What’s Lifespring Like?

How do we desire our church to be?

First, we desire to be faithful, not merely “relevant or creative,” but faithful to God and proclaiming Him.  At our Sunday gatherings we sing songs which faithfully help us worship Jesus Christ for who he is, we pray to him according to how He models prayer in his word, we fellowship as an entire body — all ages, races and seasons of life. We listen to God’s word proclaimed to us.

We desire to be simple and clear in our goal of faithfulness, we strive to steadfastly keep to the Bible’s goal of making disciples by keeping our church structure effective but not over-cumbersome so people can grow in Christ-likeness and newcomers can clearly see how to get involved and why we do what we do.

We desire to have strong convictions delivered in the context of gracious, loving relationships. Our prayer nights and Sunday morning service, as well as our ministries to men and women demonstrate our desire to be faithful in our theology, yet kind and gracious in our delivery. We want to be clear in a culture of confusion, steadfast in “the absolutes” of scripture and charitable where we have freedom to differ.

Worship Times

Join us for Worship and Celebration at 9:30 a.m at:
30 Hallett Ave NE, Crosby MN, 56441

Our New Church location  is in the former Crosby-Ironton Presbyterian historic church, located at 30 Hallett Ave NE in Crosby (turn west at the SuperOne food store…the building is one block on your right–across from the library)

Worship ends between 10:45 and 11. Following dismissal, all are invited to the basement for fellowship and snacks.  Around 11:45, we resume for an hour of Doctrinal/Theological Teaching and Discussion for the adults, and an additional class for Students, often using the London Baptist Confession as our guide, as well as other topical and Christian worldview studies. 

On the first Sunday of the Month we have an all-church pockluck, followed by an afternoon of games (usually dodgeball)

FAQs

  • We are a member church of  the Fellowship of Independent Reformed Evangelicals (www.firefellowship.org).  F.I.R.E  is not a “denomination” with top-down authority, but a well-lead and organized fellowship of like-minded churches, united around common Reformed Baptist confessions and principals; providing teaching, fellowship and accountability.  

    In addition, we meet monthly, both as leadership and with a combined Evening Worship service, with churches in the Common Slaves network. https://www.commonslaves.com

    We also regularly participate in local and area ministerials and gathering; from which we benefit.  

  • While we were studying Scripture on the nature and purpose of The Church, one truth that jumped out at us time and again is how important it is for the entire Body to gather as often as possible (all ages, genders, places of life, ethnicities, etc.). We also were convicted in the primacy God places on parents to raise their children in Christ and the goal of the church to serve this primacy.

    From this we were convicted that, while we have cry-room available for parents to take their infant children up to 3 years old (it is located in the back of the sanctuary with speakers to hear the preaching and participate in worship), we desire to have young children as part of the service as early as possible so they learn to worship through music, listen to God’s Word preached and read, watch their parents partake in the Lord’s Supper and see Baptisms.

    It has been a great joy to bring the entire body together, including young children to worship and exalt Christ Jesus. To our happy surprise, our children have transitioned quickly and better than we expected as we followed this conviction in faith.

Questions? Comments? Prayer requests? We would love to hear from you!

ericanderson@brainerd.net
(218) 545-LIFE (5433)

30 Hallett Ave 
Crosby MN 56441