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We are "On Mission"at Crossroads

Crossroads Christian Church is on a mission to “Make Following Jesus A Way Of Life.” To accomplish this, our church partners with a variety of trusted individuals and organizations. We refer to these as our "Missions Partners." These strategic partnerships enable us to make an impact both near and far through our local, domestic, and international efforts. These partnerships are overseen by a dedicated group of individuals from our congregation who serve on our Mission Committee. This team stays up to date on the progress and health of our partners. They regularly review their alignment with Crossroads’ values, and committee members can even recommend organizations and individuals for future partnerships.

When someone gives to the General Fund of Crossroads Christian Church, they become a partner in a local and global enterprise with us to further God’s kingdom. This webpage is a tool intended to help acquaint our congregation with some of the many ways your stewardship and generosity are making a difference in Jesus’ name. Please take time to review these individuals and organizations. Better still, you and your family are encouraged to pray for them.

Our mission emphasis at Crossroads is to encourage church members to identify needs, serve our community, and be generous with time and resources.

In addition, this ministry desires to be a facilitator of events for families to serve on mission together.

If you have any questions about our Mission Partners or our Mission Ministry, you can email our Missions team at .

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Local Missions

ETSU Campus House

Campus House (or the Christian Student Fellowship) is a campus ministry at East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in Johnson City, Tennessee, and we exist to create a community for college students.

We have worship gatherings, free meals, small groups, events for international students, retreats, and lots of other opportunities to develop meaningful relationships. Even if there isn’t an event scheduled, this is a place you can hang out, study, mooch the snacks, drink the coffee, and be part of a community that cares about you.

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Camp ACC

Appalachian Christian Camp, or Camp ACC, is a non-denominational Christian Summer Camp for youth entering Kindergarten through 12th grade. The camp program begins on the first of June and continues through the summer, into early August. Camp ACC teaches Christian principles and values in a fun and exciting way that challenges today's youth. While Camp ACC is a church camp, you do not have to be a member of a church to attend.

The Camp ACC campus includes a full high ropes course, 4 ziplines, several low ropes course elements, a gymnasium with an indoor rock climbing wall, ball field, sand volleyball court, a 5,000 square foot swimming pool, an open-air worship center, air-conditioned dormitories, and walking trails, all surrounded by the beauty of Unicoi County.

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ESCAPE

Camp ACC provides the perfect environment to escape the overwhelming lives our young people find themselves in, and the programs provide the teaching of God's love in a unique and life-changing way. Located in a beautiful wooded setting at the base of the Unaka Mountains, students and adults alike can leave their world behind to experience God's love in a fun and exciting way that cannot be found anywhere else.

FUN

The fun never stops at Camp ACC! The Christian life is meant to be fun, and Camp ACC breaks the needle off of most students' "fun-ometers"! The varied activities offered are designed specifically for the ages of those attending, and it is easy to say that students of all ages have the time of their lives while here!

GOD'S LOVE

God's love is not only taught, it is also experienced at Camp ACC! Students learn quickly that there is an almighty God who loves them and wants a personal relationship with them through His Son Jesus Christ! The Program Directors, Counselors and Staff are all here to share that love and message with all who attend.

PURPOSE

Each student also learns that God created him/her to be uniquely themselves and because they are unique, He has a specific purpose for their lives. Our different programs are designed to help each and every student discover what God's purpose is just for them!

COMMUNITY

Another very important aspect of Camp ACC is the friendships that are forged. All of our sessions strongly focus on small groups, allowing students to spend time making lasting friendships with other young people who are discovering and developing their relationships with their heavenly Father.

Agape Women's Services

Pregnancy Medical Clinic in Johnson City, Tennessee

Agape is a trusted, nonprofit pregnancy resource center and state-licensed medical clinic serving our communities in Johnson City and the Tri-cities area. Their involvement with community partners allows Agape Women’s Services to provide cost-free services that include: lab-grade pregnancy testing, pregnancy consultations, STI testing, and Limited OB ultrasounds.

Agape strives to offer people seeking help judgment-free support, resources, mentoring, and evidence-based education to empower individuals to make healthy choices for emotional, physical and spiritual well-being regarding sexual health and pregnancy-related issues.

The name, Agape, means unconditional love. They are devoted to loving and serving all our clients before, during, and after an unplanned pregnancy.

