5 day Caleb Institute


Participants will be strengthened in :

  • Learning and thinking skills that will help participants become motivated life-long learners

  • Worldview discernment skills as participants compare and contrast prevailing/historical worldviews with the Christian worldview

  • Wisdom-seeking skills will be gained as participants interact with respected, accomplished elders, gaining greater life perspective and wisdom

  • Spiritual disciplines as participants focus on their inner life and walk with Christ.


Teaching sessions will be presented in an interactive format, with time for discussion, conversation, and further study in solitude periods during the day.

What is the Caleb Institute?

The Caleb Institute is a 5 day immersion into a wilderness experience for followers of Christ who desire to live a more faithful, thoughtful, and purposeful life.

Participants will gain a fresh perspective on what it means to be a purposeful follower of Christ.


The Institute is designed by Christian educators, Tentmakers staff, and learned ministry leaders who have a passion for building people who will make a mark as a servant-leader of Jesus Christ. Key elements and learning objectives of the Caleb Institute include developing an integrated worldview, strengthening learning and thinking skills, "detoxifying" from culture, practicing the spiritual disciplines, gaining a framework for life-long learning, living in community, and learning from our elders.

 

UNIQUE ELEMENTS OF THE CALEB EXPERIENCE...

  • Media free (Time without the interruptions of television, radio, telephone, Internet)

  • Time to reflect, journal, pray, study, and meditate on the Word of God

  • Time to read from some of the great classics of history and the faith

  • Time to stretch and sharpen your discipleship skills while in the company of a small group of fellow believers.

  • Time for physical refreshing through long walks, sleeping/waking to the sounds of the forest, paddling (or snowshoeing) across a beautiful private lake

  • Time for Worship daily.

  • Engaging in an encouraging environment of mutual respect and appreciation with others who are growing in the Lord. Growing in the confidence and conviction of who you are in Jesus Christ, and as one who can influence others for Him.

  • Enjoying delicious, home-cooked meals in an atmosphere of conversation around a common table.

  • Cultivating the habit of daily solitude & seeking the voice of God.


    The Caleb Institute is an incomparable, five-day immersion into a wilderness experience that will bring a fresh perspective on what it means to be a purposeful follower of Christ, with an academically and spiritually qualified faculty teaching and training in:

  • Reasoning and thinking principles and practices

  • Bible study and skills for self-motivated learning

  • History of the faith through the centuries

  • Spiritual disciplines for walking intimately with Christ

  • The literary classics of antiquity to the contemporary

  • The art of asking questions

  • Living a balanced, purposeful life

  • Thinking critically about popular culture and media

  • The elements of orthodox Christianity

  • The fundamental tenets of various world-views


The Institute takes place at Wilderness North, which is located approximately one hour north of Duluth, MN, in the Superior National Forest

Interested in the Caleb Institute? Contact us at 763-535-6484 or use the form below: