Kanuga Conference Center (Cherokee: ᎧᏄᎦ) is affiliated with the Episcopal Church in the United States of America and the Anglican Communion.

Utilizing his successful businesses, American Trust Company (now Bank of America and his newspapers, the Charlotte Observer, and the Asheville Citizen, Stephens attracted people to Kanuga.

A new dam that shortened the lake to its present size would eventually be built, but over the following 12 years four attempts at reorganizing the facility ended with four bankruptcies.

Scottish architect S. Grant Alexander was commissioned to design and build the chapel out of yellow pine wood harvested on the property.

Conferences held during the year are sponsored by Kanuga and outside groups, and churches from many denominations within a few hours drive will use the campus for parish weekends in the non-summer months.

The House of Bishops of the Episcopal Church have used Kanuga as a multi-day meeting site as have the primates of the Anglican Communion.

The seven weeks of summer guest period in July and August attract visitors to capacity each year, including multi-generational families attending since Kanuga's beginning.