History

CrossRidge Baptist Church was a vision of Jeff Fugate and Clays Mill Road Baptist Church of Lexington, Kentucky. It is Pastor Fugate's goal to start 50 new churches in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. CrossRidge Baptist Church was the 13th such church.

Dr. Fugate was raised in Hazard, Kentucky, which is 40 minutes from Minnie. Dr. Russell Anderson was also a contributor to start CrossRidge Baptist. Dr. Anderson, known as "Cotton", was born and lived in Minnie, and later in McDowell. Without these men and Clays Mill Baptist Church, there may never have been a CrossRidge Baptist Church. May the Lord bless them for their faithfulness.


Vision

"Visioneering" is the process of understanding God's vision and engineering a strategic plan to make it a reality! God has BIG plans for CrossRidge Baptist Church. We are laborers together with Christ and when God's people unite their hearts with God's power and for His purposes...awesome things can happen!

As your pastor, I would like you to join me as we "labor together with God" to achieve the following goals. Though some of these seem a bit impossible now, please remember we serve the God of the possible! God wants to bless this ministry in an extraordinary way, but we must meet His conditions of obeying His word. Also, God will not give us what we do not ask. Please pray with me that God will show us great and mighty things that we have never seen before.

Future Areas of Service as God Blesses

Souls won for Christ
Baptisms
Support of missionaries
Solitude Ministry (a retreat)
Christian School Ministry
Reformers Unanimous (Program to reach those with addictions)
Gems & Jewels (outreach to those with special needs)
Appalachian Mission Trip (a summer mission program geared toward reaching the Appalachian people)
Start new churches in the Appalachian region
Youth Ministries
College and Career Programs
Senior Citizen Program
Shut-in Ministry
Choir- adult and youth
Nursing Home ministries
Jail Ministry
Clothing for the needy ministry
Food Pantry
Tent Revival/Camp Meetings
Monthly Men's Prayer Breakfast
Pastor Encouragement Conference
Ministry for unwed mothers
Public School Bible Studies
Soldiers For Christ
Banquets, conferences and retreats
Monthly Training Union before evening services