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WCQR

WCQR is purposed to serve you in ways that remind you that you are loved, and that will inspire you to live passionately for Jesus Christ . . . through every song, every word spoken, and every community connection.

That’s our mission.

This is why we are passionate and focused.

This is why our music and all we do is relational, funny, inspiring, and thought-provoking.

Everything at WCQR is filtered through our mission: Each phone call and email interaction, each song selection, how we interact with our friends at an event, and even responding to a prayer request.

Our motivation is to leave you inspired to grow closer to Jesus.

That’s our mission.

We welcome you to join us on this mission. Help us create these moments where people stop and consider their relationship with Jesus.

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Family Promise

Family Promise of Greater Johnson City’s (FPJC) mission is to help low-income and unhoused families achieve sustainable independence. We provide a network of faith congregations and community agencies to promote a collaborative response for unhoused families with children. In particular, this response allows these families to remain together while addressing the challenges confronting them in obtaining housing. These families receive case management specific to their needs and in-depth support as they progress.

Families must complete an application and submit a background check. Eligible guests will be accepted into FPJC on a space availability basis without regard to race, gender, religion, ethnicity, or financial status. FPJC also primarily serves families from Washington County, Carter County, Unicoi, Greene County, Johnson City, and the eastern end of Sullivan County in Northeast Tennessee.

FPJC incorporates three distinct programs: Prevention and Diversion, Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN), and Families Moving Home (FMH). FPJC is affiliated with Family Promise, a national organization with more than 200 affiliates in 43 states, along with more locations under development. Nationally, our programs involve more than 160,000 volunteers and 6,000 congregations.

FPJC does not and shall not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, age, national origin, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status in any of its activities or operations. These activities include but are not limited to hiring and firing staff, selecting volunteers and vendors, and providing shelter services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our team and the families we serve. FPJC is also happy to serve unhoused families with Limited English Proficiency (LEP).

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Milligan University

Milligan is a Christ-centered liberal arts university in Johnson City, Tennessee, boasting a close-knit community, 355-acre picturesque campus, and over 100 majors, minors and other degree offerings.

For over 150 years, Milligan has educated men and women to lead and to serve. Our commitment to Christ-centered liberal arts education has led Milligan to become a growing, well-respected liberal arts institution. Because of our emphasis on scholarship, community, and faith, students come from all over the world to experience our distinctively different approach to higher education.

Consistently recognized for quality and value, Milligan is ranked at No. 10 among “Best Regional Universities” in the South by U.S. News and World Report and at No. 2 among “Best Value Schools.”

As a Christian liberal arts university, Milligan University seeks to honor God by educating men and women to be servant‑leaders.

Milligan University defines servant-leadership as a set of dispositions that models, inspires, and advances a shared vision through a commitment to serving others and intentional self-sacrifice rooted in Christian community.

Three intertwined spheres form the core values of Milligan’s educational and co-curricular experiences: Scholarship, Community, and Faith. The values, knowledge, and skills that reside at the intersection of these three spheres form the effective servant-leader.

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Scholarship

Scholarship is a form of inquiry that stresses the techniques of observation, study, analysis, experimentation and recording in the acquisition, creation, and application of knowledge. Milligan students are led to develop a respect and enthusiasm for sound scholarship and to seek it with diligence and perseverance. The acquisition, creation and application of knowledge are not ends in themselves. These activities are means in pursuit of the abundant life that Jesus promised those who follow him as Savior and Lord (John 10:10).

Community

Christian community offers its members a dynamic and supportive environment in which students join faculty and staff, supported by alumni and others, in exploring and practicing the personal and communal dimensions of individual and corporate responsibility under the Lordship of Jesus Christ. This responsibility flows from the stewardship of life and resources rooted in the teachings of the Christian scriptures and focuses on service to humanity to the glory of God. Such a high calling can be maintained and pursued only within a community in which servant-leadership is a way of living.

Faith

Faith is the conviction that God exists and has spoken definitively, revealing the glory of His nature and His will for humankind through the person of Jesus Christ (Hebrews 1:1-5). More than simple assent to a set of doctrines or the tenets of a tradition, faith finds its expression in a life of discipleship in which the believer, taking Christ as both teacher and example, learns from Him how to live. This life of faithful obedience is meant to be pursued alongside others in community, in response to God’s redemptive action, and to reflect the present and coming Kingdom of God, the essence of which is servanthood.

