Wilderness Ministry

I firmly believe in the effectiveness of using the wilderness as a classroom. Many people (myself included) love to just be outdoors and have a good time. Clearly, there is a differnce between going out into the wilderness to just "enjoy nature" and going out into the wilderness to get away from the the pressures of the culture to spend time in God's Word and search your heart.

It is truly an amazing, yet humbling, and thrilling experience. God will use His Word, the cirucmstance of "life in the wilderness" and the environment of people around you to cause some friction and prod your heart to respond to His grace and will for you life. I STRONGLY encourage you to learn from the Bible-centred philosophy of this organization. Why not work on a degree while you learn something practical?
Here is their link.

Listen to the philosophy. This is great stuff!

"The wilderness is a prime environment for experiential education, particularly as it relates to interacting with the core competencies taught within PER's Wilderness Institute for Leadership Development... learning theory, leadership skills and mentoring skills.

Why? In short, the wilderness strips away the cultural "noise" that permeates our lives and allows us to interact more purely with the components of our being that motivate us to act. It is potently valuable to pursue such weighty topics as learning and leadership within the wilderness environment, particularly when actual competency is desired in a short period of time. The physical intensity of the environment (not necessarily defined as physical strain) coupled with the psychological intensity that is generated by lack of environmental familiarity combine to erase the noise of "real life" and to focus on very real interaction with self and with the community of the individuals around them. The student begins to need answers to the pertinent questions of learning (self) and leadership (interacting with the group)."