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No doubt, you have heard the buzz: Generation Z is on the rise. As a Gen X native, relating to this tech-savvy, funny, socially active, globally aware generation provides an exhilarating experience and a very tangible challenge. As my life is…

Sunday marks the end of camp for the Summer of 2018. There is typically two reactions from the staff at this point, there is the “I am never going to see any of you ever again and I already miss…

  23 Churches |   640 Campers 34 Salvations | 39 Calls to Ministry $6,070.92 for Haiti Missions Offering A first account story on how Crossings not only impacts students but their churches back home as well. Finished story will…

  20 Churches |  774 Campers $9,172.88 for Haiti Missions Offering As Pastor Tom Richter was closing up his sermon on night four when a severe thunderstorm came through Jonathan Creek and cut off the power to all of camp, which…

27 Churches | 497 Campers 24 Salvations | 41 Calls to Ministry $8,600.30 for Haiti Missions Offering What is the LEAD program? And can an introvert really survive as a Crossings staffer? This week’s story answers both of those questions….

By Scott Ardavanis The DNA of my early years of ministry was Ephesians 4:11–16. It became part of me. The goals for turning men into ministers • To promote a biblical theology of equipping the saints for the glory of…

By Rodney A. Is your youth ministry needing a pick-me-up? Are you looking for a way to get students excited about the Lord? You might think, “Maybe a short-term missions trip is the answer! A little time in a third…

  The week between Christmas and New Year’s is an amazing gift from God for reflection. It’s a week when you are coming off the excitement of Christmas and as you prepare for what lies ahead in 2017. As you…

Christmas is portrayed as a bright season with its lights, ornaments, and packaging. The reality for many of us though is that it’s one of the darkest times of the year. Christmas forces us to reflect on the past, and…

“We’re not in Kansas any more,” Dorothy opined in the movie The Wizard of Oz. She didn’t know she had landed in a new world, but she was quite certain about one thing: she wasn’t at home anymore. A lot of young people…