We are a cross-shaped family in South Florida — diverse, rooted, and unapologetically gospel-driven. Formed by urban-minority culture, neighborhood realities, and the ancient faith. Built for the block, and everyone on it. Somos una familia marcada por la cruz en el sur de Florida — diversa, enraizada, y sin pena: guiada por el evangelio. Formada por la cultura urbana, las realidades del barrio, y la fe antigua. Hecha pa' el bloque, y pa' todo el que vive en él. Nou se yon fanmi fòme pa kwa nan sid Florid — divès, anrasinen, e san wont: dirije pa levanjil la. Fòme pa kilti iben, reyalite katye a, ak lafwa ansyen. Bati pou blòk la, ak tout moun ki ladan l.
Where Do You Start?¿Por Dónde Empiezas?Kote ou Kòmanse?
Just heard about Cruciform or searching for a church home in South Florida. Start here.
You're curious, open, and want to find a micro-church gathering near you. Let's connect you.
You know the gospel. You want roots, real community, and mission in the neighborhood. Let's go.
Our VisionNuestra VisiónVizyon Nou
Cruciform means cross-shaped. Everything we do — how we worship, serve, and love our neighbors — flows from what Jesus did on the cross and what that means for all of life.
We exist as more than a church. We are a movement — a faith family building disciples, developing community, and doing kingdom work in the soil of South Florida. The gospel isn't just for Sunday. It's for your sidewalk, your neighbor's grief, your block's brokenness.
As a replanted church, we carry deep roots and step into a fresh vision: contextually real, racially honest, economically diverse, and genuinely present in this neighborhood.
Formation happens in life, not a classroom. We build disciples in the mess of real relationships.
All of life — relief, reform, family, work — centers on the redemptive arc of the gospel.
Every person bears God's image. Their dignity, value, and contribution are non-negotiable.
Mercy, justice, and hospitality to the most broken — because resurrection is available for everyone.
Mission from relief to reform. We organize around real needs with real relationships in our city.
To connect with our church is to enter an additional familia. We love and protect each other — not like a family, but as one.
"For the gospel to be good it has to be good on the concrete. Good to do more than get us to heaven — but even to bring heaven to earth."— David Rosa, Lead Pastor
The unlikely architects of our family and movement. Having married, divorced young, and been remarried through gospel renewal, they carry a deep conviction: if resurrection could restore their dead marriage, it can bring renewal to anyone. David pastors, consults, and trains church planters — especially serving Black and Brown churches across South Florida and the nation. Ruth is a women and family Christian counselor. Together they are building something they never could have planned.
Who We Are
We are a church that looks like the neighborhood — and that's on purpose. Our community reflects the vibrant, diverse, Caribbean soul of South Florida: Latino, Haitian, Jamaican, African American, and everyone in between. Urban and real. Formed by hip-hop culture (not a DJ on a stage — something deeper and older). Welcoming of all.
We are minority-led and multicultural — not as a program or a talking point, but as a lived reality. We believe the Church is most beautiful when it looks like the neighborhood God placed it in.
Our team is diverse professionally and demographically. We have plumbers and medics, counselors and coaches — all using their God-given gifts to reach neighbors with the gospel and make our neighborhood whole.
The PeopleLa FamiliaFanmi an
David Rosa is a pastor, consultant, and church-planting strategist. He helps Black and Brown churches start strong, develop leaders, and care for the poor and marginalized — locally and nationally. He brings street-level credibility and kingdom-level vision to everything he builds.
Ruth Rosa is a women and family Christian counselor by trade — bringing clinical wisdom, pastoral warmth, and deep empathy to the movement she and David are building together.
Their story is the ministry: a couple who married, divorced, and were remarried through the power of the gospel — now living proof that resurrection is available to anyone.
Micro-Church Leads
The NetworkLa RedRezo a
We don't do this alone. These organizations are neighbors, kin, and co-laborers — each one rooted in the same soil we're trying to tend.
Founded in 1925 — one of Hollywood's oldest congregations — FPC graciously opens their historic space on Hollywood Blvd for our monthly gatherings. A gift of rootedness from a church with deep soil.
VisitServing Washington Park and Hollywood since 1982, CEC has been doing the quiet, consistent work of community long before it was trending — food access, senior care, and economic support for the people right in our backyard.
