About Crossroads Thoiry

A Vibrant Expression of Christ's Love

We are an English-speaking international church in Thoiry, France (by the Val Thoiry Shopping Center, 20 minutes from Geneva) which proclaims the Gospel, teaches the Bible and seeks to be a vibrant expression of Christ's love to its members and the wider community of Geneva and the Pays de Gex.

Our Vision

To help a growing number of people receive and reflect the love of Jesus Christ.
 

Our Mission

To see Jesus Christ change lives and to help make fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.


Our Statement of Faith

You can find our statement of faith below.

Leadership Team

Justus Heyman, Lead Pastor

Originally from San Diego, California, Justus and his wife Samantha have been serving the Lord in France since 2005. Their ministry in France began with a church plant project in Nice, then leading the youth and young adult ministries at Crossroads Church Ferney from 2009-2012. When Crossroads Saint Genis (now Thoiry) was created in 2012 as a church plant of Crossroads Ferney, Justus took over as lead pastor.

Dani Reyes, Youth Ministry

Dani was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia, serving in France since 2019. In 2021 she moved to the great Geneva area to serve youth and young adults, through the ministry at Crossroads. The Youth ministry is focused on teaching the teens on how to live for the cause of Jesus Christ while we have fun, make new friends, and enjoy the presence of the Holy Spirit. Our youth ministry invites teenagers to encounter the transforming presence, power, and love of Jesus by creating an interactive community founded on the Word.

Lexie Wolf, Youth and Worship Ministries

Lexie grew up in Southern California and moved to the greater Geneva area in March 2023. She is passionate about seeing young people come to know and serve the Lord. The vision of Crossroads Thoiry youth ministry is to help a growing number of teens receive and reflect the love of Jesus Christ. She stepped into the role of worship facilitator at her church back home in 2020. She hopes to continue to see the way God will move through musical worship here at Crossroads Thoiry.  

Elders

We have four Elders serving on the Elder Board who shape and safeguard the purpose of our church community. 

To contact us at Crossroads Thoiry, please visit the Contact Us page.

What We Believe

We Believe In :

  • The one true God, who lives eternally in three persons—the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

  • The love, grace and sovereignty of God in creating, sustaining, ruling, redeeming and judging the world.

  • The divine inspiration and supreme authority of the Old and New Testament Scriptures, which are the written Word of God—fully trustworthy for faith and conduct.

  • The dignity of all people, made male and female in God's image to love, be holy and care for creation, yet corrupted by sin, which incurs divine wrath and judgement.

  • The incarnation of God’s eternal Son, the Lord Jesus Christ—born of the virgin Mary; truly divine and truly human, yet without sin.

  • The atoning sacrifice of Christ on the cross: dying in our place, paying the price of sin and defeating evil, so reconciling us with God.

  • The bodily resurrection of Christ, the first fruits of our resurrection; his ascension to the Father, and his reign and mediation as the only Saviour of the world.

  • The justification of sinners solely by the grace of God through faith in Christ.

  • The ministry of God the Holy Spirit, who leads us to repentance, unites us with Christ through new birth, empowers our discipleship and enables our witness.

  • The Church, the body of Christ both local and universal, the priesthood of all believers—given life by the Spirit and endowed with the Spirit's gifts to worship God and proclaim the gospel, promoting justice and love.

  • The personal and visible return of Jesus Christ to fulfill the purposes of God, who will raise all people to judgement, bring eternal life to the redeemed and eternal condemnation to the lost, and establish a new heaven and new earth.


This is in accordance with the Evangelical Alliance basis of faith page

Our Story 

Matthew 28:19-20 says, “Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Being obedient to the Great Commission, The Crossroads story began in 1980, when three families moved to Europe from the U.S. with the dream to plant an English-speaking church in the Geneva area. After initially meeting in homes, the congregation settled into an old furniture warehouse in Ferney-Voltaire, on the French side of the border. Crossroads Church Ferney Voltaire, our mother church, was born! One of the great moments in Crossroads’ history was the historic march from the old warehouse across to the new building God had provided. Since then the building has been home to one of the most diverse congregations in the world. Weekly, it has been filled with people from across the globe who come into contact with the grace of God – because of the vision and faith of those who have gone before.

Another pivotal moment came in 2012 when Crossroads Saint Genis, now Crossroads Thoiry, was born. In order to reach more people with God’s love in the greater Geneva area, Justus and Samantha Heyman, Amanda McLamb and close to 50 other adults and children from Crossroads Ferney were commissioned to establish a second Crossroads Church. Over the past few years, by God’s grace and lots of hard work this new church has become established and reached more people for Christ, touching lives locally and globally. In December of 2016, we took a major step of faith and moved into our current building in Thoiry and also moved to independence as a church. These steps of maturation were always a part of the plan, and we thank the Lord for the prayers and support of our mother congregation, Crossroads Ferney-Voltaire, for helping us immensely along the way. As we look ahead, we are excited to see how God will use this church to bless people here and around the world as we seek to help a growing number of people receive and reflect the love of Jesus Christ.