About Our Church
Calvary Chapel Crossfields is a a church that seeks to connect people to God and to His family. Our services provide a chance to meet with the Lord and share in mutual encouragement. We then seek to use our Discipleship Home Groups and other ministries to show the love of Jesus to the community around us. You Can Know GodOur Mission & Vision
Our vision and mission is to help connect people to Jesus
WIN | A PERSON TO JESUS CHRIST
As many as received Him (Jesus) to them He gave the power to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name. John 1:12
DISCIPLE | A PERSON IN JESUS CHRIST
The purpose of the local church is to equip believers for the work of the ministry. Ephesians 4:12
SEND | A PERSON FOR JESUS CHRIST
To enable, encourage and train maturing believers to respond to God’s calling to go forth and serve as He directs.
Matthew 28:18-20, 2 Timothy 2:2, 1 Peter 4:11, 2 Cor. 5:18-20
Our Team
What we believe
Calvary Chapel has been formed as a fellowship of believers in the Lordship of Jesus Christ. Our ultimate desire is to know Christ and be conformed to His image by the power of the Holy Spirit. We are not a denominational church, nor are we opposed to denominations as such, only to their over-emphasis of the doctrinal differences.We believe the only true basis of Christian fellowship is Christ’s Agape love, which is greater than any differences we possess and without which we have no right to claim ourselves Christians.
- We believe that there is One Living and True GOD, eternally existing in three Persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, equal in power and glory; that this triune God created all, upholds all, and governs all things.
- We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God and inerrant in the original writings and that it supersedes any earthly law contrary to its scripture. We at Calvary Chapel Crossfields church use the New King James version, which has been approved by many denominations and is as close to the original languages as much as possible.
- We believe in the person of Jesus Christ, God’s only begotten Son, conceived by the Holy Spirit. We believe in His virgin birth, sinless life, miracles and teachings, His substitutionary atoning death, bodily resurrection, ascension into heaven, perpetual intercession for His people and personal, visible return to earth.
- We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling the Christian is enabled to live a Godly life. The Holy Spirit is an abiding helper, teacher, and guide.
- We believe in the exercise of all Biblical gifts of the Holy Spirit in accordance to Scripture.
- We believe that all of mankind is sinful by nature and can not merit nor deserve salvation, but those who repent and call upon the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ will be saved. Man’s only hope of redemption is through the shed Blood of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, being fully God and fully man.
- We believe that the Lord Jesus Christ committed two observances to the church: full immersion baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
- We believe in the Pre-Tribulation Rapture of the Church where all believers will meet the Lord in the air and be taken out of this world prior to the Tribulation that will come upon the earth.
- We believe in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ, which is His personal, visible return to earth and the establishment of His millennial kingdom, in the resurrection of the body, the final judgment and eternal blessing of the righteous and endless suffering of the wicked.
- We believe in a literal Heaven and a literal Hell and that all those who place their faith, hope and trust in Jesus Christ will spend eternity in Heaven with the Lord, while those who reject Jesus’ free gift of salvation will spend eternity separated from the Lord.
Who We Are
Our Team & Leadership
Our team at Calvary Chapel Crossfields is dedicated to fostering a deep connection with God and His family. Through our inspiring services and mutual encouragement, we create a welcoming environment. Our leadership guides our mission by organizing various ministries, demonstrating Jesus’ love to our community. Together, we strive to grow in faith and serve others with compassion and grace.
Lifting His Arms
Exodus 17:11-12
11 As long as Moses held up his hands, the Israelites were winning, but whenever he lowered his hands, the Amalekites were winning. 12 When Moses’ hands grew tired, they took a stone and put it under him and he sat on it. Aaron and Hur held his hands up—one on one side, one on the other—so that his hands remained steady till sunset.
Our Pastor: Joe DeProssimo
Senior Pastor
Joseph DeProssimo is the Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel Crossfields. Prior to attending Calvary Chapel Crossfields he served for 2 years as Pastoral Staff at CC Old Bridge and led a Bible Study in the South Brunswick area for 3 years. Pastor Joe believes that God’s sacred Scripture is the ultimate authority and that teaching God’s word verse-by-verse will edify believers and strengthen their personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Pastor Joe subscribes to the biblical principle and Calvary Chapel philosophy of winning a person to Christ, discipling believers, and ultimately sending them out to affect the rest of the world as Jesus did. Pastor Joe is a graduate of Rutgers University, he completed a 25-year police career and is deeply involved in the South Brunswick/Jamesburg community and the surrounding areas. He has a heart for sharing the message of God’s unmatchable grace to those less fortunate and those who feel they have no hope. Pastor Joe is supported in ministry by Heather, his wife of 29 years, their son and his two canine companions Louie and Winnie.
Paul Cardillo
Worship and Technology Pastor
Pastor Paul Cardillo is our Worship and Technology Pastor at CCC. He is supported by his wife Clare of over 40 years. Pastor Paul has served for many years in both children’s and adult worship. He has a unique style of being able to glorify God by bringing the church body into worship and blending a worship team together without focusing on any individual. In addition to the worship team, Pastor Paul, Sound/Graphics ministry, Pre-Marital counseling. Pastor Paul and Clare have 2 adult children and 4 grandchildren.
