Name: Pastor Troy Vaughn
Location: Inglewood/Hawthorne
Bio: Pastor of Restoration Family Worship Center Church
CEO of Christ Centered Ministries
Troy was a victim of drug and alcohol addiction for several years. After rededicating his life back to Christ in December of 1992, Troy found himself at the doors of the Union Rescue Mission (U.R.M.) in downtown Los Angeles. The U.R.M. has a Christian Life Recovery program that helps men and women get back on their feet. While in the program, Troy saw the need for a service that would augment the mission’s efforts (transitional housing).
Troy completed the program with high expectations not only from his peers but also from the staff. Prior to leaving the mission, Troy returned to school to earn dual degrees in business and religion. He would go on to graduate with honors. Troy would become very active in the church he attended, serving on the evangelistic team and in the young adults’ ministry.
While Troy was happy serving God at his church, a burning desire remained to help those who were still suffering from the ills he himself had overcome. Troy would begin to speak at various churches as well as para-church organizations on the subject of drug addiction. In 1996, Troy would move to the City of Inglewood and receive his ordination as a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
Fueled by a burning desire to see men and women delivered from the chains of addiction, Troy would form Christ-Centered Ministries. C.C.M. would begin working tirelessly with the missions in the downtown Skid Row area, in an effort to build bridges for men and women transitioning out of their recovery treatment programs. Working with local churches in the City of Inglewood, C.C.M. would form alliances that would serve as avenues for the graduates once they left the mission’s program.
Van ministries would be birthed at local churches to pick up graduates from the missions. This would serve as a catalyst for instituting recovery-based teaching components in local churches to better educate church members about the plight of the individuals they are trying to help. In addition, it offers a unique teaching style that addresses everyday struggles. This partnership has been successful with many churches, but none more so than Restoration Family Worship Center Church.
Troy serves as Pastor at Restoration Family Worship Center Church (the community fellowship arm of CCM), where they have a thriving recovery class taught every second Friday night, as well as a van ministry that picks up men and women monthly from the U.R.M. in downtown’s Skid Row area. C.C.M. received its nonprofit status from the federal government in April of 1999 and plans to build its first transitional home by the summer of 2007.
C.C.M. has received several commendations for its efforts in addressing the plight of the homeless. C.C.M. has an outreach ministry that travels to minister to the homeless monthly. By supplying food and clothing to the downtrodden, C.C.M. touches thousands of lives annually. Every Thanksgiving and Christmas for the past four years, C.C.M. has participated in large-scale outreach efforts to raise funds for the homeless, as well as adopting a group of men from the program to ensure their holidays were special.
Websites: www.christcenteredministries.org, rfwc-ag.org
