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Our Pastoral Staff. Pastor Alan Cross, Lead Pastor. Alan is married to Erika and they are the parents of four children. He was born in New Orleans, grew up in South Mississippi, graduated from Mississippi State University and Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary, and pastored in Montgomery, Alabama for many years before his family moved to ...
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Alan is the lead pastor of Petaluma Valley Baptist Church. He has been a pastor and minister for over 20 years in churches in Alabama, Mississippi, and California.
- What book are you currently reading? I’m actually reading a lot lately, especially for my doctoral program. Let’s see, this morning I was reading, “The Cross-Cultural Process in Christian History,” by Andrew Walls.
- What biblical character (other than Jesus) would you want to meet, and why? Anyone from the Bible would be an amazing opportunity to get to speak with, but if I got to choose, I would want to sit and talk with Mary.
- In-N-Out or Chick-fil-A? Chick-fil-A. Both places are good. Chick-fil-A is definitely the one for my family and -again- being from the south, chicken wins over burgers any day.
- What is your favorite Bible verse? The last couple weeks, I’ve been preaching from Philippians. Two passages have really stood out, Philippians 2:1-5, and then 2:4-9.
Alan is a graduate of Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary (1999). He is the author of When Heaven and Earth Collide: Racism, Southern Evangelicals, and the Better Way of Jesus (NewSouth Books, 2014), Joy Preserving: The Ray and Ruth Bozeman Story of Living in the Better Way of Jesus (2015).
Sep 2, 2020 · This week, Ali talks to Alan Cross, lead pastor at the Petaluma Valley Baptist Church in northern California and author of “When Heaven and Earth Collide: Racism, Southern Evangelicals, and the Better Way of Jesus.” Raised in Mississippi, Alan has preached in churches across the South.
Sep 20, 2014 · Pastor Alan Cross ministers at Gateway Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Alan ’ s terrific, new book, When Heaven and Earth Collide: Racism, Southern Evangelicals, and the Better Way...
Jun 2, 2015 · Alan Cross has pastored SBC churches in Alabama and California over the past two decades. He is the author of When Heaven and Earth Collide: Racism, Southern Evangelicals, and the Better Way of Jesus (NewSouth Books, 2014) and Joy Persevering: The Ray and Ruth Bozeman Story of Living in the Better Way of Jesus.
