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In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love.
Here at Crosspoint we value both belief and practice with Jesus at the center. Beliefs are important. They shape how we think about God. They also shape how we live our lives. Throughout God’s story, we see people demonstrate incredible trust in God by putting their faith into action. We want to be a church that does the same. We major on the majors and minor on the minors. Unity is not the same as uniformity so we create space for diversity on lesser matters. Jesus said, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these. Jesus held up love as the true mark of his followers. As a church, we chase after Jesus and measure our growth by how well we love — not just what we know.
In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love.
Here at Crosspoint we value both belief and practice with Jesus at the center. Beliefs are important. They shape how we think about God. They also shape how we live our lives. Throughout God’s story, we see people demonstrate incredible trust in God by putting their faith into action. We want to be a church that does the same. We major on the majors and minor on the minors. Unity is not the same as uniformity so we create space for diversity on lesser matters. Jesus said, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these. Jesus held up love as the true mark of his followers. As a church, we chase after Jesus and measure our growth by how well we love — not just what we know.
In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love.
Here at Crosspoint we value both belief and practice with Jesus at the center. Beliefs are important. They shape how we think about God. They also shape how we live our lives. Throughout God’s story, we see people demonstrate incredible trust in God by putting their faith into action. We want to be a church that does the same. We major on the majors and minor on the minors. Unity is not the same as uniformity so we create space for diversity on lesser matters. Jesus said, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these. Jesus held up love as the true mark of his followers. As a church, we chase after Jesus and measure our growth by how well we love — not just what we know.
In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love.
Here at Crosspoint we value both belief and practice with Jesus at the center. Beliefs are important. They shape how we think about God. They also shape how we live our lives. Throughout God’s story, we see people demonstrate incredible trust in God by putting their faith into action. We want to be a church that does the same. We major on the majors and minor on the minors. Unity is not the same as uniformity so we create space for diversity on lesser matters. Jesus said, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these. Jesus held up love as the true mark of his followers. As a church, we chase after Jesus and measure our growth by how well we love — not just what we know.
In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love.
Here at Crosspoint we value both belief and practice with Jesus at the center. Beliefs are important. They shape how we think about God. They also shape how we live our lives. Throughout God’s story, we see people demonstrate incredible trust in God by putting their faith into action. We want to be a church that does the same. We major on the majors and minor on the minors. Unity is not the same as uniformity so we create space for diversity on lesser matters. Jesus said, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these. Jesus held up love as the true mark of his followers. As a church, we chase after Jesus and measure our growth by how well we love — not just what we know.
In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, liberty. In all things, love.
Here at Crosspoint we value both belief and practice with Jesus at the center. Beliefs are important. They shape how we think about God. They also shape how we live our lives. Throughout God’s story, we see people demonstrate incredible trust in God by putting their faith into action. We want to be a church that does the same. We major on the majors and minor on the minors. Unity is not the same as uniformity so we create space for diversity on lesser matters. Jesus said, “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind and with all your strength.’ The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these. Jesus held up love as the true mark of his followers. As a church, we chase after Jesus and measure our growth by how well we love — not just what we know.
About Our Denomination
The Christian & Missionary Alliance was born out of a passion for Jesus and a heart for lost people. Centered in Him and empowered by His Spirit, our message remains unchanged and our mission remains uncompromising–until all have had the opportunity to hear of His inbounding grace, unrestrained mercy, and unyielding love.
About Our Denomination
The Christian & Missionary Alliance was born out of a passion for Jesus and a heart for lost people. Centered in Him and empowered by His Spirit, our message remains unchanged and our mission remains uncompromising–until all have had the opportunity to hear of His inbounding grace, unrestrained mercy, and unyielding love.
About Our Denomination
The Christian & Missionary Alliance was born out of a passion for Jesus and a heart for lost people. Centered in Him and empowered by His Spirit, our message remains unchanged and our mission remains uncompromising–until all have had the opportunity to hear of His inbounding grace, unrestrained mercy, and unyielding love.
About Our Denomination
The Christian & Missionary Alliance was born out of a passion for Jesus and a heart for lost people. Centered in Him and empowered by His Spirit, our message remains unchanged and our mission remains uncompromising–until all have had the opportunity to hear of His inbounding grace, unrestrained mercy, and unyielding love.
