Church Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, and How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a Generation brimming with gallows humor and

brimming with gallows humor and vivid characters

and the whole family wades into the mud to gather as much as they can

open-air markets packed with activity

Teaming up with her two cottage-mates

Church Camp: Bad Skits, Cry Night, and How White Evangelicalism Betrayed a Generation brimming with gallows humor andExcavating a sometimes wacky, and equally harmful, part of white Evangelical culture Roasted marshmallows, campfire stories, shaving cream battles for some of us, Christian summer camp is where we felt most at home, where we could be the most authentic versions of ourselves. But for campers at white Evangelical church camps in particular, camp was also often the place to inherit a toxic image of God and of each other. From purity motivated admonitions