Crosswinds Church was launched in 2004 when two friends knelt in a church parking lot parking after a mission’s conference and prayed about what God might be able to do with their lives. Those friends were John Stillman, a Nuclear Engineer and Ken Schultz, a professional juggler and comedian who traveled the country performing for corporate, family, and college audiences. John and Ken had both served together for many years in their church. John as Deacon and a teacher of adult bible studies. Ken also had served as the church Outreach Leader and adult bible study leader. They both recognized the growth of their community and had a great love for seeing people discover a relationship with Jesus Christ and hoped God would use them to share His word. With that hope, they convinced the Pastor Odis Weaver and Friendship Baptist Church to sponsor them and they went and were trained through the Illinois State Baptist Association as church planters. After building a launch team (Pete & Laurie Inda, Michele Pitt, Al & Jamie Davenport, Steve & Courtney Orlando, DR & Lainna Callentine, Bill and Katie Purdy, Kathy Schultz, and Caryn Stillman) they started meeting together and doing outreach in their local community. They held their first public worship service at Magnolia Restaurant in downtown Plainfield with 38 in attendance. In January of 2006, they had their first public worship service at Lincoln Elementary School, where they met for the first two years as a church setting up and breaking down every week from a portable trailer.