Institutional Outcomes

Just as scholarship, community, and faith undergird the Milligan educational experience, they also frame the intended institutional outcomes:

IN SCHOLARSHIP:

Milligan graduates will demonstrate the ability to acquire, create, and apply knowledge through sound scholarship.

IN COMMUNITY:

Milligan graduates will demonstrate the skills and attributes needed to assume personal responsibility in society and engage culture within the context of Christian community.

IN FAITH:

Milligan graduates will demonstrate a positive, personal Christian faith in Jesus as Lord and Savior with a commitment to follow the teachings of the Christian scriptures in personal, professional, and social ethics.

Academic and co-curricular programs, educational support services, and administrative support services endeavor to support Milligan University’s institutional outcomes as listed above within their unique context. To this end, each academic program establishes specific student learning outcomes and support areas establish student-centered outcomes that serve the larger institutional outcomes.

Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan University

For over 50 years, Emmanuel Christian Seminary at Milligan has brought together strong academics, a commitment to ministry both at home and abroad, and true discipleship in a loving Christian community in order to train the next generation of leaders in ministry.

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Scholarship

Emmanuel offers carefully constructed and tested theological education for the 21st century, fully accredited by the Association of Theological Schools (ATS). Our academic programs represent the best blend of biblical, historical, theological, and ministerial studies. Whatever your interests in ministry, our programs of study will provide a foundation you can build upon for the rest of your life.

You will learn from professors who care about more than the memorization of theological arguments and dates in church history; they are concerned about how the information you learn will help you in your ministry, whether you are preaching and teaching or serving the Kingdom in other ways.

It’s important that your seminary education also address you as a person in ministry. Spiritual formation courses, faculty mentoring, and supervised internships are designed to help you follow God’s call.

Community

Emmanuel is a supportive community of faith and learning, where faculty, staff, and students come together in a unique way on a beautiful campus in the midst of the Appalachian Mountains. There is a healthy and active campus life, and students’ spouses and children are encouraged to become involved in the life of the seminary community. Unique to most seminary campuses, Emmanuel has on-campus housing available, where you can be surrounded by a community of fellow students and their families, and your classes are within walking distance of your home.

Faith

How long you remain in ministry and how well you can maintain your energy and enthusiasm is heavily influenced by your preparation and training. Developing a deep and lasting well of spirituality that gives drink to passionate ministry through disciplines of study, prayer, discernment, fellowship, and worship is the Emmanuel ideal. The seminary offers various formal programs, as well as more spontaneous events that grow out of the atmosphere of freedom and spiritual commitment within the school.

Domestic Missions

Gideons International

“Go therefore and make disciples of all nations”… Matthew 28:19

The Gideons International is an Association of Christian business and professional men and their wives dedicated to telling people about Jesus through associating together for service, sharing personal testimony, and by providing Bibles and New Testaments. While we are often recognized for our work with hotels, we also place and distribute Scriptures in strategic locations so they are available to those who want them, as well as to those who may not know they need them.

A UNIQUE FOCUS

One Spirit, One Mind, One Vision
Striving Side by Side for the Faith of the Gospel

The Gideons believe that they are God-called members, brothers and sisters in Christ, husbands along with our wives—striving side by side to effectively and joyfully reach the world with the Good News.

One Vision means working in one spirit and one mind with these three groups:

• Christian business and professional men
• Our wives, as a testimony to the Biblical institution of marriage
• Protestant, evangelical churches and assemblies as partners in the Great Commission

A Rich History of Associating Together

The Gideons International was established in 1899. Our founders realized that Christian men needed to be continually strengthened in their walk with the Lord, and that by standing together in faith, they could accomplish great things for God’s Kingdom. Those formative years focused on who a man was before God and the strength and power of his personal testimony. Through associating together for service, Gideons challenge each other to strengthen their testimonies for Christ and fulfill their God-given responsibilities as spiritual leaders in their homes and churches.

Personally Sharing Our Faith

Members of The Gideons International share their faith because we realize how often people today need someone to come alongside them in finding their way to true salvation that is available only through the grace of God. As opportunities arise, we take time to share the Gospel message with friends and family, business acquaintances, and other people we meet who are struggling in their daily lives.

Sharing Copies of God’s Word

We believe distributing copies of God’s Word plants powerful seeds God can use according to His own timing (I Corinthians 3:6), allows many to read the truth for themselves (John 8:32), provides a lasting witness (Hebrews 4:12), and makes it easier for those we reach to boldly spread the Good News (II Timothy 2:2).

