Stop and Surrender Wayne Ministries

About Stop and Surrender Wayne Ministries

Stop and Surrender Wayne Ministries is a faith-based nonprofit sober living operator based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, running four licensed recovery houses across North Philadelphia.

A North Philadelphia Recovery Housing Ministry

Stop and Surrender Wayne Ministries operates out of the Fairhill and Nicetown-Tioga sections of North Philadelphia, running separate houses for men and women alongside a residence for women at a lower-demand level of structure.

Four Licensed Recovery Houses Under One Ministry

Every Stop and Surrender Wayne Ministries house carries a full license as a recovery house from the Pennsylvania Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs. Licensure is voluntary in Pennsylvania, so a ministry running four addresses under one license standard has chosen state oversight across its entire housing program rather than part of it.

Houses Across North Philadelphia

Stop and Surrender Wayne Ministries runs:

• A men's house on West Harold Street.
• A second residence nearby, also on West Harold Street.
• A women's house on North 27th Street.
• A women's house on West Lehigh Avenue, run at a lower-demand level of structure.

Two of the four sit within a block of each other in the Fairhill section, and the other two are a short drive away toward Nicetown-Tioga, which keeps the ministry's day-to-day operations concentrated in one part of the city.

A Ministry-Run Approach to Recovery Housing

Operating as a ministry rather than a purely clinical provider, Stop and Surrender Wayne Ministries frames its housing around faith-based support alongside the structural requirements of a state license. That combination is common among Philadelphia's smaller recovery housing operators, where a house often grows out of a church or community ministry's existing outreach work.

Serving North Philadelphia's Recovery Community

North Philadelphia carries a significant share of the city's licensed recovery housing, concentrated in neighborhoods like Fairhill, Nicetown-Tioga and Hunting Park. Residents of any Stop and Surrender Wayne Ministries house have access to Temple University's health system, SEPTA's Broad Street Line, and the outpatient providers clustered along North Broad Street, all within Philadelphia County.

Reaching Stop and Surrender Wayne Ministries

Applications for any of the four houses go through the ministry directly. Men are considered for the West Harold Street men's house, and women for the North 27th Street or West Lehigh Avenue addresses, depending on the level of structure needed.