Founding Staff - Left to Right - Jerry Martin (EXEC Dir, Camp Lurecrest Min) Bryan Norton, Holly Norton, Tom Phillips, Elieen Hartzler (School leader) Byronb Hartzler
History
Emmaus Ministries began in 2006 as a partnership between YWAM Montana and Camp Lurecrest Ministries. The first school was run at Camp Lurecrest Ministries in North Carolina, using Lurecrest's non-profit and administrative structure, and YWAM’s basic curriculum. This photo was taken a few days before our first class arrived in August 2006. In August 2015, we moved to a new campus in Orlando, Florida. Since that time, Emmaus Ministries has refined and expanded its programs to serve thousands of individuals, both live and online, nationally, and internationally.