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  • California Southern Baptist Convention signs purchase agreement for Jenness Park
    by Terry Barone, posted Thursday, June 25, 2020 (2 years ago)

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    FRESNO, Calif. (BP) -- The California Southern Baptist Convention (CSBC) signed a purchase agreement June 16 to sell Jenness Park Christian Camp to Gracepoint Fellowship Church of Berkeley for $1.5 million. The agreement is scheduled to close June 30.

    The sale was predicated on a CSBC Executive Board action in mid-May to sell the camp because of deficit spending, some $2 million in the past seven years, and a 2020 camping season devoid of revenue because of the coronavirus pandemic. Read More

  • New worship EP created specifically to impact students
    by Tess Schoonhoven, posted Friday, June 12, 2020 (2 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) -- As they wrote, words and music combining to produce worship -- with the specific goal of reaching students -- Brandon Sharp couldn't help but be reminded of his own testimony.

    As an eighth-grader at a Student Life Camp, seeing everyone in a room worshiping together, he was truly struck by Jesus' power for the first time. It's that power of music, Sharp said, to teach the heart of Jesus that motivated the creation of the songs on "Infinite," a new seven-song EP released by SL Worship, the worship ministry for LifeWay's Student Life Camps. Read More

  • Some camps going digital to reach students this summer
    by Tobin Perry, posted Friday, May 29, 2020 (2 years ago)

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    ALPHARETTA, Ga. (BP) -- With many Baptist campgrounds throughout the United States announcing they won't host summer camps or will do so only on a limited basis due to the COVID-19 pandemic, churches are looking for other high-impact options to reach and disciple students.

    Shane Pruitt, the North American Mission Board's executive director of next gen evangelism, says the complete loss of summer camps will hurt local church efforts to reach youth with the Gospel. Read More

  • FIRST-PERSON: It's not about a place
    by Hance Dilbeck, posted Tuesday, May 26, 2020 (2 years ago)

    The power of youth summer camps like Falls Creek comes not from the location, says Hance Dilbeck, but from the work of evangelism by investing in teenagers' lives. Read More

  • LifeWay cancels summer camp sessions for 2020 amid ongoing COVID-19 concerns
    by Staff, posted Friday, May 15, 2020 (2 years ago)

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    NASHVILLE (BP) -- LifeWay Christian Resources announced that FUGE, StudentLife, Student Life for Kids and CentriKid camp sessions for 2020 have been canceled because of continued concerns stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak.

    This does not include Camp Ridgecrest for Boys and Camp Crestridge for Girls held at Ridgecrest Conference Center in N.C. Read More

  • Ridgecrest now for sale following special-called meeting of LifeWay trustees
    by BP Staff, posted Thursday, April 23, 2020 (2 years ago)

    NASHVILLE (BP) -- LifeWay Christian Resources trustees have authorized exploring the sale of Ridgecrest Conference Center and Summer Camps despite the conference center and camps operating at a profit in recent years.

    The trustee board's executive committee presented the recommendation to the full board during a special-called meeting held virtually and in executive session Thursday (April 23). The board unanimously supported LifeWay scheduling exploratory site visits with potential buyers. Read More