Fall 2025 Findings Report

The Growing Faith Together Project seeks to empower parents and caregivers in family faith formation by leveraging the power of camp experiences. The project is a 5-year, nationwide, cross-denominational initiative coordinated by Wheaton College’s Center for Leadership Development (HoneyRock) and generously funded by Lilly Endowment Inc.

The project seeks faith formation through partnership: partnership among parents/caregivers; partnership among camps, congregations, and the home; partnership among practitioners and the academy; partnership among different Christian traditions. We bring together scholars and practitioners from Lutheran, United Methodist, and Evangelical traditions, drawing experience from camp, clergy, and academia.

This report includes data primarily from the third time point (three – four months after camp) and is intended to give some insight as to the longitudinal impact of camp. The data provided here attempt to address the following questions:

1. To what extent are parents engaging with camp and any resources it provides in the months following summer camp?
2. To what extent did parents’ beliefs about camp and its role in faith formation change over time?
3. To what extend did family faith practices change over time?
4. To what extent did leaders from partner churches engage with the camp experience and how did their views of camp change over time?