In a world which is increasingly unfriendly to God’s story, it’s vital that we resource ministry that is effective in reaching kids for Christ.

Your generous support of Lake Mac will sustain and grow ministry for years to come, and most importantly, provide an extra 20,000 campers each year with a potentially life-changing encounter with Christ!

Hear Gary explain the vision in this short video…

Stage 1 completed items:

• Ensuite accommodation for 260 campers

• Dining hall seating 350 campers

• Boat house

• Meeting rooms

• Activities

• Enclosed Undercroft meeting rooms

Watch the Dedication & Opening Event…

Crusaders has been blessed over the past 100 years by extraordinary sacrifice.

Dr Paul White, a former missionary to Africa, was driving with his family around the north of Sydney when they stopped at a derelict shop for a drink. Dr White heard someone coughing badly inside the shop, and went inside to help. Later, the man whom Dr White had helped told Dr White he had land at Galston Gorge to sell. As the founding Secretary of the Crusader Union, Dr White had a vision of permanent campsites for the Union and so he generously mortgaged his home to purchase the land, securing it for later development as a campsite.

In 1946, Dr White’s Senior Partner Dr Leslie Parr (pictured) was inspired by Dr White’s generosity. Dr Parr owned land that he thought would be useful to create a youth campsite where boys and girls could learn about Jesus. So, he sacrificially donated the parcel of land he owned on the shores of Lake Macquarie to Crusaders, so that this vision could become reality.

Dr Parr’s land is now the current Lake Mac campsite. Crusaders is immensely thankful to God for the sacrificial generosity of His people that has enabled so many years of Gospel ministry at Lake Mac.

Hugh Braga (pictured), a faithful Crusader supporter, saw that the superb location of the land offered by Dr Parr at Lake Macquarie offered unequalled opportunities for kingdom ministry. He sprang into action, gathering a vibrant group of volunteers whom he led in working parties and Bible studies for several years. He even took annual leave from work before and after each weekend working party to erect and pull down tents for the team to stay in.

Together Hugh and these faithful volunteers built the first permanent structures at Lake Mac. They succeeded in transforming the vacant land into a campsite at which eternal truths have been proclaimed for generations.