Members of The Gideons International personally witness and distribute God’s Word to police, fire, and medical personnel; prisoners; military personnel; students in the fifth grade and above; and to those with whom they interact on a daily basis. Scriptures are also placed by Gideons and Auxiliary in key locations, including hotels, motels, hospitals, convalescent homes, medical offices, domestic violence shelters, prisons, and jails.

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Mid-Atlantic Christian University

Mid-Atlantic Christian University is an institution of Christian higher education whose mission is to impact the world by transforming ordinary people into extraordinary Christian leaders.

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The educational philosophy of Mid-Atlantic Christian University rests upon the conviction that all truth comes from God. Only the Bible, God‘s word, enables us to integrate all fields of knowledge into a meaningful unity; it alone answers the deep questions of the human mind and spirit. Hence, all courses at Mid-Atlantic Christian University are taught from the perspective of the Christian worldview. Mid-Atlantic Christian University provides a Christian education based on a three-fold program of undergraduate instruction: Biblical and theological studies, general studies and professional studies. Mid-Atlantic Christian University believes that an educational program should cultivate development in all areas of a student‘s life. The University seeks to accomplish this through its academic curriculum, its service-learning program and its extracurricular activities. Academic work is designed to provide intellectual growth and maturity. The service-learning program is designed to integrate instruction with practical experience in Christian service. Extracurricular activities are designed to promote spiritual, physical and social growth.

Importance of Biblical Higher Education

In Matthew 7 Jesus tells a parable about two builders. One builder built a house on sand and another on rock. Jesus says that the person who builds a life on His words is like the man who built on rock. At MACU every student receives a substantial biblical and theological education as part of his/her degree program. Students preparing for vocational ministry complete forty-eight credit hours of Bible and theology courses. This requirement far exceeds the majority of MACU’s peers. Students preparing for a career in the marketplace complete eighteen hours of Bible and theology courses. Instead of the biblical studies expectations being an add-on we view them as foundational.

We believe that students can’t adequately work in the physical sciences without a solid foundation of knowing God as a creator God.
We believe that students can’t adequately work in the field of human services without a solid foundation of what the Bible teaches about human nature.
We believe that students can’t appropriately work in the business and corporate world without a solid Scriptural knowledge of God’s views of finance, poverty, and culture.

We are unapologetic for requiring our students to take courses that ground them in Scripture; for MACU is committed to God’s Word as the only foundation worthy of building a life.

Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Faith + Sports = FCA

The work of Sheri Pharris at FCA is about making a difference in the lives of students at Tennessee Tech. We seek to serve the coaches and student-athletes of Tennessee Tech for the glory of God and the advancement of His Kingdom!

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Mission Aviation Fellowship

Help bring the love of Christ to isolated people

People living in isolation are cut off from the outside world, with little to no access to health care, education, supplies, and the hope of the gospel. Our airplanes are the only way many people living in remote jungles, deserts, and mountains have access to life-giving necessities and the love of Christ. You can help us—and the hundreds of churches, missionaries, and organizations we serve—bring help, hope, and healing to the ends of the earth.

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International Missions

Emmaus House Haiti

In Haiti, children who grow up in orphanages and child servanthood systems are often forgotten once they age out at age 18. When released, these youth often lack the education, life skills, and emotional maturity to live a functional life of independence. As a result, many orphaned youth are left to the streets and turn to crime or prostitution to alleviate their poverty. This leads to a higher society crime rate, breaks down the family system, and contributes further to the orphan crisis.

With the belief that youth are the future of Haiti, Emmaus Houses is committed to standing in the gap for orphaned youth by helping them heal from the past, be equipped for today, and find empowerment for tomorrow. Rooted in Christian family settings, Emmaus House uses a holistic approach to prepare orphaned youth to not only live independently but also to become faithful leaders who can create generational change in their communities.

For more information about Emmaus House, visit https://www.emmaushousehaiti.org.

Central India Christian Mission

Central India Christian Mission is an indigenously led ministry that strategically serves in Southern Asia.

Since its founding in 1982, the poor and destitute have been fed, clothed, and given medical care. Churches have been planted, leaders have been mentored, disciples taught, and communities transformed by the Gospel lived out by thousands of selfless Christ-followers.

The vision of the mission is to bring the light of the Gospel to spiritually dark places in Southern Asia until all have heard and experienced the gospel's transformative power.

