Cross Church is a Baptist multi-site megachurch based in Springdale, Arkansas. It is affiliated with the

Southern Baptist Convention The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is a Christian denomination based in the United States. It is the world's largest Baptist denomination, and the largest Protestant and second-largest Christian denomination in the United States. The wor ...

. 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 Ronald Wayne Floyd (born November 11, 1955) is an American religious leader and a former pastor and Southern Baptist executive. Ronnie was the Senior Pastor of Cross Church (formerly called First Baptist Springdale), a Southern Baptist megachu ...

- 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. In 1910, the church was renamed ''First Baptist Church Of Springdale''. In 1976, it founded the

Shiloh Christian School Shiloh Christian School is a private Christian school in Springdale, Arkansas, United States. History Shiloh Christian School was founded in 1976 as a ministry of the First Baptist Church of Springdale, by Dennis Cottrell and Tom Ellis, under the ...

. In 2001, it opened a campus in Rogers (Pinnacle Hills). The church changed its name from First Baptist Church of Springdale to Cross Church in 2010. The church changed its name from First Baptist Church of Springdale to Cross Church in 2002. In 2018, it claimed a weekly attendance of 8,959 people. In 2019, Nick Floyd became the senior pastor, after the departure of his father

. Becca Martin-Brown
'The DNA of Cross Church'
arkansasonline.com, USA, May 4, 2019

References

External links

Cross Church

The Summit, Business Persons' Luncheon

Shiloh Christian School
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