Crossroads Christian Fellowship

How we began:

From the very beginning our hearts were set on the goal to reach the un-churched and de-churched in our community, not to “steal sheep” from other Bible believing churches. Our focus today is the same, to reach every family in our community with the gospel of Jesus Christ. We began meeting weekly at Windsor Elementary in September of 2008 with a handful of families. One year later we moved into our current facility, the “old” Airway Heights Community Church (an Evangelical Free Church). This came about through some of the members of Airway Heights Community Church who had visited us one Sunday and suggested we utilize their facilities since they had closed their church and were no longer meeting. Our wonderful association with EFCA began through the valued assistance of Pastor Lee Kisman of Spokane First Evangelical Free Church. In May of 2010 we began the process of associating with the Evangelical Free Church of America. In January of 2011 our congregation voted to join as members of the EFCA. Our intention has been to remain a “non-denominational” autonomous, congregation led, Free Church yet as members of the body of Christ, we also desire to associate with other evangelical churches and support one another through fellowship, prayer and resources.

What we are doing:

We don’t believe that God called us to sit still. We aren’t interested in playing church we are interested in being the Church. We are active in our pursuit to share what Christ has done in our lives and what He can do in the lives of others. This intention is made plain through a snapshot of the ministries we are engaged in:

• WISH – Women in Service of Him meets monthly and fills gift bags for abused and battered women and the women’s shelter in Spokane.
• Good News Club – Located directly across the street from Crossroads is Sunset Elementary School. That is not an accident and we realized that God positioned us in our community precisely where we are (Acts 17:26) for divine purpose. Every Tuesday after school children come to Crossroads to hear Bible stories and do arts/crafts as the gospel is presented.
• SIX/12 Youth ministry, exciting and engaging youth group meeting weekly on Thursday nights
• Women’s and Men’s groups meeting regularly
• Marriage Enrichment events – Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage, Valentines Day Dinner, etc.
• Community outreach:
o Thanksgiving Turkeys - given out to neighbors in need
o Back to School Blessings - providing school supplies to children without
o Christmas Tree of Sharing – Christmas gifts to families in need
o SIX/12 popsicle outreach – free popsicles to neighborhood children.
o Summer children's community musical bible camp.

Where we are going:

We are committed to take Christ at His word when He calls us “salt and light”. Our intention is not to sit around and talk about helping others, it is to engage in active works of service. Our plan is to connect with our community in ways that allow us to invest in the lives of others. The Lord has blessed our faithfulness in many ways. In two and half years we have grown from a few committed families to an average Sunday attendance of over 100. This has presented significant space problems for us since there are only 108 seats in the sanctuary. To resolve the lack space we installed a large portable structure for Sunday School classroom space and are planning for two services. We praise the Lord for His blessings and freely acknowledge that apart from Him we not only can do nothing, but certainly would fail miserably.