General Guidelines - 2008
Please maintain Hartstone Bible Camps’ natural beauty.
1. In keeping with the peaceful, natural atmosphere of the facilities, Hartstone requests moderation in the use of amplification of voices and instruments.
2. Motorized sports vehicles will not be permitted during camp.
3. Bicycles are permitted with helmets. Please use car paths only.
4. All camp vehicular traffic must drive less then 10 MPH and all cars should be parked in the parking lots provided south of the Dining Lodge in order to keep the fire lanes open. Exit out the parking lot to the south. Enter from the north.
5. Permission must be obtained from the Hartstone director before putting up decorations, displays, signs or posters. All must be removed before departing.
6. No open fires will be allowed without permission of Hartstone director. Absolutely no fires are allowed at the Hartstone riverfront swimming area.
7. Youth Camps: Males are not allowed in females' sleeping areas. Females are not allowed in Males' sleeping areas. No minors should leave the campgrounds under any conditions unless those in charge are notified. All hikers must have an adult in charge of the group.
8. The Guest Group agrees that Hartstone Bible Conference shall operate the snack bar. No person or firm shall do any business or offer anything for sale or barter on the grounds at any time without the expressed permission granted by Hartstone management.
9. The kitchen will stop serving food 30 minutes after the beginning of the meal. All guests are asked to be prompt or make arrangements for a later meal.
10. DO NOT BRING: fireworks, weapons, electronic equipment (except for program purposes), alcoholic beverages, or illegal drugs. If smoking is necessary, it should be handled discretely.
11. Please observe an 11:00 pm curfew in order to be a good testimony and to show kindness to our neighbors and campers.
12. No pets
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Policies - 2008
This Bible Conference Grounds belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ.
1. There is a 50 camper minimum for reserving a one-week period of time. Weekend groups should have a 25 camper minimum.
2. Guests should bring their own bedding and towels. All beds or bunks have mattresses.
3. We advise that each group collects the following information for their own records: names, addresses, phone numbers, emergency contact information for all who will be attending and a list of any campers having special needs along with a description of their need.
4. For medical attention in case of an emergency the Guest Group Leader must have a signed “Parental Release” form for all minors in camp not accompanied by a parent. The group must have a designated first-aid person to deal with medical situations. All sickness, accidents and injuries must be reported to the Hartstone management. A written record of all treatment\ infirmary visits is to be maintained by the designated first-aid person. (State of California requirement) 5. NEW THIS YEAR: It is the responsibility for each guest group to provide a qualified Life Guard at the swimming area when in use by your group.
6. All groups are required to turn into the camp office a “Schedule of Events” one week prior to your camp so we can coordinate our staff to your program.
7. Upon arrival the Camp Director must meet with your Guest Group Leader to report final camper count, review the group schedule, snack bar times, first-aid person and to address any questions or special requests.
8. The Guest Group Leader will collect from individuals in the group and turn in the Final Payment to the Camp Director before departing. All individuals must be accounted for.
9. The Guest Leader must check out with the Camp Director or his designated person before leaving on the last day of their stay.
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Articles of Faith
A. The Holy Scriptures
We believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments to be the verbally inspired Word of God. The final authority for faith and life, inerrant in the original writings, infallible and God-breathed. (2 Timothy 3.16,17; 2 Peter 1.20,21)
B. The Godhead
We believe in one Triune God, eternally existing in three persons -Father, Son, and Holy Spirit- co-eternal in being, co-identical in nature, co-equal in power and glory, and having the same attributes and perfection. (Deuteronomy 6.4; 2 Corinthians 13.4)
C. The Person and Work of Christ
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ, the eternal son of God, became man, without ceasing to be God, having been conceived by the Holy Spirit and born of the virgin Mary, in order that He might reveal God and redeem sinful men. (John 1.1,2,14)
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ accomplished our redemption through His death on the cross as a representative, vicarious, substitutionary sacrifice; and that our justification is made sure by His literal, physical resurrection from the dead. (Romans 3.24,25; 1 Peter 2.24; Ephesians 1.7)
We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ ascended to heaven, and is now exalted at the right hand of God. Where, as our High Priest, He fulfills the ministry of Representative, Intercessor, and Advocate. (Acts 1.9,10; Hebrews 9.24; 7.25)
D. The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit
We believe that the Holy Spirit is a person who convicts the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment; and, that He is the supernatural agent in regeneration, baptizing all believers in the body of Christ, indwelling and sealing them unto the day of redemption. (John 16.8 - 11; 2 Corinthians 3.6)
