Cares (Apartment Life)

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 Strategic 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 need of apartment owners for help with building community and meeting the 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.

Christian Community Action

A Ministry Is Born
Christian Community Action (CCA) was founded on February 22, 1973, by a small group of Christians studying the Bible in search of the meaning of love. We were compelled by what we had learned and committed to become a visible channel of God’s love.  It was this resolve that led to the organization of a continuing community effort focused on living out the mandate of Jesus Christ to care for "the least of the brethren."

Building A Foundation For Service
Initial efforts focused on local, mainstream Christian pastors and their congregations.  They asked for food, clothing, furniture, house wares and money. Although slowly at first, the resources began to come in. Even though initial efforts were difficult and even met with resistance, the overall progress was positive and gratifying.

Helping Families to Help Themselves
This completely changed the nature of our relationship with the needy families who sought us out.  We could no longer be a superficial, arms length support medium.  We now became involved in their lives on a personal level. To significantly impact them we had to ask hard, and often embarrassing questions about income, spending habits, planning and budgeting. For the first time, we really got to know the families we longed to serve.

Expansion and Infrastructure
In 1975, their strategy began to be more universal.  To help more people, they had to discern between true needs and wants.  They had to build an infrastructure that would allow them to cast a wider net in their efforts to impact an even greater number of families.  They focused more diligently on corporate donations, and larger scale initiatives.

CCA Resale: The Foundation for Momentum and Success…
Their decision to create CCA Resale stores which provided “second hand treasures, first hand bargains" brought together three distinct economic groups in the community: affluent families and businesses, bargain hunters, and families in need.  Gently used donations, excess inventory and the incentive of tax benefits provided quality goods attracting bargain hunters from every walk of life.   This revenue stream now accounts for 54% of their  total organizational income and allows them to provide consistent financial aid to families in more than 46 communities.

For these and many other reasons, Crosspointe has created a Strategic Missional Partnership with CCA to reach out to thousands in need across Denton County. Visit their website for more details on this fantastic organization.

963 Coffee Project

What 963 is doing and What you can do?

The Project’s purpose is twofold: to provide a fair wage for coffee farmers in poverty-stricken communities and to allow groups and individuals to use the coffee to raise funds for mission projects and relief initiatives.

Americans consume more coffee than any other nation. On average, 108 million people in the U.S. drink coffee every day, consuming 2.3 billion pounds a year. Behind oil, coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world. However, the trade system does not work in favor of developing countries; unlike the oil industry, coffee producers live in extreme poverty, bringing in an average of only $500 per year. For every American coffee drinker, there is one worker elsewhere in the world who depends on coffee for their day-to-day survival.

Because the rules that govern trade favor rich countries, the potential to reduce poverty and support economic growth for poorer countries is being lost. As a result, most of these developing countries are dependent on outside aid for their survival. If Africa alone could increase its share of world exports by just 1%, it would generate $70 billion – about 5 times what it already receives in aid.

Families do not have enough money to send their children to school, nor can they afford basic medical care and have access to clean water. They are trapped in a cycle of poverty, unable to escape on their own. For more information on the 963 Coffee Project, please visit their website.

As part of Crosspointe's partnership with 963, we serve African Morning coffee (brewed by Escape Coffee and Donuts) on Sunday mornings. We also offer their entire coffee and cocoa line for sale as well as t-shirts and tumbelrs. For every item orderd through us, a portion of the proceeds will go to various ministries at Crosspointe.