Crossroads Canton

Why We Believe In Lifegroups

The purpose of LifeGroups at Crossroads is to provide opportunity for Biblical fellowship, Bible study, and prayer that God requires of His people. God requires us not to live in isolation from our Church family, but to constantly be there for each other, to build each other up, and to help one another grow spiritually. Remember this: you and I can only be loved as much as we are known. To know and love one another and serve together the way God desires and requires, we have to get together for His purposes. Sunday large-group gatherings are important, but the strength and unity of our church grows and happens mostly in small groups, and here these are called LifeGroups.

When you rejoice at what God is doing in your life, your LifeGroup will be there with you. When you cry out in brokenness as life falls apart, your LifeGroup is there, too. The more a church grows as God desires, the more its members must work to stay connected like this. If you are like me, you might have heard friends and family say, “I go to my church because it isn’t too big and feels like home”. Feeling like home is a great thing, but is no reason for a church not to grow. In fact, the more loving and serving a church is, the more it should grow! How can we stay connected to each other to continue growing, loving, and serving the way God wants? Small groups, here called LifeGroups.

Beginning in 1982, Dr. Robinson has served churches in New Mexico and Texas for over 34 years. His life verse is Proverbs 3:5-6. “Trust in the Lord with all of your heart. Lean not unto your own understanding; In all of your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your path.” Dr. Robinson’s passion is to be part of a team seeking to lead Crossroads to be a congregation committed to making disciples who in turn make disciples.

Taylor serves as Associate Pastor as well as the leader of our LifeGroup and Discipleship ministries. He is the husband of Rebecca and father of Annie, John Knox, and Addie. His life-verse is 1 Chronicles 16:11, “Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always.” It is his hope for Crossroads that the church grow and shine Christ’s light contagiously; that everyone who encounters us will know they have encountered Christ in us and be better for it. It is Taylor’s hope that together our church will treasure and put to active use the spiritual gifts, hearts, abilities, personalities, and experiences God has brought together here for His glory; that everything we are together and individually will reflect His glory to each other as well as those outside our fellowship.