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YEAR END MISSIONS OFFERING
DECEMBER 17TH, 2023
Every year, we ask those who call The Bridge "home" to pray about giving over and above their normal giving toward a special mission we believe God is calling our church to. This year, 100% of everything given toward the Year End Missions Offering will fund Bridge Missions efforts in the 2024-2025 fiscal year.
LOST TO FOUND, BELIEVERS TO BUILDERS, NOW TO NEXT:
A CHAIN REACTION OF FAITHFUL IMPACT
OUR VISION
Through our Year End Missions Offering, we seek to support and extend the reach of the Gospel through three key lanes: fighting gospel poverty, empowering faithful leaders for life-long ministry, and fostering generational change.
Your generosity will support missions efforts in three key areas:
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LOST TO FOUND
Fighting Gospel Poverty
Gospel poverty is not just around the world—it’s around the corner, too. In our own communities and stretching all around the globe, billions of people have never heard the name of Jesus or have heard a wrong version of the gospel. It's like a massive spiritual harvest waiting to be reaped. In Matthew 9:37-38, Jesus said, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few." That's where we can come in! By supporting missions efforts, we're investing our resources to make the difference we can for the gospel.
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BELIEVERS TO BUILDERS
Empowering Faithful Leaders
To keep the mission of the kingdom moving foward, we need leaders willing and equipped to commit their lives to the work of the Kingdom. In 2 Timothy 2:2, Paul tells Timothy to entrust what he's learned to faithful folks who can teach others. That's how we ensure that the torch of faith keeps burning and passing. We want to encourage disciples to move beyond just believers, but into builders of faith communities and churches that live missionally for the gospel.
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NOW TO NEXT
Fostering Generational Change
Our mission is not just about seeing souls saved, but also changing lives and seeing the world redeemed through both Word and deed. Acts 2:38-39 tells us that God's promise is for us and our children, and for all who are far off. We're not just in this for today; we're building a legacy of faith that will impact generations to come. Generational cycles of poverty, addiction, and abuse are fought best when we link arms to holistically transform the hearts and homes of community near and far.
BIBLICAL FOUNDATION
One of the most powerful narratives that resonates with the transforming grace of Jesus is that of Apostle Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus.
Saul, a zealous persecutor of the early Christians, encountered the risen Christ, and in an instant, his life was forever changed and he came to be considered the first Christian missionary.
This is the journey of the transformation of the relentless persecutor into a fervent preacher.
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LOST TO FOUND
Paul is saved and becomes a believer and a follower of Jesus.
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BELIEVER TO BUILDER
Paul begins to establish communities of faith and plants many churches.
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NOW TO NEXT
Paul provides guidance for churches to shepherd believers and transform communities for long-term impact. The church of Acts shows how the church physically and spiritually cared for the needs of the community.
We believe in Jesus' command to spread the Good News in a way that calls the lost home, empowers disciples to invest deeply into kingdom work, and creates a world–hear, near, and far–that is transformed physically and spiritually for generations to come.
All of what Paul did, though, was rooted in something Jesus invited him into – and Jesus didn't leave us guessing about what we should be doing either. The Great Commission is a divine mandate to all followers of Jesus, saturated with the presence of God and the power of the Holy Spirit.