Promiseland Ministries

What Promiseland Ministries does

Promise Land Ministries is a faith-based nonprofit organization headquartered at 20 Church Road in Crawfordville, Florida, operating a free eight-month residential addiction treatment and recovery program for men. Founded in 2001 by Pastor Glenn Hamel, the ministry integrates 12-step recovery principles with Christian discipleship, providing residents with group meetings, individual one-on-one sessions, morning devotions, evening lessons, discipleship classes, and church services open to family and friends. The program addresses the spiritual roots of substance abuse rather than treating only the physical dependency, and produces leadership continuity through graduates who remain in service roles (Ed Layton became Executive Director in 2008 after completing his own recovery; Richie Edward, a 2013 graduate, serves as Assistant Director).

The ministry operates as a single-site residential facility with a 5-person staff. It charges no fees to residents; operations are funded through donations (collected via a PayPal donate button on the website) and by volunteer community service hours performed by enrolled residents. Go-to-market is community-led: prospective residents apply online through the ministry's website (promiselandministries.org) and are referred primarily through church partnerships — notably a formal referral link to getreal.church — as well as personal word-of-mouth and alumni networks within the Southeastern United States. Pastor Glenn Hamel also maintains an Amazon author platform publishing books on faith and recovery, which functions as a credibility-building content channel.

Business model mechanics are donation-driven rather than commercial. There is no pricing tier, no enterprise contract structure, and no disclosed revenue or audited financials. The organization is independent, with no parent company, no subsidiaries, no patents, no certifications, and no formal partnerships beyond the getreal.church referral link. The sole disclosed operating geography is the Southeastern United States, anchored by the single Crawfordville, FL facility.

Name

Promiseland Ministries

Legal name

Promise Land Ministries

Website

https://promiselandministries.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Promise Land Ministries is a faith-based nonprofit operating a free eight-month residential addiction treatment program in Crawfordville, Florida, serving men overcoming substance abuse through Christian discipleship, 12-step recovery, and volunteer community service.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Faith-Based Addiction Treatment

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813)

SIC

Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050)

akta.pro primary industry

Faith-Based Social Services & Community Outreach (Food Pantries, Shelters, Counseling) (BPAGAJAG)

akta.pro secondary industry

Faith-Based Missions & Evangelism Organizations (Domestic & International) (BPAGAJAE)

Keywords

• Faith-based recovery
• Residential addiction treatment
• 12-step discipleship
• Substance abuse rehabilitation
• Christian recovery ministry

Headquarters

HQ city

Crawfordville

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Donations and Charitable Contributions: The ministry operates as a faith-based nonprofit, providing free residential addiction treatment funded entirely by donations and the generosity of the community. Residents perform volunteer community service hours while enrolled, which contributes to operational sustainability alongside external charitable support.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Promise Land Ministries is a faith-based church that provides a completely free, eight-month residential addiction treatment and discipleship program for men struggling with substance abuse and life-controlling problems. The program integrates the 12-step recovery framework with Christian ministry and includes group meetings, individual one-on-one sessions, morning devotions, evening lessons, discipleship classes, and church services open to residents' family and friends. All services are provided at no cost to residents; operations are funded by donations and the volunteer community service hours performed by residents during enrollment.

Product overview

Promise Land Ministries Lighthouse is a faith-based church and residential addiction treatment ministry offering a single, unified program for men seeking recovery from substance abuse and life-controlling problems. The core offering is an eight-month discipleship program that combines 12-step principles with Christian faith-based recovery, providing services including group meetings, individual sessions, morning devotions, evening lessons, and community service—all provided free of charge to residents. The ministry operates through an application process for enrollment and extends its reach through associated church services (GoReal Church) and published books by Pastor Glenn Hamel.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Faith-Based Residential Addiction Treatment Program

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Alcoholics Anonymous (AA): Foundational 12-step mutual-aid fellowship that Promise Land's curriculum explicitly integrates. Direct methodological peer rather than operational peer — non-residential but ubiquitous in faith-based recovery.
• Saddleback Church Recovery Ministry: Large megachurch hosting Celebrate Recovery as well as broader recovery ministries. Adjacent faith-based recovery ecosystem; comparable faith-rooted methodology at much larger scale.

Others

• Compassion International: Large Christian nonprofit that funds child sponsorship and faith-based social programs; comparable donation-driven, faith-rooted nonprofit operating model, though serving a different mission vertical.

Direct peers

• Victory Outreach: International faith-based organization with residential addiction recovery programs and discipleship houses. Comparable faith-driven residential recovery approach, with broader global footprint.
• The Foundry Ministries: Faith-based residential recovery program for men in the Southeast US operating long-term discipleship and work-based recovery. Direct operational analog with similar men's-only residential model.
• Rapha House / Rapha International: Faith-based residential addiction and mental health treatment programs. Comparable Christian counseling + residential model with similar target population.
• Faith Farm Ministries: Faith-based, long-term residential addiction recovery program for men in Florida using work-therapy and discipleship. Highly comparable Southeast US men's residential recovery ministry.
• Teen Challenge / Adult & Teen Challenge USA: National network of faith-based residential addiction recovery programs with multi-month curricula. Closest direct peer to Promise Land Ministries' model, though significantly larger in scale and geographic footprint.
• Celebrate Recovery (CR): Christ-centered 12-step recovery program widely used inside Saddleback and thousands of other churches. Highly comparable faith-based addiction recovery framework, though typically church-embedded rather than residential.

Emerging players

• The Healing Place ( Louisville / model sites): Faith-rooted, peer-run residential recovery model replicated in multiple U.S. cities. Comparable long-stay, faith-influenced, volunteer-labor-supported program model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/promiseland-ministries

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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