Crossroads Staff Bios & Elder, Deacon & Staff Contact Information

Steve Hixon, Teaching Pastor 

Areas of Ministry:
Teaching pastor – preaching regularly and overseeing the preaching team, as well as coordinating Sunday services with the worship ministry. Teaching adult classes throughout the year, discipling groups of men, writing Biblical studies materials (www.HixonStudies.com), serving on the pastoral staff and as an elder at Crossroads.

Biography:
Steve recently joined the Crossroads staff in October of 2007. He grew up in Indiana, attended SMU in Dallas, Texas and St. Andrews, Scotland (philosophy, history, fine arts) and later Dallas Seminary (historical theology), graduating with a Th.M. in 1980. He has served several churches in the Dallas area and in Colorado. Steve and his wife Darlene have three children: Marion, David & Rebecca.  Aside from ministry, Steve enjoys photography (see his web site: www.stevehixon.com), reading, hiking, golf and travel.

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Randy Shuffield, Executive Pastor 

Areas of Ministry:
Serving as Executive Pastor, Randy is responsible for ministry oversight and management at CBC.

Biography:
Randy and his wife, Janice, have been members of CBC since 1987, and have both served in various ministries over the years.  Randy has also served on the Board of Elders since 1988.    A graduate of Texas Tech University, Randy had a career in advertising-marketing prior to assuming the position at CBC.  He was the Senior Vice-President of Advertising for Minyard Food Stores, Inc.

He is a past president of the Lewisville Noon Rotary Club, and a Paul Harris Fellow.  His outside interests include golf, basketball, music, the Texas Tech Red Raiders, and trips to Colorado.  Randy and Janice have been married since 1975.  Janice is a business teacher at Marcus High School in Flower Mound and currently serves in the Children’s Ministry and Women’s Ministry at CBC.


Their family includes son-in-law and daughter Tommy and Tara and son and daughter-in-law Brad and Marissa, of Ft. Worth, and Macie the cat-dog.

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Mike Messerli, Lead Pastor

Areas of Ministry:
Shepherding & Pastoral Care. Oversight and development of our Minichurches (Small Groups), and other affinity based small groups such as our motorcycle fellowship (CBCRiders), CBC G-Team (Golf Team), etc. Oversight of pastoral care, counseling and shepherding ministries including lay counseling and lay chaplain ministries.


Biography:
Mike joined the staff at Crossroads in June of 1998. Prior to coming on staff he was in business for 18 years and in the pastorate for 12 years before that. Mike also taught at a Bible College for several years during his pastoral years. He is a graduate of John Brown University with a degree in Biblical Studies. Mike and his wife, Joye, have been married since 1974. They have two grown children, three granddaughters and a grandson.

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Bill Lee, Pastor – Family Ministries

Areas of Ministry:

Family Ministries - Oversight and development of Family centered programs and education opportunities.  Working with Men’s, Young Adult and Women’s ministry teams, Bill oversees the development of programs and education opportunities designed to meet the needs of our families. Additionally, Bill works with our Deacon Board in maintaining and managing the Crossroads facilities.

Biography:
A member of CBC since 1990, Bill served on the Elder Board for nine years prior to coming on staff.  He has a degree in Biblical Studies from Mid-South Bible College and served two years in the pastorate after graduation. Bill also spent 26 years working for a major consumer products company in a variety of managerial and engineering roles prior to joining the CBC Staff.

Bill and Jeanette were married in 1971 and have two sons, Nathan and Zachary.   Both sons are married and between them have 5 children of their own.  

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Brent McKinney, Pastor of Student Ministries

Areas of Ministry:
Oversight, development, and implementation of programming and teaching for Middle School, High School and College ministries at CBC.  Training and oversight for student ministry interns and the operation of the Road’s Coffee House.
 


5 O’clock Worship: Heads the creative team that designs and implements the evening worship services and educational opportunities.


Biography:

Brent has served at Crossroads since August, 1996 as our Pastor of Student Ministries. In March of 2007 he began his current position. He has a Master of Arts degree in Christian Education from Dallas Theological Seminary. He completed his undergraduate work at Auburn University. Prior to his ministry at CBC, he worked with Youth for Christ in Birmingham, Alabama for seven years.
Brent and his wife, Tracy, have been married since 1988. They have two children, Kelsey and Shelby. Tracy is a photographer and Brent has been in ministry since they were married. You can check my blog to see my thoughts on how it should be done…


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Mike Farney, Director of Community Ministries

Areas of Ministry:
Responsibilities include community ministries and benevolence.  


