Bøger udgivet af Robert Owen Crossman

After twenty years of effort by the Heritage Trail Partners, and Arkansas Senator John Boozman, in December of 2022, the US Congress established this route as The Butterfield National Historic Trail. That historic decision brings up the task of determining exactly where that trail crossed Faulkner County. This book outlines the two year process the author followed to determine its exact route across Faulkner County. Between September, 1858 and March of 1861, passengers and mail carried by the Overland Mail Company departed Memphis twice a week. Passing through Des Arc, Arkansas they crossed Faulkner County about 520 times on their journey toward Fort Smith. At Fort Smith, after merging with the stagecoach from St. Louis, mail and passengers traveled day and night toward San Francisco.

Butterfield's Overland Mail Co. Stagecoach Trail Across Arkansas: 1858-1861 by Bob Crossman tells the story of the Overland Mail Company stagecoaches which carried passengers and mail west from Memphis and St. Louis to San Francisco through Arkansas. The Overland stagecoaches and stage wagons traveled day and night, completing the 3,293 mile journey is less than twenty five days.This book pays special attention to each of the twenty Overland Mail Company stations spread across Arkansas. The stations were typically located about fifteen miles apart. The stagecoaches or stage wagons would stop for ten minutes at each station for the quick change of horses. Twice a day the stage would stop at a station for about forty minutes, allowing the passengers to have a moment of rest and purchase a quick meal while the driver obtained a fresh team of horses or mules.

The newspapers of Arkansas did an amazing job of covering the news around Butterfield's Overland Mail Company. Frequently the newspaper editors would draw their information from their exchange of newspapers across the country to bring to their subscribers the most accurate and comprehensive description of facts as possible.This book greatly expands my two previous books, "Butterfield's Overland Mail Co. Stagecoach Trail Across Arkansas 1858-1861," and "Butterfield's Overland Mail Co. use of STEAMBOATS to Deliver Mail and Passengers Across Arkansas 1858-1861."While in these two previous books, I only included brief excerpts from the Arkansas newspapers of 1857-1861, in this book I have let the newspaper reporters tell the story in their own words. It has been difficult, but I have limited my interpretive comments to a brief title I've assigned each article. In this way, today's reader can immerse themselves into the world of the citizens of Arkansas.While the purpose of my research of the Overland Mail was to satisfy my personal curiosity, hopefully this collection of my research will also make a contribution to the efforts of officially recognizing the route of Butterfield's Overland Mail Co. as a National Historic Trail.

Over the years church planting has learned a lot. In clear, concise, and comprehensive ways Bob Crossman has captured what we've learned and why it works. 'New Church Handbook' is a necessary resource not only for new church planters, but for those involved in the system of church planting regarding the who, what, when, where, why, and how.A 'must-have' resource, with fresh reflections and guidance for the ways in which churches come into being today. You will refer to this volume all the time!

It's not just giving generously - it's living generously. That is the theme of this book, and I believe it's the invitation we receive from the Lord in the New Testament. I am proposing a holistic discipleship education emphasis which places financial giving within the context of what the Lord expects of those who seek to be faithful disciples of the Lord. The six steps are not steps toward earning one's salvation, but rather six steps toward a generous life in response to salvation already received from Christ. It is NOT simply an annual financial campaign for the local church. The focus is not on the church's needs, but rather upon each individual's need to respond generously to the saving Grace of Jesus Christ - with their hearts and with their hands It is my prayer that this book will help you to lead your congregation to become deeply devoted disciples of Jesus. The basic content of this book was first prepared for the Stewardship Summit of the South Carolina Conference of the United Methodist Church. I appreciate their invitation to lead their biennial stewardship summit. In preparation for that summit, I required the participants to read Clif Christopher's book, God vs Money. In recognition of that, in the last chapter I refer to that source and quote Clif Christopher about a dozen times. Clif's book, God vs Money, is an excellent resource, and I encourage you to purchase it at Cokesbury.com or Amazon.com.

These are the sermons of Bob Crossman while he was the pastor of a new church launch for ten years in Conway, Arkansas. Bob first became the pastor In 1994 when Bishop Richard Wilke asked Dr. Bob Crossman to join Dr. Joel Cooper in launching a new church in Conway. Dr. Cooper had successfully gathered 50 people before he was joined by Bob Crossman. By her 8th birthday Grace Church had witnessed: 194 public decisions for Jesus Christ; 134 baptisms; 26 weddings; 13 transfers to heaven; and dozens of Disciple I, II, and III graduates. In just 8 years Grace Church grew to 615 professing members, 125 baptized children, in 319 homes. By her 9th birthday, in just 468 Sundays, Grace Church grew from the smallest to be larger than 712 of her sister churches in Arkansas. Only 14 of 727 sister churches had more people in worship on a typical Sunday.Grace Church grew to have 500 in worship, 682 professing members, 150 baptized children, and 99 constituents all totaling 931 people in 356 households. By her 10th birthday Grace witnessed 242 first time professions of faith, and reaffirmations, 36 weddings and 150 Disciple Bible graduates.The Grace Church family came from a diverse background: 35% joining by profession or re-affirmation of faith; and, 65% joining by transfer from 239 different churches representing 23 different denominations. Every month, the Lord continued to add new believers to the Grace family.On Easter Sunday, April 20, 2003, Grace Church broke her all-time attendance record with 958 in worship and 245 in Sunday School!Bob Crossman writes, "As you may know, pastors are often in the pulpit themselves and do not have the opportunity to sit and listen to others preach. Through the years, to feed my soul I intentionally sought out the sermons of Adam Hamilton, Norman Neaves, Rodney Wilmoth, Bud Reeves and Clarence Forsberg to be my 'preachers.' I greatly appreciate the many ways they each fed my soul and by their example helped me be a better preacher myself. Reading the Bible along with their sermons, newspapers, magazines and books I was always searching for stories and illustrations that moved me or caught my attention. By planning my sermon series months in advance, it allowed me to gather ideas and illustrations for upcoming topics or scriptures. Although I did not always record the source on those slips of paper, I have made every effort in this collection to list sources for illustrations at the end of each sermon. If in the text of the sermon or in the source notes I failed to properly acknowledge anyone as a source, please accept my sincere appreciation, and my apology for not properly acknowledging your contribution. Especially I appreciate my friend Norman Neaves, Grace Church's coach and consultant, who has exchanged sermon illustrations with me for years."

The newspapers of Arkansas did an amazing job of covering the news around Butterfield's Overland Mail Company. Frequently the newspaper editors would draw their information from their exchange of newspapers across the country to bring to their subscribers the most accurate and comprehensive description of facts as possible.This book greatly expands my two previous books, "Butterfield's Overland Mail Co. Stagecoach Trail Across Arkansas 1858-1861," and "Butterfield's Overland Mail Co. use of STEAMBOATS to Deliver Mail and Passengers Across Arkansas 1858-1861."While in these two previous books, I only included brief excerpts from the Arkansas newspapers of 1857-1861, in this book I have let the newspaper reporters tell the story in their own words. It has been difficult, but I have limited my interpretive comments to a brief title I've assigned each article. In this way, today's reader can immerse themselves into the world of the citizens of Arkansas.While the purpose of my research of the Overland Mail was to satisfy my personal curiosity, hopefully this collection of my research will also make a contribution to the efforts of officially recognizing the route of Butterfield's Overland Mail Co. as a National Historic Trail.