Cross America: a mission-driven nonprofit unlike anything else in the country.

We met with Founder Terry Merrell, newly appointed Executive Director Robyn Whaley, and former Executive Director Crystal Sanburn, who walked us through how Cross America is working to send a cross and a path to salvation to every single home in America, one ZIP code at a time.

This isn’t a church…it’s a community center open to all, designed to engage your senses from the moment you walk in. And before we left, our students jumped in and helped package crosses, joining the hands-on work that powers their mission.

“We want people to go to heaven.” — Crystal Sanburn

Learn more at crossamerica.net


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