Hume Lake Christian Camps
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| Named after | Hume-Bennett Lumber Company |
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| Formation | January 9, 1946 |
| Founder | Walter Warkentin |
| Founded at | Dinuba, California |
| Type | Para-church Organization |
| Legal status | Non Profit |
| Purpose | Worship and religious studies |
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| Coordinates | 36°47′15″N 118°54′49″W / 36.7873785°N 118.9136928°W |
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Staff
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120-500 seasonally |
| Website | hume |
Hume Lake Christian Camps is a nonprofit parachurch organization and is one of the largest operators of Christian camps and conference centers in the world. Hume operates youth, family, and adult camps and conference centers at multiple locations and has hosted more than 1 million visitors. Hume's camps focus on Bible teaching and worship services.
Hume Lake is located in the Sequoia National Forest 65 miles east of Fresno, California in the unincorporated community of Hume, California adjacent to Hume Lake. Hume Lake is primarily a summer camp for students but also hosts various conferences and retreats. The 365 acre camp can host up to 3,000 people at one time and hosts more than 40,000 annually. Hume Lake was built on the site of a 100 year old defunct logging town built by the Hume-Bennett Lumber Company and utilizes many of the original facilities.
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Hume Lake Christian Camps began as Fellowship Conferences and was founded by Walter Warkentin and partners in 1945 in Dinuba, California. Walt Warkentin, Dave Hofer, Hermon Pettit and John Strain formed a number of Christian organizations including Fellowship Conferences after meeting to pray about their relationship with God. Walter Warkentin was named director of Fellowship Conferences when the group draw assignments written on slips of paper that had been placed in a bible.
On January 9, 1946, 320 acres of land was purchased for the camp adjacent to Hume Lake at a cost of $140,000. After the purchase, land was cleared for buildings and roads. Trees were selectively cut that posed safety risks yielding 2 million board feet of lumber. Don French managed a small sawmill that was built to handle the lumber. Many of the facilities were re-purposed from the mill town built by the property's original owners the Hume-Bennett Lumber Company.
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