Word of Life Fellowship

This article is about a U.S.-based youth ministry. For the Pentecostal church in New Hartford, NY, or the death of Lucas Leonard, see Word of Life Christian Church. For the Swedish-based church, see Livets Ord.

Word of Life Fellowship is an international evangelistic Christian ministry. The headquarters is in Schroon Lake, New York, in the United States.

History

In 1940, Word of Life Fellowship Bible Conference was founded by Jack Wyrtzen.[1] In 1941, he founded the Word of Life Camp Ministry, and in 1946 he purchased an island on Schroon Lake, New York, and opened Word of Life Camp in 1947.[2] By 2021, the ministry had camps, conference centers, Bible institutes, and church youth ministries in over 70 countries.[3]

Beliefs

According to their statement of faith, Word of Life adheres to the teachings of biblical inerrancy, scriptural authority, the Deity of Christ, the bodily Resurrection of Christ, the triunity of God, the total depravity of man, and salvation by grace through faith alone.[4] Word of Life also adheres largely to dispensational theology.

Notable people

People who were employees of Word of Life, alumni of the Bible Institute, or otherwise closely associated with Word of Life Fellowship include:

References

  1. ^ George Thomas Kurian, Mark A. Lamport, Encyclopedia of Christianity in the United States, Volume 5, Rowman & Littlefield, USA, 2016, p. 2519
  2. ^ Ed Hindson, Dan Mitchell, The Popular Encyclopedia of Church History, Harvest House Publishers, USA, 2013, p. 359
  3. ^ Word of Life Fellowship, HISTORY, wol.org, USA, retrieved June 8, 2021
  4. ^ "Statement of Faith" (PDF). Word of Life Fellowship. August 2015. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  5. ^ "Dr. Benjamin Laird". School of Divinity. Retrieved 2020-03-27.