After personally sharing a message entitled “Timeline,” God awoke Josh and Monica to their own place in His story. Josh’s late grandparents James and Madge Mayo helped to start nearly 30 churches in the Atlanta region. His parents Sam and Jeanne Mayo also returned to Atlanta to pastor after leading significant churches abroad. With eyes of faith, Josh and Monica believe that his grandparents “planted seeds,” his parents “watered those seeds” and the Lord will help them to reap His harvest through Cross Church.  In Josh’s timeline message, he felt impressed that God was doing something generational. Our lives become significant when we attach them to God’s timeline.

We believe that Cross Church is a generational work. Cross Church is built on the prayers, faith and a spiritual timeline that goes far beyond the here and now. Leaving 12 years of successful ministry in Arkansas and California, the Mayo’s returned to their family roots in Atlanta. They desired to obey the Lord by beginning Cross Church.

On January 26, 2014, we held our very first Sunday morning service. With a launch group of approximately 50 people, Cross Church has grown to multiple services and numerous ministries on a weekly basis.

A little about Pastor Josh…

Dr. Josh Mayo is the Lead Pastor of Cross Church (CrossAtlanta.com) in Cumming, Georgia, a church he and his wife Monica planted in 2014 in a high school performing arts center. Since then, the church has grown to reach families across Forsyth and Fulton counties. At the center of it all is his driving passion: serving the Lord through the local church and seeing lives changed week after week at Cross.

He’s a third-generation lead pastor, so ministry is pretty much in his DNA, along with caffeine and a steady supply of sermon illustrations. Josh also serves at Southeastern University as Director of Faculty Mentors for the Barnett School of Theology’s competency-based program and as an Adjunct Professor. In both roles, he helps ministry leaders earn graduate degrees without losing their minds – or their ministries along the way.

He’s the author of four books, holds both a Doctor of Ministry and a Doctor of Missiology (mentored by Rob Hoskins of OneHope), and is passionate about helping leaders bridge the gap between seminary and real-life ministry. His work focuses on spiritual formation, healthy leadership, and building churches that actually flourish.

Josh lives in North Georgia with Monica, their two sons Elijah and Judah, and their Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, Osborne (named after a Nebraska football coach, not the rock star). He enjoys boating, scuba diving, and confidently claiming expertise in underwater basket weaving. He drinks coffee like a teenager with a sugar addiction, and yes, cats still make him nervous.