Mission 

As a Christian service camp, our goal is to introduce people to a lifestyle and life work for the Master.

Our History

Mahoning Valley Christian service camp was founded in 1943 in order to train young people for Christian service.  The camp's organizers worked to motivate young men and women to commit themselves to full-time Christian service in order to increase the number of missionaries, ministers, and other servants of Christ's kingdom.

In the early years, Mahoning Valley offered only three camp programs each summer.  Beginning in the late 1940s, our program started to grow, and it now includes sessions spanning the entirety of the summer break from school along with numerous retreats throughout the rest of the year.  During our growth, our emphasis expanded to include both full-time Christian service for those so called and lifelong holy living for everyone in the program. 

Throughout our history, we have relied heavily on the support of the independent Christian Churches and Churches of Christ in east-central Indiana for both financial contributions and volunteer service.  Our partnership with these churches has been essential to our continued ministry.

Statements of Faith

We believe Jesus Christ is God’s one and only Son and Lord of all creation.
 
We believe the Bible is the inspired Word of God.  This means we believe the Bible is true and that the New Testament contains everything we need for faith and godliness. 

We believe the Gospel that Christ died for our sins and that we are saved by grace through faith in Jesus. 

We believe that repentance and baptism are necessary acts of faith through which God pours out His forgiveness. 

We believe the church is God’s creation. 

We seek to restore the unity of the church by following the New Testament’s guidance for the church. 

We believe what the Bible says about the virgin birth of Jesus, the bodily resurrection of Jesus and of those He saves, the reality of the final judgment, and the reality of heaven and hell.