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The ecumenical future of camps and conferences 

Invitations to other denominations isn’t enough. Instead, Joel Winchip believes, finding the strengths – and weaknesses – we all see in our ministries can help us serve more people.

Participants from the Outdoor Ministries Institute at the PCCCA/Campfire Collective Annual Conference in November 2023 at Ferncliff Camp and Conference Center in Little Rock, Arkansas. Photo courtesy of Joel Winchip.

Our camps and conference centers have an ecumenical future. That mantra has been repeated many times during the annual conferences of the Presbyterian Church Camp and Conference Association (PCCCA). The phrase “ecumenical future” gives direction to the leaders at our camps and conference centers, but it has grown even more important to the association itself.

PCCCA had humble beginnings in the 1960s and grew steadily as the...

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