SERVICE WITH PURPOSE

SINCE1971

Camp Chaparral is a Christ-centered, non-profit organization dedicated to providing a tranquil retreat. 


Established in 1971 by the Baptist Churches in the north Texas region for the purpose of providing summer camps for youth and children, Chaparral has grown and expanded its ministry and services to a wide range of ages and organizations. 


With 130 acres of tranquil countryside, sleeping for 560, a full service dining hall, a 600 seat auditorium and a wide variety of recreational opportunities, Chaparral is equipped to host just about any type of event with spacious facilities, a variety of indoor and outdoor activities and outstanding food service options provided by a friendly, well-trained staff. 


Our goal is to serve and honor God by wholeheartedly serving the guests who visit Camp Chaparral.

MEET OUR TEAM


  • Danny Dawdy - Interim Executive Director

    danny@campchaparral.org


    Danny has been serving in camp ministry for many years, most recently acting as the Executive Director of Highland Lakes Camp and Conference Center for over 24 years. Danny was also an integral part of developing Camp Chaparral while serving as the Executive Director in the 1990s. 

  • Heather Cooper - Business Administrator

    heather@campchaparral.org


    Heather has been serving at Camp Chaparral as the Business Administrator since February 2005. She is married to her husband, Ken, and has a son, Matthew, who married his wife, Emily in 2020. Not only does she manage the financial side of the camp, but she books camps, retreats, and other events. If you’re seeking more information about Camp Chaparral, Heather is your go-to girl!

  • Nathan McDonald - Facilities and Activities Director 

    nathan@campchaparral.org


    Nathan has been involved at Camp Chaparral for 11 years, serving on the Summer Missions Team as a young adult then transitioning to a position with an emphasis on guest relations. Nathan and his wife, Amanda, have been married since 2020. They have a son, Rohan, and they are awaiting the birth of their daughter, Isabella, in early 2023. Nathan is here to help make your stay enjoyable by preparing and setting up the camp for groups, overseeing facilities, and being on-call whenever you need him during your stay.

  • Melissa McIntire - Food Service Director

    melissa@campchaparral.org


    Melissa has been serving as the Food Services Manager at Camp Chaparral since May 2021, but she has been serving in a variety of ways at camp since 2014, where she began as a volunteer, transitioned into a member of the Summer Missions Team, and eventually worked part-time year round until attaining her current position. Melissa strives to go above and beyond to provide enjoyable meals including meeting the needs of those with dietary restrictions.

  • Micheal Summers- Camp Assistant

    Micheal has been serving in camp ministry for ten years now in a variety of different institutions, including Plains Baptist Assembly and Highland Lakes Camp and Conference Center. Micheal is a jack of all trades at Camp Chaparral. He can be seen all over the campgrounds, performing many tasks, but he gives careful assistance to maintenance work. Micheal ensures that every toilet, shower, sink, and outlet are working so that campers can focus their attention on the things that matter rather than little distractions.

Our Beliefs

We affirm the historic Christian faith and proclaim the life-transforming Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Gospel is the good news, the very best news anyone can hear.


We believe:

1. The one living God, who eternally exists in three Persons: the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit loves everyone.


2. God uniquely revealed and inspired the Bible, so that it alone is God's Word written, hence the Holy Scriptures are the only inerrant authority for what we believe about God's moral law, salvation from sin and how we should live.


3. Since the willful disbelief and disobedience of Adam and Eve, all humans have inherited a sin nature and have sinned against God. Therefore, as transgressors of God's righteousness, man is under condemnation and completely incapable of pleasing God. Every person is needful of forgiveness and reconciliation to God. Only the grace of God can bring man into His Holy fellowship and enable man to fulfill the creative purpose of God. The sacredness of human personality is evident in that God created man in His own image, and in that Christ died for man; therefore, every person of every race possesses full dignity and is worthy of respect and Christian love.


4. Jesus' death in our place reconciles us to God. His atoning sacrifice provided redemption from the power of sin, forgiveness for our guilt, and reconciliation to Himself and others. We become acceptable to God, or justified, not by works, but by the grace of God alone, through faith in Christ alone. We believe in the deity of Jesus Christ, His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles, death on the cross to provide for our redemption, bodily resurrection and ascension into heaven, present ministry of intercession for us, and His return to earth in power and glory.


5. The Holy Spirit convicts of sin, draws sinners to repentance, comforts believers, enables the understanding of Scriptures, belief in the Gospel and trust in the risen Christ of whom He speaks. The Holy Spirit then assures believers of salvation, gives them gifts for servant ministries, and empowers the believer and the church in worship, evangelism and service. He seals the believer unto the day of final redemption.

6. All believers in the Lord Jesus Christ are members of His body called the Church. Its unity is displayed when we reach beyond racial and denominational lines to demonstrate the Gospel's reconciling power.


7. Christian baptism is an ordinance to be observed in obedience of the Lord's command. It symbolizes the believer's faith in a crucified, buried, and risen Savior and the believer's death to sin, the burial of the old life and the resurrection to walk in newness of life in Christ Jesus. The method for scriptural baptism is immersion. It should not be regarded as a means for imparting grace or salvation.


8. The Lord's Supper or communion is an ordinance to be observed in obedience of the Lord's command. It is a symbolic act whereby members of the church, through partaking of the bread and the fruit of the vine, remember the death of the Redeemer and anticipate His second coming. It should not be regarded as a means for imparting grace or salvation.


9. The first day of the week is the Lord's Day. It is a Christian institution for regular observance. It commemorates the resurrection of Christ from the dead and should include exercises of worship and spiritual devotion, both public and private. Activities on the Lord's Day should be commensurate with the Christian's conscience under the Lordship of Jesus Christ.


10. Our primary calling is to communicate the Gospel to everyone in our generation and nurture disciples. Nothing must divert us from carrying out our Lord's great commission until His glorious return to reign in righteousness.


11. Camp Chaparral Baptist Assembly is a co-laboring ministry that works in conjunction with our local area association of churches and other affiliates. Our facilities and resources are for the purposes of growing the Kingdom of God and ministering along side His church.


12.   Our Ministry adheres to the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 and the Nashville Statement and reserves the right to refuse any group whose beliefs and practices would be different.