Our Mission
At Crossbearer, we embrace the symbolic mission of carrying the cross of Christ. Our aim is to fortify Christianity within the Protestant tradition, fostering identity, orthodoxy, and community across European churches. Rooted in historical Christianity, we stand against secular influences and the dilution of core values. Through unwavering commitment, we build resilient, united congregations, contributing to the flourishing of the Protestant heritage in Europe.
about us
We are a Christian organization composed by people from different Protestant churches in Europe – Lutheran, Reformed and Anglican. Our shared aim is to strengthen Christianity and the larger Protestant community. We believe that many national churches have, to some extent, failed to promote the true gospel of Jesus Christ due to political and theological liberalism. We as Crossbearer seek to spread the message of our own insufficiency, the wholly unwavering love of God in spite of that, our love towards our neighbor that must grow out of His love for us, and of the new creation that has begun in Christ Jesus, with whom is all power, and glory, and love, and goodness, and beauty, and compassion for all of us who are not worthy of it, for his own sake, for ever and ever. We seek to strengthen orthodox Protestant congregations in Europe and to bring our national churches back to the biblical message that they once proclaimed but have lost in the past decades.
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Which Protestant denominations do you focus on and why?
We have limited our scope to the Lutheran, Reformed and Anglican traditions. These Churches have come into communion either through the Leuenberg or Porvoo agreements. They are the direct offspring of the Reformation. All of these count as the “Magisterial Reformation”. The National Protestant Churches in Europe are now of a mixed character and have congregations from these three historic backgrounds.
Can I join?
If you're a member of the Protestant national church and want to help to preserve it for Christ, please do join our discussion channel on discord! If you're a member of an independent Protestant church in Europe following the Lutheran, Reformed or Anglican, you're also most welcome to be part of our movement. If you're a Christian from a different background and want to inquire about historic Protestantism, we are pleased to respond to your questions in our discussion channels.
What is theological liberalism?
A way to conduct Christianity that denies traditional authorities such as the Scriptures, Creeds, and Fathers and as such tend to twist the parts of the faith the proponents are uncomfortable with and can reason away.
About the gospel
What is the new creation?
God has promised to rid the world of evil, death, and decay on the last day, and the start of this new creation was the resurrection of Jesus Christ. When God makes everything new, all the dead in Christ will be raised, and those who love Him will live with him for eternity, where sorrow will be no more. In anticipation of this, we must build his Kingdom of goodness and justice on Earth as it is in Heaven.
How and why should we love our neighbor?
We should strive to love our neighbor as much as each of us loves him/herself. If we cannot love our neighbor, we cannot love God.
What is the unwavering love of God?
That, no matter how many times we have cursed his name throughout our lives by our words and deeds, he always welcomes us back.
In what manner are we insufficient?
In that we are all incapable of by our own strength trust and fear God and live as is needed for his coming world.
How is the true gospel promoted?
By telling the story of God’s good redemption, and showing forth its fruit by acts of love toward our neighbors.
What is the ‘true gospel’?
That we are sinners in need of salvation, and that God, in his love, has paid the price to make that possible.
