0-18 Space Advancement

Did you know that over 1,800 students experienced a Crossroads Summer Camp in 2024, with 300 of them getting baptized? In fact, there isn’t a camp facility large enough in Ohio to hold us, so we take over a college campus. And it’s not just a bunch of parents trying to get rid of their kids for a week; it’s a group of passionate students who are RUNNING towards a stage with hands up in worship. They're ON FIRE.

Seeds of awakening are growing in both our Kids’ Club and Crossroads Students ministries, but some of our sites are completely out of space to host them, and other sites haven’t been redone in many years (20 years in Oakley!). Innovation is needed to attract and advance even more kids and families. First-time student visitors make a decision whether they will come back the next week in the first five minutes, so we need to put our best foot forward. We believe God is going to change a generation, and then use that generation to change the world. And we think He wants to use Crossroads to help make it happen. New parents and young families are the MOST likely to explore faith. So let’s give them our best.

0-18 NUMBERS

• Kids and students make up more than 30% of our church.
• Over 900 kids and students were baptized last year, accounting for nearly half of all baptisms at Crossroads.
• For perspective of the movement that’s happening in our student ministry, our research indicates only two other churches in the US took more students to summer camp in 2024 than Crossroads.
• Mason’s student ministry has grown 101% over the past three years, outgrowing their student section. 10X Push funding will be used to expand this space.