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This Week at Cross Church: Historic Sunday will Occur on October 13
Sunday will be Historic
Sunday, October 13, will be a historic day at Cross Church. Our worship services at all our campuses will be very unique. What we have planned has never been done before in the history of Cross Church. Whether we win or lose to South Carolina on Saturday, whether you are tired or feeling good on Sunday, I want to challenge you not to miss this coming Sunday. History will be made at Cross Church.
Pray for Sunday! Yes, set aside some moments to pray for Sunday specifically. Pray for yourself. Pray for others. Pray for our church. Pray for us as leaders. Come ready to deal with God and let God deal with you. While it is historic from our perspective because we have never done it before, may God make it historic because He moves in an unprecedented way among us.
“I’ll Be 1” on November 3
Dear friend, join us on November 3 and say, “I’ll Be 1”! Sign up today to join us on November 3. What is “I’ll Be 1” about?
- Following Scriptural precedence for God’s people to be in one place, on one day, with one heart.
- The leaders wrote all of the people, asking them to join them on one day, at one place, to see what God would do among them.
- Therefore, it is about each of us committing to “I’ll Be 1”…
- 1 Day: Sunday, November 3
- 1 Place: Cross Church Campus you attend
- 1 Heart: Willingness to obey God
Let me say it this way: I challenge you and dare all of us, let’s just come to church on one day, November 3, at one place, at Cross Church (the campus you attend regularly), with one heart, and be willing for God to do with us whatever He wants to do!
You can sign up your entire family with this link. Everywhere you go, sign up people to commit to be with you: people of faith and people without faith, members and non-members, people from all walks of life! Extend the invitation everywhere you go and ask people to sign up. I cannot wait to see what God does among us!
Cross Church Ministry Budget Begins
On October 1, 2013, our new ministry budget began. We are trusting God and His people to give $16,780,000 over these fifty-two weeks. It all comes down to one thing: Each of us honoring the Lord with at least the first one-tenth God has entrusted to us! Please know you can always give in these five different ways.
Thankful For Ben Mayes and Buster Pray
Last Sunday at our Springdale Campus, we celebrated 15 years of ministry with Ben and Sue Mayes. We love this family! Our hearts are overwhelmed with their sacrificial service to this ministry.
This coming Sunday, we celebrate at our Pinnacle Hills Campus, 20 years of ministry with Buster and Martha Pray. Yes, they had a brief few years away from us, but for twenty years of their professional ministry, they have served Cross Church. We are so grateful to God for their incredible service to this ministry.
We love these families. These two men are great men of God. They are great leaders for God. They are great friends to this Pastor. How grateful and blessed we are to have one man who has been with us 15 years and another one for 20 years! Why? There is no place like Cross Church! Let the Prays and Mayes know you love them and thank God for them. Bless them. Encourage them.
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 | Thank You Cross Church Family
I would be remiss if I did not take the time to say thank you to my Cross Church Family about several things. Please take the time to read these brief words.
Thank you for praying for our Dallas Prayer Gathering
What a powerful time we had in Dallas on Monday night and Tuesday morning. We had 178 Senior Pastors from 27 states represented in this national Senior Pastors Call to Prayer Gathering for Revival and Awakening. God ignited many wonderful moments of deep repentance, restitution, powerful intercession, major brokenness, and personal revival. All of this launched us into some major intercessory moments for our churches and our nation. If you would like to read a few comments from some of the attendees, you can do so here. These things happened because so many of you prayed.
Thank you for praying for our Church Planting Mobilization Meeting in Boston
Many of you heard my appeal, two Sundays ago, to pray for our meeting in Boston. We had 24 churches gathered to learn about becoming a part of planting churches in 32 major cities in North America. I shared that we lacked Lead Partners in six of those cities. Here is the great news: I know that at least four of the six cities have been embraced by several pastors and churches. Therefore, Lead Partners are needed for only two more cities: Los Angeles (which I think we will secure this week), and San Diego. Again, your prayer support for this is huge. Cross Church, not only are we planting churches in great numbers, but God is using us to launch a major national vision for planting churches by mobilizing other churches to take the lead. There is no telling what this will mean for the future. Why church planting? Perhaps this will help you know why we believe in it so much.
Thank You for Giving to Cross Church, as we surpass our Ministry Budget Goal for 2012-2013 by $1 million!
Last Sunday concluded our Ministry Budget for the 2012-2013 Fiscal Year. We operate in a fiscal year from October 1 – September 30. After last Sunday’s offering, we finished $1 million above our Ministry Budget Goal for the year! May God be praised! For each of your who have honored the Lord with the first tenth or more to our Ministry Budget, amen and thanks! For anyone who has given this past year, thanks to you! Now, this coming Sunday kicks off a new, larger budget due to major needs. Our Ministry Budget funds much of our mission work around the world, all of our ministries, and so much more, way too many things to list. It operates the vision and ministries of our church. Annually, Jeana and I increase our giving to our Ministry Budget. We will do so again this upcoming week. Join us please! God always comes through and blesses greatly. In fact, read this word from our Board of Directors about this coming year.
Thank you for joining our Cross Church Circle Prayer Ministry
What phenomenal response we have had from our church! Our Cross Church Circle launched formally on October 1. You can still sign up to be a part of this circle! Can you believe it? So far, 3,464 of our people will be praying weekly for thirty minutes, using a prayer guide I design each month. We will mail it to you, or you can receive it via email. You can learn about more about the Cross Church Circle here. To each of you who are a part of this phenomenal ministry, thank you!
Listen, Sunday will be great! Why? We have thousands praying for it! I cannot wait to meet with you, Cross Church Family!
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.