Christian Camping International (CCI) is an alliance of 20 Associations and Networks around the world. CCI supports Christian camps and camping leaders in 60 countries. 

Christian camping is known to exists in an additional 40 countries

without the support of local Associations. 

Believing that Christian camping is a powerful method to impact people for God’s glory, CCI desires to see Christian camping grow around the world. 

On the 21st of each month, CCI encourages people to pause and ask God to raise up the 21st Association of camps and camping leaders.  

In the past month I have interacted with or received reports concerning Christian camp ministries in Trinidad, Malaysia, Luxemburg, Sweden, Indonesia, India, France, The Czech Republic, Turkey, Portugal, Croatia, and Haiti. That is just 12 countries in which Christian camping is underway but with no unifying body.

Leaders in these countries are unable to engage in fellowship, encouragement, prayer support, and that sense of Christian community with others who serve the Lord through Christian camping.  

These Christian camping leaders miss opportunities to learn from each other, to share best practices and to benefit from the experiences of their co-laborers.  They have to re-invent the wheel to make progress, missing out on the wisdom of those working alongside of them.

The people serving in these isolated camp ministries miss out on the strength of unified efforts.  Whether buying groups, coordinated marketing efforts, legal counsel, legislative lobbying, or shared resources, Christian camps operating in a vacuum face the major challenges by themselves rather than with locked arms. 

We are grateful for the Christian camping ministries that God has raised up in all of these countries.  In many cases the leaders receive support and connect with CCI-Associations in neighboring countries.  Our hope and prayer is that new Associations would form and that the work would expand because of the support, training and unity provided by joining forces.

Please pray for each of these countries and others where God is at work and greater things are possible!