CARES Teams do things that flow naturally out of the Christian lifestyle - welcoming new residents, planning social functions, and caring in times of need. Make an eternal difference in the lives of your neighbors - and have FUN doing it.  With CARES reaching out to those around them, we believe their mission is in line with Crosspointe's mission and that is why they are one of Crosspointe's Stategic Missional Partnerships.

Apartment Life was founded in March 2000 by Stan Dobbs and a group of Christian businessmen in the apartment industry. Two streams came together to launch Apartment Life. One stream was Stan's experience as a Pastor in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.There he was involved in a ministry to low-income apartment communities, and caught the vision for the tremendous potential for ministry in apartments and the desperate needs of their residents. He began piloting the CARES program in Dallas in 1999.

The other stream was Apartment Life Developers - an organization founded by Paul Schultheis, CEO of Real Property Investments. Paul owned a portfolio of apartments in Phoenix and Flagstaff and had provided apartments for teams on his communities to do community-building and outreach. Paul and Stan connected and agreed to merge Apartment Life Developers and CARES into what became CARES by Apartment Life.

For more information on this amazing ministry, please visit their website: www.caresteam.org