Cross Bar X exists to reach urban and rural youth with the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

For the past 30 years the Lord has blessed us with the opportunity to provide high quality Christian summer camp programs for a cost that any family could afford. Our programs are designed to impact the campers in the one or two weeks they are here. For this reason, each camp our caring and highly qualified staff has the privilege to minister to 4 or 5 campers in their cabin. For the week we only take 25 to 30 campers, so that they are not just a face but are ministered to and prayed for by name.

Our motto at camp is to be intentional about pointing campers to Christ in everything we do from eating breakfast to white water rafting. Our desire is to see every camper form and deepen in their relationship with Jesus Christ.

In 1977, 35 acres of land was donated to Cross Bar X and the first camp started with a borrowed Army tent and a small handful of boys. With a few financial gifts and the donation of pine trees, the first log building was built to accommodate a kitchen, dining room, and office. As with the cabins, staff housing, and lodge that followed, all the buildings were completed with volunteer help. Many people have invested their time, skills and money to bring Cross Bar X into a reality. From the first summer with three boys and a tent to 185 campers and 6 cabins many things have changed about the look and the program of Cross Bar X Youth Ranch. Over the past 30 years one thing that has remained the same is our desire to introduce each camper to Jesus Christ and see lives transformed every summer