About

Our Story

Crossfire Christian Ministries is an organization created to serve a specific group of people who find themselves under immense pressure today - Christian business leaders.

In his practice of spiritual direction, Dr. Ben Pickett discovered through his conversations with leaders the isolation, loneliness, and anxiety they often felt. He heard the stories about how their God-honoring decisions sometimes led to difficult circumstances that brought real challenges and even suffering. He discovered how these leaders, in their isolation, had few friends to talk to who truly understood their predicament or were present to support them in their struggle to remain true to their faith and loyal to their context.

So with the commitment of an amazing team of leaders, a ministry was prayerfully created with a simple goal in mind: To nurture and equip Christian business leaders.

Our desire is to create spaces for leaders to find others of like mind to talk, encourage, and exchange ideas. Spaces where the calling of faith enfuses every conversation and where people are nourished by meaningful community. Our desire is to bring expert resources and insightful, experienced, counsel in Christian discipleship to help leaders grow stronger in their faith so that challenges at work - or anywhere else - are faced boldly and fearlessly.

We hope you will join us in this life-changing effort. Christians need each other now more than ever. Christian business leaders need communities to encourage and support each other in their great calling to lead as Christ-honoring exemplars in a rapidly changing world.

About Dr. Ben Pickett:

Dr. Ben Pickett served in congregational ministry to adults for 21 years. The last four years he served as an Executive Minister in Houston, Tx. His education includes a Doctor of Ministry degree from Abilene Christian University, Abilene, TX(2013) and an Adv. Certificate in Spiritual Direction from the Graduate School of Religion and Religious Education at Fordham University, Bronx, NY(2018). Ben lives in Lubbock with his wife of 32 years (Kerry) and devotes his time to CCM and to teaching as an adjunct at the undergrad and graduate level.

 

Our Board of Directors

  • Dr. Ben Pickett

    Executive Director/Founder

    Lubbock, Texas

  • Jim Carney

    Board President

    President & Owner, NSL Aerospace, Houston, Texas.

  • Sam Sharif

    Board Treasurer/Secretary

    Sam Sharif, Realtor, Cypress, Texas.

  • Darrell Guthrie

    Board Member

    Law Office of Darrell J. Guthrie, PLLC

    Co-Founder, AD3 Group and Labs