About us
Church at the Crossing is a community devoted to Jesus as the way to live and go love. This is how it shows up for us.
We care about positive experiences.
We create welcoming places for individuals and groups to connect, including The Haverstick, a coffee & co-working space right here on our campus, and Passport to Employment, a thriving ministry program designed to support, encourage, and equip those who are on a journey to new or better employment.
We care about relationships.
We believe that people weren’t meant to live life alone. We are down to earth, caring for and about each other. We put relationships before everything and foster safe spaces for holistic growth - spiritually, personally, and professionally.
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We care about our city.
We love our neighbors and serve a diversity of people, perspectives, and generations - admiring each other’s strengths and respecting differences. We meaningfully show up, serve, and give to our local community. These are a few of our ministry partners:
We care about growth.
We are people “in process,” growing in wisdom, and grounded in the Bible. We invite people to bring their questions and curiosity. We do this together in groups as new believers and people who have been following Jesus for a long time.
We care about generosity.
We have received abundantly from God so we give back generously. Twenty percent of our annual budget goes to missions and, in addition to our ministry partners in Indianapolis, we support missionaries and ministries around the globe. In 2022, we formed a non-profit corporation, One More, to better serve our local community. One More will be able to raise funds through grants to hep fund local missions projects.
Our Staff Team
Michael Thigpen
Adjunct Teaching Pastor
Our Board of Elders
The Board of Elders envisions the future God has for Church at the Crossing and works in advance to remove any obstacles of this preferred future. The Elders also set budget and policies in line with this vision. The Elders pray for weekly prayer requests and work cooperatively with our pastors to accomplish the mission and vision of Church at the Crossing.
They serve in three-year terms and can serve two terms before rotating off of the Elder Board. These 10 Elders are joined by two non-voting elders (our Assistant Treasurer and Senior Pastor).
James Roberts
Senior Pastor
Pat Bailey
Chairperson
Barry Newborn
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Brian Manning
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David Colp
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Don Courtney
Ellen Hughes
Jen Tafflinger
Karyl McGeath
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Nader Rezkalla
Florence Brown
Treasurer
Kevin Wilson
Assistant Treasurer | Non-Voting Member