We believe that He is the divine teacher who guides believers into all truth; and, that it is the privilege and duty of all the saved to be filled with the Spirit. (John 16.13; 1 John 2.20,27)
E. The Total Depravity of Man
We believe that man was created in the image and likeness of God, but that in Adam's sin the race fell, inherited a sinful nature, and became alienated from God; and, that man is totally depraved, and, of himself, utterly unable to remedy his lost condition. (Genesis 1.26,27; Romans 3.22,23)
F. Salvation
We believe that salvation is the gift of God brought to man by grace and received by personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, Whose precious blood was shed on Calvary for the forgiveness of sins. (Ephesians 1.7; 2.8 - 10; John 1.12)
G. The Eternal Security and Assurance of the Believer
We believe that all the redeemed, once saved, are kept by God's power and are thus secure in Christ forever. (John 6.37-40; 10.27-30; Romans 8.1,38,39)
We believe that it is the privilege of believers to rejoice in the assurance of their salvation through the testimony of God's Word; which, however clearly forbids the use of Christian liberty as an occasion to the flesh. (Romans 13.13,14; Galatians 5.13)
H. The Two Natures of the Believer
We believe that every saved person possesses two natures, with provision made for victory of the new nature over the old nature through the power of the indwelling Holy Spirit; and, that all claims to the eradication of the old nature in this life are unscriptural. (Romans 6.13; 8.12,13; Galatians 5.16-25)
I. Separation
We believe that all the saved should live in such a manner as not to bring reproach upon their Savior and Lord; and, that separation from all religious apostasy, all worldly and sinful pleasures, practices and associations is commanded of God. (2 Timothy 3.1-5; Romans 12.1,2; 1 John 2.5-17)
J. Missions
We believe that it is the obligation of the saved to witness by life and by word to the truths of the Holy Scriptures and to seek to proclaim the gospel to all mankind. (Mark 16.15; Acts 1.8; 2 Corinthians 15.19,20)
K. The Ministry of Spiritual Gifts
We believe that God is sovereign in the bestowment of all His gifts; and, that the gift of evangelists, pastors, and teachers are sufficient for the perfecting of the saints; and, that speaking in tongues and working of sign miracles gradually ceased as the New Testament scriptures were completed and their authority became established. (1 Corinthians 12.4-11; 2 Corinthians 12.12)
We believe that God does hear and answer the prayer of faith, in accord with His own will, for the sick and afflicted. (John 15.7; 1 John 5.14,15)
L. The Church
We believe that the Church, which is the body and the espoused bride of Christ, is a spiritual organism made up of all born-again persons of this present age. (Ephesians 1.22,23; 5.25-27; 1 Corinthians 12.12-14)
We believe in the establishment and continuance of local churches is clearly taught and defined in the New Testament scriptures. (Acts 14.27; 1 Timothy 3.1-13)
We believe in the autonomy of the local church free of any external authority or control. (Acts 13.1-4; 15.19-31; 1 Corinthians 3.9, 16; 5.4-7, 13; 1 Peter 5.1-4)
We recognize the ordinances of water baptism and the Lord's Supper as scriptural means of testimony for the church in this age. (Matthew 28.19-20; Acts 2.41, 42; 18.8)
M. Dispensationalism
We believe that the Scriptures interpreted in their natural, literal sense reveal divinely determined dispensations or rules of life which define man's responsibilities in successive ages. These dispensations are not ways of salvation, but rather, divinely ordered stewardships by which God directs man according to His purpose. Three of these - the age of law, the age of the Church, an the age of the millennial kingdom - are subjects of detailed revelation in the Scripture. (John 1.17; 1 Corinthians 9.17; 2 Corinthians 3.9-18; Galatians 3.13-25; Ephesians 1.10)
N. The Personality of Satan
We believe that Satan is a person, the author of sin and the cause of the fall; that he is the open and declared enemy of God and man and that he shall be eternally punished in the Lake of Fire. (Job 1.6-7; Isaiah 14.12-17; Matthew 4.2-11; 25.4)
O. The Second Advent of Christ
We believe in that "Blessed Hope", the personal, imminent, pre-tribulational and premillenial coming of the Lord Jesus Christ for His redeemed ones; and in His subsequent return to earth, with His saints, to establish His millennial kingdom. (1 Thessalonians 4.13-18; Zechariah 14.4-11; Revelation 19.11-16)
P. The Eternal State
We believe in the bodily resurrection of all men, the saved to eternal life and the unsaved to judgment and everlasting punishment. ( Matthew 25.46; John 5. 28,29; Revelation 20.5, 6, 12, 13)
We believe that the souls of the redeemed are, at death, absent from the body and present with the Lord, where in conscious bliss they await the first resurrection, when spirit, soul and body are reunited to be glorified forever with the Lord. ( Revelation 20. 4-6; 2 Corinthians 5.8; Philippians 1.23; 3.21)
We believe that the souls of unbelievers remain, after death, in conscious misery until the second resurrection, when the soul and body reunited, they shall appear at the Great White Throne Judgment, and shall be cast into the Lake of Fire, not to be annihilated, but to suffer everlasting conscious punishment. (Luke 16. 19-26; Matthew 25. 41-46)