Baptist Summer Camp?

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pnewton:
Romance is in the air at Baptist Youth Camps. it only takes a spark…(inside Baptist joke)
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“…to get a fire going (strum, strum, strum, strum)
And soon all those around (strum, strum)
Can warm up in it’s glowing (strum, strum)!
That’s how it is with God’s Love (strum, strum, strum)
Once you’ve experienced It (strum, strum, strum)
You want to sing!
It’s fresh like spring!
You want to pass it on (strum, strum, strum)!”:rotfl:
 
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snowgarden:
My brother and sister and I went to a summer daycamp as guests with our Baptist neighbor one day. I can’t remember the one controversial thing the counselor said (I think it was doctrinal) as we made some sort of craft, but when we told our mother that she said that dancing was from the devil, my polka-loving part Polish mother told the neighbor’s mother that we had other things she wanted us to do that summer!
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I just wanted to say that the polka isn’t Polish it’s Czech. I am Polish and the Polish have Polonez, a much more dignified dance :). I am just kidding. However, all Polish people love to have a good time. Good thing your mom took you out of that Camp.
 
Tell them yes, if the Baptists allow their children to come to the Adoration of the Holy Sacrament.
 
My daughter attended Steubenville South last year. Check with local parishes and see if any plan on taking a youth group anywhere.
 
I was raised Baptist. I attended youth retreats on the weekends. Two weeks at camp was out of the question on our farm. I am Catholic now and I will never send any of my 4 children to a non catholic camp or retreat. The camps and retreats varie greatly on the amount of pressure they put on the kids. Some (the rare ones) are happy just to teach the bible and let the children talk to thier parents BEFORE they pressure on a profession of faith. The other types of camps and retreats have been talked about earlier in this post.
Be very careful, know thier agenda first. When in doubt don’t.
 
My wife grew up Baptist. Praise God she is Cathoic now. She had similar experiences. She was always pressured to “get saved”. She said that when she finally gave into the pressure, she kept asking herself if she was really saved or not because she felt that she only did this because everyone pressured her to.

On an interesting note: when she and I started dating we had several in-depth talks about religion. After I explained to her what Catholics believe about baptism and the effects of it, she said she believed that we were right. She was told by her Baptist pastor that she won’t feel any different after baptism because it doesnt do anything. However, she said she never felt different, even after going up to the alter call. She only felt different after her baptism. She was told for years by her parents and pastors that she was wrong for this. I guess she was a Catholic at heart all along.

Joshua
 
Don’t do it!

Stay away from that camp!

Run don’t walk!

Got the idea?
 
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Malachi4U:
Does that make you a Northern Baptist?:rotfl:
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It’s been a while since I checked my subscriptions, so I just so this post. Actually, I’ve attended a Baptist Bible Fellowship Int’l church (conservative) since I moved north to Iowa. So, I suppose you could consider me a “Northern Baptist”. 🙂

I’m actually not practicing anything at this point.

Peace…
 
Actually there is no such thing as a Northern Baptist anymore(except generically Baptists who happen to live in the North).

The former Northern Baptist Convention changed it’s name to the American Baptist Churches about thirty years ago. American Baptists tend to be moderate to liberal (Tony Campollo is an American Baptist). they are not fundamentalists and fit in with other mainline Protestant Denominations like Presbyterian Church USA, Disciples of Christ, and the United Methodist Church.

But for some reason people continue to call them Northern Baptists.
 
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boppysbud:
Actually there is no such thing as a Northern Baptist anymore(except generically Baptists who happen to live in the North).

The former Northern Baptist Convention changed it’s name to the American Baptist Churches about thirty years ago. American Baptists tend to be moderate to liberal (Tony Campollo is an American Baptist). they are not fundamentalists and fit in with other mainline Protestant Denominations like Presbyterian Church USA, Disciples of Christ, and the United Methodist Church.

But for some reason people continue to call them Northern Baptists.
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There are many shapes and sizes to be sure. I’ve been a member of an independent Baptist Church, southern Baptist Churches and now Baptist Bible Fellowship Int’l (BBFI). The independents and BBFI are conservatives and the SBC are more liberal.

Peace…
 
Don’t allow it! I dread the thought that she would miss mass if she attended!

I was raised Presbyterian and was allowed to go with friends to their bible schools in the summer and occasionally to various Protestant church services with friends. What I remember distinctly about the Baptist church is that there was heavy emphasis on being “saved” and one time a man took several of us “visiting” kids aside and gave us little booklets about the rapture. Thankfully, I was a teenager and just beginning my rebellious time against formalized religion so didn’t take the rapture info seriously at all. But there was definitely a different kind of pressure exerted on us at the Baptist church compared with other Protestant denominations.

