For a long time I thought that churches believed the way they did just because they , well they just did.

I went to church as a child like everyone else did, I was raised Church of Christ, in which we were taught , as a denomination that we were the only right ones and everyone else was wrong. For a long time I believed this that is till my late mother broke one of the church laws by wearing pants to church one Sunday.

She had to have major surgery on her legs and was embarrassed by all the stitches and scars and wore a nice pair of women's slacks and was told to not come back until she could adhere to the rules of the church.

She never came back to that one, this church and my family had gone back for a long time to.

A church does need a set of beliefs that are unquestioned and the rest is so minute, it does not matter.

I have been reading a book called -The Case For The Real Jesus by Lee Strobel - I got thoroughly into the way that he went from a Atheist to a defender of the Son of God and the Bible.

Seems that a lot of Christian scholars have changed their mind towards Jesus and who he was, and whether the Bible can be taken seriously or not.

He proved to me, though I had no doubt, that Jesus in the Bible is who it says he is and God in his infinite wisdom and for His Glory inspired the writers of the Bible and made sure that it came into existence the way he wanted it to.

It has not been questioned until now and as the bible says in II Pet 3:3 Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lust.

4 And saying,"Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.

People who I know personally turned their back on God to never return as in John 6:66[the Apostasy verse]

I myself for a time also did leave, but God drew on my heart and brought me back with a purpose, and that was to do his bidding no matter what the cost, and this I intend to do.

You don't choose God he chose you before the foundations of the earth.

I will be the first to admit, the church has messed things up for years and some continue to mess things up.

I will do my best to keep the church as pure as possible and to let God be in control for he is my pilot, I am just a passenger in this world till he takes me home.

Through research and extensive praying I have come up with what will be the core beliefs of Crossroads which will not falter or be questioned for they are mandates from his Word, Jesus, and the words that the inspired writers of the bible penned years ago.

CROSSROADS Core of Beliefs.

1: The Bible is the inspired and only infallible and authoritative written word of God[Ps 119;Matt 4:4;Lk24:27

2: One God eternally existing in three persons the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.[1John 5:7

3:The only means of being cleansed from sin is through repentance and faith in the precious blood of Christ[Rom5:1;Eph 2:8-9, 13-18]

4:In the Deity of our Lord Jesus Christ, in his Virgin birth, in his sinless life, in his miracles, in his vicarious and atoning death, in his bodily resurrection, in his ascension right hand of the Father, in his personal future return to earth in power and glory to rule for a thousand years.[Jn1:1-4;Eph.2:13-18;Revchppts 19 and 20.

5:In the blessed hope- the rapture of the church and his second coming[1Thes.4:13-18.

These 5 will not be changed or amended at anytime, the verse that ties them all together is as follows:

1Cor-15:13-17 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:14:And if Christ NOT RISEN then is our preaching in vain, and your faith is also vain. 15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ:whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.16:For if the dead rise not, then is Christ not raised.17:And if Christ be not raised , your faith is vain, ye are yet in your sins.

This will be the required belief to be baptized and if wanted, to be a church member, for you are baptized into Christ, not the church.

Without believing the resurrection, for that is what the entire faith sets on, you might as well believe in nothing.

That is what makes Jesus different from all others, He died for us, conquered death and sin and rose to give us hope.

These beliefs will be the Foundation for Crossroads.

As a group of believers anything else can be discussed and voted on.

You must have scripture to back it up!

I am presently looking for people to be church leaders and to be in charge of a oversight committee to keep everything checked and balanced and on the level.

Any suggestions or comments.