By Marissa Postell NASHVILLE, Tenn. — When the FUGE Camps team at Lifeway Christian Resources heard about the tornado that devastated Bremen, Kentucky, they jumped in to help Wade Wilkins take students to his 30th year of FUGE Camps. Wilkins has served as the music and youth director at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Bremen for 33 years. When a tornado destroyed their church … [Read more...]
Lifeway summer camps give kids and students the ‘best week ever’
By Marissa Postell JACKSON, Tenn. — Lifeway Christian Resources’ summer camps are in full swing across the nation, investing in kids, students and their churches for a week but making an impact that lasts both for a lifetime and for eternity. Yellow t-shirts stood out among the sea of humans on Union University’s campus for FUGE Camps. Big, bold letters across the front … [Read more...]
Lifeway Announces Camp Registrations for 2021
By Joy Allmond NASHVILLE, Tenn. – After kids and student camps around the country were canceled due to COVID-19 this year, Lifeway now looks ahead to 2021 as camps have opened registration for next summer. “I’ve heard some describe our camps as a week to ‘starve the flesh and feed the spirit,’ and I resonate with that statement,” said Ben Trueblood, director of Lifeway … [Read more...]
Lifeway cancels June camps in response to the coronavirus
By Carol Pipes Update: This article has been updated as of April, 8, 2020 (4-8-20) to indicate the cancellations in June do not include Camp Ridgecrest for Boys and Camp Crestridge for Girls held at Ridgecrest Conference Center in N.C. NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Lifeway Christian Resources announced that FUGE, StudentLife, Student Life for Kids and CentriKid camps, as well as … [Read more...]
Lifeway camps plant seeds of gospel work in today’s SBC leaders
By Joy Allmond NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It’s safe to say Jamie Dew’s road to seminary presidency involved some unexpected twists and turns. He was arrested twice during his junior year in high school, then moved to Raleigh, N.C., to live with his dad until he graduated. The current New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary leader said that soon after the move, “the Lord started … [Read more...]
