Troy Childress
Reporter

CrossRoads Missions of Louisville, Ky., is looking to fill eight new positions to serve in the United States and Mexico.

CrossRoads, which formerly was based at Milligan, acts as a liaison to churches and individual Christians who are seeking ministry opportunities that would be difficult to find on their own.

“Our overall focus is worship and leading people into worship and meaningful service,” said CJ Strange, Kentucky coordinator.

Currently CrossRoads is serving in Louisiana, Missouri, eastern Kentucky and Mexico.
Worship leader and project management are the two positions needed at all four locations CrossRoads is serving.

“We are looking to hire yesterday,” said Gina Wells, Mexico field coordinator, “but if someone is accepted then it would not be a problem to start in May.”

Wells said each individual is responsible for raising the money for his or her own salary, a common practice in the missions’ field.

“Each position will require different salaries, but $18,000 is a ball-park figure,” said Wells. “They will meet with their director and discuss their salary needed for their position.”

The essential functions and basic duties of the worship leader and discipleship trainer according to CrossRoads’ job description are to develop a worship program, stress the importance of being service minded, develop a discipleship program, be responsible for audio visual equipment and worship materials.

The project manager’s essential functions and basic duties are overseeing field construction projects, being responsible for tools and equipment required for completing projects, safety management, supply procurement and vehicle maintenance.

“I think oftentimes the ideas of worship are restricted to Sunday morning and service and missions are only things that certain people can do,” said Strange. “The experiences that the participants have help to change that idea.”

CrossRoads was founded in 1989 by Rob Minton, a student at Milligan College. He started hosting trips on breaks and during the summer and started it full time after college.

The organization has expanded over the past few years. What started as a few trips has turned into the placement of around 1,000 individual last year all over, building houses and helping out the communities in need. CrossRoads is looking to increase that number to 2,500 in 2006.

CrossRoads Missions has formed a partnership with Team Expansion, a church planting organization, to provide a wider range of missions’ opportunities, including short - and long-term opportunities for people from junior high to retirement age.