These places mean so much to so many people. When a cluster of Lutherans got together on a snowy midwinter night back in the 1940's to dream about developing a place set apart for nurturing Christian faith they prayed that they could create a ministry that would impact thousands of people.  It has...with God's help!  Since the 1940's, Crossways (in several different forms) has provided an extraordinary place of study, activity, fun, and retreat for youth, adults and families.

Crossways is much more than a building, a camp, a cabin, or a house.  Crossways strives to provide holy places, where God interacts with His people and promise. Over the years, the camps have continued to expand to serve youth, families and communities. Today, Crossways Camping Ministries operates camping and retreat facilities in Waupaca, Clintonville, Hatley, and Milwaukee Wisconsin.

In addition to summer camps, Crossways offers retreating opportunities for the other nine months of the year including sponsored youth retreats, men’s retreats, women's retreats, youth worker, and church worker training events, and family weekends amongst other retreat opportunities.  Crossways' facilities are open year-round to groups for weekend, mid-week and week-long camps, conferences and retreats.

Crossways Camping Ministries is an association of Lutheran congregations throughout the state of Wisconsin for the purpose of ministering to people of all ages in ways congregations can’t do individually. Currently, there are approximately 180 congregations who relate to Crossways in some way, either through use of the camp’s facilities and programs, financially, or both.

Crossways and congregations are in partnership to bring people together in the name of Christ so that individual lives may be positively impacted, grow in faith and Christian service, and so that communities of faith might be strengthened for service wherever God has placed them.