“FOR WHOEVER WOULD SAVE HIS LIFE WILL LOSE IT, BUT WHOEVER LOSES HIS LIFE FOR MY SAKE WILL SAVE IT.” LUKE 9:24
A TWO-YEAR DISCIPLESHIP JOURNEY AT CROSSPOINT CITY CHURCH
ALL TO HIM VISION FROM PASTOR JAMES
Jesus gave his all for you.
When you were dead in your sin and an enemy of God, he did for you what you couldn’t do. By his life, death, and resurrection, he snatched you out of death and hell and gave you life. Now his call on your life is to give your entire life to him. This means bringing every area of life under his Lordship for God’s glory, your joy, and the good of the world.
This type of surrender requires sacrifice. It forces us to shelf our selfish desires, obey Jesus no matter the cost, and follow both his teachings and way of life. Ultimately, this is a choice to lose our lives for the sake of Christ and the Gospel.
Jesus says in Luke 9:24, “For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will save it.”
One day we will stand before God and answer for how we spent the one life he gave us. How did we spend our time? How did we steward our money? How did we direct our energy? How did we love our neighbors? Those that believed the Gospel and lost their lives in response will be saved on that day, but those that tried to save their lives won’t be so fortunate.
This two-year discipleship journey is meant to propel you toward a life of greater surrender, and it’s through surrender that you’ll know a life of greater significance. My prayer is that you would pursue God passionately to discover what he’s calling you to in this next season, and that you would boldly take the steps of faith he asks you to take.
Life is short. The things of this world are temporary. We have one shot to live a life that counts. Let’s not miss this opportunity to give our all to the one who gave his all for us.
SERIES RESOURCES
AS WE STEP INTO THIS TWO-YEAR DISCIPLESHIP JOURNEY, WE HAVE PREPARED A LIST OF RESOURCES TO HELP YOU ALONG THE WAY.
SERMON SERIES
A five-week sermon series focused on what it means to GIVE OUR ALL TO THE ONE WHO GAVE HIS ALL FOR US.
NEXT STEPS
our goal is to help you identify your next steps and take them so that you continue growing in Christlikeness as you give your all to him.
DISCIPLESHIP GUIDE
This journal defines what God has called us to as a church in this next season and discipleship tools for you and your family.
STORIES
Testimonies of life change from our CROSSPOINT CITY family, as they seek to GIVE THEIR ALL TO HIM.
THE PURSUIT PODCAST
A weekly podcast conversation to help you grow in knowledge and understanding of what it means to follow jesus.
GENEROSITY JOURNEY
This tool is designed to help you move money from being an idol to money being a tool for God’s kingdom.
PRIMARY GOAL - 100% PARTICIPATION
THAT EVERY ONE OF US WOULD ASK OURSELVES, “AM I GIVING MY ALL TO THE ONE WHO GAVE HIS ALL FOR ME OR ARE THERE AREAS OF MY LIFE THAT STILL AREN’T FULLY SURRENDERED?”
SECONDARY GOAL
WE ARE BELIEVING GOD FOR $16 .5 MILLION TO ACCOMPLISH THE FOLLOWING THREE GOSPEL-CENTERED INITIATIVES OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS.
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Keep the lights on and doors open at each of our 3 locations, providing 7 worship gatherings for adults and kids.
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Provide content and community for people to learn the Word and live the Word through groups and classes.
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Give people opportunities to engage the Crosspoint mission through BLESS Weekend, Hope For Christmas, Mission Trips, and serving roles within the church.
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Develop missionaries, future staff members, and church planting residents through the Crosspoint City Institute, internships, and apprenticeships.
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Livestream our worship gatherings and provide online discipleship resources to help people know and follow Jesus no matter their location.
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Invest in Middle and High School students by providing worship gatherings, groups, and classes designed just for them.
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Help people take their next steps in following Jesus and engaging with his church to make more disciples who make disciples.
Crosspoint City Church exists to relentlessly pursue those far from God to help them know and follow Jesus. We Will Not Wait.
