Crossroads (Cincinnati)
| Crossroads | |
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| Crossroads Community Church | |
| Crossroads Oakley
Crossroads Oakley
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| Location | 3500 Madison Road, Cincinnati, OH 45209 |
| Country | United States |
| Denomination | Interdenominational |
| Weekly attendance | 34,000 |
| Website | crossroads.net |
| History | |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Founder(s) | 11 members |
| Clergy | |
| Senior pastor(s) | Brian Tome |
| Pastor(s) | Chuck Mingo, Terry Philips, Lena Schuler, Mark Stecher, Tim Senff, Jamie Simms, Jeff Crull, Greg McElfresh, David Reichley, Brad Stone, Lisa Kuhn, Jason Haubner |
Crossroads is a multisite interdenominational megachurch in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was nameed the 4th largest and fastest growing church in America in 2017,[1] with over 34,000 average weekend attendees. Crossroads has 10 physical locations in Ohio and Kentucky, and an online streaming platform where over 6,000 people watch services weekly.[2]
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History
In 1990, Procter & Gamble brand managers Brian Wells, Jim Bechtold and Vivienne Bechtold started a singles Bible study in Hyde Park, Cincinnati. It quickly grew to over 100 people and they wondered if starting a church made sense.[3]
After doing research, writing brand positioning statements--“a church for friends who don’t like church; a church for people who’ve given up on church”--and hiring Brian Tome, on March 24, 1996 “Crossroads Community Church of Hyde Park” was launched in a rented junior high auditorium. Brian Tome led the official first service with 450 present.
After five years in the junior high auditorium and a growing attendance, senior leaders raised funds to purchase an empty supercenter. It was renovated into an auditorium seating 1,200. The construction was done by Megen Construction Company, completed a month ahead of schedule within budget.[4] The construction transformed the supercenter into a church building, with parking and room for activities.
Champlin Architecture did the architecture for the first renovation with Megen Construction, and also did work for the second phase. Phase two expanded the auditorium, tripled the size of the childcare facility, and modernized the design. The new design is “raw, edgy, contemporary.” [5]
Crossroads Oakley continued to grow, and more sites were built. Crossroads has since built 9 more physical sites, with the newest, Crossroads East Side, opening January 2018.
Locations
Crossroads has 11 of their own buildings, each with a campus pastor, including Crossroad’s online location, Crossroads Anywhere. Crossroads also has a presence in 6 other cities, where people gather in rented spaces or homes.
List of cities with Crossroads locations:
- Andover
- Columbus
- Cleveland
- Dayton
- East Side
- Florence
- Georgetown
- Downtown Lexington
- Mason
- Oakley
- Oxford
- Richmond
- Uptown
- West Side
- Anywhere (online)
Awaited
Crossroad’s annual Christmas show, which ran from 2007 to 2017, called Awaited, is the most attended holiday show in Cincinnati, bringing in over 100,000 people from the area. The show is a retelling of the Biblical Christmas story, in a Cirque du Soleil formet, with free tickets.
The show[6] began after Crossroads senior pastor Brian Tome and his family attended “Playhouse in the Park” downtown Cincinnati one year. Brian wondered if Crossroads could do something with a similar feel. He commissioned the creative team and a show called Imagine was birthed. The show was lackluster. Rewritten and renamed, Awaited debuted the next year. The first year had seven shows on one weekend. By ten years, it grew to be 60 shows attracting over 120,000 people a year.
GO Trips
Many Crossroads attendees go on “Go Trips” or Crossroad’s short term service trips. Crossroads has partnered with nonprofits domestically and internationally to allow for groups of people to come and partner with locals doing disaster relief. After the Hurricane Harvey, Crossroads partnered with Hope Force International, a nonprofit in Houston, and structured a Go Trip called Go Houston. Crossroads also has a presence in India, helping human trafficking victims by providing jobs and lawyers through a partnership with International Justice Mission. Crossroads has Go Trips to the following places: India (and Nepal), South Africa, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Houston.
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