About Us
OUR PURPOSE is to provide a peaceful setting away from a troubled world so that each camper can take the next spiritual step in their Christian life.
OUR MISSION is to help the local church evangelize and disciple their youth and to strengthen their families to be conformed to the image of Christ
Year-Round Staff
Michael Free
Director
Brother Mike is the pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church and the director of LWCC. He has been in camp work since 1985. His favorite part of camp is hearing the campers sing and watching their response to the preaching of God's Word. Bro. Mike is married to Sherri Free who is our camp pianist and Craft Shop/Camp Store supervisor. He has three grown children, Jonathan, Jessica, and Jordyn who have all ministered at LWCC.
Jonathan Free
Program Staff/Media Director
Jonathan serves on our program staff and is our camp media director. He has been a part of every camp week at LWCC since 2002, including serving six summers as a counselor. As a licensed videographer, his eye for unique and captivating footage gives the viewer a full spectrum of the energetic camp weeks. His wife Rachel worked at LWCC for two summers as a counselor while in college. She now volunteers during the camp season and is a 2nd grade teacher during the school year.
Joe Allred
Program Assistant
Joe serves as our camp program assistant and is the youth/children’s pastor at Tabernacle Baptist Church. He grew up at TBC and came to LWCC every summer as a camper. He worked maintenance at camp during high school and served as counselor for three summers. His wife Arika was a camp counselor for four summers while in college. She now serves as the camp cook and teaches kindergarten during the school year.
Our History
Living Water Christian Camp began in 1967 as a small camp-out place about 5 miles south of Candor, NC on the property of Mr. Johnson Livingston. Mr. Livingston wanted to provide a place to many of the surrounding churches for their youth to come for weekend camping and retreats. It was very primitive in that it consisted of a small, oak chapel building, a fire pit, a rope swing, and an outhouse. Tents were the only accommodations at the time.
In 1976, a small group of believers along with Pastor Jack Phillips and his family met on these campgrounds and formed Tabernacle Baptist Church. The fledgling church took what was then called, Living Water Youth Camp, as a ministry for young people.
In just a few years, a small kitchen and picnic shelter were built for serving meals, and a bunkhouse was built to house 50 campers. There was a wall that divided the bunkhouse with girls on one side and guys on the other. A lake was dug out to provide boating and fishing for the campers.
Today, LWCC is blessed to accommodate nearly 100 guests with a very modern Bunkhouse and three log cabins overlooking the lake. The lake is now used for swimming, zip-lining, a water trampoline, high diving, and water basketball as well as boating and fishing.
A full-size gymnasium is home to many game-room type games, 9-square in the air, a full-fledge Snack Shop, a Craft Shop, and Camp Store. Rounding out the camp activities are a Sling Shot Range, a 9-hole Disc Golf course and Human Foosball.
Always central to LWCC is God's Word. Every camp is highlighted with scheduled times of Bible preaching and a Quiet Time to reflect personally on God's goodness.
We invite you to come to LWCC with a group, as an individual, or just for a visit to see the amazing things God has done.
