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Hume Lake Christian Camps is a non profit para-church organization and is one of the largest operators of christian camps and conference centers in the world. Hume operates youth, family and adult camps and conference centers at multiple locations and has hosted more than 1 million people. Hume's camps typically include outdoor activities, extreme sports, stage shows, bible teaching, and worship services.

Hume Lake
Hume Lake is located in the Sequoia National Forest in the unincorporated community of Hume, CA adjacent to Hume Lake. Hume Lake is primarily a summer camp for students but also hosts various conferences and retreats. The 365 acre camp hosts up to 3,000 students each week during it's 10 week summer schedule and more than 40,000 annually. Hume Lake has 120 full time staff and about 500 seasonal staff. Hume Lake was built on the site of a 100 year old defunct logging town built by the Hume-Bennett Lumber Company and utilizes many of the original facilities.

Primary Ministries

 * Wagon Train is a camp for juniors
 * Meadow Ranch is a camp for junior high students
 * Ponderosa is a camp for senior high students and is known for recreation including extreme sports like Kajabe Kan Kan.

Hume New England
Hume New England is a 400 acre youth camp in Massachusetts.

Hume San Diego
Hume San Diego is a four-week summer camp at Point Loma Nazarene University for junior and senior high students.

History
Hume Lake Christian Camps began as Fellowship Conferences and was founded by Walter Warkentin and partners in 1945 In Dinuba, California. Walt Warkentin, Dave Hofer, Hermon Pettit and John Strain formed a number of christian organizations including Fellowship Conferences after meeting to pray about their relationship with God. Walter Warkentin was named director of Fellowship Conferences when the group draw assignments written on slips of paper that had been placed in a bible. Fellowship Conferences operated out of Sequoia Lake for two summers.

On January 9, 1946, 320 acres of land was purchased for the camp adjacent to Hume Lake at a cost of $140,000. After the purchase, land was cleared for buildings and roads. Trees were selectively cut that posed safety risks yielding 2 million board feet of lumber. Don French managed a small sawmill that was built to handle the lumber. Many of the facilities were re-purposed from the mill town built by the property's original owners the Hume-Bennett Lumber Company.

In 1946 during the inaugural summer, 15 volunteer staff hosted 670 campers.

In 1947, the camp built tent dorms, Army tent meeting halls and outhouses.

In 1948 Memorial Chapel was built. The chapel was donated by Walter Warkentin's father P.K. Warkentin in memory of Joe Warkentin.

In the 1940s Meadow Ranch camp was opened and included a dining hall and recreation building.

In the 1960s a waggon themed juniors camp was opened.

In 1969 a major flood caused damage to the camp's buildings and bridges.

In 1979, 175 staff members hosted 26,000.

By 1986 over 230 homes were constructed in the Hume Lake Subdivision.

In 2003 Hume was awarded recognition for accessibility.

Jeff Lilley was the executive director until 2009.

Dathan Brown was named Interim Executive Director on May 26, 2013

In 2015 the Rough Fire threatened the camp and on September 2, 2015 over 2,500 people were safely evacuated from the camp and surrounding area. All camp events were cancelled and only security personnel remained.