Helping Christians Walk With God—One Faithful Step at a Time
Outdoor Crusade is a Christian discipleship ministry created to help believers step away from distraction, reconnect with God, and establish healthier patterns of faithful living.
Rooted in Scripture. Renewed Through God’s Creation. Strengthened Through Faithful Living.A Practical Christian Discipleship Ministry
Outdoor Crusade is a Christian discipleship ministry created to help believers step away from distraction, reconnect with God, and establish healthier patterns of faithful living.
The ministry uses Scripture, prayer, reflection, practical action, and intentional time in God’s creation to help participants slow down and become more attentive to their daily walk with Christ.
The outdoors is not the object of our faith. God’s creation provides a setting where believers can step away from constant noise, remember the Creator, pray, reflect, and become more intentional about following Christ.
Why Outdoor Crusade Exists
Outdoor Crusade was founded by Jody Blackwelder from Mocksville, North Carolina.
For years, Jody struggled with unhealthy patterns, weight gain, discouragement, and the frustration of knowing he needed to change without knowing how to make that change last.
He had tried focusing on outcomes, motivation, and willpower, but eventually realized that lasting change needed to begin deeper—with his relationship with God and the way he was thinking.
Lasting change could not begin with another temporary plan. It had to begin by returning to God’s Word and taking one faithful step at a time.
Through Scripture, prayer, honest reflection, and time away from constant distraction, Jody began taking small daily actions toward a healthier and more faithful life.
The process was not instant or perfect. It was a daily decision to keep walking with God.
The Outdoor Crusade 40-Day Reset Journey grew from that experience. Jody created it to share the biblical principles and practical actions that helped him begin changing his own life.
Outdoor Crusade does not claim that every person will have the same experience or outcome. The ministry simply offers a free discipleship resource and invites believers to seek God, listen to His Word, and take their own next faithful step.
Helping Believers Develop Lifelong Habits of Faithful Living
Helping Christians step away from distraction, reconnect with God, and develop lifelong habits of faithful living through biblical discipleship experienced in God’s creation.
The Foundation of Outdoor Crusade
The ministry is built around Scripture, intentional time in God’s creation, and practical daily faithfulness.
Rooted in Scripture
God’s Word is the foundation and final authority for Outdoor Crusade. The purpose of every devotional, reflection, prayer, and action is to help participants understand and live according to biblical truth.
The ministry does not seek to replace Scripture with personal opinion, motivational language, or popular trends.
Renewed Through God’s Creation
Time in creation can help believers slow down, step away from constant distraction, and become more attentive to prayer, reflection, gratitude, and the Creator.
Creation provides the setting, but God remains the focus.
Strengthened Through Faithful Living
Christian growth is lived out through daily faithfulness. Scripture, prayer, honest reflection, wise habits, and practical action help believers put faith into practice.
The goal is not perfect performance. The goal is to keep walking with God.
Scripture Is the Final Authority
Research may help explain why certain practical habits are useful, but it never replaces biblical truth or the work of the Holy Spirit.
Biblically grounded. Supported by established research on healthy habits, time in nature, and behavior change.
Everything Outdoor Crusade teaches begins with Scripture. God’s Word remains the ministry’s foundation and final authority for faith, doctrine, and life.
We also recognize that established research can help us better understand attention, daily habits, behavior, stress, and the value of intentionally stepping away from distraction.
This research supports the practical structure of the journey, but it is never presented as equal to or above Scripture.
We do not promise transformation. We faithfully point people to the One who transforms.
Designed to Support Faithful Church Involvement
Outdoor Crusade is a parachurch discipleship ministry designed to serve believers and support the work of faithful local churches.
It is not a church and does not seek to replace biblical preaching, worship, baptism, the Lord’s Supper, pastoral care, Christian fellowship, or accountable participation in a local congregation.
The 40-Day Reset Journey can be used personally or alongside a church, Sunday school class, small group, family, or group of friends.
Begin Your Journey or Walk Beside Others
Whether you are ready to begin the 40-Day Reset personally or help a group take the journey together, your next faithful step can begin today.