Fort Future: In Christ. Bearing Fruit. Impacting Generations
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Our Mission

Our Mission

Fort Wilderness exists to influence lives for eternity through God’s Word, Adventure Programs, the Wilderness, and warm Christian Fellowship.
(Psalm 19:1-4, Romans 1:20, 1 Corinthians 9:22-23, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, 1 John 1:3).

We accomplish our Purpose by:

  1. Teaching God’s Word, its life changing value, and its impact on life (2 Timothy 3:16-17).
  2. Providing a refuge where campers are not distracted by the noise, images, and stress that comes from living in today’s culture (Mark 6:31-32).
  3. Using creation to help campers connect with the God who created it (Psalm 19:1-4;Romans 1:20).
  4. Providing adventure programming to give campers new and different experiences to strengthen their relationship with Jesus Christ and with fellow campers (1 Corinthians 9:22-23).
  5. Sharing the Gospel of redemption through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ (Romans 1:16; 1 Corinthians 15:1-4).
  6. Teaching Biblical worldview principles to children and adults alike in a way that helps them understand and defend their faith at home, school, and work (Colossians 2:6-8).
  7. Using every opportunity to build a relationship with churches, campers, community, and staff that allow for spiritual life changing conversations and decisions (Ephesians 4:12-13).

Our Desire is to Serve and Support the body of Christ through the Local Church

  1. Our mission is to support the local church’s efforts to build and equip the body of Christ.
  2. Our heritage is rooted in deep relationships with churches and families.
  3. Our constituents represent many churches, doctrinal positions, and traditions.
  4. Fort’s desire is to:
    • Serve and love all God’s people (John 13:34).
    • Be in the world, but not of the world (John 17)
    • Hold firm to the authority of scripture (II Timothy 3:16)
    • Be guided by the Holy Spirit, without prejudice to man’s agenda (I Corinthians 2:10-16)