Are you interested in continuing the Christian Legacy from generation to generation?
Would you welcome a partnership that engages and mobilizes the younger generation?
? S.C.M.A.?
When you see S.C.M.A., read 'schema'. We want to offer a different "schema" for mission outreach through generational partnership. S.C.M.A. stands for Swamp Camp Mission Alliance, and its main audience is the Older Generation (camp alumni, parents, churches, small groups, mission societies, and the like). S.C.M.A.'s mission brings awareness to the Older Generation about opportunities with the Younger Generation to further the Christian legacy together, to close the generation gap, and to strengthen partnership.
Our Mission
Partnering with God and the Older Generation to establish a perennial Swamp Camp reasonably reached by every child on the planet that provides space for the Next Generation to Belong, Become, and Bequeath.
Did the opportunity to change the world grab your attention?
Read on for answers as to why and how Swamp Corps and S.A.L.T. leads to increased bridge building.
In Swamp Corps' third year, Director Jennifer Rorabaugh made a rather prophetic, albeit back-burner, observation. She said, "The Older Generation plants churches, the Younger Generation will plant camps." This insight has been maturing and developing and is ready to come to fruition.
? Swamp Corps?
A group of experienced campers and counselors who spend three years establishing a Swamp Camp: a safe, spiritual, and relational summer camp specifically designed for 9-18 year olds. See Process Details...
The broader ecclesiastical context in which the Next Generation find themselves has changed as has the missional landscape relative to that experienced by the Older Generation. On some level, the younger generation goes to "their parent's church" and they are searching for their place to make a difference in the wider Christian movement. In addition, they are wary of the way missions has been historically discussed and implemented; together with a greater awareness of institutional failures in education, religion, politics, economics, and marriage, to name a few, the Next Generation has a tainted view of postmodern Christianity . And yet, per the Barna Group's extensive Gen Z research and our own experiences over the last few decades, the one thing the Next Generation longs for is Jesus and a return to his organic movement. The S.C.M.A. Swamp Corps model allows for the Next Generation to find its place in our collective desire to present Jesus and the gospel to a broken world and to guide a forlorn generation back to an organic Jesus focus. By participating in Swamp Corps they establish camps in parallel ways that the Older Generation is planting churches reviving the true spirit of Jesus' missionary desire in them and work in partnership with the Older Generation to spread the gospel.
Make Space for the Next Generation...
Are you a seasoned Christian with a passion for nurturing the future? S.C.M.A. needs you! Join our dynamic initiatives where you, the Hero, make space for the Next Generation by providing the resources (prayers, wisdom, funding) that together change the world—fueling their aspirations with your experience. Together we can partner to build the Christian legacy.
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A Hero's Reward
a legacy of Christian faith and servant-leadership in the Next Generation by giving young people a space to belong and grow in their faith; after all people who belong, believe.
faith from one generation to the next fulfilling Jesus’ great commission making a difference in the lives of young people.
greater levels of spiritual satisfaction knowing Jesus’ teachings will continue into the future acknowledging all that Jesus has done for you, and expressing deep feelings of gratitude and thankfulness. (We call our Swamp Corps donors, investors, because they invest in the future not just donate to the present.)
the cycle of failed faith conveyance often seen in the Bible. Great is the reward of those who help raise new servant-leaders trained and devoted to continuing the bridge building pattern.
a sense of assurance in salvation and faithfulness to Jesus’ teachings to “go and make disciples teaching them to obey everything I have taught you,” by inspiring young hearts that "love God with all their heart, mind, soul and strength," assuaging any guilt or shame, which may come, from using resources for temporal or non-eternal pursuits.
As a hero, you keep alive Jesus’ ministry in the face of competing requests and desires and provide a legacy opportunity allowing others all around the world the opportunity for belonging together in Christ's love, the experience of becoming closer to God, and bequeathing the heart to serve others and pass on Jesus’ teachings from this generation to the next forever.
S.A.L.T. is more than a leadership initiative. It’s a movement of transformation raising up a generation that doesn’t just serve the Kingdom, but helps shape it and continues its legacy. Born from the heart of the Swamp Corps summer camp culture, S.A.L.T. exists to guide Kingdom Kids into becoming Kingdom Leaders, rooted in identity, equipped with purpose, and awakened to their role in Jesus’ New World Order (Psalm 2).
The journey doesn’t stop there! S.A.L.T. also calls Kingdom Leaders of the Older Generation to become Kingdom Partners, men and women who no longer see the younger generation as “the next” but as “the now,” walking hand-in-hand in the mission of Christ. Armed with a re-aligned mindset of partnership, they will lead the effort of engaging and mobilizing the young servants.
This shared transformation becomes a bridge, a sacred structure built from both sides, closing the generational gap and creating space for shared vision, mutual trust, and lasting impact.
Why now? Because churches are trying to figure out how to close the generation gap: the Younger Generation vying for space and the Older Generation vying to embrace. The S.A.L.T.program offers foundational seeds for bridge building.
Missionally, your investment perpetuates faith, mobilizes the younger generation, nourishes connections, and fosters sustainability.
Financially, your investment funds the following camp-establishing priorities: Startup Trainers, Program Leadership, Oversight Administration.
My child spends more time in one week of camp being spiritually influenced by young heroes and the spiritual, fun-filled Swamp Camp culture than with their church in an entire year.
- Parent of Two Campers
One Week Can Change a Life. One Week Can Change the World.
- Swamp Corps Motto
Watch the amazing journey from a dream to a concept to a single camp in Georgia, USA to 25 camps spanning the globe offering togetherness through play, connection, community, and wonder.
