Our Vision "Living as His"
The Horizons:
Living as His Family (1 year)... As a highly relational church, we envision our first year to involve strengthening relational connections within the church family. By embracing the unique “together” passion of our local Body, we can begin to live the kind of biblical community God has designed for His church. Living as His Ambassadors (3 years)... As we better learn to live in community, it is our hope at this stage to find ourselves consistently looking outside the walls of our church to make an impact in our community and invite others into the family of God. Living as His Investors (5+ years)... While planning this far out is difficult, we would love to see the CrossWay family invested in an area of our community. That could be anything from coming alongside a local ministry in need of help, starting a local outreach, or even planting a church in a community in need! Our Map
Worshiping together in Christ
As believers we are called to glorify God with our lives (Ro. 15:5-6) and to not neglect doing this corporately (Heb. 10:25). Worship is not limited to music, but rather includes the study of God’s Word, prayer, and giving. Belonging together in Christ
The Christian walk is meant to be done in relationship with other believers (Heb. 10:24; Prov. 27:17). Believers at CrossWay need a place to belong where they can be known at a deeper level than is possible on Sunday morning. Building together in Christ
Believers need to be developing into mature believers and encouraging each other to do the same (Eph. 4:12-13). CrossWay attenders need places in which to receive training, mentorship, and discipleship. Serving together in Christ
Each believer has been gifted for the purpose of building up the body of Christ (Eph. 4:11-13) and should, thus, regularly practice serving others and the local Church (Ro. 12:3-8). Reaching together in Christ
As a church, we have been given a mission to take the gospel message of Jesus Christ to our community and the world (Mt. 28:19-20; Acts 1:8). CrossWay needs to provide opportunities for attenders to celebrate and participate in what God is doing in Orlando and the world. Our Measures
Measures are a picture of a maturing believer which will serve as the tool by which our ministries’ “success” is measured. In this way, we do not equate success with the development of programs but rather the making of disciples. Someone “living as His” is…
-Developing a reputation for righteous living in his or her sphere of influence
-Actively using his or her spiritual gifts to equip the Body for ministry
-Able to teach and defend biblical truth
-Making career and lifestyle choices in light of the command to make disciples of all nations
-In regular practice of prayer, study of the Word,and sharing Christ with others
-Pursuing genuine relationships that reflect Christ’s love for us
