Shocco Springs Baptist Conference Center - Conference center in Talladega - 1314 Shocco Springs Rd, USA

Our family and our church love Shocco. We take the kids there every year for kids camp. A lot of churches in the area do. I know they have all kinds of camps come through there in the summers. We go there for leadership conferences and other events as well. The food is great, there are SO many fun things to do, the staff is friendly, and it runs like a well-oiled machine. The conferences we’ve gotten to attend have been very helpful. The Lord definitely uses them and the property to minister to many. I highly recommend going to Shocco!

Since learning about this place, I have thought of it to be a really nice place. However, on this day a guest called two African Americans young ladies working there SLAVES! Management was informed and the staff members were told “that’s crazy! Let’s just leave it at that.” If you’re going to visit this place please have respect for the staff as they are paid employees and not slaves! This is something that should not have to be addressed in 2023; yet, here we are reminding adults how to be civil and treat others right!

YELLOW SWARM!! Kids camp was amazing. It was our first year and it didn’t disappoint! We won the spirit stick 2 times in 4 days. The kids enjoyed every second of the day! The sermons were awesome and bible study was perfect. Great facilities!! Great people!

I liked the main building where you could make smores and there was an arcade. That atmosphere was nice there. The food provided at the cafeteria was not good though. Also the building we were staying at. When we arrived to the building we were staying at there were bugs like roaches, spiders, and even WASPs. in the lights. I included some pictures of the rooms with bugs in the light, it was even worse upstairs. But I did not take pictures of those because I do not like bugs. There were many stains on the floors. The employee we called to address this issue to (I think her name was Ashely) said that the building was old and they were just "preserving the nature" HUH??. What do you mean preserving that nature? Not to be rude or anything. but that just sounds like an excuse for being dirty. The employees were nice enough to clean the bugs out of the lights and to clean the stains off the floor. But seriously why not actively make sure the buildings are clean? Even though the building was old, if the rooms are still being put on display to rent, why not make sure the rooms are clean? Noone wants to stay in a room with bugs. Overall, my experience here was not too bad. The building that included smores and the arcade was fun.

I had the opportunity to stay here as part of the Lifesaving Summit last month. I found the conference center staff to all be friendly and helpful. The meals were fantastic.

As far as church conference centers go Shocco Springs Baptist Conference Center was pretty good. The facilities are in good condition. Dining was average for this type of facility. Grounds were well kept. Over all it was a good experience.

Friendly, helpful staff. Aim for your coming back and enjoying your current stay. Nice gift shop with coffee bar. We were in the Shirey Lodge

We attended shocco springs for centrikid camp and the whole weekend was a blast and is truly worth every second and penny the kids get so much out of this camp it’s the best! - I gave three stars because the building/sleeping lodge (smith lodge)we were assigned was not the best. we had toilet issues with 8 girls sharing one toilet and shower was difficult along with there was a vine growing behind the bed it appeared.also the sink was clogged and black stuff came out of the sink while running the water. The boys down stairs rooms were no better and lots of bug issue. The ceiling in the girls bathroom looked like it suffered some water leaks it looked to be buckling also no exhaust fans. In my opinion this building needs a complete remodel or just knock it down and build a new one.