Mission Statement
Carolina Creek provides a variety of sports, arts and outdoor adventure in an exciting environment where youth and adults can experience and know the love of Jesus.
About
Carolina Creek Christian Camps was founded in 2002 by a group of men and women responding to God’s call. The Carolina Creek vision was to meet a need in the Greater Houston area for residential summer youth camping, and offer a non-summer retreat facility for churches, youth organizations, civic organizations, and family reunions.
In 2002, according to the CCCA, Houston was the most underserved major metropolitan area in the United States for Christian camping. Therefore, this group responded to God, forming a Board of Directors and raising the funds to build a non-denominational, independent 501c(3) Christian camp. Their goal: to serve Greater Houston and southeast Texas initially, with the future goal of serving all of Texas and neighboring states, as well as the nation and overseas.
In April of 2002, Carolina Creek purchased 440 acres of heavily wooded property containing two miles of water frontage, located 90 miles northeast of downtown Houston and three hours south of Dallas. In 2003, the first residential camp, Lakeview, opened with 1,703 summer campers and 3,616 total campers for the year.
By 2005, there were over 2,000 summer campers on the waiting list! In 2006, Carolina Creek opened its second camp, Creekside. From 2009-2011, both camps reached maximum capacity for summer campers (over 7,000 campers in 2011) and had a lengthy waiting list. Retreat season registration (non-summer campers) was also experiencing similar growth.
In December 2010, after hours of prayer, meditation, and the study of God’s Word, the Carolina Creek Board of Directors voted unanimously to once again step out in faith and follow God’s vision and direction into uncharted waters. In addition to raising around $7 million to make the third camp a reality by June 2012, the Board acquired the consul