According to Jesus, the marching orders for the church are simple: Go make disciples of all people groups, baptizing and teaching them to follow him. This command to take new Kingdom ground means our work is never done. We will continue prioritizing our mission by:
We believe God has placed us in our ciTIes to be a blessing. Our vision is to serve our ciTIes so well that we’re immediately called on in TImes of need. Our desire is to be a church that our ciTIes cannot live without. We will conTInue to serve and bless our ciTIes by:
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Start a new location south of Cartersville for the hundreds of people driving in from North Cobb and North Paulding.
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Take church into prisons as God opens doors to serve inmates and invite them into the Crosspoint City family.
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Purchase land or a permanent facility in Adairsville, renovate classroom space for kid’s ministry in Cartersville, and hire a Student Minister in Rome.
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Establish special needs ministry across every location, providing the necessary environments and resources to serve those with special needs of all ages.
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Partner with Bartow Family Resources by providing diapers, wipes, funding, and people so that more women can be served and more babies saved.
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Open our homes to foster children or serve families that are fostering children, all in hopes of seeing families restored.
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Provide help to women being rescued out of sex trafficking, counseling to those struggling with mental health, resources for the homeless in our cities, mentoring for at risk kids, and medical care to the underinsured and uninsured.
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Offer mobile dental and vision services along with medical care to underinsured and uninsured families in our cities.
In our world today there are 7,425 unreached people groups, comprising 42% of the world’s populaTIon. This means 3.3 billion people have liTTle to no access to the Gospel. In the United States, most people have access but conTInue to lose interest. We will strive to take the Gospel to people and places where it hasn’t gone yet by:
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Serve the countries of Guinea, Bolivia, Guatemala, South Africa, and Burkina Faso by supporting missionaries, saving babies, sponsoring children, drilling clean water wells, planting churches, and sending mission teams.
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Invest financially and send mission teams to work with Take Hold Church in reaching Scotland where less than 1% of the population are evangelical Christians.
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Cover monthly expenses for the Live2540 hospital in Liberia to save starving children and provide medical care to those in need.
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Invest financially and send teachers to work with EFI in training pastors in third world countries so more churches can be planted amongst unreached people groups.
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Train and send church planting residents to start new churches in the U.S., and purchase a house where residents and their families can live while being trained.
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Open our basements or garage apartments to house Crosspoint City interns so more young leaders can be trained and sent out for Kingdom work.
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Train men how to be Godly men in their homes, workplaces, and neighborhoods believing that changed men will bring about a changed world.
WHAT’S NEXT?
OUR PRAYER FOR YOU DURING THE NEXT FIVE WEEKS IS THAT YOU WILL LAY YOUR LIFE DOWN IN SURRENDER TO THE ONE WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR YOU.
NEXT STEPS
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Ask God to reveal to you what trust looks like for you as you step into the role that He is calling you to for this next season.
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Trust that God has given you life through Jesus and has provided all that you need as you step out in obedience.
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Pray for what God could do in you, to you and through you as you seek Him.
Pray for what God is going to do through this journey, where we as a church seek to help people surrender their all to him.
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Respond with first fruits financial generosity for the sake of helping more people know and follow Jesus.
Respond with an eternal perspective for furthering God’s mission through the local church and as a covenant between you and the Lord.
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First and foremost, we are asking that you pray and seek God’s leading of obedience in your life. Prepare your heart to hear Him and then do what He says. Engage in a disciple group during this season, engage in personal reflection with God in the All to Him journal that you received during the All to Him series. Talk with your spouse, your family or others about what this commitment will mean for this next season of your life.
We are asking that you make a sacrificial commitment to gospel-centered generosity – whatever it is that God is leading you towards. Follow His leading. Finally, we ask that you prepare to be amazed. It is an awesome God that we serve and He is going to move in huge ways and we anticipate an unprecedented impact from our collective All to Him commitments – something only God can do.
