About Us :: Vision And Challenge

Campfire Ministries' focus is people … and the impact of God's love through Jesus Chrsit on their lives.

2012 will mark the 17th year of summer camp programs with Campfire Ministries and the 11th year  of summer camp programs at CAMP BOB on Roberts Lake.

2012 also marks the 9th year of our 10 year Land Use Agreement with the Province of British Columbia for the site where CAMP BOB is situated on Roberts Lake.  Renewal of this Agreement is slated for November 2013.

The Vision of Campfire Ministries is to expand the already successful summer program at CAMP BOB into a multi-season and ultimately year-round ministry

  • equipping passionate followers of Jesus Chrsit and a generation of student-leaders to discover their passion in serving others for long term social impact, empowering them to make a meaningful difference within their culture, and to equip them emotionally, psychologically and spiritually to identify, understand and operate within the differences of cross-cultural experiences.

Our Goals

  1. To expand our current programs including summer Adventure Camps, the Adventure Challenge program and our Leadership Training programs
  2. To develop a year-round Camp & Retreat Centre providing multi-season opportunities and programs that can benefit local communities, schools and First Nations communities
  3. To develop Mission Outreaches and Day Camp programs that can be taken into outlying communities of North & West Vancouver Island, making it possible for more children to have a camp experience

We are limited in reaching the goals of our Vision by our present lack of permanency and infrastructure.  We believe that as we are able to develop a permanent base, we can more effectively facilitate Leadership Training and Mission Outreach opportunities.

We have begun the process of applying for a long term Nominal Rent Tenure with the Province of British Columbia for the area CAMP BOB currently utilizes with it's programs and infrastructure.

Nominal Rent Tenure will give us the opportunity to expand our programs and infrastructure with the security of long term tenancy, giving us the ability to maximize growth potential as well as provide us the much needed accessibility and serviceability to the site, emergency access and increased risk management.  NRT is the next logical and necessary step in the development of Campfire Ministries and CAMP BOB

The BC Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations supports our Application for NRT and we are privileged to have a positive working relationship and partnership with them.