We have many different modes of entertainment for all ages. We have a large swimming pool, a 200ft. water slide into a 6ft. deep pool of water, 3 different playgrounds for toddlers to the biggest of kids. Mountain View also has a softball field, a multi-purpose field used for soccer, flag football, and many other games. With Mountain View being located in the middle of the woods, miles from most anything, we offer hiking trips to see God's beautiful work in many different ways.
History
November, 2009
By John Kinnett-Board Member
The information for this article was not gathered by me, but was put together as a joint effort from Mountain View Baptist Camp Board Members, past and present, and other persons who have an interest in Mountain View Baptist Camp.
Mountain View Baptist Camp is located on Edward's Mountain, 17 miles southwest of Monticello. It is situated on 167 acres of some of the most beautiful mountain top land in the area. Mountain View Baptist Camp's origin came as a result of an overwhelming burden that God placed on the heart of Brother Richard Folger, former pastor of Immanuel Baptist Church. Brother Folger shared his burden with the church on June 20, 1970. By July 23rd of that same year, the family of Bobby Guffey and the C.H. Guffey Heirs provided 100 acres of land to Immanuel Baptist Church for the "development of a Christian camp".
Immediately, roads were under construction, land was being cleared and a water source was being located by the way of a neighbor, Voicey Morgan. During the September 1970 business meeting of Immanuel Baptist Church $600.00 was donated to the camp for a water pump and waterline. This was the first of many donations to Mountain View Baptist Camp.
The very next month on October 14, 1970, the camp officially received its name, Mountain View Baptist Camp. On November 18, 1970, Immanuel Baptist Church voted to incorporate the camp property and elect a Board of Diretors for the corporation. The first Board of Directors was Richard Folger, Harold Davis, H.M. Powell, Robert Abbott, Rufus Abbott, Bobby L. Guffey, Hobart Barrier, Garnett Walker, and W.C. Dabney. Things were moving fast up at Mountain View Baptist Camp. On January 31, 1971, Brother C.C. Baker answered the call to fill the position of Immanuel Baptist Church Music Director and Camp Director. On May 11th of the same year the Board of Directors voted to begin work on the camp's first building. An open air dining facility and kitchen were to be constructed. God certainly blessed the camp when Brother Odell Merrick and Brother S.L. Sears of Somerset, KY of Cumberland Wood and Chair Company donated all of the materials for the dining hall and 250 beds and mattresses at no cost to the camp. Brother Merrick and Brother Sears soon became members of the Board of Directors and their service to Mountain View Baptist Camp through advice, donations and labor has been outstanding.
The summer of 1971 also saw the construction of the first of several cabins and the construction of a swimming pool. Later that fall the dining hall was completed and dedicated to honor the family of C.H. Guffey. Over the winter another cabin was built and the planning for the first summer camp at Mountain View Baptist Camp was underway.
June 12, 1972, marks the date for the first summer camp at Mountain View Baptist Camp. A group from South Carolina traveled to Wayne County for camp and that week the first person was saved at Mountain View Baptist Camp. 944 campers came to camp that summer and of those 114 chose Christ as their Savior.
In 1973, the activity pavilion was built. Also, in the same year the staff cabin was completed. Ed Norris came on baord the same year as Immanuel's Music Director and Camp Director.
In the spring of 1974, H.M. Powell was hired as full-time Camp Superintendent and work soon began on the Superintendent's home. 1974 also saw the addition of 40 additional acres to the camp and the construction of a new cabin in the memory of Mr. and Mrs. W.T. Selvidge.
An additional cabin was built in 1984. Also, that year, Jack and Billy Bell constructed the playground area. The Monster water slide was constructed in 1994. The final major construction that has been completed at Mountain View has been the addition of the Guffey cabin. It was completed for the 2008 camping season. The Guffey cabin is capable of housing 96 campers in 4 separate sleeping areas with most of the comforts of home.
Many individuals, churches and organizations have been a part of the Miracle on the Mountain. There has been an untold number of volunteers and donations to Mountain View Baptist Camp to make it the ministry it is today.
As of November 1, 2009, Mountain View Baptist Camp has touched the lives of 66,917 campers. 3,551 of those campers have come to know Jesus as their Savior. There have been 6,005 rededications and 621 people have chosen full time service to God while on the Mountain.
This is just a brief history of how Brother Richard Folger followed God's calling to create an outstanding ministry here in Wayne County, Kentucky. I know I did not mention everyone involved in building and volunteering their time, resources, and money to Mountain View Baptist Camp and for that I apologize.
I, and the current Board of Directors, would like to thank everyone who has helped in anyway at the camp. Without volunteer service and support, Mountain View Baptist Camp could not continue to affect the lives of the unsaved.