Rental Policies
The following is the WBC Rental Policy and our Statement of Faith. We ask that each group renting our site read, understand and agree to abide by these policies while on the camp premises.
Objectives
To provide a setting where individuals and groups may experience growth in relationship with Jesus Christ and with others in God's great outdoors. The registrations and responsibilities listed on this policy form are set out in order that many generations of campers will be able to enjoy our camp. The WBC board, staff, and the people they represent want to wish you a most pleasant, and enjoyable experience.
Code Of Conduct
Because Winkler Bible Camp is committed to providing great service and seeing all opportunities that we have as a privilege to share the love of Jesus Christ through our actions, attitudes, and words, we must remain true to our Statement of Faith, our interpretation of the Holy Bible, and the Winkler Bible Camp's Code of Conduct as listed below. While on any of our sites, we require all individuals, rental groups, campers, visitors, and staff to adhere to our Statement of Faith and our Code of Conduct as follows:
Everyone must refrain from the following:
- Practicing, teaching, and/or promoting any religious practices contrary to or not in accordance with the Statement of Faith of Winkler Bible Camp
- Practicing, teaching, and/or promoting any sexual or marriage relationship contrary to our biblical understanding of sexual relationships and marriage which is exclusively between one man and one woman
- Reading, viewing, or possessing pornographic material
- Use of illegal and/or non-prescription drugs (substance abuse)
- Consumption or possession of alcoholic beverages
- Use of profane or blasphemous language
Smoking in any buildings or on the grounds other than in the designated smoking areas
- Littering, destruction of wildlife and/or nature, or hunting
- Engaging in any behavior contrary to the Criminal Code of Canada
We require that everyone that comes onto any site that is owned and/or operated by Winkler Bible Camp, support, or at minimum, not be visibly opposed to and/or contravene them.
Participating in any one or more of the above listed points will render the individual, renter, and/or group in breach of Winkler Bible Camp's Code of Conduct and as such will be asked to refrain from a further breach of our Codes and may be asked to leave the grounds and pay for all damages related to their actions and be required to fulfill all financial obligations even if their stay is cut short due to a breach of our Code of Conduct.
WBC Statement of Faith
1. The Word Of God:
We believe that the Bible is the Word of God, fully inspired by the Holy Spirit. We believe that the Bible in its original manuscripts is free from all falsehood or mistake and so is entirely true and trustworthy in all matters and that it has supreme authority in all matters of faith and conduct.
2. The Trinity:
We believe that there is one living and true God, eternally existing in three persons; the Father, Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit. They are equal in every divine perfection, and that they execute distinct but harmonious roles in the work of creation, providence and redemption.
3. Jesus Christ:
We believe in Jesus Christ, God's only begotten son, conceived by the Holy Spirit. We believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles and teachings. We believe in His substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension into Heaven, perpetual intercession for His people, and personal visible return to earth.
4. Satan:
We believe that Satan and his demons are created beings and are adversaries of God.
5. State of humankind/Salvation:
We believe that humankind was created in the image of God; that humankind sinned and thereby incurred not only physical death but also spiritual separation from God; and that all human beings are born with a sinful nature. Everyone who reaches the stage of understanding moral responsibility and becomes culpable sinners, are in need of a Savior to bring them into a personal relationship with God. This is possible only through repenting from our sinful ways and accepting that Jesus Christ as their personal Savior and that He paid the penalty of our sins by dying for us and rising from the grave conquering sin and death to live eternally. As such, all believers should attempt to live according to His guidelines as recorded in the Holy Bible and through the leading of the Holy Spirit.
6. Eternal life:
We believe in the bodily resurrection of all people. Those that have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Savior, or have not yet reached the stage of accountability, will enter into eternal life of joy and blessedness with God and other fellow believers, and the eternal punishment for those that have not done so.