Thank God I am now Catholic and a member of the true Church. I would not allow a child to attend another church camp or bible school. You just don’t know what kind of messages will be delivered and they just might be anti-Catholic.

As an alternative, check on Catholic youth activities that might be available this summer. If nothing else, find some good Catholic reading material and home style activities for your daughter to enjoy this summer. The other point I want to mention is that if your daughter is 13, she is a teenager and these are the years when they start thinking about girlfriend/boyfriend relationships. I know that parents don’t want to see their children growing up but it’s something that all parents have to face. It’s best to emphasize that when you do allow your daughter to date, you hope for her to date a Catholic boy. If she mixes too much with other faiths, relationships can develop that you and she might regret later.
Good luck. 👋
 
I find that practicing Baptists are the hardest to associate with if you are Catholic. They are more Fundamentalist then Evangelicals I find. It seems that Baptists have so many pre-concieved misconceptions about the Catholic Church that it is hard to try to clear things up, they won’t accept your answers. Save your breath, don’t send your kids.
 
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It seems that Baptists have so many pre-concieved misconceptions about the Catholic Church that it is hard to try to clear things up, .
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On a lighter note, I visited my relatives (all Baptist) this week. They had called my mom, who lives near me and is also a Baptist to ask her about what the could cook since we were Catholic, specifically, if we ate pork.Fortunately my mom knew enough to answer the question as she has been open to learning about my faith.
 
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I find that practicing Baptists are the hardest to associate with if you are Catholic. They are more Fundamentalist then Evangelicals I find. It seems that Baptists have so many pre-concieved misconceptions about the Catholic Church that it is hard to try to clear things up, they won’t accept your answers. Save your breath, don’t send your kids.
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They have these preconceived misconceptions because their pastors teach it right from the pulpit. I know - I have been to three baptist churches (visiting) and everyone of them preached lies about what we believe! :eek:
 
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pnewton:
On a lighter note, I visited my relatives (all Baptist) this week. They had called my mom, who lives near me and is also a Baptist to ask her about what the could cook since we were Catholic, specifically, if we ate pork.Fortunately my mom knew enough to answer the question as she has been open to learning about my faith.
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ahimsaman72:
…I’m actually not practicing anything at this point…
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I ‘hope’ you at least believe in Jesus and try as best you can to follow Him and obey His Word and commands.

I know many Christians who are non-denomination denominational and they love Jesus greatly and try - in their own countless ways - to love Him. My uncle claims to be a Christian and just sits at home drinking beer and reading his Bible without going to church. I also just found out one of my coworkers is a member of a non-denominational denomination and she loves Jesus with all her heart. I hope in the months to come she will share with me some of her beliefs and why. Of course she does go to a church meeting.
 
Here are two good Catholic / Christian camps my kids attended with no apparent ill effects:

The Pines Catholic Camp in Big Sandy, Texas, about 2 hours east of Dallas, is Catholic to the core, and is ACA accredited to boot.

Fort Lone Tree in Capitan, New Mexico, not far from Ruidoso and White Sands. It’s non-denominational, but not anti-Catholic (at least it wasn’t 4 years ago). We took our kids here because my husband’s (Baptist) sister was running it. She and the rest of the staff respected us enough to not try to proselytize our kids away from the Catholic Church.
 
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Malachi4U:
I ‘hope’ you at least believe in Jesus and try as best you can to follow Him and obey His Word and commands.

I know many Christians who are non-denomination denominational and they love Jesus greatly and try - in their own countless ways - to love Him. My uncle claims to be a Christian and just sits at home drinking beer and reading his Bible without going to church. I also just found out one of my coworkers is a member of a non-denominational denomination and she loves Jesus with all her heart. I hope in the months to come she will share with me some of her beliefs and why. Of course she does go to a church meeting.
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I’m surprised you are speaking to me. That’s good though.

Well, frankly I do believe in Him and live my life as honest and loving as possible. I’m still working out the details of what I am and where I want to go in the future. I do my best to live upright and to be the best dad and husband I can be - although I fail sometimes.

My wife and I have burned out on traditional faith and have become skeptical and withdrawn from organizations of religious natures. I don’t expect that to continue forever, but now we simply need a break. I feel like we have been hoodwinked all these years into believing fallacious claims by overzealous preachers of a false gospel.

Well…enough. It is good to speak with you and I hope my post finds you and your family well and blessed.

Peace…
 
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