THIS ISN’T JUST CHURCH…IT’S FAMILY!

“A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling.
God sets the lonely in families, he leads forth the prisoners with singing….”
(Psalm 68:5–6a)

“Consequently, you are no longer foreigners and aliens, but fellow citizens
with God’s people and members of God’s household,”
(Ephesians 2:19)

About: About Us

WHO WE ARE

Leadership
We understand that leadership is important. We understand that the character, qualifications, past track record, and future direction of leadership are all important. However, you are going to have to read and scroll a bit on this page before you find out more about the leadership of the church. This is by design and by reading a bit further, you will find out why.

Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the very last, and the servant of all.” (Mark 9:35)

Superstars
We want to make it clear right up front that there are no superstar leaders at Crosswinds Community Church other than God our Father, Jesus our Lord and Savior, and The Holy Spirit. Of the greatest importance to us is to give place to the moving and the ministry of the Holy Spirit. Every time we meet together we invite, welcome, and expect the presence of God Almighty to manifest in a special and discernable way.

When God shows up, unconditional love and infinite power become available. Miracles are possible, healings are possible, breakthroughs are possible. All things are possible!

Congregation
From a wide diversity of backgrounds, God has brought a wonderful group of people together. Here at CCC, the entire congregation is considered to be a part of the ministry team. Every believer is challenged to be involved in ministry at some level and a large majority of the church body is committed to giving of their finances, time, talents, and experience to helping each other and helping the Kingdom of God to grow. There are also past and present members of the church family currently preparing to serve God in full-time ministry and others who have launched and currently lead successful para-church ministries with the support and encouragement of the Church.

Our congregation is small enough to develop and maintain warm family relationships, but large enough to enjoy dynamic worship services. We have a considerable diversity in age and social background. Even more important than the size of the church, measured in the number of people who gather each week, is the size of the hearts of those people. Put simply, the people of Crosswinds Community Church have big hearts for one another, big hearts for the lost, big hearts for service, big hearts for prayer, big hearts for worship, and big hearts for God.

Serving Team Members
In most churches, ten percent of the people do ninety percent of the work. Here, at any given time, seventy to eighty percent of the people, including children, teens, adults, and seniors are serving in one or more of our ministry teams in one capacity or another. This means the spiritual footprint or impact of the church is much larger than one would think just by looking at its size. Still, there is always a need and room for more!

Serving Team Leaders
Although ministry teams need leadership, the emphasis is always on serving: Serving the Lord and serving one another.

About: Who We Are

PASTORAL STAFF

Jared and Jessica are both graduates of Christ For The Nations Institute. They have served on the church's ministry staff since its founding in 2001. Jared currently serves as an Associate Pastor and leads the Worship teams of the church. Jessica currently serves as an Associate Pastor, fulfilling administrative and ministry oversight in the church. They have three children, Caden, Aubriel, and Judah. Jared is a very anointed and talented worship leader and Jessica is a gifted and insightful prophetic teacher. Beyond that, they are two of the most accessible, down-to-earth people of genuine faith that you could ever meet. They fulfill their callings with the highest levels of character, integrity, commitment, and humility.

PASTORS DAN AND DEBBIE HANNUM

Lead Pastors

Dan and Debbie are the founding and current Lead Pastors of the church. Prior to that, they ministered together as Youth Pastors. Dan is a 1990 graduate of North Central Bible College of the Assemblies of God. Debbie currently serves as an Associate Pastor and leads the Women’s Ministry of the church. They have three adult children (all serving in pastoral ministry) and eleven grandchildren. We consider ourselves to be ordinary Christians who happen to be called to a work that is beyond our abilities rather than superior Christians who are called to a work because of our abilities.

PASTORS MARC & LIBBY LINDAHL

Youth Pastors

Jared and Jessica are both 2001 graduates of Christ For The Nations Institute. They have both served on the ministry staff of the church since its founding in 2001. Jared currently serves as an Associate Pastor and leads the Worship teams of the church. Jessica currently serves as an Associate Pastor, fulfilling both administrative and ministry oversight in the church. They have three children. Jessica is the daughter of Lead Pastors, Dan and Debbie Hannum. Jared is a very anointed and talented worship leader and Jessica is a very gifted and insightful prophetic teacher. Beyond that, they are two of the most accessible, down-to-earth people of genuine faith that you could ever meet. They fulfill their callings with the highest levels of character, integrity, commitment, and humility.

PASTORS JARED AND JESSICA ENGLERTH

Associate Pastors

About: Pastoral Staff

PASTOR ASHLYN MAY

Administrative Pastor

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

JIM AUSTIN

Jim is a faithful husband and a faithful worker in the church. He serves as an usher and sings on a worship team. Jim serves (and sings) with humility, the joy of the Lord in his heart, and always has a contagious heart-warming smile on his face. Jim is also always there to help with facility projects and needs within the church family. In addition, Jim is a fisherman and a firearms enthusiast.

DON SHUMAN

Don is a faithful husband and father. He is an entrepreneur, an I.T. professional, and has also started and run several small businesses. Don serves as a video technician, heads a church cleaning team, and handles all of the church’s computer service and maintenance. Don does the church a favor by NOT singing on a worship team. He is, however, always there for anyone in need with a generous heart and a helping hand. Don always provides an adequate supply of puns, cheesy jokes, and used cars, (he is a bit of an automobile enthusiast and car “flipper.”) Oh, and I almost forgot, Don is a 3rd degree grand master of the board game, Cities and Knights, from the Settlers of Catan series.

BRUCE MAY

Bruce has served on the Board of Directors since the founding of the church. In fact, Crosswinds Community Church held its first several meetings in the living room of his home. He is a faithful husband, father, and entrepreneur, having started and run his own business. Bruce serves as an audio technician and is always there to help with facility projects and needs within the church family. Bruce is also a rigger, a firearms enthusiast, and around here we call him, “The (mostly) Happy Ministry Guy!”

