I got sent to evangelical Bible camp twice. It was incredibly weird and culty and it was way way out in the woods in some kind of camp grounds with cabins clearly built prior to plumbing or widespread electricity. There was one sermon where I was told secret gay people are gonna make me gay. This was before 9/11 too so I can only imagine how much worse it is now. There was also a scorpion in the toilet at one point.
Day to day activities involved basic kind of camp stuff, lots of hikes on trails in the woods. Little crafts too like wrapping yarn around popsicle sticks. There was an ongoing game where some kids were assigned to be Roman soldiers, some early Christians, and some observers. The whole idea was Christians were supposed to convert the observers and Romans had to arrest the Christians, and observers had to become Christians but no one knew who was who unless you asked. So if an observer approached a Roman soldier thinking they were a Christian, they'd get arrested. It was kind of like weird rock paper scissors.
The only other notable thing that happened was my bunkmate had some kind of seizure or panic attack or something and instead of getting medical attention, we were told to form a prayer circle around him as he screamed and writhed on the ground. He then got up and ran off into the woods screaming. Then I never saw him again.
I got sent to evangelical Bible camp twice. It was incredibly weird and culty and it was way way out in the woods in some kind of camp grounds with cabins clearly built prior to plumbing or widespread electricity. There was one sermon where I was told secret gay people are gonna make me gay. This was before 9/11 too so I can only imagine how much worse it is now. There was also a scorpion in the toilet at one point.
Day to day activities involved basic kind of camp stuff, lots of hikes on trails in the woods. Little crafts too like wrapping yarn around popsicle sticks. There was an ongoing game where some kids were assigned to be Roman soldiers, some early Christians, and some observers. The whole idea was Christians were supposed to convert the observers and Romans had to arrest the Christians, and observers had to become Christians but no one knew who was who unless you asked. So if an observer approached a Roman soldier thinking they were a Christian, they'd get arrested. It was kind of like weird rock paper scissors.
The only other notable thing that happened was my bunkmate had some kind of seizure or panic attack or something and instead of getting medical attention, we were told to form a prayer circle around him as he screamed and writhed on the ground. He then got up and ran off into the woods screaming. Then I never saw him again.