About Our Denomination
The Christian & Missionary Alliance was born out of a passion for Jesus and a heart for lost people. Centered in Him and empowered by His Spirit, our message remains unchanged and our mission remains uncompromising–until all have had the opportunity to hear of His inbounding grace, unrestrained mercy, and unyielding love.
About Our Denomination
The Christian & Missionary Alliance was born out of a passion for Jesus and a heart for lost people. Centered in Him and empowered by His Spirit, our message remains unchanged and our mission remains uncompromising–until all have had the opportunity to hear of His inbounding grace, unrestrained mercy, and unyielding love.
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The Apostles Creed
We look to the Apostles’ Creed, an affirmation that has held the church together for almost 2,000 years, to define the essentials of our faith.
I believe in God, the Father Almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth.
I believe in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our Lord
He was conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit
And born of the Virgin Mary.
He suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified, died, and was buried.
He descended to the dead.
On the third day he rose again.
He ascended into heaven,
And is seated at the right hand of the Father.
He will come again to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
The holy catholic Church,
The communion of saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body,
And the life everlasting.
Amen.
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Cultural Issues
We often get questions about how our faith intersects with different questions and ideas swirling around in our culture. The topics below are not necessarily the most important beliefs about what it means to be a follower of Jesus, just the ones we get the most questions about.
At Crosspoint we believe that our position on cultural issues matters. We believe God’s ways are the best way to live life and therefore want to accurately know what He says.
We also believe that our posture towards people is just as important.
Jesus was uncompromising in teaching and calling people to align with his beliefs because he wanted them to experience the life they were created for. The sinners, prostitutes, tax collectors, and normal every day people were captivated by Jesus and wanted to follow him. The Pharisees held many of the same positions and beliefs that Jesus did, and yet many people felt alienated by them.
The biggest difference between the Pharisees and Jesus wasn’t their position (though they did disagree about some pretty important things). The biggest difference was their posture. The Pharisees’ posture was characterized by pride, judgment, and looking down on sinners, while Jesus’ posture was characterized by love and compassion.
We want to be a community that is living into the positions and postures of Jesus. We hold to our beliefs with conviction and love towards those who disagree with us.
One last note: if you have any questions, please reach out to us. We want to be as clear as possible so that you can best discern what it looks like to be part of our community. However, there’s only so much that can be communicated in a couple paragraphs on a website. Many of these topics are complex and are best discussed with a lot of humility, listening, and a little bit of coffee.
You can find all the position papers on the Christian & Missionary Alliance’s website.
Human Sexuality
We want to embody the posture of Jesus in how we live out this counter cultural belief. That means we will seek to welcome people from all walks of life into our community. In Jesus’ day, the people who followed him were often out of step with his teachings. He taught that to look at a woman lustfully was to commit adultery, and yet is consistently surrounded by prostitutes who profited on lust.
We don’t expect people to change before they can join us on the journey of following Jesus, but we also won’t shy away from championing what we believe is God’s best for them and challenging them to submit their lives more fully to Jesus and his kingdom.
Sanctity of Human Life
If you’re interested in joining or learning more about the Kingdom Community focused on combatting human trafficking, click here.
Racial Justice
We believe that the racial injustice that exists in our world runs counter to the good news of the Kingdom of God. As a people who are meant to reflect Kingdom values in our broken world, the church has a responsibility to promote racial equality and advocate for justice for those whose voices might otherwise be ignored.
If you’re interested in joining or learning more about the Kingdom Community focused on this work, click here.
Women in Ministry
Women have been a vital part of the Christian & Missionary Alliance’s work from the beginning serving with their gifts of preaching and teaching, administering the ordinances, and providing leadership to the church and its ministries.
Because of the way our denomination understands some key New Testament passages, there are two areas women are not allowed to serve in the local church: as the lead pastor or as an elder.
Our Leadership Team is currently comprised of men and women. The men are considered elders and must constitute a majority, but every member is encouraged to lean in and use their gifts to help discern what God is up to in our congregation. This organizational structure is one of the options the Christian & Missionary Alliance has provided.
Gender
We also believe that God created people as male and female and that we bear His image. We believe that our created body is an essential part of who we are and is good. We believe that we are to honor God with our body. As such, we believe that God’s design is that our created biological sex determines whether we are male or female.
We believe that God’s purposes in his creation are often beyond our understanding and that we can trust his design for each human being, including their created sex.
There are many practical questions that arise, but we believe what it looks like for someone to take steps beyond weekend attendance in our community should be discerned on a case by case basis because each situation is so unique.
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