The U.S. ARMY is divided into UNITS: Fire Team (3-4), Squad (8-12), Platoon (15-30), Company (80-150), Battalion (300-800), Brigade (2000-4000), Division (10,000-15,000), Corps (20,000-40,000) and ultimately a vast Field Army (80,000+) of men. BASE CAMP @ FOUNDERS  BREWERY in Grand Rapids, MI is a Company of Men networked with several men’s ministry Platoons, Squads and Fire Team of men. 

BASE CAMP is the combined spiritual equivalent of a MASH Unit, Forward Command & Communications Center, Mess Hall, Resupply & Reconnaissance Base from which to launch our domestic and international men’s ministry events, and in the Summer of 2018:

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BARN BASE CAMP 

(BBC)

August 2018

Your Video Invitation HERE 

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A BATTALION OF BROTHERS 

 

2000 Years Ago, The Son of God Son Was Born In A BARN As A Man. 

In the Summer of  2018,

The Sons of God Will Be Born Again As Authentic Men In A BARN. 

 

In the Summer of 2018, several Companies, Platoons, Squads and Fire Team men’s ministry units throughout the State of Michigan and beyond will form a BATTALION of MEN (300-800 Men) in W. MI  to feast and fight for each other hearts as SOLDIERS & SONS. The ROAR of the LION, the Shout of the KIng, will again be heard in a BattaLION of MEN. Fierce lords will gather in a fair land on a SUNDAY Afternoon (3:00-8:00 PM) & Evening (6:00 -11:00 PM) to listen in profound silence as unforgettable STORIES & SONGS of a ferocious LOVE & WAR are told and sung long into the starry night by WARRIOR POETS in the cavernous wooden hall of A BIG RED BARN. 

SOUL SURGEONS will set up a MASH Unit to remove shrapnel and apply tourniquets to open wounds on the battlefield where the souls of men are lost or won. The frozen frontier inside the shattered souls of men will be free to feel so hearts can heal on a forgotten front.  A BATTALION of BROTHERS will march into the holy madness of a mysterious God who answers our unanswerable questions with the unquestionable answer of Himself.

 

IMAGINE A ….

….BELIEF that your heart is inherently noble and dangerously good and the Glory of God is man fully alive in Christ. 

….BANNER fluttering in an otherworldly breeze that puts time to asleep as eternity awakes in your everlasting heart.

….BATTALION of men covering a field like an ARMY of ONE as the smell of smoke and the hearty laughter of free men permeates the air. 

….BARBECUE BUFFET fit for kings, arrayed on white linen tables like a victory feast on a field where the BATTLE for BEAUTY is fought & won. 

….BRAND of BEER, frothing with the fury and foam of your original glory that BREWS what you really thirst – AN AUTHENTIC LIFE. 

….BAGPIPE playing AMAZING GRACE atop a barn silo, echoing across green hills and golden fields calling you home to your heart. 

….BROKEN HALLELUJAH being sung together in a rebel-rousing, rafter-raising chorus that resurrects all that is dead inside you back to life.  

… BAPTISM service that drowns away your lifetime of sin and shame in a river of no regrets, roaring with the applause of heaven and men. 

….BUNCH of lawn games that makes you feel like a kid again as years like tears begin to fall away as the boy inside you comes out to play.

….BONFIRE with your favorite cigar and drink by your side as stories are told long into a summer night bathed in stars and silver moonlight. 

….BROKEN BLADE you’ve hid in shame, reforged as strength in the Eternal Flame that will put steel in your spine and a sword in your hand.

….BALLOON filled with hot air, elevating you into the lofty realm where you live your deepest life in a waking dream as a WIZARD of AWE.

….BOND of BROTHERHOOD so noble and strong it cannot be broken by any beast that comes up from the fiery pit through the gates of hell.   

….BAND of BROTHERS praying a BLESSING over you before you return home from your mountain top transfiguration with a face full of fire.

….BLACK SKY illuminated with hundreds of CHINESE LANTERNS, floating like fireflies into a nameless nebula so you learn to Let go & Let God.

….BUGLE playing TAPS at evenings end under a blood red sky; a haunting reminder the old man is gone and there will be a new dawn for men.

….BARN that feels like the home you never had and you’re a  Wise Man guided by a shining star to a King on a throne disguised as a trough.  

 

If you can imagine a BASE CAMP 

where a BATTALION of BROTHERS  

feast and fight for each other in 

A BIG RED BARN 

then you’re ready for…

BARN BASE CAMP 

(BBC)

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE: 

SESSION 1 

3:00 – 4:00 PM BQ Buffet, Beer, Bonfire 

4:00 – 5:00 PM STORY & SONG HOUR 

5:00 – 8:00 PM BQ, Beer, Balloon, Bonfire

6:00 PM Baptisms & MASH Unit  

SESSION 2

6:00 PM Baptisms & MASH Unit 

6:00 – 8:00 PM BQ Buffet Beer, Balloon, Bonfire

8:00 – 9:00 PM STORY & SONG HOUR 

9:00 – 11:00 PM Bonfire, Beer, Blessing  

10:45 PM Chinese Lanterns 

11:00 PM Bugle TAPS  

LAWN GAMES: Corn Hole, Croquet, Ladder Ball, Bocce Ball and Horseshoes will be available at all times except STORY & SONG HOUR. 

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“Find like-hearted kings living in the same direction. Sign treaties. When one kingdom is at war, both are at war.”

– Dan Allender, Intimate Allies 

A Company of Men in a BREWERY and a Battalion of Men in a BARN has its place of honor and healing, but the greatest life impact happens in a Squad/Fire Team of Men.  We recommend the following Squads of Men to experience maximum life impact like a Band of Brothers  gathered around a blazing bonfire, feasting and fighting for each others hearts in some foreign forgotten field: 

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