RESOURCES
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Free resources for pastors, leaders, and anyone considering wilderness ministry.
Writing on wilderness, faith, and formation.
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Long-form writing from Wilderness Formation, from our founder, and from the lineage we belong to.
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Theology of Wilderness Primer
A 12-page introduction to wilderness ministry theology.
EXTERNAL • SUBSTACK
Spirit Soul Body
Long-form writing on faith, formation, and creation from Richard Dahlstrom, WF's founder. Now on Substack.
COMING SOON
The WF Journal
Writing from John Wayne Seitzler for pastors and church leaders. Why your church needs wilderness ministry, what it looks like, and how to start. Launching in 2026.
Sermons and teaching from John Wayne and Richard.
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A growing library of teaching on wilderness, formation, and creation theology.
SERMON • JOHN WAYNE SEITZLER
Generous Leadership
Faithful response to God’s leadership is found in reclaiming and fulfilling our first job description – to tend and keep both the people and places God has put in front of us.
SERMON • JOHN WAYNE SEITZLER
East of (Renewed) Eden
Stewardship as a theology of return. A teaching on what we're meant to do with the creation we've been given.
SERMON • RICHARD DAHLSTROM
The Earth and All That is in It: Good for What?
If we pay attention to God’s intent for the created world, including God’s intent for humans, that revelation will lead us to the Creator, awakening our vital calling as stewards.
SERMON • JOHN WAYNE SEITZLER
Pressure, Release Valves, Aspen Trees, and Snow
The list of pressures on our lives and the correlating “release valves” only seem to be growing. Through the book of I John, God is calling us to three ways of being that will enable us to both withstand pressure and be all that we were meant to be in Christ.
SERMON • JOHN WAYNE SEITZLER
We’re Learning How to Travel Together
We are meant to be a community who visits the safe harbor of God’s love often, in doing so we will release our expectations of what we think restoration should look like, in order to be outfitted with the power of the Holy Spirit to live as rescue boats for folks drowning in meaninglessness, shame, pain, and hopelessness.
All of our sermons live on the Bethany Community Church YouTube channel, where John Wayne pastors wilderness ministry. Subscribe to the channel →
Real churches putting the methodology to work.
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If you want to see what wilderness ministry actually looks like when a church dives in, visit our case studies page.
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