Our Denominational Mission Statement:
The mission of the Free Methodist Church is to make known to all people everywhere God's call to wholeness through forgiveness and holiness in Jesus Christ, and to invite into membership and to equip for ministry all who respond in faith. We are to be a healthy, biblical community - a holy people - multiplying new believers, disciples, leaders, groups, and churches through camping events and experiences.
Our over-all purpose is to know God and to glorify Him by making Him known.
Our Challenge: To Become a New Movement!
"A Camp-meeting should be held for one object – the salvation of souls. If this is kept steadily in view there will be but little difficulty in making the best arrangements to secure the end. In this, as in other things our Savior’s words apply. “If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.” If the one purpose in getting up and in attending a Camp-meeting is to do good and to get good, then everything will be done with reference to its tendency to secure this result."
~ from Benjamin T. Roberts, (CAMPMEETINGS; The Earnest Christian, Vol. XLVI, pgs. 186-187, June 1883) our first Free Methodist Bishop
The Word of God is our standard and guide in all we do and propose. It is through the anointing of the Holy Spirit and the wisdom that results from seeking God, that a clear vision and understanding of our purpose emerges.
It is through the confirmation of God's people that a vision can become a reality and that the prayers of the saints can result in great movements of God in our world. The call to become a movement of God into the harvest fields of the world, will mean:
� A camp focused on the message of the Cross, the Resurrection and the Kingdom of God,
� A camp with sound doctrine, integrating faith and learning,
� A camp with a holy passion, surrendered to the purposes of God,
� A camp which reaches and multiplies across all boundaries: religious, ethnic and national,
� A camp that models Jesus Christ through its leaders and workers.
Our Community Culture
We believe our mission drives everything we do! We strive to make the message of the Gospel relevant to our culture by remaining faithful to God and by showing love and sensitivity to the world. We accept all who come with us, seeing the most desperate sinner with the potential to become a whole and devoted follower of Jesus.
We see congregations, smaller groups, and our camping events within the larger Body of Christ as the best environments for the new birth, mentoring, encouragement, and care of new believers. We view our camps as mission outposts. Our pastors are appointed not just to a local congregation and building, but to the sharing the Good News with whole communities, towns, and cities. Camping ministries are an important extension of a pastor's appointment.
We are Wesleyan in our doctrine and in our practice. We value the guidance of the Scriptures and the consensus of the Church throughout her history. We see ourselves as an apostolic movement. We are "sent" people, charged with the task of reaching new territories and new populations of people with the Gospel.
We are to be a holy people. Our conduct and our teaching are to reflect the holiness and love of God; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. We seek nothing less than the healing of mind, body, and soul for all who come under our care through Camping Ministries.
Our Vision for Our Conference and Our Congregations
Our Camp Board and Programming Committee work together in creating an environment that equips and supports congregations and leaders to fulfill our Profile of a Healthy Church.
As people focused on living holy lives to the glory of God, we will "love the Lord our God with all our heart, soul, mind and strength, and love others as much as we love ourselves." (Mark 12:30-31) and "go to the people of all nations and make them disciples of Jesus." (Matthew 28:19)
