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This Week at Cross Church | 3 Challenges Before Us
We are facing several challenges at Cross Church. I share these with you so you can join me in addressing them and pray for them continually.
Challenge #1: Faithfulness Financially
Through the winter season, we face ongoing challenges in our financial giving. People are adjusting to a new year, plus, with Sunday #1 this year being a snow day and Sunday #2 being an ice Sunday, we suffered financial loss. Most of the time, we never recover. It should not be that way, but it is.
Our ongoing challenges financially are to:
- Expand our number of givers to our ministry
- Increase the giving from consistent givers
- Faithfulness financially, regardless of the weather
- Increase the number of givers that give via automated giving
Financial support and the increasing of financial support is a real life need. Please evaluate your January. Are you up to date? Use February 1 to set it all straight. Begin to give faithfully.
Challenge #2: Lead Responsibly
As we have been entrusted with the blessing of 13 acres of land as well as an option related to an additional 9 acres, we must lead responsibly. As we begin our master planning and evaluate our options, we must lead responsibly as we develop plans for the future.
These are huge challenges that await us. While we are more than grateful for this gift of 13 acres of land and an option for an additional option for the future, we need God’s wisdom. Please pray for us. Again, if you happen to have missed Sunday, January 18 and have yet to watch this incredible announcement, you can watch it here.
Our team developed a highlight video that we showed on Sunday. It will be easy to share with others. Check it out here.
Challenge#3: Grow Continually
Cross Church has a strong commitment to church health, which results in church growth. We believe that God wants to use us to join Him in building the church. Cross Church has a culture of growth, but this is an enormous challenge for our future.
Since the church is in constant change, this makes continual growth even more difficult. This is impossible without the Lord’s hand upon us. We cannot do it without His power and leadership in the church.
Is your small group committed to growth? Is your worship ministry committed to growth? Are the ministries that you are connected to in Cross Church committed to growth? Please inject each ministry with an ongoing culture of growth.
Why? It is simple: People need Christ! People need the Lord! We must reach Northwest Arkansas, America, and the world.
In Closing
Please join me in addressing these ongoing challenges. They are real. We cannot attack them alone. We must all attack them aggressively and faithfully.
Yours for the Great Commission,
Ronnie W. Floyd
Dr. Ronnie Floyd is the President & CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee.
This Week at Cross Church | What a Sunday and What a Future
What an incredible Sunday we had last week at Cross Church. Each campus rearranged their schedule for the incredible announcement we were able to share with you. If you missed Sunday, you must take the time to see the message here. This is an amazing blessing to Cross Church and only God gets the glory.
The easiest way for us to communicate and share all the details with others is through these videos. But the quick version is this: Cross Church now has 13 acres of prime real estate with an estimated value of $5 million that did not cost us anything. We also have an option to purchase an additional 9 acres contiguous to this property sometime in the next three years, or work with a group that would develop it with a building we could lease. Only God knows the future, and we will have more details soon.
You Must See This Historic Video
On Sunday, we showed a fabulous video that chronicled the history of Cross Church. If you are a member or attender, please take the time to watch this 5-minute video. Cross Church, we have a fabulous future together. We need each other more than ever. Let’s move forward, giving our all to reach this region with the gospel.
On Monday, I released an article on The Spiritual State of our Union, which FOX NEWS placed on their website. This led to an interview on Gretchen Carlson’s program yesterday. In this interview, God created an opportunity to speak to the entire world. Following this time, Gretchen gave a personal commentary that is absolutely powerful. This 1-minute video will encourage you.
Please Pray for Me
On Wednesday, Jeana and I spoke to the Minister of Missions Metro group in San Antonio, which is comprised of the ministers who lead the mission ministries in the largest churches in America. Doug and Karen Sarver were the hosts this year and have invested their lives into these leaders this week. We love Doug and Karen and are so proud of their ministry to others.
Today I am in Jacksonville, Florida speaking to a very large Pastors’ Conference at the great First Baptist Church of Jacksonville. From there I fly to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where on Saturday I speak at a National Rally to Pray for Revival and Awakening, led by Louisiana Governor Jindal. I will be back in Northwest Arkansas Sunday to preach at Cross Church. On Monday, I depart from Tulsa for Anchorage, Alaska, to speak to the Alaska Baptist Convention and back in Northwest Arkansas on Wednesday. Weather will be a blessing in Anchorage, a prediction of 9 degrees below zero. Ouch!
Please pray for me. I need wisdom, the touch and leadership of God while preparing, preaching, and leading, and protection and safety while I travel.
I love you and believe in you Cross Church. See you Sunday!
Yours for the Great Commission,
Ronnie W. Floyd
Dr. Ronnie Floyd is the President & CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee.