Campfire discipleship Pathway
Five intentional steps to form fathers and strengthen families.
Stage 1 – Father Formation First
We begin around the fire.
At a Fire Hangout at FyreSauna, fathers commit to the journey together.
Wayland Coleman, Board President of Campfire Connection Ministries, leads this stage — guiding fathers through Practicing the Way as the foundation for personal spiritual formation.
Each father receives the book and builds intentional rhythms of prayer, Scripture, and apprenticeship to Jesus. Monthly cohorts meet to process, apply, and encourage one another.
Before fathers lead their students, they are being formed together.
At a Fire Hangout at FyreSauna, fathers commit to the journey together.
Wayland Coleman, Board President of Campfire Connection Ministries, leads this stage — guiding fathers through Practicing the Way as the foundation for personal spiritual formation.
Each father receives the book and builds intentional rhythms of prayer, Scripture, and apprenticeship to Jesus. Monthly cohorts meet to process, apply, and encourage one another.
Before fathers lead their students, they are being formed together.
Stage 2 – Wilderness Theology in Action
Every other month, Jeffrey Foster guides fathers and students into theology-rich wilderness adventures — experienced together as a cohort.
Students are not observers. They are participants.
Through guided teaching, real-time challenges, and intentional conversations, students begin developing spiritual resilience, identity in Christ, and leadership confidence.
Trail conversations. Shared challenge. Sacred moments in creation.
Through wilderness theology, we explore how God shapes leaders through testing, beauty, silence, and story — not in isolation, but in community.
Father's model.
Students engage.
Formation happens side by side.
Discipleship becomes practiced — not just learned.
Students are not observers. They are participants.
Through guided teaching, real-time challenges, and intentional conversations, students begin developing spiritual resilience, identity in Christ, and leadership confidence.
Trail conversations. Shared challenge. Sacred moments in creation.
Through wilderness theology, we explore how God shapes leaders through testing, beauty, silence, and story — not in isolation, but in community.
Father's model.
Students engage.
Formation happens side by side.
Discipleship becomes practiced — not just learned.
Stage 3 – Equipping the Home
Formation continues at home.
Through Summit Ministries’ Pathway for Discipleship, families receive practical, in-home training to develop a biblical worldview, cultural discernment, and confident leadership.
Parents are equipped with tools. Students engage real questions shaping today’s culture.
The home becomes the primary place of discipleship.
Through Summit Ministries’ Pathway for Discipleship, families receive practical, in-home training to develop a biblical worldview, cultural discernment, and confident leadership.
Parents are equipped with tools. Students engage real questions shaping today’s culture.
The home becomes the primary place of discipleship.
Stage 4 – Brotherhood & Accountability
Fathers meet monthly to share progress, process challenges, and encourage one another along the pathway.
Between gatherings, fathers utilize a dedicated app designed to strengthen accountability, brotherhood, and communication. Prayer requests, wins, struggles, and insights are shared in real time — keeping momentum strong.
This is intentional leadership — strengthened by community and supported by tools.
No father walks alone.
Between gatherings, fathers utilize a dedicated app designed to strengthen accountability, brotherhood, and communication. Prayer requests, wins, struggles, and insights are shared in real time — keeping momentum strong.
This is intentional leadership — strengthened by community and supported by tools.
No father walks alone.
Stage 5 – Quarterly Guided Cohort Adventures
Several times each year, all Campfire Connection cohorts gather together for a professionally guided outdoor adventure or shared outdoor experience.
Fathers and students step into the challenge side-by-side — expanding community, deepening shared identity, and reinforcing that they are part of something larger than their individual group.
Challenge builds character.
Adventure forms memory.
Shared experience strengthens families.
Leaders are shaped together through shared experience.
Fathers and students step into the challenge side-by-side — expanding community, deepening shared identity, and reinforcing that they are part of something larger than their individual group.
Challenge builds character.
Adventure forms memory.
Shared experience strengthens families.
Leaders are shaped together through shared experience.
The Vision Ahead – Family Café
The long-term vision is a Family Café — a gathering space for coffee, a campfire, a sauna, a cold plunge, and daycare.
A hub for relationships and movement.
A place where fathers connect.
Families gather.
Students grow.
Not just an event space — but a living community where spiritual formation becomes part of everyday life.
A hub for relationships and movement.
A place where fathers connect.
Families gather.
Students grow.
Not just an event space — but a living community where spiritual formation becomes part of everyday life.