ABOUT GRACE FARM

A farm for disciples — not plants.

We believe that discipleship is not just for indoors. Being close to God’s creation helps us escape the noise of everyday life and hear his voice through scripture. Around here that looks like muddy sneakers, campfire testimonies, and rocking chair conversations.

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What We Believe

A NOTE FROM OUR FOUNDER

“The future is bound in our youth! Unless we train them, America is going to be lost. Grace Farm exists to uniquely aid the Church in evangelism and discipleship.”

Dr. Freddie Coile

Founder, Grace Farm

HOW WE APPROACH MINISTRY

Two things. Really, that’s it.

First, we tell kids the truth about Jesus, clearly, simply, and without an agenda beyond that. Through camps, retreats, and special events, we present the Gospel as the foundation for everything, not just another thing to check off a list.

Two girls reading the bible while sitting on a tree stump

Camp Counselor preaching the bible at Junior camp

Second, we stick with them. Through solid, understandable Bible teaching, we help students figure out who they are in Christ, what they've got, and how to actually use it. Whether that's back home, on a mission trip, or leading the next generation of campers themselves. Young believers aren’t just tomorrow’s Church, they’re today’s.

OUR HISTORY

Built on faith. Grown over 20 years.

Before it was Grace Farm, this land was cotton fields, then timber, then twenty years of kudzu and briars. In 2004, fourteen kids and a few leaders drove 10 hours to take cold showers, build an outhouse, and lay the foundation for what we call Grace Farm. They were the first of hundreds of people who have given their time and resources to make this dream come true. It’s not about the work we’ve done; it’s about but the work that God is doing in us.

OUR FOUNDER

Dr. Freddie Coile

Freddie Coile is the founder of Focus Evangelistic Ministries. He worked as an itinerant evangelist and Bible teacher, traveling extensively and preaching in many settings — telling people how they could know they have eternal life, and training the saved how to live for the Lord.

Freddie paid special attention to the spiritual needs of America's youth. After researching trends in youth culture, he and his wife Janet began praying seriously about doing more for kids, believing camp was the most powerful ministry setting in the world. Knowing it would take a miracle, he trusted the Lord to raise up a special place where kids could encounter Christ in the backwoods of rural north Georgia.

OUR PRESIDENT

Josiah Coile

Josiah Coile is the president of Focus Evangelistic Ministries and director of Grace Farm youth camps. In addition to serving as primary session speaker and event facilitator throughout the year, he hosts Focus on the Bible, a radio program and podcast aimed at helping people understand and apply God's Word to their lives.

Josiah is a gifted speaker and a willing servant of the Lord, dedicated to continuing the legacy of FEMI for the next generation.

Grace Farms wood watch tower with the grace farm banner

THE PROPERTY

Land with a story of its own

The dream to start a youth camp was stirred to life when an abandoned property on the banks of Beaverdam Creek became available — once a cotton plantation, then tall timber, then abandoned woods used only for occasional hunting. In 2004, the property was auctioned, and we believe it was always meant to be Grace Farm.

2004

Property auctioned & first group arrives from Missouri & Georgia

2006

Georgia Missions Project hosts 53 people camping in tents

2007

First "Camp Grace at Grace Farm" welcomes 21 kids from St. Petersburg, FL

2026

Thousands have come to learn, serve, and build at Grace Farm

SERIOUS ABOUT FAITH, SERIOUS ABOUT FUN

Discipleship happens in devotions and sessions, but it also happens mid-air on the Nuke ‘Em court, knee-deep in the creek, and around the campfire under the stars. Here's a peek at what "fun" looks like at Grace Farm.