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The Generations Project Initiative

Are you looking for a way to expand your influence and further your reach to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ–a missionary venture?  Join us in support of The Generations Project, an initiative of Cross Point Church of Ava, Missouri.   

Matthew 9:37 “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.”

What is The Generations Project Initiative

The Ozark Mountains of Southern Missouri is a mission field within our own borders–“a harvest that is plentiful.”  The Generations Project is an initiative to expand ministry and outreach in the Ozark Mountains of Southern Missouri.  In effect, to bring healing and restoration to generational poverty, abuse, drug addiction, family violence, and unhealthy addictions through what Jesus has done on the cross.  To introduce Jesus into the homes of every family.  To challenge every believer to love, live, and pursue Jesus.  The Generations Project is an initiative of Cross Point Church of Ava, Missouri to transform the region.  

The Generations Project Initiative will expand Cross Point Church’s outreach and influence through the expansion of facilities and ministries.  The expansion of its facilities and ministries will provide the church and community with a more robust outreach program in and throughout the community.

A Look At The Mission Field

So often we look at the mission field as a far away, distant, third world country.   Nothing is further from the truth.  There are pockets of mission fields all across the United States.  The Ozark Mountains of Southern Missouri is one of these pockets.  Cross Point Church of Ava, Missouri serves the mission field of Douglas County and its surrounding region.  Some statistics to think about:  

  • Missouri ranked in the top 10 for drug and alcohol abuse nationally, Southern Missouri significantly contributing to this ranking.
  • Missouri ranked 3rd in domestic violence with the Southern Missouri Area reporting high levels of domestic violence.
  • Higher risk of financial instability in and around our city and county, with an estimated median household income of approximately $44,722. 
  • The suicide rate is approximately 33% higher in Southern Missouri rural areas than that of urban areas, largely due to limited access to mental health resources and socioeconomic stress.

What does this limited snapshot of the mission field mean?  In short, there is a significant need for faith-based interventions–to share the gospel, to help families in need, to provide resources and faith-based alternatives.    

The Generations Project Mission

To share the gospel.  To introduce Jesus into the homes of every family.  To challenge every believer to love, live, and pursue Jesus.  To transform the lost and hurting for “Generations” to come!

The Generations Project Vision

The Generations Project is a faith-driven initiative to expand the facilities and ministries of Cross Point Church–to intentionally invest in future generations–to create space and ministries where children, youth, and families can encounter Jesus, grow in truth, and be equipped to carry the gospel for generations to come.

This expansion isn’t only about facilities.  It’s about ensuring that every generation has room to belong, hear the Word, and experience the life-changing power of Christ.   

  • “To go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation” (Southern Missouri) (Mark 16:15)
  • “To be the light of the world” (our mission field), “a city on the hill” (our cities) (Matthew 5:14-16)
  • To introduce people to the God that “heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.”  (Psalms 147:3)
  • To spread the good news of Jesus so that “they may have life and have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10)
  • To create spiritual wealth, in Jesus, for generations to come. (Matthew 6:19–21)

Cross Point Church’s Core Beliefs

We believe that the Church Universal is the Body of Christ, the fellowship of all believers, and that its members have been called out from the world to come under the dominion and authority of Christ its head. We believe that a local church is a fellowship of Christians, a part of the body of Christ, voluntarily banded together for worship, nurture, and service.  The Generations Project is an extension of these Core Beliefs. 

Expansion of Ministries and Facility Needs

In recent years we have witnessed an outpouring of God’s spirit on the mission field in which we live.  Specifically, our city, county, and surrounding areas.  With this outpouring we have experienced significant growth in numbers and ministry opportunities.  This growth has created a need to expand ministries and facilities to keep up with this outpouring of God’s blessing.  We believe God will make a way.  

Current Ministries, Community Partnerships, and Outreach

Being a light to the community through ministries, community partnerships, and outreach.  When you partner with Cross Point Church through supporting the Generations Project, you will impact:

  • Good Dads: Promotes responsible fatherhood and empowers at-risk-fathers by developing skills needed for strong families.  
  • Mountain Moving Ministry:  Transforms the lives of those with life-controlling problems and addictions through Christ centered principles.
  • Jail Ministry: Shares the gospel with men and women who have been incarcerated.   
  • Medical Blessings:  Focuses on improving local mobility and independence by lending medical products at no cost to those in need. 
  • Women's 180 Ministry: Residential faith-based recovery program for women struggling with addiction and life-controlling issues. 
  • Manna Ministry:  Provides meals for families in need.
  • Foxhole Ministry:  Men's ministry 
  • Missionary Kylie Cook: Missionary to Japan
  • Sisters By Grace:  Weekly women's Bible study
  • First Responders Dinner:  Annual Community-wide dinner for first responders.
  • Nursing Home:  Outreach to members of the local nursing home.
  • Wow Kids: Aims to provide a safe, age-appropriate environment where children, 1st - 4th grade, can learn about God's love through interactive lessons and activities.
  • Catalyst Kids:  Mid-week children’s ministry for children to engage in learning and fellowship outside of the traditional Sunday morning services. 
  • CPC Youth: Student ministry for grades 7th - 12th
  • Community Revival:  Community-wide revival 
  • Life Groups:  Weekly small group Bible studies and community engagement 
  • Prayer Meeting:  Weekly morning prayer meetings–open to all
  • Men’s 5:30 Discipline: Community devotional, workout, and prayer time over the school. 
  • Sunday Worship:  Sunday morning fellowship and worship

How Can You Help

Our growth has taught us one inevitable truth – we need help with the expansion of the  ministries and facilities of Cross Point Church–The Generations Project.   We are reaching out in and beyond our community to partner with individuals and organizations that have a desire to extend their missionary efforts and who are willing to further God’s kingdom in rural Missouri.  

As we expand our ministries and missionary reach we have the need to expand our facilities.  In doing so we are trusting that God will provide all of our needs (Philippians 4:19) through the prompting of the Holy Spirit in the lives of believers that have the resources, both in, around, and outside our community.  In short, we need help.  

How Can You Donate

Cross Point Church is a not-for-profit organization.  All donations are tax deductible.  Use the “Donate” link for your preferred method of giving.

1. Prayer
Cover this project in prayer, for wisdom, provision, unity, and for the generations who will be reached through this expansion.

2. Financial Giving >> CLICK HERE TO DONATE
Make a one-time or recurring donation toward the Generations Project. Every gift directly supports the expansion and the future ministry it will make possible. (just mark that your donation is going to the Generations Project within the giving link)

3. Purchase a book from the bookstore or refer someone to the bookstore >> CLICK HERE  

Purchase books that will inspire you to deepen your walk with Jesus.   You’ll be inspired to Love, Live & Pursue Jesus while supporting the Generations Project—royalties from all sales go toward the expansion.  

4. Generations Project Apparel >> CLICK HERE
Purchase a Generations Project t-shirt or sweatshirt. Every item purchased helps fund the expansion and spreads the heart of this mission beyond our walls.

5. SHARE 
If you feel led, please be willing to share this website link or any of the products or events that people are willing to purchase or attend. If you know someone who would be willing to support this ministry, we would apprecaite your willingness to share. 

Thank you for partnering with us to invest in what God is doing. not just today, but for generations to come.