The history of Cross Current Church can be categorized into two phases. First, Cross Current existed for close to nine years as a young adult focused sub-ministry of the largest church in Loudoun County, Virgnia, Christian Fellowship Church from 1996-2005. Then, in January, 2005, CrossCurrent was launched by Christian Fellowsip as a daughter church, intentionally planted to become a full, multi-generational church, serving the needs of postmodern people in Loudoun County.
EARLY DAYS
Cross Current was first formed as a young adult mnistry in August of 1996. Like most evangelical churches, Christian Fellowship Church had discerned a significant gap was occurring in church attendance between the ages of 18 - 30. Desiring to close this gap, Cross Current was created out of a small handful of high school graduates, with the mandate to create a uniquely targeted ministry that would reach people in this age range, who were not otherwise being reached by the existing ministries of CFC. The ministry was launched as a primary Sunday morning worship service of CFC in January of 1997. Complete with its own worship band, teaching minstries, and midweek small group structure, Cross Current began the exciting journey of reaching lost people for Christ.
Through the years, Cross Current grew from its humble beginning of two-dozen people to a service that reached nearly 400 people each week. By early spring of 2002, through a series of focus groups, conversations, and strategic planning sessions, it had become apparent to all in leadership of Cross Current and CFC that the intentional focus of "18 - 30 year olds" was no longer appropriate for Cross Current, and that the ministry needed to become non-age-specific, but rather stylistic in target. In August of 2003, CFC dropped the age designation from Cross Current, calling it a "worship service aimed at those with a postmodern mindset, open to all ages."
NEW BEGINNINGS
In addition to this movement towards a multi-generational church setting for postmoderns, there had been a stirring in the hearts of several leaders to plant CrossCurrent as a new church. Leaders within Cross Current began expressing a sense that we, as a ministry, would be called to plant multiple churches as a part of our ministry paradigm. By late 2002, Cross Current had reached a place where we were deeply convicted that church planting was our future. After months of intensive study, discussion and prayer, the leaders of Chistian Fellowship Church voted unanimously to fully endorse the vision of launching Cross Current out as an independent, autonomous church plant.
A NEW CHURCH
On January 15, 2005, Cross Current Church was officially launched as a new church (originally as CrossCurrent Ministries), meeting at Eagle Ridge Middle School in Ashburn, Virginia, in a community known as Broadlands. Fully staffed with children's ministry and youth ministry, Cross Current began to reach families of all ages and demographics. The culture continues to be aimed at those who find more traditional churches less meaningful, and those who are skeptical and far from God. Cross Current continues to set its vision towads reaching more and more skeptics, seekers and believers with the incredible message of God's love for each one us.