|
“Camp allowed me to view Christianity beyond my small family and church, and was a safe way to introduce a child to the bigger community of faith.”
|
CCCA offers the following exceptional programs for Christian camp and conference professionals looking to receive training, network with those in the industry, and grow in their ministries.
101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105
Cairn
Series® Professional Training
Supplemental Timeline Material for
Course 102: Survey of Christian Camping
Here
is a growing repository of links to material related to the
Christian Camping timeline on the CD-ROM for Course 102: Survey
of Christian Camping.
- 1672 - Quaker Gathering on Chesapeake Bay (George Fox)
- 1776 - First spontaneous campmeeting (John Waller)
- 1800 - First planned campmeeting (James McGready & the Kentucky Revival)
- 1801
- Cane Ridge Revival
http://www.mun.ca/rels/restmov/texts/rmcnemar/krso/KRSO000.HTM
http://www.sendrevival.com/history/caneridge
http://www.gospelcom.net/chi/ARCHIVEF/08/daily-08-06-2001.shtml
http://www.uky.edu/LCC/HIS/sites/cane.html - 1861 - First organized youth camp (The Gunnery - Frederick William Gunn)
- 1874
- Chautauqua Institution
http://www.chautauqua.bouldernet.com/aboutus_movement.html
http://www.ciweb.org/history.html
http://www.waxahachiechautauqua.org/Main/history.html
http://members.aol.com/AlphaChautauquan/movement.html
http://www.campusschool.dsu.edu/myweb/history.htm - 1876
- First private camp for boys (North Mountain School of
Physical Culture - Joseph Trimble Rothrock)
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/history/historyrothrock.aspx
http://www.dep.state.pa.us/dep/PA_Env-Her/rothrock_bio.htm - 1880 - First informal church camp (Good Will-Hinckley - George W. Hinckley)
- 1880
- First East Coast Bible conference (Northfield Bible
Conference - Dwight L. Moody)
http://www.biblebelievers.com/moody/index.html
http://www.wholesomewords.org/biography/biorpmoody.html - 1881 - First independent Christian camp (Camp Chocorua - Ernest B. Balch)
- 1885 - First agency camp (YMCA Camp Dudley - Sumner F. Dudley)
- 1885 - First agency campmeeting (Old Orchard Beach - Salvation Army)
- 1886 - First formal church camp (Episcopal Church of the Incarnation/Incarnation Camp- Arthur Brooks)
- 1895 - First Midwest Bible conference (Winona Lake Bible Conference - John Wilbur Chapman & Sol C. Dickey)
- 1898 - First Christian camp for girls (Camp Pinnacle - Harriet Christie)
- 1902 - First private camp for girls (Camp Kehonka - Laura Mattoon)
- 1906 - First West Coast Bible conference (Mt. Hermon Bible Conference - Hugh Gilchrist)
- 1909
- First denominational Bible conference (Ridgecrest
Baptist Conference Center - Southern Baptist)
- 1910
- Camp
Directors’ Association of America (Alan S.
Williams)
- 1910
- Boy
Scouts of America (William
D. Boyce, et al.)
- 1911
- Camp
Fire Girls (Luther
and Charlotte Gulick)
- 1912
- Girl
Guides in America (Juliette Gordon Low)
- 1914
- First interdenominational summer camp (International
Sunday School Association - W.C. Pearce)
- 1916 - National Association of Directors of Girls Camps (Charlotte Gulick)
- 1924
- Camp
Directors Association
- 1926
- First camping publication (Camping)
- 1935
- American
Camping Association
- 1949
- Association of Bible Conferences and Camps (Gordon L.
Purdy)
A brief history by Bud Williams (HTML | PDF)
For decades, CCI/USA has connected, revitalized camping leaders nationwide (PDF) - 1951
- Western Conference and Camp Association
A brief history by Bud Williams (HTML | PDF)
For decades, CCI/USA has connected, revitalized camping leaders nationwide (PDF) - 1958
- Graham Tinning
A brief history by Bud Williams (HTML | PDF)
For decades, CCI/USA has connected, revitalized camping leaders nationwide (PDF)
Hume Lake history - 1958 - First Christian camping publication (Camp Life)
- 1961 - Christian Camp and Conference Association
- 1963 - Christian Camp and Conference Association, International
- 1963 - First international Christian camp and conference convention
- 1968 - Ed Oulund & Dickson Valley Camp & Retreat Center
- 1971 - Dickson Valley's Somonauk property
- 1973 - First international divisions of CCI
- 1977 - CCI/USA
- 1979 - John Pearson
- 1990 - Bob Kobielush
- 1981 - Foundations for Excellence
- 1993 - Colorado Springs property
- 1996 - Global Outreach Group
- 2003 - Cairn Seris® Professional Training program