VisitA faith-based nonprofit bridging healthcare and community across South Broward and Miami-Dade — founded by members of our own family here at Cruciform. Bringing health screenings, education, and neighbor care to the people right around us.
VisitCruciform doesn’t plant alone — we grow under the covering of NBHD Roots. A movement rooted in the Greater Miami Area, forming whole disciples and building kingdom projects in the neighborhoods most movements overlook.
VisitWhy Invest¿Por Qué Dar?Poukisa Envesti?
Our immigrant neighbors are suffering. We don't have the resources to deeply impact that community alone — and we're not trying to. We think from abundance and dignity, not deficit. That changes everything about how we work.
On Maundy Thursday, we partnered with Proclaim Church (who had a building), accessed resources from Church United and CTCM (who had funds), engaged The Guatemalan-Maya Center (who had direct community relationships), and mobilized Cruciform volunteers — and we hosted a meal that guests said "hadn't been done as long as they can remember."
In Miami, we grieved the abject poverty in Liberty City and didn't wait. We unleashed our members to launch NBHD Medical — a redemptive nonprofit that partnered with New Life Missionary Baptist Church (who had property), coordinated with City to City Miami, and mobilized 30 local healthcare providers to deliver screenings, food, and social service referrals to Miami residents.
We didn't build a new organization from scratch. We activated what was already there.
Imagine what happens when we're sustainable. We've proven the model. Now we need partners to multiply it.
Invest in the MovementReady to Partner?¿Listo pa' Asociarte?Prè pou Asosye?
We are in an active replant — building something from the ground up, with kingdom stakes. Your giving isn't a donation. It's a declaration that the gospel is worth it in South Florida's most vibrant and underserved neighborhoods.
Cruciform is connected to the NBHD Roots movement — a network of community development, soul care, and church planting. When you give here, your money moves.
We are in the early innings. The foundation being laid right now — through your giving — is what everything else gets built on.
Choose an amount that reflects your partnership. Every gift sustains the mission.
Cruciform is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. All gifts are tax-deductible.
Questions? Reach out — we'd love to share more about where your giving goes.
How We GatherCómo Nos ReunimosKijan Nou Reyini
We aren't a traditional once-a-week church. Our rhythm is intentionally designed for deep discipleship in real life — small enough to be known, and large enough to worship together as one family.
In this phase of the replant, we are three micro-churches growing into one full family. Opportunities to love our neighborhood happen every week — check our calendar for what's coming up.
Find your micro-church.Three micro-churches meeting bi-weekly across South Florida — find the one closest to you.
Get Connected →Conéctate →Konekte →Where We AreDónde EstamosKote Nou Ye
Monthly gathering at 1530 Hollywood Blvd. Micro-churches in Kendall, Hollywood, and along Stirling Rd. Prayer initiatives active in North Broward and Allapattah, Miami. Reunión mensual en 1530 Hollywood Blvd. Micro-iglesias en Kendall, Hollywood, y en Stirling Rd. Iniciativas de oración en North Broward y Allapattah, Miami. Reyinyon mansyèl nan 1530 Hollywood Blvd. Mikwo-legliz nan Kendall, Hollywood, ak Stirling Rd. Inisyativ lapriyè nan North Broward ak Allapattah, Miami.
The WordLa PalabraPawòl la
From the PastorDel PastorNan Men Pastè a
Most people I know have a reason not to trust the church. They got hurt. Dismissed. Used. They sat in buildings where nobody knew their name and left feeling lonelier than when they arrived.
— David Rosa Jr.
When we say Cruciform is a neighborhood church, we don't mean we have a nice building in a nice zip code. We mean we are trying to be embedded — in the block, in the backyard, wherever people actually live and spend their time.
— David Rosa Jr.
Replanting a church is not glamorous work. There's no launch Sunday with a big crowd. No moment where it all clicks and you feel like you know what you're doing. Most of the time you're building the plane while flying it.
— David Rosa Jr.
Join the FamiliaÚnete a la FamiliaAntre nan Fanmi an
Whether you're looking for a church home, curious about the movement, want to bring your gifts to the mission, or just need someone to talk to — reach out. We're real people, and we'd love to meet you.
