Christian summer camp is where many feel most authentic and at home. But for campers at white Evangelical church camps in particular, camp often became a place to inherit a toxic image of God and of e...

Cara Meredith wants Christian summer camps to quit evangelism. But her research and theology leave much to be desired.

For many Christian kids, church camp — with nightly s’mores, goofy skits and Jesus-y singalongs — is an oasis that welcomes them each summer. For decades, that was the case for Cara Meredith, who grew...

From cry night to chapel in the woods, a new book deconstructs fear-based gospel messages and transactional evangelistic strategies.

And a review of Cara Meredith's new book Church Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, and How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a Generation.

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Today, I’m joined by Cara Meredith, author of the new book Church Camp. We’re digging into the ways camp shapes our faith, our friendships, and our sense of who belongs. We get real about the fun memo...

Welcome, Cara Meredith, back to the podcast! Cara was so kind to join me waaay back in the early months of the podcast and now she’s been brave enough to do it again! The topic in this conversation is...

Podcast Episode · The Expansionist Podcast · 05/19/2025 · 38m

(RNS) — Author Cara Meredith argues white evangelical church camps should be more about encountering God than conversion.

Years attending and later working at Christian summer camps left Cara Meredith feeling somewhat ambivalent about letting her own children experience what is essentially an evangelical rite of passage....

A recording from Rev. Angela Denker's live video

A conversation with Cara Meredith about camp songs and faith formation

A conversation with author Cara Meredith

Cara Meredith's book Church Camp

Charlotte talks to author Cara Meredith about her new book Church Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, and How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a Generation . Learn more about Cara and her book at carameredi...

Hell, Coercive Conversions, and White Evangelical Church Camp

A Feature Review of Church Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, & How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a Generation by Cara Meredith (Broadleaf, 2025)

Guest Post from author Cara Meredith

*building buzz* with off-the-book essays (featuring Cara Meredith, author of Church Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, and How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a Generation)

"Church Camp" is both the memoir of theologian Cara Meredith and a well-researched assessment of the Christian camping industry. — Amy Pagliarella

Deconstructing the camps (and faiths) of our childhoods with Cara Meredith.

Why engaging with ideas that stretch us is a good thing

...but not the exclusive theology that I learned there. (Plus Cara Meredith's book, Church Camp.)

At the many different white evangelical church camps I called home for nearly 25 years, there was one thing I could count on at the end of a long summer’s day: a progression of seven standard talks gi...

When it's not all s'mores and sunshine at church camp {Plus 1 fun thing, 6 things worth your time, and 1 thing I'm pondering}

Podcast Episode · That’s The Spirit · 03/31/2025 · 53m

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Millions are leaving their childhood faiths. But is this a loss of belief—or the birth of something new?

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A couple of months after the pandemic started, I drove a couple of miles down Fruitvale Avenue, determined to purchase my very first fruit tree. The mask that covered my mouth and nose seemed to si…