Personally, I wouldn't take my cat to the dog park, or my pork chop.

I feel like you're volunteering your kid for brainwashing camp. Maybe not the best decision.

It’s all about indoctrination: prayers, preaching, bible reading, etc.

I’d look for something else if it were my kids.

"Bible camp". That says it all.

How about calling it what it is: Christian indoctrination camp.

Having been several times in Summers during my youth, I can attest that it is not "...more of an outdoor thing..." The kids are lured to Bible Camp with tales of swimming, baseball, canoing, handicrafts, etc. In reality it is hours of religious orientation, church every night and twice on Sunday. In short, many hours of religious boredom with scant time off to enjoy the camp amenities. At 75 years of age, I am still resentful for the disingenuous bait and switch that turned out to be tedious boredom.

How old are they? If they're very young, it's perhaps best not to permit them to go. If they're old enough to understand that adults frequently talk crap and you've brought them up to think for themselves, this could be a wonderful opportunity for them to try out their anti-woo combative conversation skills - and probably have fun doing it.

As someone raised in an evangelical setting, I would say no to Jesus Camp. Their goal will be to get her to understand that she is completely worthless unless she says the magic words. Her friends will tell her how sad they are that she won't be in heaven with them...it's a lot of pressure for a kid. Send her to some other kind of non-religious camp.

ABSOLUTLY NOT.

I is more about indoctrination than good outdoor fun.

I sent three kids to bible camps while they were children. Two have grown up to be Atheists, and the youngest wants to stay on her dad's good side. The other activities at camp might make up for the religion. However, let her know what to expect, and it depends on the denomination. Is this a fundamentalist church or a more liberal denomination? The fundamentalists will try to scare god into them. The more liberal churches will make sure they have a good time and encourage them to believe.

Never trust a bible person, they are the worst

I would be very cautious. I'm sure there are other outdoor camps that would be better.

You can be certain of some level of brainwashing, imo.

Indoctrination and brainwashing is to same no matter how you dress it up. Stand your ground.

I let my kids go. We talked about respecting others believes and as they are going to be there guests to not question. I did stress that if something happens they where not comfortable with to insist on calling me so I can come get them.
When they came back we had a long talk and researched everything they had questions about. My parents gave me a gift of not being raised in a religion but encouraged me to look into them to see if any worked for me. I did the same for my kids. Both are still non religious and adults today.

As a preteen I went with a friend to a bible camp even though my family is secular and I asked a lot of questions that the adults weren't always able to answer. Your daughter can see it as an educational experience. Know thy enemy.

It's okay. Children have survived bible camps for years. Have conversations with them when they get home, and give them honest answers to their questions. The sooner kids understand and accept that there are many different people who believe many different things, they can think critically and find answers for themselves.

Children will follow role models, it is part of their nature. Religion targets the young for this very reason. Use caution in your decision

I wouldn't like my kid to go not because I'm afraid of indoctrination (it's just one week), but because I wouldn't want to support those kind of camps. They don't get my money.

Hmmm...I tried cigarettes for the first time at age 10 at a Baptist summer camp at a lake....and I had my first kiss there the next year from a really cute boy from Pittsburgh.....then at 14, I tried pot for the first time at the same camp and we (a group of 6-8 teens) watched two counselors have sex by the campfire after they sent us all to bed.
LOL but, sure, I'm sure your kids will be fine going to church camp...... hahahahahaha

Full disclosure - I don't have kids

Is there necessarily anything wrong with them going? No. Would I want my kids to go? I would prefer not, but I would look at it as a teaching opportunity.

I'd want to talk to my kid to find out why they were wanting to go. It would not be about whether I agreed with why they wanted to go, but that it was truly their decision to go; that they hadn't been coerced or convinced by adults that are believers.

Then I would do some research into the camp to understand what ACTUALLY goes on. After that I would sit down and have a heart to heart with my kid giving them an idea of what to expect at the camp, and make sure it was still what they wanted.

If they did go, then we would talk about what they did, and what they learned. I would want to know what they thought about everything. I would ask a lot of questions to get their mind working, not tearing down what they were taught, but hopefully leading them down the path of critical thinking about what they were taught.

Are you afraid that their indoctrination will come across louder than what you've taught them? If kids believe whatever their parents believe, theyll never own it. Let them find their own way.

I would suspect that anything with the words 'Bible' and 'Camp' in the same context smacks of attempted indoctrination framed by some altruistic Boy Scout concept. It's not possible to shield children from all adult conniving. Difficult I understand but if they are not allowed to go, the whole exclusion scenario could give the event some mystical status in their minds and becme an attractive course to explore rather than a run of the mill youth camp with fairy and folk tales as the core discourse rather than learning practical outdoor skills. I suspect that most children have their own internal BS meters. So long as there is a debrief session from yourself on return it could be a major life experience for them. If your ex is a member of the group and that is their residence it is likely they will be on the road to accepting the concepts presented. Good luck with that one. Just try to bear in mind that with older children prohibition breeds defiance. The most effective support is an open door and a listening ear.

If you've taught them to think for themselves, you gotta figure they'll be able to deal and see bad logic and lies. No "bubble children"