Who We Are

We are a diverse group of people, devoted to faithfully following Jesus in all areas of life, including:

• Devoted to the Apostles’ teaching and so we engage life through the lens of Scripture with a particular emphasis on the life and teaching of Jesus Christ.
• Devoted to the breaking of bread and so we remember Jesus by regularly participating in the Lord’s Table together.
• Devoted to fellowship and so we participate in small groups, ministry activities, and opportunities to grow together and do life together.
• Devoted to prayer and so we incorporate prayer into everything we do.

Vision

Under the Lordship of Jesus Christ, Crossroads celebrates biblical wholeness, diversity and reconciliation. We minister collectively as the body of Christ in our community and the world sharing the love of God, drawing the unsaved to salvation, and nurturing believers to maturity.

Our Values

Diversity

Crossroads has a big front door and room at the table. We value diversity and each individual that God leads to fellowship with us at Crossroads and recognize that each person is created in the image of God.

Authenticity

Crossroads lays down our masks to meet Christ and one another as we really are. We value authenticity in our relationships and our worship; knowing that God calls us to holiness, we acknowledge that we are all in progress.

Witness

Crossroads is a light in our community shining a message of hope and transformation in the darkness. We value witnessing to the neighborhood and the world, sharing the hope of Christ for forgiveness and a transformed life.

Love

Crossroads is a family full of gifted brothers and sisters who use their gifts to support, disciple, and lift each other up. We value love for one another recognizing that it is through our love that the world will know that Jesus is real.

Unity

Crossroads isn’t THE body of Christ but a part of the Body serving and witnessing for Christ in our community. We value partnership and service alongside our other Christian brothers and sisters to fully reflect Christ to the world.

Worship

Crossroads worships in spirit and truth. We value passion and sincerity over performance in our worship and seek to follow the Word and the Spirit in our gatherings.

Our History

Crossroads Mennonite Church (formerly South Christian Street Mennonite Church) traces its history to 1933 when Joseph Lehman and a team of individuals began an outreach ministry to families on Howard Avenue in Lancaster. After moving to Rockland Street for a few years, a church building was constructed at the corner of Locust and South Christian Street, and in 1938, South Christian Street Mennonite Church was born.

In 1999, the congregation moved to the building formerly inhabited by St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church at the corner of South Duke and Church Streets. Shortly thereafter, the congregation changed its name to Crossroads Mennonite Church.