Cross Church (Northwest Arkansas)

Cross Church is a Southern Baptist, multisite megachurch located in Northwest Arkansas, with its founding campus located in Springdale. Across its three campuses, Cross Church is one of the largest churches in the state of Arkansas. The senior pastor is Nick Floyd, son of Ronnie Floyd- longtime senior pastor of Cross Church for thirty years when he left to become full-time CEO of the Southern Baptist Convention.

Cross Church
Cross Church Springdale campus
DenominationSouthern Baptist Convention
Weekly attendance9,000
Websitehttps://www.crosschurch.com/
Clergy
Senior pastor(s)Nick Floyd

History

The church was founded in the 1870 as Landmark Liberty Baptist Church.[1] In 1910, the church was renamed First Baptist Church of Springdale. First Baptist Church Of Springdale. The church changed its name from First Baptist Church of Springdale to Cross Church in 2002 when the church announced the opening of their Rogers campus (Pinnacle Hills).

The church reaches people throughout the world via church plants and media. The church membership totals over 16,000. The church also operates a private Christian school called Shiloh Christian School.

In 2019, Nick Floyd became the senior pastor, after the departure of his father Ronnie Floyd. [2]

References
  1. Christie Storm, Southern Baptist megachurch has new name, arkansasonline.com, USA, October 2, 2010
  2. Becca Martin-Brown, 'The DNA of Cross Church', arkansasonline.com, USA, May 4, 2019

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