About: Board of Directors

WHAT WE BELIEVE

We hope and pray that we have the important stuff right
and the unimportant stuff in the right perspective.

“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved,
a workman who does not need to be ashamed
and who correctly handles the word of truth.”
(2 Timothy 2:15)

“He must hold firmly to the trustworthy message as it has been taught,
so that he can encourage others by sound doctrine
and refute those who oppose it.”
(Titus 1:9)

“But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and arguments and quarrels about the law,
because these are unprofitable and useless.”
(Titus 3:9)

WE ARE CHRISTIAN!

This identifies us as separate from all the other religions of the world.

WE ARE PROTESTANT

This identifies us as separate from the Roman Catholic Church.

WE ARE EVANGELICAL

This identifies us as separate from all Christian denominations, heresies, and cults that have rejected the Bible as the inspired Word of God and the revealed Will of God complete and without error and/or those who have considered any revelation outside of the Bible to be of equal or greater spiritual authority than the Bible.

WE ARE SPIRIT-FILLED (PENTECOSTAL/CHARISMATIC)

This identifies us as different from other Evangelical Christians who reject the baptism in the Holy Spirit with endowment of power and gifts being for the Church after completion of the Biblical canon following the apostolic founding of the Church. Although we do not intend to be divisive about this with the rest of the body of Christ, and we have great respect for and ongoing fellowship with other Evangelicals who believe differently than us, we want to make it clear, right up front, that this is part of our understanding of Scripture.

WE ARE NON-DENOMINATIONAL

This identifies us as different from any organized Christian denomination. However, we are not against denominations. In fact, we have our spiritual roots in and are thankful for The Assemblies of God, and we believe denominations have their place in the body of Christ. Denominations offer many strengths we are thankful for, but they also have a few weaknesses and limitations, including the inevitable bureaucracy and politics that come with large centralized authority structures. Some may flourish in those structures, but that is not who we are.

About: What We Believe

OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE WORD OF GOD

For those who would like a little more detail, the following is a summary of the most important elements of our understanding of the Word of God.Helpful Information

THE WORD

The Bible is the inspired Word of God and the revealed Will of God to man, complete and without error (2 Timothy 3:15-17; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Peter 1:21).

THE TRINITY

There is one God eternally existing as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (Deuteronomy 6:4; Isaiah 43:10-11; Matthew 28:19; Luke 3:22; 2 Corinthians 13:14; John 14:16-17).

JESUS CHRIST

Jesus Christ is the eternal Son of God, the second person of the Trinity, both fully God and fully man, and the Savior of the world (John 4:2,10,14; Revelation 1:13,17; Matthew 1:21-23; 2 John 3:1; John 3:8; Hebrews 1:1-13; 7:3).

MANKIND

Mankind was created good but by disobedience to God incurred both physical and spiritual death, which is separation from God (Genesis 1:26, 27; 2:17; 3:6; Romans 5:12-19).

WATER BATISM

All who believe in Christ as Savior and Lord are to be baptized in water and share in The Lord’s Supper (Matthew 28:19; Mark 16:16; Acts 10:47-48; Romans 6:4; 2 Peter 1:4; 1 Corinthians 11:26).

BAPTISM IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

All believers are entitled to and should seek the baptism in the Holy Spirit with endowment of power and gifts for life and ministry (Luke 24:49; Acts 1:4; 8:12-17; 10:44-46; 11:14-16; 15:7-9; 1 Corinthians 12:1-31).

TOUNGES

The baptism in the Holy Spirit is typically made evident by the initial physical sign of speaking with other tongues in the Spirit (Acts 2:4).

SANCTIFICATION

Sanctification is an ongoing work of the Spirit separating the believer from that which is evil, and dedicating the believer to God (Romans 12:1-2; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; Hebrews 13:12; Romans 6:1-11,13; 8:1-2,13; Galatians 2:20; Philippians 2:12-13; 1 Peter 1:5).

THE CHURCH

The Church is the body of Christ, the habitation of God through the Spirit, in which each believer is an integral part (Ephesians 1:22-23; 2:22; Hebrews 12:23; Acts 1:8; Matthew 28:19-20; Mark 16:15-16; 1 Corinthians 12:13; Ephesians 4:11-16; I Corinthians 12:28; 14:12).

MINISTRY

A divinely called ministry has been provided by God to lead the Church in evangelization, worship, and discipleship (Mark 16:15-20; John 4:23-24; Ephesians 4:11,16)

HEALING

Divine healing is an integral part of the Gospel, is provided for in the Atonement, and is the privilege of all believers (Isaiah 53:4-5; Matthew 8:16-17; James 5:14-16).

RESURRECTION

The resurrection of those who have died in Christ along with those who remain to the coming of the Lord is the hope of the Church (1 Thessalonians 4:16-17; Romans 8:23; Titus 2:13; 1 Corinthians 15:51-52)

THE SECOND COMING

The second coming of Christ includes the rapture of the saints, the return of Christ with His saints, and the thousand year reign (Zechariah 14:5; Matthew 24:27,30; Revelation 1:7; 19:11-14; 20:1-6).

FINAL JUDGEMENT

There will be a final judgment in which the wicked dead will be raised and judged according to their works (Matthew 25:46; Mark 9:43-48; Revelation 19:20; 20:11-15; 21:8).

THE LATTER REIGN

“We, according to His promise, look for new heavens and a new earth, wherein dwells righteousness” (2 Peter 3:13; Revelation 21:22).

The purpose of a doctrinal statement is to separate us from the error of the world, not to divide us in the body of Christ.

About: Our understanding of the Word