Hume operates year-round camps and conference centers at multiple locations with programing for youth, family, and adults and has hosted more than 1 million visitors.

Hume appealed the Planning Board's decision, and in 2023 the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled that the Dover Amendment overrode the town ordinance.

Hume Lake Christian Camps began as Fellowship Conferences, and was founded by Walter Warkentin and partners in 1945 in Dinuba, California.

Walt Warkentin, Dave Hofer, Hermon Pettit and John Strain formed a number of Christian organizations, including Fellowship Conferences, after meeting to pray about their relationship with God.

Walter Warkentin was named director of Fellowship Conferences when the group drew assignments written on slips of paper that had been placed in a bible.

Trees were selectively cut that posed safety risks yielding 2 million board feet of lumber.