Meet The Pastors

Senior Pastor

John McMillian, Jr.

I love Crossroads Baptist Church.  Our first contact with this church came when the church was just beginning.  I was a young married man with a newborn baby and really needing God’s direction in my life.  Though I was born again in 1980, I had drifted away from the Lord and was living life on my terms.  

Thank God, He never leaves us nor forsakes us!! The Lord had other plans for my life and the life of my family when He brought us to Crossroads.  It was here that the Lord drew us closer to Himself through the ministry of the Word of God, the Holy Spirit and through the fellowship of a wonderful group of people.  The founding Pastor, Rev. Vince Gammage, used to say that Crossroads was founded on two Principles: Sound Doctrine and Brotherly Love.  We were so blessed to be a part of a church like Crossroads. 

After being a part of this fellowship and growing in the Lord, I was called to preach.  I surrendered to God’s call on my life to enter the ministry.  I have been very fortunate to be so greatly encouraged by my Church family at  Crossroads.  Through their prayers and support and the “Amazing Grace of God” a college dropout went back to school and was able to earn a B.A. in Religious Studies and a M.Div. from Luther Rice University.  I am currently studying to receive my D. Min. degree.

I was called back to Crossroads in January of 2005 to serve as Pastor after Rev. Gammage went home to be with the Lord. We have had the privilege of serving here ever since.  We have seen the Lord work here and as a result of His work, this church has grown in so many different facets.  I am so grateful to God to be a part of this wonderful church. 

Associate & Youth Pastor

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I am blessed to be able to serve here with my best friend, Christa, who is also a loving and wonderful wife and mother.  We have had fifteen wonderful years of marriage.   During that time God has blessed us with five children; John III, Jake, Josh, Ellie and Joe.

Meet The Staff

Secretary

Tommie Dee Davis

Serve the Lord with gladness. Come before His presence with singing.  Psalm 100:2 I grew up singing and in church every Sunday, Wednesday--whenever the doors were opened.   I have heard stories of me playing church as a small child singing "Amazing Grace How Sweet the Sound, That Saved a "Witch" Like Me".   I wanted to please my Daddy and walked the isle as an 8 year old but didn't know what I was doing.   I continued to play church most of my adult life.  Church Music has always been a part of my life playing the piano or organ most every Sunday and singing with a Gospel Trio for many years.   My life was missing something.  I could sing about Jesus, thought I was saved, but I did not live for HIM.  After many failed relationships I discovered Jesus was what was missing in my life.  I only showed up on Sunday morning for HIM.    After I was saved and put HIM as number one in my life, starting serving HIM, starting living for HIM daily, my life changed.  I married Larry Davis who I know God sent to me.  We didn't start off living right but with God's forgiveness we are so blessed and I thank God everyday for another chance.   I have sinned and been forgiven, I still sin and HE is faithful to forgive and I have the assurance that when I fail HIM in the future HE will forgive and forget.  When I see my Daddy again one day, we can sing together, " What A Mighty God We Serve".

Music Director

Ron Kauffman

It is such a blessing to be involved with a church that truly cares about people, and not just the people who are members of the church. We were originally drawn to Crossroads by the Christ-like spirit we could feel when we first walked through the doors. 

I am the husband of a beautiful, caring wife and father of two, incredible (my opinion , of course) boys. I experienced the salvation of Jesus at a young age when a choir in Denver sang the song He Could Have Called 10,000 Angels. This may possibly be the reason for my enjoying involvement with music. 

I became involved in the full time ministry as a Youth/Music director at Heatherridge Baptist Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. We had a great pastor there who was also a very gifted music director. While on staff, I completed a degree in K-8 education in Oklahoma, along with enough music classes to have a minor in music. This was also the church where Donna came into my life. After marriage and the arrival of our first child, we moved to Georgia to be close to Donna’s family. We had our second child shortly thereafter. I’ve been working at Gatewood School in Eatonton since 1999 and, about 2 years ago, went on staff here at Crossroads as the Praise Team Director. It is truly a blessing working with the staff here. 

We look forward to how God will grow our church leadership in the future.

Lauren came to be the director of children's ministry in 2018. She is married to her husband, Elvis Pressley. Lauren has 2 children and 1 on the way.

Children's Director

Lauren Pressley