Word of Life Fellowship is an internationalevangelisticChristian ministry. The headquarters is inSchroon Lake, New York, in theUnited States.

In 1940, Word of Life Fellowship Bible Conference was founded byJack Wyrtzen.^[1] In 1941, he founded the Word of Life Camp Ministry, and in 1946 he purchased an island onSchroon Lake, New York, and opened Word of Life Camp in 1947.^[2] By 2021, the ministry had camps, conference centers, Bible institutes, and church youth ministries in over 70 countries.^[3]

According to their statement of faith, Word of Life adheres to the teachings ofbiblical inerrancy, scriptural authority, theDeity of Christ, the bodilyResurrection of Christ, thetriunity of God, the total depravity of man, andsalvation by grace through faith alone.^[4] Word of Life also adheres largely todispensational theology.

People who were employees of Word of Life, alumni of the Bible Institute, or otherwise closely associated with Word of Life Fellowship include:

• Sergio Cariello (born 1964), graduate of the Word of Life Bible Institute and illustrator ofThe Action Bible
• Jon and Andrew Erwin, graduates of the Word of Life Bible Institute and filmmakers most known for their 2018 filmI Can Only Imagine
• J. D. Greear (born 1973), author and pastor ofThe Summit Church
• Benjamin Laird, Associate Professor of Biblical Studies in the Rawlings School of Divinity atLiberty University,^[5] and author
• Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson, sports journalist
• Charles C. Ryrie (1925–2016), biblical scholar, Christian theologian, author and professor^{[citation needed]}
• Jack Wyrtzen (1913–1996), founder of Word of Life, youth evangelist

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• Christian youth organizations

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