Vinnie Whitehead
Youth Pastor
Pastor Vinnie Whitehead is our Youth Pastor at CCC. He is supported by his wife Maria of over 35 years, and they are both Physical Education teachers in public school. Pastor Vinnie and Maria are very effective in reaching the youth using humor, real life applications, and spontaneity while all along not compromising who they are in Christ. Pastor Vinnie, with the support of Maria, oversee our thriving Youth Ministry, Young adults ministry, as well as being involved with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Pastor Vinnie and Maria have an adult daughter, Ashley.
Samuel Turner
Pastor
Pastor Samuel Turner is our Greater Community Associate Pastor and is supported by his wife of over 50 years Carilyn. Pastor Sam and Carilyn have blessed several churches in the area as a support team when those churches needed help. Over the years he has filled in as a Worship Leader, Assistant Pastor, Trustee and wherever else the Lord directed, being flexible and open to the Lord’s Will. Pastor Sam and Carilyn bring many years of wisdom, knowledge of the Word, love, prayer and encouragement to CCC. They have been blessed with 4 children and 1 granddaughter.
Andy Anastasopoulos
Pastoral Support / Missions Elder
Andy is our pastoral support coordinator as well as the missions elder. He is well versed in apologetics, history , the greek language, teaching the bible and discipleship. He enjoys connecting with you all and looks forward to serving you in anyway he can!
Christine Caputo
Administrator
Christine Caputo is our faithful Administrator here at CCC. She was led out of a successful position in the business world by the Lord to serve our fellowship. Christine is available to take your phone calls or emails and serve you the best way possible. Some of us believe that there is a fold-up cot in the office where she sleeps so that she can be available whenever needed. Christine is supported in ministry by her adult son Jack.
You can Know God
The Good News
Who is God to you?
Your life on this earth and for all of eternity is affected by your answer to this question. Find out how you can get to know Jesus Christ personally and discover what provisions he has made for you to live with him forever. What does it mean to have a personal relationship with Christ, and in what way does it impact our lives? And how does someone go about making that kind of commitment? Because of God’s deep love for you, he has already made all the necessary arrangements. Through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, you can enjoy a personal relationship. Jesus made it possible to bridge the chasm which separates us from God. The following four principles will help you discover how to know Jesus personally and experience the abundant life he promised.
God LOVES you and created you to know Him personally
John 3:16 “For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
John 17:3 “Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.”
What prevents us from knowing God personally?
Man is SINFUL and SEPARATED from God
so we cannot know Him personally or experience His love
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.” Romans 6:23 “The wages of sin is death” [spiritual separation from God]. Romans 8:6-8 “The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God’s law, nor can it do so. Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.”
A great gulf separates man from God. Man is continually trying to reach God and establish a personal relationship with Him through human efforts, such as living a good life, philosophy, or religion. But he inevitably fails.
The third principle explains the only way to bridge this gulf…
Jesus Christ is God’s ONLY provision for man’s sin.
Through him alone we can know God personally and experience God’s love Romans 5:8 “God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
1 Corinthians 15:3-6 “Christ died for our sins… he was buried… he was raised on the third day according to the scriptures… he appeared to Peter, then to the twelve. After that he appeared to more than five hundred…”
John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, ‘I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.’”
God has bridged the gulf that separates us from Him by sending His Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross in our place to pay the penalty for our sins.
But it is not enough just to know these truths…
We must individually RECEIVE Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior
then we can know God personally and experience His love
John 1:12 “As many as received him, to them he gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in his name.”
Ephesians 2:8-9 “For it is by grace that you have been saved, through faith. This does not depend on anything you have achieved, it is the free gift of God; and because it is not earned no one can boast about it.”
Receiving Christ involves turning to God from self (a spirit of repentance) and trusting Christ to come into our lives to forgive us of our sins and make us what he wants us to be. Just to agree intellectually that Jesus Christ is the Son of God and that he died on the cross for our sins is not enough. Nor is it enough to have an emotional experience. We receive Jesus Christ by faith, as an act of our will. Jesus Christ is waiting for an invitation to come in to your life. In fact, he says, “Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in” (Revelation 3:20). Perhaps you can sense Christ knocking at the door of your heart. You can invite him in by faith right now. God knows your heart so it doesn’t matter exactly what words you use. Here’s a suggested prayer:
“Lord Jesus, I want to know you personally. Thank you for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life to you and ask you to come in as my Savior and Lord. Take control of my life. Thank you for forgiving my sins and giving me eternal life. Make me the kind of person you want me to be.”
If this prayer expresses the desire of your heart, pray it right now and Jesus Christ will come into your life just as he has promised. Once you invite Christ into your life, he promises to never leave you. Hebrews 13:5 “God has said, ‘Never will I leave you; never will I forsake you.’”
If you prayed this prayer today please let us know so we can celebrate, too. Your next step is to get “plugged in” to a good, Bible-teaching church. We would love to have you join us!
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Email
contact@cccrossfields.org
Phone
(732) 521-0382
Address
15 Half Acre Rd
Jamesburg NJ 08831