The Crossing, A Christian Church

The Crossing, A Christian Church is a nondenominational congregation in southwest Las Vegas, Nevada. It launched in September 2000 as a cooperative church plant backed by two established Las Vegas churches, Canyon Ridge Christian Church and Central Christian Church. Shane Philip, who joined the Canyon Ridge staff in 1994, planted the church and still leads it as senior pastor. The first Sunday drew 900 people, and the church has grown into a multisite ministry serving thousands across the Las Vegas valley.

The Crossing ranks 55th with an influence score of 57.7 on the smallest audience in this group: 40,518 combined followers. Facebook leads at 17,000, Instagram adds 13,548 on thecrossinglv, and YouTube sits at 9,970 subscribers on @TheCrossingLV. The church covers three of the four major platforms, with no TikTok, for a breadth score of 82.5. It published new YouTube content on June 10, the most recent upload in this batch.

This is the velocity story of the entire batch. The Crossing's velocity score is 87.7, the highest of any church ranked 51 through 60, built on 30.16 percent YouTube growth over the past year. Its reach score is just 16.3. Read those two numbers together and the picture is clear: a small audience growing faster than almost anyone else in the index. The Crossing cracked the top 60 with one-tenth the followers of some churches ranked below it. That is what the index methodology rewards, and it is what church leaders should study. Momentum beats size. If the growth rate holds even two more years, this church jumps a long way up the list.