Crossroads Community Church

Living in God’s kingdom means living in an upside down world. Last will be first. Give to receive. Lose to gain. People who mourn are blessed. All statements Jesus made, yet they seem so opposite from how our world functions and even how we are wired, don’t they? But the kingdom of God is upside [...]

Sermon-based groups are based on the familiar lecture-lab model seen in most educational situations. There is a large group lecture – in our case the weekend message – followed up by a smaller class for grading homework, answering questions, discussing the substance of the lecture – a lab. Imagine the weekend message as a lecture [...]

We will be kicking off some pilot groups that are sermon-based this spring. Pilot in terms of a trial apparatus, a test, or an experiment (this in no way implies that those who are participating are guinea pigs!). Sermon-based, well because they are based on the sermon – duh?! I know sermon may be an [...]