Faith Home is a Christian Rehabilitation and Recovery
Home for alcoholics and addicts. Founded in 1966 helping
14 men in Greenwood, SC, by Danny W. and Aline Barnes and
Rex Craven, Faith Home has provided over four decades of Christian addiction rehabilitation and recovery to over 20,000 men and women. A multi-year recipient of the United Way’s “Agency of the Year”, Faith Home has grown to include three recovery homes in Greenwood, Abbeville and Spartanburg, SC. Faith Home is non-profit, non-sectarian and relies solely on outside contributions and donations. We have been consistently recognized by the United Way and other agencies for the contributions and commitment to successfully providing a Christian faith-based recovery program.
The Executive Director of Faith Home is Aline Barnes. She has been at the forefront of operations since its creation in 1966. As the wife of co-founder, Danny W. Barnes, Executive Director Emeritus, Mrs. Barnes has been active in Faith Home for the last 40 years. She was elected as Executive Director due to Mr. Barnes’ illness, retirement, and subsequent death. “He and I worked as a team and that’s where I got all my training,” says Mrs. Barnes. Past Board member, Darroll Evans, said in an interview, “She was the only logical choice; she stepped in and hit the ground running. She knows where Faith Home came from, where it is going and plans to continue in the footsteps of her husband”.
The Program
Faith Home provides services to men and women who are addicted to alcohol and drugs and seek recovery and help from that addiction as well as Christian principles. The eight-week Christian Rehabilitative program is based on the fundamental belief that solutions to drug and alcohol abuse can be found through faith in God along with the 12-step programs of Alcohol Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous and Al-Anon. Faith Home continues to be a leader among its addiction recovery program peers in its success rate of program graduates who maintain abstinence and sobriety. The men and women at Faith Home come from all different socio-economic backgrounds, races, age groups, and religions from all over the United States. Each resident comes in voluntarily searching for a better way of life, free from the bondage of drugs and alcohol. The non-denominational program encourages each man to develop his own personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
The work regime and Christian study, combined with the peaceful setting, allow residents time to reevaluate their lives and begin to understand why they have faltered along the way. The home is dedicated to the purpose of leading the addicted to victory through Jesus Christ and to show the resident that there is still hope and love if you have faith in Christ. The residents are involved in a daily work program called “Physical Therapy” which includes garden and yard work, kitchen work, house cleaning, keeping their room clean, general maintenance and upkeep of the facility and grounds.
Faith Home amenities and activities provide opportunities for fitness, individual and team play, and spiritual healing. Residents can enjoy basketball, hiking, fishing, weight room, ping-pong, foosball, choir and local community service engagements.
Bible studies, morning devotions, chapel services, AA, NA, and Al-Anon meetings are provided each day of the week for Faith Home residents. Their families are encouraged to attend on specified days and times in hopes of building good family relationships that many residents may be lacking. Residents also participate in community volunteer activities such as the Food Bank, Choir services to local nursing homes, churches, and numerous United Way functions, Faces of Poverty at the Greenwood Museum, provide speakers for Teen To Teen held at Greenwood High School and many other civic projects that may arise.
Faith Home’s Thrift Operations receive donated items on a daily basis and are open to the public Monday through Saturday. This, along with other financial contributions, provides funding to support Faith Home and the cost of maintaining the facility and providing rehabilitative services at no cost to the residents or their families.
