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CrossRoads begins on a Friday evening and ends the following Monday afternoon.
The CrossRoads team leading the weekend is composed of former attendees of a CrossRoads
or similar weekend like Discipleship Walk, Great Banquet, Tres Dias, Cursillo or
Walk to Emmaus..., who have volunteered their time for months of preparation by
working and praying together as a unit.
CrossRoads presents the basics of the Christian life and the meaning of living the
Christian ideal and its application in our daily lives.
CrossRoads is centered around lay and pastor talks. Table groups discuss each talk.
Discourse that develops from these discussions makes Christ's teachings come alive.
The basic atmosphere of CrossRoads is one of love, joy, Christian fellowship, singing,
laughing, and worship. CrossRoads makes future Christian experiences more fruitful
because of the zestful seasoning it brings to all Christian living.
CrossRoads can be made only once in a lifetime. Therefore, it is not a substitute
for a retreat, nor does it have the individual solitude of a retreat.
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Just as Christ meets you at your point of need, so CrossRoads is designed for those
who desire to be strengthened in their faith and to be brought closer to Christ
in their discipleship. CrossRoads is for Christians of all denominations. The weekend
is not necessarliy for new believers, but for those who understand God's grace.
It is especially gratifying for those who are in leadership within the church.
The weekends are for male and female youth. It is helpful if each attendee has been
encouraged by someone who has previously attended a CrossRoads or similar weekend.
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CrossRoads is designed for those who desire to strengthen their faith and be brought
closer to Christ. It is for all Christian denominations and is best described as
a planned Weekend to encourage continued spiritual growth in your personal relationship
with Christ. A large number of those who have attended the CrossRoads Weekend have
experienced a strengthening of their walk. They encounter His love in a dynamic
way and are encouraged to help one another live and grow in the Christian life and
to become more active in the local church God has placed them.
CrossRoads itself began in 2008, when the Lord began expanding the ministry of the
FaithWalk Community of the Midsouth and FaithWalk International. As they began to
pray together, the Lord began to show them the need for a weekend that would impact
youth and send them back to their local churches to serve. Thus, the dream of CrossRoads
began. The purpose from the beginning would be "to strengthen and develop leaders
in all Christian churches".
Today, the CrossRoads Team leading the Weekend is composed of members from over
100 churches, 17 different states and 3 different countries. We have only just begun
and we believe we can play a role in strenghtening the body of Christ around the
world. Those who have volunteered their time by serving on a CrossRoads team have
prepared by working, training, and praying together as a unit. The CrossRoads Weekend
begins on a Friday evening and ends on Monday afternoon. The Weekend is centered
around lay persons' and pastors' talks. Table groups discuss each talk, where the
discourse that develops from these discussions makes Christ's teachings come alive.
There are also chapel services designed to give the Believer a chance to experience
forgiveness, and other events that show the Believer tangible evidence of God's
love. The basic atmosphere of CrossRoads is one of Christian love, joy, introspect,
fellowship, singing, laughter, and worship.
CrossRoads is not intended to be a 'mountaintop experience', but a life-changing
encounter with God that will send the Believer back to his family, friends, work,
and church to be a better disciple of Christ. Doing so, CrossRoads takes the Believer
from Believer to Disciple to Disciple Maker.
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