Crossway Baptist Church

Crossway Baptist Church is one of the fastest-growing churches in Springfield, MO. In 2012, the church contracted Paragon 360 to provide audio, video, and lighting systems for a new worship center. Our team has since been involved in several additional projects at the church including an extensive acoustical project in 2020. Most recently, Crossway has reached out to their longtime friends at Paragon for a major remodel of their sanctuary space.

The main goal of this project was to improve the functionality and flexibility of Crossway's platform area by removing the permanent choir loft. Removing the choir loft added tremendous flexibility to the space by opening up the real estate on the platform and providing a flat floor to work from. Crossway invested in Paragon’s signature custom, modular choir riser system to accommodate the choir. This system allowed their team to set up the platform in any way they needed while ensuring the choir loft was appropriately sized for the choir. Removing the choir loft also allowed Paragon 360 to re-imagine platform entrances and exits and add entry points directly to the platform's center that are not visible to audience areas. Paragon also created a “blinder wall” that hides the new upstage entry point and creates an elevated platform that can be used during productions.

Paragon 360 brought a completely modern look and feel to this project, especially in the platform's design. This included multiple self-illuminated, modular architectural elements designed, built and installed by Paragon such as baptistery treatments, back wall elements, custom screen surrounds, custom modesty walls, camera platforms, front-fill speaker enclosures/grilles, and a custom drum enclosure. The process developed by Paragon where architectural infill treatments are manufactured in a controlled environment and then transported to the jobsite as a modular component saves significant time and money. This unique approach took months off the project delivery time.