What We Do

“God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.”
(Romans 5:8 NIV)

Opening Hearts for the Gospel
One of the major ways we promote the spread of the gospel is by providing critical aid to those in true need. By meeting their physical needs, we help to open hearts for the gospel through projects such as water well drilling, medical clinics, schools, and care for widows, orphans and poor families.

• We develop partnerships, coming alongside local churches and communities. We do not operate solo.
• We empower local leaders in sustainable development using local resources.
• We do not promote dependence and entitlement, which cause harm.

We believe the root of chronic poverty is broken relationships, which are healed by the transforming power of the Gospel, as it is believed and obeyed. Poverty is not simply a lack of resources.

What does this look like?

• Community Water Systems
• Chickens and Milk-Goats for Widows
• Small Scale Farming Training, and more!

Community Health Evangelism
We have found the most impactful methodology, which has the best long term results, causing the least harm to be “Community Health Evangelism”.  Their claim is that poverty is not primarily a lack of access to resources, but a broken way of thinking, an incorrect worldview and broken relationships: with God, with ourselves=identity, with one another and with all of creation.  They try to send local people to reach their neighbors, and help THEM to discover the TRUTH from God’s word about the path to restoration of all of these relationships.

www.gocrossway.org/CHE

Farming
Give a man a fish … teach a man to fish … We all know the saying.  MOST of the world, however, is not on a coastline or river filled with fish.  Most rely primarily on local farming.  They are using terrible methods.  Transformed thinking and agricultural practices can increase their lives, providing ONGOING food security.

https://www.gocrossway.org/farming

“And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.”
(Mark 16:15 NKJV)

Tell – Sharing the Gospel with words
CrossWay International is involved worldwide in sharing Christ wherever possible. One way we do this is through evangelistic events. These include water system project dedications, open-air preaching, campaigns, visiting widows, orphans and needy kids, door-to-door visitation, music ministry, sports ministry, and any other opportunity the Lord brings along.

• We are justified by Grace alone, through Faith alone, in Christ alone.
• We use Clear Biblical Terms.
• We help each believer learn to share the gospel in a clear, natural way.

What does this look like?
Sharing the gospel everywhere, from large events to one-on-one.
Evangelism training for new believers and pastors.
Evangelism tools like the “eternity tract”, and the gospel gift cube and booklet.

Many churches around the world preach a fuzzy gospel tainted by works, prosperity, tradition …
We try to make the good news clear:

https://gocrossway.org/goodnews

We try to train EVERYONE to share their faith clearly … (both pastoral conferences, personal relationships, and in Discovery Bible Studies, see below)

Teach – Training Others to Show and Tell the Gospel
We challenge believers to become disciples. Disciples are believers who are

• following Jesus,
• being changed by Jesus, and
• committed to the mission of Jesus.

Jesus’ primary method for making disciples was through living out the truth in close, transparent, personal relationships.
We should follow His example.

We support Church Planting. Jesus said He would build His Church. The Church is not a physical building, but a family, an army, meant to storm the gates of Hell! (Mt. 16:18)

What does this look like?

• Personal Relational Discipleship
• Training disciple-making Pastors
• Supporting Churches who are birthing new churches full of disciple-makers!

Relational Discipleship
While we do teach crowds and pastoral conferences – our primary strategy is to invite people into deep, intimate, empowering relationships. We see this as using the METHOD of Jesus to accomplish the mission of Jesus.
www.discipleship.org

Discovery Bible Study
This is a small group strategy that works both for evangelism and discipleship, inviting people to discover the truths from scripture THEMSELVES, and the PUT it into PRACTICE, responding in obedience.
www.gocrossway.org/dbs