The Crossing
Staff & Leaders

  • Keith Simon
    Co-Lead Pastor

    Keith became a Christian as a freshman at the University of Missouri. After graduating and marrying Christine, the two of them spent five years on staff with Cru. He then moved to Chicago to get a Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Keith and Christine have three sons and a daughter. Keith joined Dave Cover in planting The Crossing in the summer of 2000. As a pastor, he participates in various ministries, but what he enjoys most is preaching on Sunday mornings.

  • Shay Roush
    Co-Lead Pastor

    Shay has served as one of the pastors since August 2002. He shares the preaching and teaching responsibilities and oversees Connections Classes, Crossing Men, Counseling Ministry, and Care Ministry. After graduating from Mizzou with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, he served on staff with Cru for 5 years. He then received his Master of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Chicago, where he met his wife Lynn. Shay and Lynn have three children: Jack, Emma, and Owen.

  • Dave Cover
    Co-Lead Pastor

    Dave is one of the founding pastors of The Crossing. Before that, Dave and his wife, Jeannette, served with Cru at Mizzou for 17 years. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication from Missouri State University in Springfield, MO in 1982, a Master of Arts in Theological Studies from the International School of Theology in San Bernardino, CA in 1992, and a Master of Divinity from Covenant Theological Seminary in St. Louis, MO in 1999. Dave and Jeannette have been married over 30 years and have two grown children, a daughter-in-law, a son-in-law, and four grandsons.