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CHURCH HISTORY

We are an ecumenical church formed of two parishes, one ELCA and one Roman Catholic.  Lutheran Church of The Cross was founded in conjunction with, but independent of, Holy Cross Catholic Church.

For 24 years we have been attempting to remove some of the barriers that have separated our two Churches for the past 500 years. We believe that the issues dividing us are far less significant than those which unite us.   

Three reasons for beginning our congregation in West Fargo were...

1. To provide a Word and sacrament ministry to the people of West Fargo

2. To grow in membership and stewardship response

3. To develop a model of ecumenical relationships with the neighboring Roman Catholic parish.

Our neighbors at Holy Cross Catholic Church moved into their building in February 1983 and on January 18, 1987, Church Unity Sunday, the two parishes joined in dedicating the ecumenical bell tower that physically connects the two facilities.  

We now share a campus that consists of separate worship and administration centers joined together by our Cross Way Center. This area is our jointly owned and operated fellowship hall and education center.  Cross Way Center endeavors to meet the fellowship and educational needs by providing over 10,000 square feet, including 17 classrooms to be utilized by both congregations and offers the members of both parishes the opportunity to come together as one community before and after services at each worship occasion. 

Our facility is the first of its kind to be built in the United States of America and perhaps the first in North America. There exists in Canada a facility similar; however, it is uncertain which facility came into existence first. To our knowledge there is only one other comparable facility and that is in Europe