Cross Church (Springdale)

Cross Church (First Baptist Springdale) is a Southern Baptist, multisite megachurch located in Northwest Arkansas, with its original and predominant campus located in Springdale. Across its four 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.

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. Since its founding the church opened an additional four locations in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Rogers, Arkansas and Neosho, Missouri. The church changed its name from First Baptist Church of Springdale to Cross Church in 2010 when the church announced the opening of their Fayetteville campus.

The church reaches people throughout the world via church plants and media. The church membership, along with a second location called the Church at Pinnacle Hills located in Rogers, Arkansas, totals over 16,000. The church also operates a private 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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