Our Mission

With Christ as our foundation, Passport empowers students to have fresh encounters with God, embrace community, and extend grace to the world.

Passport, Inc. is a registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit ministry whose primary goal is to work for integrated, ecumenical, and inspirational weeks of summer camp that model important lessons like service in the name of Christ, creation care, and respect for our neighbors. Passport’s National Team is responsible for developing camp themes and content, hiring and training exceptional summer staff, partnering with our network of churches to invite them to join us, and executing the overall camp experience. In addition to camps, Passport also produces a devotional website and app, d365.org, that offers a free devotional geared toward youth and young adults each day of the year.

Passport values:

• • the freedom to dream and try new things.
  • fostering environments of learning, reflection, and faith in action.
  • challenging students to embrace God’s call.
  • eliminating barriers to participation in our ministries.
  • authentic faith and leadership development in partnership with the local church.

As we envision the future, we will:

• • hold a high standard of excellence.
  • reflect the diversity of the people of God.
  • nurture a community of financial partners.
  • utilize innovative technology.
  • implement intentional strategies for growth.

Our Voice

PASSPORT speaks with a specific theological voice that is Christ-centered, helping our students engage their faith with their hearts and their minds. Our voice speaks of the inclusion of all people, respect and understanding of other faiths, and God’s call to ministry open to men and women. We help our students learn how to be good neighbors, seeking common ground, and shared community. Passport offers our campers the freedom to dream within a comfortable structure that respects the Christian traditions of our participating churches. The PASSPORT voice advocates for a healthy global perspective, helping students find their role in understanding and addressing global needs.

At Passport, we believe all people are children of God. We are committed to relentlessly pursuing a redeemed world that helps campers and their churches create systems that foster respect, kindness, security, empowerment, and equal opportunity for all of God’s people. We commit to continuing to listen, educating ourselves and our summer teams to participate in the transformational work needed to bend the arc of the moral universe more swiftly toward justice.

Our Impact

PASSPORT celebrated our 30th summer of Christian camping in 2022! Since 1993 we have worked with over 7,900 student groups from 1,200 congregations and over 128,000 campers. We have hosted PASSPORT in 56 cities in 17 states and 6 countries. All told, our campers have put in 1,186,855 hours of community service, 1,134,338 hours of discipleship, and given over $2 million to global causes.

After 30 years, we have a strong summer staff alumni group of 743 young adults. A large number of our former staffers, half of which are women, have gone into full-time ministry. Our alumni group consists of youth and children’s ministers, senior pastors, chaplains, missionaries, and college ministers. We also have many who are now nonprofit executives, teachers and professors, lawyers, medical professionals, and social service workers.

Learn more about Passport, Inc. by viewing our Annual Reports or by accessing our organizational profile on Guidestar.