You Have Value, Worth, & Purpose in God!

At Crossroads Church, we provide a variety of opportunities to deepen your relationship with God. Our worship services are filled with heartfelt praise and inspirational messages that will uplift your spirit.


Ready to take the first step? Join us this Sunday for a life-changing experience.


MOVING TO CONNECT OURSELVES AND OTHERS TO GOD

Our Vision | Crossroads Covenant Church wants to make an impact on your life, in our community, and in the world for God.


Our Desire | is that everyone knows that their Value, Worth, and Purpose come from God.


Our Goal | is to build Kingdom Discipleship Makers


Our Values | What drives us forward

​​We believe the Bible is the Word of God and our standard for living.

We follow Jesus.

We are welcoming and loving.

We embrace and support our community worldwide.

We are a church in motion.


Discipleship

Discipleship in the most simplest of terms is Taking Steps Toward Jesus.


“It’s about learning to bring our whole selves before Christ. While one aspect of our life might be in alignment with God, that doesn’t mean every aspect of us is. Discipleship is learning to lay every part of us at the altar.” - Pastor Alex Hardt


or as John Mark Comer said,

“Who are you following? Everybody is following somebody. Put another way: We’re all disciples. The question isn’t, Are you a disciple?...but... Who or what are you a disciple of?”


Discipleship has two primary Components to it.


MAKING DISCIPLES

Helping People to Move inward toward Jesus


MULTIPLYING DISCIPLES

Moving Outward To Help People Move Inward


Rhythms

All Discipleship is made up of three Rhythms


  • A Connection to that thing or person we are following
  • A Connection to people around us who like or follow that same thing
  • And a Desire to Connect Others to that same thing or to share that object or person with others.


When we are talking about Discipleship in regards our Faith. Those Rhythms are very similar.


The way we have phrased that at Crossroads is: Connecting to GOD, Connecting to Others, and Connecting Others to GOD.​


Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment. And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’- Matthew 22:37-39


UP | CONNECT TO GOD

We receive the promises of God and reorient oneself to God.


This looks like | Worship, Prayer, God's Word, Sacraments, Baptism, Communion, and other Spiritual Habits.


IN | CONNECT TO OTHERS

We become persons in the fullest sense in our relationship with God and with others.


This looks like | Groups, Discipleship, and Fellowship


OUT | CONNECT OTHERS TO GOD

We believe that God is love and the best way to reflect God in the world is to live out his love through our thoughts, words, and actions


This looks like | Serving, Giving, Evangelism, Stories, Missions, and Outreach


Habits & Expressions

HABITS

Now Rhythms are only as Strong as the Habits you institute around them. A habit supports the reorienting of oneself around whatever we are following.


At Crossroads the way those Habits of Discipleship are demonstrated are through what I call GROWING habits.


Generosity, Relationships, Openness to God, Worship, Impact, New Life, and Gifts.


EXPRESSIONS

Now these Habits can be expressed through a variety of ways and for each person they may be expressed differently.


So for one person cultivating the habit of Relationships might mean Small groups and for another it might mean One on one and for another it might mean mentorship.


  • What expressions are you doing right now that draw you closer to God?
  • And what expressions might you add?


Think about the kind of ripples that could come about by living simply for Jesus, by removing the Junk or Distractions from our life, and becoming a disciple of Jesus.


Following Jesus means practicing a way of life.


These Rhythms, Habits, and Expressions are the way we practice the way of life.


It’s the way we take steps toward Jesus!

Our Beliefs

We invite you to explore our beliefs and join us in our pursuit of living out our faith in boldness and passion.

  • The Bible

    The Old and the New Testaments are the living, active, and powerful Word of God. They are the only perfect rule for faith, doctrine, and conduct.


    (2 Timothy 3:16-17; 2 Peter 1:20-21; 2 Peter 3:14-16; Hebrews 4:12)

  • Salvation

    Salvation comes only through faith in Jesus. When we repent of sin, and trust in Jesus’ work on the cross we are born again.


    (John 3:16-19; John 14:6; John 16:7-12)

  • Jesus & The Cross

    Jesus Christ was fully human and fully divine.


    (John 10:30; John 11:35; Mark 4:38; Luke 2:52)


    He died on a cross for our sins, rose from the dead, and lives forever at the Father’s right hand.


    (1 Cor. 15:1-8)

  • Divine Gifting and Power

    The Holy Spirit lives in all believers and gives spiritual gifts as he chooses. He gives them to empower the Church for growth and mission


    (Matthew 28:18-19; Mark 16:14-20; Romans 12:3-7;1 Cor. 12:1-11; Eph. 4:11-13)

  • Trinity

    God is One in three Persons co-equal and co-eternal: Father, Son and Holy Spirit.


    (Deut. 6:4; Genesis 1:26; John 10:30; 2 Cor. 13:14)

  • The Church

    The Church is a fellowship of those who believe. We love and forgive and trust one another.


    (Romans 12:3-21; Ephesians 4:25-32)

  • Eternity

    Every person has an eternal destination: either eternal life with God or eternal separation from Him.


    (Hebrews 9:27-28; Matt. 25:46; Rev. 20:10-15)

  • Jesus' Return

    Jesus will return to reclaim all creation for the Father and to take believers home to heaven.


    (Rev. 1:8; Rev. 22:13-21)

Our Identity

We are part of the worldwide Christian church.

  • We are an apostolic church

    We confess Jesus Christ and the faith of the apostles as recorded in the Holy Scriptures. We believe the authority of the Bible is supreme in all matters of faith, doctrine, and conduct, and it is to be trusted. “Where is it written?” and is the Covenant congregation’s touchstone of discussion with regard to faith and practice.

  • We are a *catholic church

    The word catholic literally means universal. This means we understand ourselves to be a part of the community of believers that began with Jesus’ first followers, is alive today, and will continue until Christ comes again.


    *We are not part of the Catholic denomination.


    *When spelled with a capital "C," Catholic refers to the Roman Catholic Church or one of its members. When spelled with a lower case "c," catholic means universal, throughout all time and places, and points to the essential unity or wholeness of the church in Christ

  • We are a reformation church

    We stand in the mainstream of a church renewal movement of the sixteenth century called the Protestant Reformation. Especially important is the belief that we are saved by God’s grace alone, through faith alone, not by anything that we can do. The Covenant Church is also shaped by Pietism, a renewal movement that originated in seventeenth-century Europe and emphasized the need for a life that is personally connected to Jesus Christ, a reliance on the Holy Spirit, and a call to service in the world.

  • We are an evangelical church

    A series of religious awakenings flowered in Europe and America during the nineteenth century and provided rich soil for the early growth of the Covenant Church with our passion for mission. Evangelicals historically have been characterized by a strong insistence on biblical authority, the absolute necessity of new birth, Christ’s mandate to evangelize the world, the continuing need for education and formation in a Christian context, and a responsibility for benevolence.

We are part of the Evangelical Covenant Church

Our Denomination

The Evangelical Covenant Church seeks to form and nurture communities that are deeply committed to Jesus Christ and passionately engaged in Christ’s mission in the world. The purpose of Covenant affirmations is to make clear the values and principles that have guided the Evangelical Covenant Church since its founding in 1885.


- We affirm the centrality of the Word of God.

- We affirm the necessity of the new birth.

- We affirm a commitment to the whole mission of the church.

- We affirm the Church as a fellowship of believers.

- We affirm a conscious dependence on the Holy Spirit.

- We affirm the reality of freedom in Christ.


If you want to learn more about the Evangelical Covenant Church, visit covchurch.org for more information.