CP Group Update

One of the many privileges of being on staff with Generation LINK is the opportunity to lead a small group in the context of the local church. Crosspoint Church and Generation LINK share the same DNA of discipleship, which means that it is a priority for each Generation LINK staff member to be meaningfully involved in a Connecting Point (CP) group. Crosspoint offers a great variety of CP groups for all members and attendees, ranging from gender-specific groups to multigenerational coed groups. CP groups are the best avenues through which Crosspoint attendees can quickly and meaningfully assimilate into the life of the church. 

As a part of the Generation LINK college ministry staff, I have the blessing of leading a CP group for upperclass guys. We all gather together on Sunday nights in order to pray, study the Word, confess sin, repent of sin, serve and encourage one another. I have been blessed to have a potential future GLINKer, Jonathan Whittle, co-lead with me. The Word is the central and essential component in our gatherings. I thank God for the genuine love for the Word that these upperclassmen possess by the Spirit of God within them. This semester, we have walked together through a biblical view on Relationships and through God's sovereign work through the life of Joseph as recorded in Genesis. I have witnessed and experienced a growth in our group's understanding of God's sovereignty over our circumstances, through which he is working all things toward his grater plan of redeeming man for his glory.

This semester, the guys in our group have met with a different guy from the group during the work week in order to spend time getting to know each other better, praying for one another, studying the word together and encouraging one another in their walks. Through this time together, our guys have become very unified and transparent together which has led to greater authenticity and frequent repentance. I thank God for his maturation of these men of God and for their faithfulness to his Word and his Church. Many of the guys in the upperclass CP group have chosen to pursue membership at Crosspoint Church because they desire to serve meaningfully and understand the biblical precedent for commitment to the body of Christ via membership in the local church. This community is a blessing and leads me to worship God for his great character and desire to share himself with his people. Ultimately, I am thankful to God for the opportunity to serve him in the local church through Generation LINK. 

Written by: Ryan Heard

Iron Sharpens Iron...

One of the key aspects of Generation LINK is the emphasis on building a gospel community, and one of the ways that this is done is through the G-LINK staff members living together.

When considering how to describe the ‘organized chaos’ that is the GLINK guys’ house, I had difficulty deciding where to begin, so I’ll start with the fun, social stuff.  There are the bonfires with friends down by the train tracks, the afternoons reading and napping on our 21-foot long couch, playing video games and watching “Band of Brothers,” and even late-night water balloon wars with our landlord!  A few others that come to mind are wrestling matches, a saxophone that functions as a morning alarm, late-night renditions of “Grease,” and many more.

From a different perspective, God has gifted each of us in unique ways, and each is able to put his gifts to use in different ways in ministry.  It is clearly evident in just looking at the six of us (who represent but a small fraction of the family at Crosspoint) that the church is a body of many parts, none greater or lesser than another and all needed for the church to work properly.  Just as we are gifted differently, we also have different struggles, and so we are able to challenge and pray with one another to see victory over sin through accountability. I am constantly reminded in my time living with the other guys that however different we may be, we are all united through the blood of Christ and are brothers laboring side by side to see the gospel reach the nations.   It is such a blessing to do life together with them!

Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.  Proverbs 27:17

Written by Andrew Gunter