CRESTVIEW — Niceville UMC and St. Mark UMC, 2250 P.J. Adams Parkway, have officially changed to the name Crosspoint.
“Our mission is to connect people to Christ,” the Rev. Rurel Ausley, pastor of the Niceville campus, said. “We have been one church with two campuses for several years now. The name Crosspoint better represents our identity as a multi-campus church and the church we have morphed into over the last five to 10 years.
"A common, non-geographical name is more representative of one church, offering the same excellent worship and ministries on multiple campuses.”
For 10 years, Crosspoint has averaged 2,900 attendees each weekend on its Niceville and South Crestview campuses.
Construction is underway for an additional campus — on Old Bethel Road in North Crestview — to open in the fall.
Crosspoint offers multiple Sunday services on each campus with varied styles of worship; from modern or contemporary to traditional. There are optional “café” services on the South Crestview campus, where worshippers sit around small tables and enjoy coffee during worship, and a Saturday evening modern service on the Niceville campus.
“In our efforts to connect more people to Christ, we offer multiple styles of worship so that anyone can feel at home here,” Ausley said. “The new Crosspoint name reflects the changes we will continue to make to connect more people to Christ.”
Ausley said the church took input from its membership on the new name. Crosspoint was put forth by one of the members at the Niceville campus, and was then voted upon by the entire membership on both campuses.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Niceville UMC, St. Mark UMC become Crosspoint