Their mission is to courageously live for Jesus Christ and offer transformation to individuals and communities through Him.

Their values are"
EMPOWERING - We believe that the Gospel of Christ enables all believers to be agents of change within themselves, their communities, and the world at large.
FRUITFUL – We believe that through our relationships and ministry efforts, God is making a bounty of new believers and strengthening existing believers to live their faith in the face of hardship.
COURAGEOUS – We believe that despite persecution and danger, we are called to share the Gospel message of hope in Jesus Christ with all people.
GOSPEL CENTERED - We believe that all of our efforts spring from Christ’s message of salvation and are only possible as we commit to ever-growing faith and prayer

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Hisportic Christian Mission

Hisportic Christian Mission is a Church-Planting ministry that seeks to multiply Christ-followers among Portuguese-speaking peoples worldwide.

Our ministry model places emphasis on Discipleship, Leadership Training, and Community Churches.

Part of our Discipleship strategy includes education. We currently have three elementary schools that emphasize biblical principles and worldviews. Our vision is to build a network of campuses that give all age-groups an opportunity for a Christ-centered education with the goal of training them for Christian and professional service.

We also engage in entrepreneurial projects that create business opportunities and bring self-sustaining income to local populations.

Currently, we work in the United States, Brazil, Guinea-Bissau, Goa (India), and Timor Leste.

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Christian Holy Land Foundation

Working through Arabic-speaking congregations and pastors, CHLF focuses on evangelism, church planting, discipleship, reconciliation, relief, and development ministries in Israel and Palestine while promoting education and advocacy programs in the United States about the issues concerning the Holy Land.

For over 35 years, the Christian HolyLand Foundation has worked to support local believers in Israel, Palestine, and the broader HolyLand as well as to educate and advocate for the issues concerning them to our friends and supporters in the United States.

Before Israel was founded, the Holy Land was 10% Christian. Today, less than .2% of the population are evangelical believers. CHLF works entirely through local, Arabic-speaking pastors and believers to develop, grow, and sustain Christian communities in Israel and Palestine.

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Mountain Gateway

AN ETERNAL IMPACT

People all over the world have no access to the life-changing hope of Jesus, leaving them trapped in their pain and brokenness. “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.” Jesus’ words still ring true today. Addiction, abuse, human trafficking, and poverty are just some of the physical afflictions that represent the spiritual destitution of those without access to the gospel.

Mountain Gateway believes that no one should live and die without hope. This is why, for the past 30 years, we have been connecting people like you to those who are hurting so you can be part of making an eternal impact. If we fill the prayer gap, missionaries will succeed, and nations will turn to Jesus. If we give to the gospel effort, we will see hope dawn in the hearts of the lost. If we train believers to go into any context or culture and introduce people to Jesus, we will see His Kingdom come.

You don’t have to wonder if you’re making a difference.
Pray, give, train, and go, knowing that the impact you are making is eternal.

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Mission Stream - Joshua and Ruth Barron

The Barrons have served in Kenya since January 2007. They work in partnership with the Community Christian Churches (CCC) of Kenya and Tanzania, mostly among the Maasai, Turkana, and Samburu people, and with the Maasai congregations of the Africa Inland Church (AIC) in Kenya. They help these churches develop and implement culturally appropriate curricula in the local languages and also train Kenyans in how to do this themselves. Their books have been published in the Maa, Turkana, and Swahili languages. They speak Maa and Samburu and are learning Swahili.

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Joshua and Ruth are also involved in work with the Community Christian Bible Training Institute (CCBTI), the Maasai Discipleship Training Institute (DTI), and Mission Institute East Africa (MIEA). They continue to teach in the fields of discipleship and leadership development, Sunday school teacher training, and offering classes for Turkana and Maasai elders and pastors. They serve as mentors for church leaders and young couples. Ruth is active in prayer ministry and prior to Corona pandemic restrictions, was active in prison ministry at the Langata Women’s Prison. She also writes story-based math curricula for use in Kenyan elementary schools. Joshua assisted The Bible Society of Kenya with the new Maa Bible translation (published in 2018). Ruth leads a forum designed to address the trauma that results from misogynistic abuse. Joshua is the co-founder and administrator of an African Christian Theology group that helps equip pastors in 32 countries across Africa. He is also a member of the Africa Society of Evangelical Theology.