What To Expect
Our History
Our Elders
Our Staff
Our Deacons
Welcome To Summit Crossing
Welcome to Summit Crossing Community Church! Our vision is to see the Kingdom of Christ advance from our neighborhoods to the nations for the glory of God. Our mission is to make maturing and multiplying disciples who increasingly believe who they are in Christ as they intentionally endeavor to Know Jesus, Connect in gospel relationships, and Live for the King’s mission in their world.
Our
History
Summit Crossing Community Church was birthed by God in the minds of a few families in February 2001. After 2 years of prayer and planning, Summit Crossing Community Church officially began gathering in a home in Madison.
When God planted Summit Crossing Community Church in August 2003, it began with a “small group” of believers who desired to see a movement—a movement far beyond life as they knew it, church as they knew it, and community as they knew it. A life of extraordinary existence, passion, meaning, and joy—a life that would change the one living it and the ones watching it. In short, Summit Crossing Community Church was planted to change history.
In 2009, with a great desire to make disciples by planting churches, we joined the ACTS 29 Church Planting Network. This allowed Summit Crossing to strategically focus on seeing churches planted rooted in Gospel community.
While our gathering locations have moved, the vision never has. We exist to make maturing and multiplying disciples who increasingly believe who they are in Christ as they intentionally endeavor to Know Jesus, Connect in gospel relationships, and Live for the King’s mission in their world. As a community, we make disciples of Jesus Christ in the everyday rhythms of life. Life is a journey and it’s a journey we were never meant to walk alone.
Our Elders
At Summit Crossing Community Church, we take our cue from the Bible in all matters of faith and practice. Church leadership isn’t excluded from the test of scripture. In the Old Testament God called individual men and women to lead His people. This changed with the coming of Jesus Christ and the birth of His church. He called out twelve men to whom He entrusted His church, a plurality in leadership.
Of the 18 times church leadership is mentioned after Christ’s ascension, 15 of them denote plurality in church leadership (the other three references are actually viewed in light of a plural context). From the birth of the church in Acts throughout its growth, the church leadership is placed in the hands of a group of overseers or elders. They are a group of men called out by God for four major purposes:
- To know the people of the church.
- To lead the church with grace and truth.
- To feed the church through Spirit-filled, Biblical teaching.
- To protect the church from false teaching.
The elders of Summit Crossing Community Church desire to fulfill the same task given to the early church leaders.
Paul
Whaley
Pastor for
Teaching and Vision
David
Ballinger
Pastor for Oversight
and Shepherding
David
Thew
Pastor for Discipleship
and Church Planting
Patrick Johnson
Worship
Pastor
David
Conrad
Lay
Elder
Luke
Edwards
Lay
Elder
Adam
Aberle
Lay
Elder
Josh
Hewiett
Lay
Elder
Chris
Snitko
Lay
Elder
Our Staff
Executive Team
Paul
Whaley
Pastor for
Teaching and Vision
David
Ballinger
Pastor for Oversight
and Shepherding
Michelle
Shults
Associate for
Shepherding
Theresa
Aberle
Executive
Assistant
Gathering Team
Patrick
Johnson
Worship
Pastor
Ashley
Smith
Associate Director
for Worship
Summit Kids
Andrea
Johnson
Director for
Summit Kids
Jocelyn
Merkel
Associate for
Summit Kids
Summit Students
Matt
Herring
Director for
Student Discipleship
Taylor Jennings
Assoc. Director for Student Discipleship
Rebecca
Bryant
Student Discipleship
Admin. Coordinator
Kristen
Barofsky
Student Discipleship
Coordinator
Operations
Kim
Gilbert
Director of
Operations
Ron
Hunter
Facilities
Manager
Elise
Wilson
Accountant
Discipleship Team
David
Thew
Pastor for Discipleship
and Church Planting
Corey
Tyson
Director for
Connection & Communication
Chase
Johnson
Director for
Community
Sarah
Doll
Director for
Summit Women
Global and Local Missions
Jamey
Nettles
Director for
Missions
Bailey
Driesbach
Associate Director
for Missions
Our Deacons
Joe Hatchett – Deacon for Men’s Ministry
Taylor Shock – Deacon for Prayer Ministry
David Sikes – Deacon for Prayer Ministry
Ryan Wilson – Deacon for Safety & Security
Ryan Patton – Deacon for Safety & Security & MC Coaching
Alison Wydner – Deacon for Women’s Ministry
Whitney Johnson – Deacon for Women’s Ministry
Katie Holland – Deacon for Women’s Ministry
Amanda Patton – Deacon for MC Coaching
