Super Summer

Super Summer is a youth evangelism and leadership camp that is associated with the Baptist General Convention of Texas. It is usually for youth graduating from 7th grade to 12th grade. It is usually held on a Christian college/university campus of the state that the campers are from. There are camps in Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Georgia, Arkansas, Montana, Missouri, Kansas, Illinois, Mississippi, Indiana, New York and Ohio.

History

Super Summer of Texas began in 1974 as a training course for Christian young people intended to advance their personal spiritual growth and teach them about how to share Christ with others.

Dr. George Worrell began training young people through the Super Summer program. Originally begun as a cooperative effort for several churches in Texas, groups met for school sessions in church buildings in the Dallas area. Students were housed in the homes of volunteer church members, and bused to their school locations each day. They met in their separate locations for schools until evening, when they were transported to a central location for an evening worship service, which came to be known as Rainbow Celebration. As the Super Summer spread to other Southern Baptist State Conventions, several other Southern Baptist Youth Evangelism leaders and speakers including Phillip Hunter, Emory Gadd, Barry St. Clair, and Knox Talbert joined.