Biography

Prior to joining the staff at Crossroads, Mike worked for Lacerte Software Corporation which relocated their headquarters to the North Dallas area in 1989. Mike's positions included sales, marketing, software development, manager of the customer support division and manager of the quality assurance division when he left the firm in June of 2002.
Mike became a staff member at CBC in 2003

Mike was raised in Long Beach, California and graduated from California State University Long Beach with majors in marketing and management. Mike and his wife Dee married in 1986 and have one adult child Courtney.


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Liz Church, Director of Women’s Ministry 

Areas of Ministry:
Ministry to Women in all ages and stages of life. Oversees Women’s Studies, Mops, Owls, Shepherding Moms, Annual Retreat, and other special events and women’s groups.

Biography:
Liz has attended CBC since 1992 and served for years as a volunteer in a variety of areas. She joined the staff as Director of Women’s Ministry in April, 2005. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology and a Master of Business Administration from Oral Roberts University. Prior to moving to Texas, Liz work in medical research and later as an investment banker. Liz and her husband Bruce married in 1982 and have 2 adult children, Kim and Matt.

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Melissa Rowe, Director of Children’s Ministries

Areas of Ministry
Sunday School, Half-Time, Vacation Bible School, Music Camp, All Stars, Five O’clock Worship Planning Team


Biography

Melissa joined the staff at Crossroads in June of 1999. Prior to that she taught 3rd and 5th grades in the Lewisville Independent School District while attending CBC and volunteering in Children’s Ministries. She is a graduate of the University of North Texas with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies and a minor in Elementary Education.

Melissa and her husband, Matt, have one daughter, Alexis.  In her spare time, Melissa enjoys reading, running and watching Alexis play volleyball.

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Tish Kelley, Director of Childcare Ministries

Areas of Ministry
Tish oversees Childcare Ministries serving parents of children from newborn through toddlers on Sundays and through 5th grade for week day and week night ministry activities. She recruits trains, schedules and places teachers and mid-management teams. She develops and oversees curriculum and activities for all classes. She is responsible for implementing policies and procedures that make the church a safe, healthy, and loving environment for children. 


Biography:

Tish has served at Crossroads since 1999 and has been the Director of Childcare Ministries since 2003.  Prior to serving at Crossroads, Tish was in the dental field. 

Tish grew up in Colorado and has lived in Texas for more than 20 years.  She has three daughters, Michelle, April and Hannah and three grandsons.
 

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Kimberly Kerr, Office Manager

Areas of Ministry
Kim is the office manager and Controller, responsible for the financial aspects of CBC.


Biography:

Kim has attended CBC since 1992 when she moved to Texas and joined the staff in Jan 1997. Prior to joining the staff at CBC she worked in accounting for an investment firm in Dallas for several years. Prior to that she was an advertising sales representative for “D” Magazine and advertising director of Travelhost magazine. She was born & raised in Ooltewah, Tennessee and is a graduate of the University of the South (Sewanee).
 


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Elder, Deacon & Staff Emails
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Elders

Deacons

Staff

Paul Henry, Chairman

Mike Smith, Chairman

Steve Hixon, Teaching Pastor

Steve Hixon

Kent Byleveld, Finance

Randy Shuffield, Executive Pastor

Randy Shuffield

Greg Hanson, Finance

Mike Messerli, Shepherding Pastor

Ian Cook

Peter McKee, Finance

Bill Lee, Family Ministry Pastor

Ken Kendall

Vince Zeller, Finance

Brent McKinney, Discipleship Pastor

Tim Niznik

John Zetzman, Finance

Nathan Lee, Student Ministry Pastor

Jim Ward

Bruce Gundlach, Benevolence

Edna McDaniel, Support Ministries

Garth Shipley

Carl Renner, Benevolence

Melissa Rowe, Children Ministries

L.J. Scott

Mike Short, Facilities

Tish Kelley, Childcare Ministries

Steve Weatherford

Bruce Church, Facilities

Liz Church, Women's Ministries

Dick Gotthardt

Mark Smith, Facilities

Mike Farney, Community Ministries

Ron Stewart

Sheldon Sanders. Facilities

Kim Kerr, Office Manager

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