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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