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We are asking that everyone make a two-year commitment, which is 24 months. The fulfillment period for your commitment began with our First Big Give on the weekend of December 3, 2023 and it will culminate in December of 2025.
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You may have been a part of church giving initiatives in the past during which you were asked to give a second gift “above and beyond” your usual gifts to make special initiatives like new buildings and new ministries possible.
Normally, you gave that gift to a “Building Fund” and you also continued to give offerings to the “General Fund.”
At Crosspoint City, we believe that it is all ONE MISSION that we’re on – to relentlessly pursue those far from God to help them know and follow Jesus. So, we want to encourage all of us to unleash our generosity towards that mission.
This All to Him discipleship journey will last for two years. In those two years, every gift that is given to Crosspoint City Church will go to the three key components of All to Him: Our Church, Our Cities, Our World.
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During this two-year period, every contribution to God through Crosspoint City Church is a contribution to our All to Him Initiative.
Every aspect of the ministry vision God is calling us towards for the next two years will be funded through All to Him. There will not be separate funds. Every gift made will go into the same fund and will be our All to Him giving.
Therefore, every weekend becomes a day to celebrate and contribute towards what God is doing in us and through us to help ALL people discover and deepen their relationship with Jesus Christ.
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Be creative as you explore ways you and your family can give towards All to Him. You might have stocks, property or other items of that nature. Or you may have stored resources that God has blessed you with in the past that He just might be calling you to give out of during this time.
Please let us know if you need assistance with facilitating gifts of property or stock and we would be happy to help you with that. You can contact Holly Austin at HollyA@crosspointcity.com
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All To Him is about your total, radical, sacrificial generosity to God’s mission at Crosspoint City Church. We believe that God calls us to action in times of hardship just as much as He does in times of abundance and that looks different for every person. But All to Him is about a heart change - one that is only accomplished by surrendering our lives completely over to God in this area of giving.
God may be calling you to make a commitment that you don't quite know how to fulfill right now, but that you believe God will provide for as you seek for ways to sacrifice and work towards that commitment. It is not about the size of the gift, but your obedience towards what God is calling you to in this season.
The primary goal of this discipleship journey is 100% participation of every person that considers Crosspoint City Church home.
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If you are someone currently seeking to make payments to pay off debt right now, we commend you for making progress on that. And you should continue to do so.
We would be happy to help you in this journey and/or to recommend a budgeting class that might minister to you. Being in debt does not, however, make someone "excused" from giving. Giving is not about what God wants from you; rather, it's about what God wants for you.
So, it should be our joy and privilege to give at all times. Please contact us if you need assistance with this or if you would like to speak with a budgeting counselor and we would be honored to help.
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All to Him was crafted specifically with you in mind. All to Him is a "one fund" generosity initiative, meaning that it is different from a traditional capital campaign where you are called to give an extra gift above and beyond your normal giving - thus creating two steps for people who aren't yet giving. All to Him is a call to sacrificial, gospel-centered generosity for absolutely everyone at Crosspoint City Church.
If you have never given before, this is your chance to get in the game with a committed sacrifice. We really hope you will.
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All to Him is about the vision for our church. We believe that the local church is one of the most compelling missions to give towards and we would really love for you to make Crosspoint City Church your home and join us in All to Him.
If you are ready for it, this is a perfect time for you to put a stake in the ground and make this your church.
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Great question. People take different spiritual steps at different times. Some people begin praying before they begin attending church.
Others begin going to a disciple group before they begin talking to God in prayer. Giving is another spiritual step and it comes at different times for different people.
One thing is for sure, however just like other spiritual disciplines, giving draws us closer to God. And God is calling all of us to give. (Matthew 6:19)
Whether you have taken the spiritual step of baptism or whether you haven't yet, we would encourage you to still join us in this All to Him Initiative. We firmly believe that it will draw you closer to God and hopefully to a place where you are ready to make the decision to be baptized.
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For all finance and giving related questions, please email finance@crosspointcity.com. For all other questions, please email us at visionengagement@crosspointcity.com
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