FOR CHURCHES & FAITH COMMUNITIES
Your congregation is hungry for embodied discipleship.
We help you meet that hunger with theology, training, and the safety systems to actually take your people into the wild.
THE PROBLEM
Your people are drowning in screens and starving for creation.
Faith communities everywhere feel it. The longing for a deeper, more embodied experience of Christ, one that can't be downloaded. The wilderness has always been one of God's primary classrooms. Most churches just don't yet have the systems, the training, or the theology to take their people there safely and formatively.
That's the gap we fill.
Custom training for your church. Annual immersion for individuals.
WHAT WE OFFER
Two distinct ways to work with us, built for two distinct audiences. Same theology, same proven methodology, two different starting points.
CUSTOM • BUILT FOR YOUR CHURCH
Wilderness Ministry Training
Starting at $1,850 · One weekend → five days · At your church or Snoqualmie Pass
✔ Custom-scoped to your church's stage, team, and theology
✔ Theology, formation, trip systems, risk management
✔ Hosted onsite at your church or with us at Snoqualmie Pass
✔ Discovery call to design the right scope
ANNUAL COHORT • WITH RICHARD DAHLSTROM
Ancient Paths Certification Week
$350 ·per participant • 5 days at Snoqualmie Pasws • Once per year
✔ The full Ancient Paths curriculum, deep immersion format
✔ Co-led by Richard Dahlstrom (founder) and John Wayne Seitzler
✔ Cohort of individuals and small teams from multiple churches
✔ Lifetime access to the WF content library
✔ Certification on completion
Wilderness Ministry Training is the right starting point for a church that wants to build or strengthen its own ministry. Ancient Paths Certification Week is the right starting point for an individual or small team ready for the deepest immersion the Ancient Paths curriculum offers.
What working with Wilderness Formation looks like.
THE PROCESS
01
Discovery Call
15-minute conversation to understand your church and your hopes.
02
Custom Proposal
We recommend a training path, timeline, and scope tailored to you.
03
Training
Your team is trained in the WF methodology, ready to lead.
04
Ongoing Support
Content library access, peer coaching, and a community of trained churches.
Churches putting the methodology to work.
PROOF POINTS
Real congregations, real outcomes, real change in how people meet God in creation.
FLAGSHIP CASE STUDY • SEATTLE, WA
Central Community Church → Outdoor Central
One beloved annual backpacking trip transformed into a thriving, year-round, multi-modal wilderness ministry serving 150 participants in its first year.
RECENT ENGAGEMENT • JACKSON HOLE, WY
Presbyterian Church of Jackson Hole → Wilderness Together
A full-weekend ministry launch: leaders trained, congregation taught, vision preached from the pulpit. PCJH stood up Wilderness Together the same week.
SEE ENGAGEMENT DETAILS →
NOT A CHURCH?
If you're an individual seeker, start here.
Wilderness Formation equips churches and faith communities. If you're an individual looking to experience wilderness ministry directly, our partners at Bethany Wilderness Ministry run Ancient Paths trips open to seekers and individuals across the Pacific Northwest.
Trips launching soon. Link goes live with the first cohort.
Ready to build a thriving wilderness ministry in your church?
Start with a 15-minute conversation. We’ll listen, ask questions, and help you figure out whether wilderness ministry is right for your community, and which path fits.