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Texas Baptists invites you to prayerfully consider bringing your teenagers who have leadership ability or leadership potential to Super Summer Leadership Training Camp from June 16-20, 2025.

Super Summer is a premiere leadership training opportunity for Christian students. Since 1974, God has used the ministry of Super Summer to bless students, leaders, families, churches, and communities. God has impacted the lives of hundreds of thousands of students and leaders who He has then used to impact millions of people for Christ!

Super Summer is the result of the combined efforts of leaders from churches across the state of Texas who join together to provide the next generation of leaders with leadership training and inspiration that will equip them to use their leadership gifts in ways that will positively impact their families, churches, schools, and communities both now AND throughout the rest of their lives.

The promise of Super Summer is summarized by the phrase: “Send us your best, and we’ll send them back better!” This is a four-fold promise that we are making to parents, students, pastors and youth ministers.

• To parents- We promise you that we will care for your student and do our best to nurture them into a clearer understanding of how God can shape them into the servant leader that He has created them, saved them, and called them to be. We promise to do our best to provide a safe and nurturing atmosphere in which your student can clearly hear God’s Word and grow in their understanding of God’s call on their life.
• To students- We promise you that you will have an opportunity to grow deeper in your walk with God and in your understanding of who He has called you to be. In addition to that, we promise that you will have a GREAT time at Super Summer! You will be involved in powerful worship experiences, deep Bible studies, meaningful small groups, and awesome recreation! You will have the chance to get to know other students from throughout the state of Texas whom God has gifted in the areas of servant leadership within their youth ministries.
• To pastors- We promise you that we will do our best to assure that your students receive Biblical teaching and encouragement from some of the most respected Bible teachers in the state of Texas. We promise that your students will hear sound teaching from leaders who revere God’s Word and who are Biblically and theologically solid in their teaching. We promise that we will encourage your students to come back home and put the leadership skills that they have honed at Super Summer into practice in their home church.
• To youth ministers- We promise you that your students will be challenged to live out in their local youth ministry the things to which God has called them during Super Summer. When our student leaders approach their involvement in our youth ministries with the heart and intention of a servant leader, that can have a positive impact on the atmosphere of our entire ministry.

So, send us your best, and we promise that we’ll do our best to send them back better!

Bring your students who are currently displaying leadership ability or those who are dedicated in their walk with the Lord and who have great leadership potential. Super Summer is designed for students (Grades 7-12 completed) who have trusted Jesus as their Lord and Savior and who have a desire to grow in their leadership abilities. These students will benefit from the powerful experiences of Bible study, worship, prayer, fellowship, and leadership development that Super Summer offers. This is an opportunity for your students to join together with hundreds of students from other churches to sharpen their leadership skills in ways that they can put into practice in their home church and community!

Super Summer is intended for students who have already declared Jesus Christ as their Savior and Lord. It is a leadership training opportunity for Christian students who want to grow in their walk with the Lord and who are eager to develop the leadership skills and potential that God has given them. Your church should not look at Super Summer as your Youth Camp. Students who are not already committed to Christ and pursuing servant leadership responsibilities in their youth ministry may find themselves overwhelmed by the active and highly disciplined schedule of Super Summer.

Pastors and youth ministers, we are depending on you to help us fulfill the promise that we are making to surround our students with Godly, mature adult leaders who will give them wise Biblical counsel that is theologically solid. Please be certain that these priorities are reflected in your choice of the adult leaders whom you send to serve with us during Super Summer.

Churches who are sending students to Super Summer must supply 1 adult leader (of the same gender) for every 7 students (of the same gender) you are registering for Super Summer.

• For instance:
  • A church who brings 5 female students and 9 male students would need to supply 1 female adult leader and 2 male adult leaders.
  • A church who brings 15 female students and 4 male students would need to supply 3 female adult leaders and 1 male adult leader.

These adult leaders will serve as “Team Leaders” for a small group of students of their same gender. We expect that our “Team Leaders” have qualities that make them exemplary leaders for Christian students who are seeking ways to grow deeper in their understanding of Scripture and of how God will mold them into servant leaders in their family, their church, and in their community. Pastors and youth ministers, please help us to fulfill our promise by sending us your best adult leaders!

Date: June 16-20, 2025

Location: Dallas Baptist University

Cost:

• Early Bird Registration (April 1 - April 29): $250/registrant
• Regular Registration (April 30 - May 29) $300/registrant

Theme: “Follow Me” based on Jesus’ words to His disciples in Luke 9:23, “Then He said to them all: “Whoever wants to be My disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow Me.” Super Summer is a leadership training and development camp. For anyone who seeks to serve as a leader in the God’s kingdom, we must first know what it means to FOLLOW JESUS!

Speaker: Lance Shumake

Worship Leader: Nick Gainey

If you are interested in sending leadership students and adult leaders to Super Summer this year, here is what to do:

• Pray! Seek God’s direction for the possibility of your church’s involvement in the ministry of Super Summer.
• Identify the students and adult leaders in your church who will benefit from being involved in Super Summer this year. Find the best way to identify those students and leaders within your church and give them the opportunity to express their intent to attend.
• Check out the details about Super Summer by visiting our home page.