many recovery resources for Christians.
In many ways Bethesda Recovery is like other recognized treatment programs but there are some noticeable differences, too. Bethesda Recovery is based on the client developing a strong, personal relationship with Jesus Christ that can fuel not only every aspect of the recovery process, but also a victorious lifestyle.
History
Established in 1994.
The ministry journey at Bethesda was birthed by prayer. When the Bethesda ministry was first started, one thing was clear: Cathy and her family were destined to help women in Waycross, Georgia, and the surrounding areas, find victory over the issues and struggles that disrupted their lives and the lives of their families.
As they began to earnestly serve poor and homeless women, it became increasingly clear that the majority of women shared a very significant common denominator - drug and/or alcohol addiction. Understanding this through prayer, the Lord began to unfold His plan for Cathy to focus intensively on addiction recovery and to establish a residential program for women.
Founded in 1994, Bethesda Recovery is a nonprofit organization and in the years since its founding, Bethesda Recovery has helped hundreds, perhaps thousands of women find lasting freedom from addiction.
Meet the Business Owner: Cathy S.
Cathy Sweat, is an expert in the area of addiction recovery and personal restoration. Cathy is a pioneer in the field of Christian recovery. She the founder of Bethesda Recovery, Inc., a non-profit ministry that helps women break the power of addiction and substance abuse. Bethesda Recovery has been open since 1996.
She is a Board Certified Pastoral Counselor and is an Ordained Minister with the International Pentecostal Holiness Church (IPHC). Currently, Cathy Sweat is a Regional Pastor of the Northeast Region of the Sonshine Network Ministries, and she is the Senior Pastor of Bethesda Fellowship. She is a frequent conference, church, and women's group speaker and she is actively involved in helping churches recognize addiction issues among Christians and equipping them to participate in the recovery process.
Cathy holds a BA from Logos Theological Seminary in Pastoral Counseling and is a Certified Christian Life Coach through the American Association of Christian Counseling