A theology resource from Campfire Connection Ministries, helping the next generation
follow Jesus with courage, strength, and conviction.

Wilderness theology is a biblical framework that explores how God forms faith, identity, and conviction through wilderness and liminal spaces throughout Scripture.
Rather than viewing the wilderness as an obstacle, Scripture presents it as a place of revelation, testing, dependence, and transformation. From Israel’s formation in the desert to Christ’s time of solitude before public ministry, God repeatedly uses wilderness to shape His people before mission and calling.
This teaching is grounded in formal academic training in Wilderness Theology through Hillsdale College, an institution known for its rigorous engagement with classical education and biblical theology. This foundation ensures that wilderness theology is presented with faithfulness to Scripture, theological clarity, and seriousness appropriate for Christian education and ministry settings.
This theological lens helps the next generation follow Jesus with courage, strength, and conviction—especially in seasons of uncertainty, silence, and testing.

The next generation is growing up in a cultural moment that often avoids silence, hardship, and uncertainty. Yet Scripture consistently shows that God forms His people through these very spaces.
Wilderness theology provides students with a biblical framework for understanding seasons of waiting, testing, and transition—not as spiritual absence, but as formative invitation. By studying how God works in the wilderness throughout Scripture, students gain theological language to interpret their faith journeys with clarity and trust.
This teaching helps form followers of Jesus marked by courage, strength, and conviction—faith that endures beyond comfort or circumstance.

This teaching resource is grounded in formal academic training in Wilderness Theology through Hillsdale College, an institution known for its rigorous engagement with classical education, biblical theology, and the study of Western thought.
This academic foundation ensures that wilderness theology is presented with theological clarity, faithfulness to Scripture, and seriousness appropriate for Christian education and ministry settings. The material is designed to engage students thoughtfully, honoring both the depth of the biblical text and the formative aims of Christian theology.

This wilderness teaching resource is designed for:
• Christian schools
• Middle school and high school youth ministries

The mission of Campfire Connection Ministries is to equip fathers and families with simple discipleship tools and shared adventure experiences that help the next generation follow Jesus with courage, strength, and conviction.
Wilderness Teaching serves this mission by grounding students in a biblical understanding of how God forms faith that is resilient, obedient, and deeply rooted in Scripture. By exploring how God works in wilderness and liminal spaces throughout the biblical story, this resource supports formation that prepares students to follow Jesus faithfully in every season of life.

Wilderness Teaching is offered as a theological resource for schools and youth ministries seeking deeper biblical formation.
If you would like to learn more or explore how this resource may serve your context, connect with Campfire Connection Ministries.