International Christian ministry based in the United States
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.
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]