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Crossways Community Church
Crossways Community Church has been operating in Crossways Business Park and Stone for the past 6 years.
When we started we were only expecting to see our church members join in but quite the opposite, we have also seen it become a great resource to not only the younger generation of our churches but also others including the vulnerable who maybe can’t get out to a physical location and people from across the world tuning in.
The task for churches now is to maintain that online presence whilst also hosting in person meetings - the future of church is going to look a lot different going forward.”
Due to the uncertainty of the guidelines being lifted in June Crossways are hosting a Drive in Church service that will be hosted outside their office location in the crossways business park.
Pastor Stephen Brindley who founded the church in 2015 will be speaking at the event with everyone able to (with social distancing in place) worship together after a very long
It was crossways that set up the amazing Community space Two Trees Tea Room on the stone recreation ground for the local community and it was them that helped establish the Stone parish youth club back in 2017.
Like any church, charity and business, Covid hit everyone including the local churches. They like many other churches had to shift from in person gatherings to meeting online where many churches including Crossways, have seen unexpected growth during this season.
The senior Pastor Stephen Brindley said” Even though we were already doing a little bit online, when we had to shift our entire church service across, it was a minefield having to learn a whole new process and purchasing a lot of tech equipment to make it work. Many churches struggled with the process but we have managed to help other churches get online too.
time of hosting church online.
Crossways is a vibrant, bright and active church within the Dartford community and they believe that in these dark times right now, people need hope and they believe that hope can be found in Jesus Christ. The church currently meets at the stone Pavilion but are always on the look out for larger premises in the area.
With Covid effecting many business and premises If you are able to help them with space, they would love to talk to you.
To find out more about Crossways or to book yourself for the Drive in Church service then visit their website www.crosswayscc.co.uk or find them on Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and other social media platforms.
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