Alan Cross
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.
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).
Resources By
Alan Cross
What I’ve learned about the church’s response to migrants by seeing them face to face
Opportunities to minister to those at the U.S.-Mexico border and beyond
With more than 26 million refugees and over 82 million forcibly displaced people in...
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As she lay dying
Reflections on death, fear, hope, and the life to come
How we face death, whether in fear or in hope, is a reflection of...
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Why we should be thankful for Caesar Blackwell, the Alabama Baptist slave preacher
Montgomery, the Bus Boycott, and the Civil Rights Movement
As a new seminary graduate in 2000, I moved to Montgomery, Alabama, with my...
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