The Elder Board of Crossroads Church

Crossroads Church is led by an elder board of currently four persons.  Each elder has an area of responsibility and oversight as listed below.  For more information you can consult our church Bylaws.

From L to R: Bill Gall, Brian Gardner, Jim Schroeder, and Brian Stahre

Church Ministry Meetings for 2008

Meetings start at 7 p.m., members and attenders are encouraged to attend.

Rev. James Schroeder - Biography

Jim is not your proto-typical pastor; in fact at first glance he looks more like a bodyguard than a minister. A 36 year old native of Port Republic, New Jersey, Jim gave his heart to Christ at Delanco Camp Meeting in Tabernacle, New Jersey on August 26th 1988. The liberating work God did in his life called for a drastic about face in how he was living and what his future would be. Since that day he has sought to serve the Lord in all things, and in turn has been used by God to lead many to salvation and encourage believers to pursue a holy sanctified life.

In his walk with the Lord, Jim has served five congregations as pastor, the Decatur and Mt. Olivet churches in Brown County, Ohio where he met his wife Amanda, the Indian Mills United Methodist church and interim assignments at Maysville, Ky. Calvary Temple Church of Christ in Christian Union and Trinity Chapel Church of Christ in Christian Union in Milford Center, Ohio. He is ordained with the Churches of Christ in Christian Union.  Jim serves as a development and fundraising specialist for World Gospel Mission.

Jim also has worked as a youth minister, truck driver, construction worker, and bodyguard. After leaving Indian Mills in 2001, he served as Assistant to the President, Director of Institutional Advancement, Public Relations and Enrollment Management at Ohio Christian University.  He currently serves on the board of the Cape May Holiness Camp Meeting Association.

In May Jim will graduate from Rutgers University School of Law in Camden,  Jim has been honored with a Marshall-Brennan Fellow to teach Constitutional Law in the Camden New Jersey Public Schools, the Eagleton Fellowship working with the State Legislature and an Alumni Scholarship.

Jim has earned degrees from the Richard Stockton College in Philosophy (Bachelor of Arts), Asbury Theological Seminary in Youth and Campus Ministry (Master of Arts) and United Theological Seminary (Masters of Divinity). Jim has also done graduate work at Rutgers University in American History. His other hobbies include reading, coaching and fooling himself into thinking he can get back into good enough shape to return to the rugby pitch full time.  Jim is an "old boys" member of the Jersey Shore Sharks Rugby Club.

Jim and Amanda live in Indian Mills, New Jersey. Amanda is a school Speech Pathologist. Her goals include working with children and adults with disabilities and hopefully someday start a worship service with Jim for multiply handicapped persons.

The couple has two adopted sons; David whom came to live with them during their first year of marriage and now resides in Lindenwold after earning a degree in Sociology from Montclair State University. David is the President of Peridot Pools. Bob, who came to live with them during their time in Ohio, he graduated from Circleville Bible College in May of 2006 and has returned to New Jersey to lead the Creative Arts at Crossroads while pursuing his Bachelor's degree. Bob's company, Atsion Computer Services repairs computers and other technology and makes house calls! 

In February of 2007 their son Arn James (AJ) arrived.  Arn is Amanda's maiden name. 

In the pulpit Jim's delivery is conversational and friendly. He offers Christ as a relational storyteller, allowing the Holy Spirit through the Word to convict and challenge the listener to draw closer to the Father. The simple message which liberated him the night he accepted God's call still is a focal point of each message he offers: God not only can and will forgive your sins if you submit to his will, but God's greatest desire is to give you the power to have total victory over sin and the sinful nature. He often says, "The greatest message anyone ever gave me was that not only was I forgiven, but I didn't have to make the same dumb mistakes any more!"

For audio of some of Jim's messages and more information, visit his blog