The History of CrossOver Ministries

CrossOver Ministries was founded in 1986 in Lexington, Kentucky. Biblically based and Christ-centered, it is an interdenominational, non-profit Christian ministry supported by tax-deductible donations from individuals, churches, and businesses.

The ministry's purpose is to proclaim and make possible the healing restoration of the sexually and relationally broken through a relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ and His Church. The ministry began as a result of a handful of committed Christians who came together because they found their same-gender attractions incompatible with what they understood from Scripture to be God's intended will for their lives. The original logo design of the ministry depicted the true heart of those pioneering believers. It was a pictorial design of Moses and the children of Israel escaping the bondages of Egypt, crossing over the Red Sea to lasting freedom.

Shortly after its incorporation, under the banner of CrossOver, the ministry became a Member Ministry of Exodus International, North America. Exodus, founded in 1976, was the first active organization ministering to those desiring freedom from homosexual and lesbian identities and behaviors.

CrossOver is equally equipped to reach out to the parents, spouses, family members, friends, and clergy of loved ones who are caught in this type of sexually broken behavior. CrossOver is also committed to equipping and unifying the Church at large to restore wholeness to those who are sexually broken and bound.

Specific outreaches of the ministry include: one-on-one mentoring counseling, overcomer support groups, a parents' support group, spousal support, women's and men's Bible study programs, church training and equpping programs, prayer ministry,, and printed literature.

CrossOver, in addition to being a Member Ministry of Exodus International, is a referral ministry of national organizations such as Focus on the Family.